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
fatigue fracture
fatigue crack
crystal plasticity model
superalloy
microstructure
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,793
4,291
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Environmental Chemistry
Pollution Control
Environmental Sustainability and Management
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,615
4,753
0.846
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
nucleic acid prpbe
nanomaterials
fluorescent detection and imaging
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,825
3,166
0.656
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Lithium Ion Batteries
Sodium Ion Batteries
Energy Storage Materials
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,560
3,369
0.739
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Civil Engineering
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,434
3,792
0.855
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
materials science and engineering
surface/interface
aqueous rechargeable battery
Zn
biomass
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,519
2,979
0.847
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Smart Grid,electricity market,Power System Operation and Control
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,514
2,501
0.712
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
nanoenergy
human memory storage
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,302
2,472
0.749
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Computational Condensed Matter Physics
Surface Physics
2D Materials
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,837
1,976
0.697
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Water and Wastewater Treatment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,818
2,734
0.970
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,800
1,548
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Rechargeble batteries
Supercapacitors
Flexible device
电化学
凝聚态物理
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,786
2,068
0.742
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Photocatalysis
Environmental remediation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,509
1,243
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
thermal energy storage
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,196
1,820
0.829
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Environmental Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,109
1,993
0.945
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Asphalt mixture
Reclaimed asphalt pavement
Rubber modified asphalt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,886
1,775
0.941
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Pavement
Discrete Element Method
Transportation
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,840
1,680
0.913
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
aquiculture、oxidative stress、lipid metabolism、heavy metal、muscle quality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,618
1,210
0.748
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Wind engineering
Wind tunnel test
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,608
1,300
0.808
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
power system
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,430
461
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Metasurface
Fano resonance
Polarization device
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,422
1,236
0.869
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Asphalt Pavement;Multi-Scale
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,390
1,281
0.922
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
边缘计算(Edge computing)
云计算(Cloud computing)
智能算法(Intelligent algorithm)
Resource optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,068
958
0.897
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Polymer dots
Biomedical engineering
Biomedical photonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,034
859
0.831
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
972
876
0.901
Xiao-Min Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,793
4,291
0.632
fatigue fracture
fatigue crack
crystal plasticity model
superalloy
microstructure
Jun He
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,615
4,753
0.846
Environmental Chemistry
Pollution Control
Environmental Sustainability and Management
Zhihe Qing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,825
3,166
0.656
nucleic acid prpbe
nanomaterials
fluorescent detection and imaging
Lingjun Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,560
3,369
0.739
Lithium Ion Batteries
Sodium Ion Batteries
Energy Storage Materials
Lei Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,434
3,792
0.855
Du Yuan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,519
2,979
0.847
materials science and engineering
surface/interface
aqueous rechargeable battery
Zn
biomass
Hongming Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,514
2,501
0.712
Smart Grid,electricity market,Power System Operation and Control
Zhaoyong Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,302
2,472
0.749
nanoenergy
human memory storage
Wei Bing Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,837
1,976
0.697
Computational Condensed Matter Physics
Surface Physics
2D Materials
Wei Zhang (张伟)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,818
2,734
0.970
Julan Zeng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,800
1,548
0.553
Wei Qin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,786
2,068
0.742
Rechargeble batteries
Supercapacitors
Flexible device
电化学
凝聚态物理
Xiangchao Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,509
1,243
0.495
Photocatalysis
Environmental remediation
Xiaoqin Sun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,196
1,820
0.829
thermal energy storage
Lean Zhou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,109
1,993
0.945
Environmental Engineering
Dongdong Ge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,886
1,775
0.941
Asphalt mixture
Reclaimed asphalt pavement
Rubber modified asphalt
Huanan Yu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,840
1,680
0.913
Pavement
Discrete Element Method
Transportation
Yaxiong Pan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,618
1,210
0.748
aquiculture、oxidative stress、lipid metabolism、heavy metal、muscle quality
Yan Han
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,608
1,300
0.808
Wind engineering
Wind tunnel test
Sheng Su
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,430
461
0.322
Hui Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,422
1,236
0.869
Metasurface
Fano resonance
Polarization device
Xiangbing Gong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,390
1,281
0.922
Zhou Zhou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,068
958
0.897
边缘计算(Edge computing)
云计算(Cloud computing)
智能算法(Intelligent algorithm)
Resource optimization
Xiaoju Men
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,034
859
0.831
He Shiming
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
972
876
0.901