Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: Scientists Last 6 years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Watershed Ecology
Water Geochemistry
Biogeochemistry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,065
5,411
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
optics
semicoductors
photodetecotrs
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,514
3,767
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Atmospheric Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,683
3,391
0.921
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Nanopore
single molecule DNA sequencing
smFRET
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,293
2,191
0.665
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Physics Science
Materals Science ...
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,706
871
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Reservoir Limnology and Phytoplankton Ecology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,506
1,587
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Physics Science
Materals Science
rare earth
luminescence
LED
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,302
1,416
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
nanophotonics
photodetectors
graphene
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,898
1,641
0.865
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Limnology - plankton - lakes - water quality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,586
1,161
0.732
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
(1) Environmental Microbiology and Ecology
(2) Ecological Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,399
866
0.619
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Cybersecurity
Complex networks & systems
Mathematical modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,267
782
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
(applied) landscape ecology
engineering
spatial analysis
urban ecology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,159
989
0.853
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Raman spectroscopy
SERS
Nanopore analysis
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,006
760
0.755
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Nonlinear Analysis
Partial Differential Equations
Variational Methods
Critical Point Theory
PDEs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
725
470
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Scientific Computation
Numerical methods for Electromagnetics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
671
436
0.650
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Wastewater treatment
TiO2 photocatalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
647
541
0.836
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
polymer chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
563
467
0.829
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Mathmatics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
507
294
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Metagenomics
Bioinformatics
Virology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
448
339
0.757
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
mathematic biology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171
94
0.550
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
clean air
photocatalysis
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
9
1.000
Siyue Li
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,065
5,411
0.671
Watershed Ecology
Water Geochemistry
Biogeochemistry
Haofei Shi
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,514
3,767
0.683
Yang Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,683
3,391
0.921
Deqiang Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,293
2,191
0.665
Nanopore
single molecule DNA sequencing
smFRET
Xueqin Liu
Chongqing University of Technology
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,706
871
0.322
Zhe Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,506
1,587
0.633
Reservoir Limnology and Phytoplankton Ecology
Ye Jin
Chongqing University of Technology
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,302
1,416
0.615
Physics Science
Materals Science
rare earth
luminescence
LED
Linlong Tang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,898
1,641
0.865
Jianrong Ma(马健荣)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,586
1,161
0.732
Limnology - plankton - lakes - water quality
Liyan Song
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,399
866
0.619
(1) Environmental Microbiology and Ecology
(2) Ecological Engineering
Wanping Liu
Chongqing University of Technology
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,267
782
0.617
Cybersecurity
Complex networks & systems
Mathematical modelling
Chundi Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,159
989
0.853
(applied) landscape ecology
engineering
spatial analysis
urban ecology
He Shixuan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,006
760
0.755
Lin Li
Chongqing Technology & Business University
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
725
470
0.648
Nonlinear Analysis
Partial Differential Equations
Variational Methods
Critical Point Theory
PDEs
Lijun YUAN
Chongqing Technology & Business University
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
671
436
0.650
Scientific Computation
Numerical methods for Electromagnetics
Zhiliang Cheng
Chongqing University of Technology
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
647
541
0.836
Wastewater treatment
TiO2 photocatalysis
Xiaochao Xia
Chongqing University of Technology
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
563
467
0.829
Shang Jie Chen
Chongqing Technology & Business University
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
507
294
0.580
Yang Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
448
339
0.757
Metagenomics
Bioinformatics
Virology
Guichen Lu
Chongqing University of Technology
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171
94
0.550
Ma Hao|Hao Ma
Chongqing Technology & Business University
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
9
1.000