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
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Ranking Based On Selection :1
paleoentomology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,642
6,133
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Plant Cell Biology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,604
6,361
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
THz optoelectronics
surface plasmonic optics
optical information processing
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,103
5,830
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,172
4,368
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,984
5,757
0.824
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Plant Physiology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,638
3,800
0.674
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
UHV-STM
2D Materials
CVD
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,051
2,746
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
cell biology
biological sciences
genetics
Epigenetics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,995
2,061
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Combinatorics
Coding theory
Information Security
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,823
1,927
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Computer Vision
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,789
1,686
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
terahertz sensing and imaging
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,375
3,106
0.710
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Plant Biology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,374
2,082
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Remote Sensing of Environment
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,700
2,541
0.687
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Genomics
Genome evolution
Transposable elements
Bumblebees
Tandem repeat
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,466
1,351
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Human reasoning
Human brain atlas
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,156
1,913
0.606
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Partial Differential Equations
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,110
1,336
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Cognitive Neuroscience
Psychology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,783
1,213
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Partial Differential Equations
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Numerical Analysis
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,715
1,425
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Groundwater recharge
Remote sensing
Modelling
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,476
2,222
0.897
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
charge behaviors over nanomaterial
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,121
1,436
0.677
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Mathematics
Analysis
Nonlinear functional analysis
Variational methods
Critical point theory
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,956
681
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Quantum physics
machine learning
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,587
1,303
0.821
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
cognitive vulnerability to depression
school psychology
cognition and learning
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,575
931
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
land subsidence
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,556
1,205
0.774
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Bayesian Networks
Flood Risk Assessment
Machine Learning
Urban Public Transportation Evaluation
Remote Sensing
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,486
1,160
0.781
Dong Ren
Capital Normal University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,642
6,133
0.485
Legong LI
Capital Normal University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,604
6,361
0.548
Yan Zhang
Capital Normal University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,103
5,830
0.525
THz optoelectronics
surface plasmonic optics
optical information processing
Shao-Ming Fei
Capital Normal University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,172
4,368
0.535
Meifang Wang 王美芳
Capital Normal University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,984
5,757
0.824
Susheng Song
Capital Normal University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,638
3,800
0.674
Donglin Ma
Capital Normal University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,051
2,746
0.544
Jianwen Zhou
Capital Normal University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,995
2,061
0.413
cell biology
biological sciences
genetics
Epigenetics
Gennian Ge
Capital Normal University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,823
1,927
0.400
Combinatorics
Coding theory
Information Security
Tie Liu
Capital Normal University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,789
1,686
0.352
Xinke Wang
Capital Normal University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,375
3,106
0.710
terahertz sensing and imaging
Yikun He
Capital Normal University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,374
2,082
0.476
Yinghai Ke
Capital Normal University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,700
2,541
0.687
Remote Sensing of Environment
Cheng Sun
Capital Normal University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,466
1,351
0.390
Genomics
Genome evolution
Transposable elements
Bumblebees
Tandem repeat
Peipeng Liang
Capital Normal University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,156
1,913
0.606
Li Hailiang
Capital Normal University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,110
1,336
0.430
Partial Differential Equations
Chunyan Guo 郭春彦
Capital Normal University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,783
1,213
0.436
Cognitive Neuroscience
Psychology
Jiequan Li
Capital Normal University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,715
1,425
0.525
Partial Differential Equations
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Numerical Analysis
Yun Pan(潘云)
Capital Normal University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,476
2,222
0.897
Yang Tian
Capital Normal University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,121
1,436
0.677
charge behaviors over nanomaterial
Jiabao Su
Capital Normal University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,956
681
0.348
Mathematics
Analysis
Nonlinear functional analysis
Variational methods
Critical point theory
Shi Ju Ran
Capital Normal University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,587
1,303
0.821
Jing Xiao
Capital Normal University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,575
931
0.591
cognitive vulnerability to depression
school psychology
cognition and learning
Beibei Chen
Capital Normal University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,556
1,205
0.774
Rui Liu
Capital Normal University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,486
1,160
0.781
Bayesian Networks
Flood Risk Assessment
Machine Learning
Urban Public Transportation Evaluation
Remote Sensing