Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 186 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the 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
Land change
carbon cycle
ecosystem services
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,606
10,437
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Metal Additive Manufacturing
Additive Manufacturing
Selective Laser Melting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,669
8,171
0.598
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
功能材料制备与应用
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,102
7,890
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Laser Powder Bed Fusion
Laser-matter interaction
Metal additive manufacturing
Metallic biomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,349
5,269
0.717
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Electrical Engineering
Renewable Energy
Energy management
Optimization
Rural electrification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,100
3,271
0.641
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Digital & tech entrepreneurship
digital innovation & social media
tech startups
tech incubation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,517
2,198
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Functional nanomaterials (功能纳米材料)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,238
1,764
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Materials Science
Polymer Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,564
2,343
0.914
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Additive and Advanced manufacturing
Design
Product Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,517
1,360
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,429
785
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Behavioural Ecology
Conservation Biology
Primate Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,423
1,270
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
artificial intelligence，Crop Disease Detection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,214
2,204
0.995
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Engineering
Construction Engineering and Management
Sustainability
Emerging Technologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,175
960
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Design-for-Testability Automation Reconfigurable Assembly Renewable Energy Machine Vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,963
957
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Health and Safety
Lean Construction
Sustainability
Construction Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,737
1,157
0.666
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Energy monitoring
Student Engagement
Engineering Education Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,703
827
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Virology
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,677
404
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Biomedical sciences
molecular biology and pharmacology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,593
1,423
0.893
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
cold atom
floquet modulation
PT symmetry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,386
863
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Food Safety and Quality Control
Medical Diagnose
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,267
1,167
0.921
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,241
436
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Workplace Spirituality
Organisational Spirituality
Religion
Work values
Ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,179
892
0.757
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Drought Prediction
Indigenous Knowledge on Weather
Wireless sensor networks
mobile phones
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,177
838
0.712
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
water resources management
agricultural water management
drought analysis and management
conflict resolution in water resourc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,168
595
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Wood Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,138
397
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,888
1,811
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Shuguang Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,606
10,437
0.561
Land change
carbon cycle
ecosystem services
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,133
234
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Igor Yadroitsev (Ihar Yadroitsau)
Central University of Technology
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,669
8,171
0.598
Metal Additive Manufacturing
Additive Manufacturing
Selective Laser Melting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,393
3,379
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Xinjiang Hu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,102
7,890
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,055
563
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ina Yadroitsava
Central University of Technology
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,349
5,269
0.717
Laser Powder Bed Fusion
Laser-matter interaction
Metal additive manufacturing
Metallic biomaterials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
205,361
856
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Kanzumba Kusakana
Central University of Technology
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,100
3,271
0.641
Electrical Engineering
Renewable Energy
Energy management
Optimization
Rural electrification
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
288,099
1,257
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Patient Rambe
Central University of Technology
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,517
2,198
0.625
Digital & tech entrepreneurship
digital innovation & social media
tech startups
tech incubation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
309,037
14,623
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Yongfeng Luo 罗勇锋
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,238
1,764
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
373,218
1,712
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Mokgaotsa Jonas Mochane
Central University of Technology
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,564
2,343
0.914
Materials Science
Polymer Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
378,664
1,745
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Deon De Beer
Central University of Technology
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,517
1,360
0.540
Additive and Advanced manufacturing
Design
Product Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
389,207
18,657
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Wang Jiafu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,429
785
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
389,930
18,692
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Zuofu Xiang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,423
1,270
0.524
Behavioural Ecology
Conservation Biology
Primate Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
416,767
19,997
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Guoxiong Zhou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,214
2,204
0.995
artificial intelligence，Crop Disease Detection
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
422,385
1,992
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Alfred Ngowi
Central University of Technology
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,175
960
0.441
Engineering
Construction Engineering and Management
Sustainability
Emerging Technologies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
454,780
2,161
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Herman Vermaak
Central University of Technology
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,963
957
0.488
Design-for-Testability Automation Reconfigurable Assembly Renewable Energy Machine Vision
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
494,822
2,389
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Fidelis Emuze
Central University of Technology
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,737
1,157
0.666
Health and Safety
Lean Construction
Sustainability
Construction Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
501,465
2,423
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
James Swart
Central University of Technology
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,703
827
0.486
Energy monitoring
Student Engagement
Engineering Education Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
506,762
3,307
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Chengnan Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,677
404
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
523,971
2,554
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Chika Ifeanyi Chukwuma
Central University of Technology
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,593
1,423
0.893
Biomedical sciences
molecular biology and pharmacology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
571,776
27,095
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Honghua Zhong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,386
863
0.623
cold atom
floquet modulation
PT symmetry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
603,151
28,430
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ying Xiong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,267
1,167
0.921
Food Safety and Quality Control
Medical Diagnose
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
610,660
3,995
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Lung Kwang Pan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,241
436
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
628,869
3,171
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Freda Van Der Walt
Central University of Technology
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,179
892
0.757
Workplace Spirituality
Organisational Spirituality
Religion
Work values
Ethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
629,503
3,176
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Muthoni Masinde
Central University of Technology
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,177
838
0.712
Drought Prediction
Indigenous Knowledge on Weather
Wireless sensor networks
mobile phones
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
632,434
3,189
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Desalegn Chemeda Edossa
Central University of Technology
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,168
595
0.509
water resources management
agricultural water management
drought analysis and management
conflict resolution in water resourc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
641,868
30,074
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jianying Xu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,138
397
0.349