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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 219 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Environmental engineering
environmental microbiology
microbial ecology
vapor intrusion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,968
27,446
0.785
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Petroleum Geolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,737
14,149
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Petrophysics
Flow in porous media
Capillarity
Fractal porous medi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,946
10,761
0.720
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Photocatalysis
Nanomaterials
Materials Chemistry
Photocatalysts
Core-Shell Structure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,962
7,424
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Self-cleaning surfaces
Reversible adhesion
Biomimetics
Petroleum scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,236
7,912
0.773
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Petroleum Engineering
Reservoir Engineering
Reservoir Simulation
Nanofluidics
Microfluidic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,552
7,053
0.738
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,508
7,117
0.749
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
CCS
EOR
Wellbore integrit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,012
6,490
0.810
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Photocatalysis
Nanomaterial
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,720
3,599
0.536
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Exploration Seismolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,639
2,494
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Green Economics
Energy Economics and Policy
Energy Finance and Strateg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,542
4,292
0.774
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
hydraulic fracturing carbonate acidizing acid fracturing sand control degradable diverting agen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,386
4,613
0.856
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Exploration Geophysic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,069
2,984
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Petroleum Engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,923
3,739
0.759
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
petroleum engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,771
3,141
0.658
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Geology
geophysic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,610
3,777
0.819
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Corrosion and protection
Advanced Energy Material
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,513
3,096
0.686
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Control Theory
Process Control
Process Systems Engineering
Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,480
1,663
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
页岩油�
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,179
2,162
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
rock mechanci
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,887
2,259
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,862
1,964
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Energy Catalysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,843
2,374
0.618
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Energy investment decision
emissions and environment assessment
ecological chemica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,748
3,194
0.852
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Thermal Recovery
EOR
Heavy Oil
Reservoir Engineering
Reservoir Simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,697
2,810
0.760
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
bioelectrochemical systems
microbial electrochemical technologies
wastewater treatment
energy harvestin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,603
1,779
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,865
668
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jie Ma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,968
27,446
0.785
Environmental engineering
environmental microbiology
microbial ecology
vapor intrusion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,331
1,511
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Tao Hu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,737
14,149
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,662
2,674
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jianchao Cai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,946
10,761
0.720
Petrophysics
Flow in porous media
Capillarity
Fractal porous medi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,412
3,264
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Lei Ge(戈磊)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,962
7,424
0.573
Photocatalysis
Nanomaterials
Materials Chemistry
Photocatalysts
Core-Shell Structure
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
101,228
4,433
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Quan Xu- 徐泉
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,236
7,912
0.773
Self-cleaning surfaces
Reversible adhesion
Biomimetics
Petroleum scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,564
4,842
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Keliu Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,552
7,053
0.738
Petroleum Engineering
Reservoir Engineering
Reservoir Simulation
Nanofluidics
Microfluidic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,179
4,871
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Yuxian Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,508
7,117
0.749
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
133,334
5,975
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Qi Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,012
6,490
0.810
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
160,663
7,351
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
changcun han
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,720
3,599
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
191,814
8,922
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Yang Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,639
2,494
0.442
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
195,075
9,080
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Qi Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,542
4,292
0.774
Green Economics
Energy Economics and Policy
Energy Finance and Strateg
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
200,587
9,371
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Fujian Zhou(周福建)|tianbo liang(梁天博), xiaodong hu(胡晓东), erdong yao(姚二冬)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,386
4,613
0.856
hydraulic fracturing carbonate acidizing acid fracturing sand control degradable diverting agen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
212,740
9,992
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Shangxu Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,069
2,984
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
218,772
10,291
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Bing Hou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,923
3,739
0.759
Petroleum Engineerin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
225,381
10,632
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ruiyue Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,771
3,141
0.658
petroleum engineerin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
232,743
11,038
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jin Lai (赖锦)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,610
3,777
0.819
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
237,349
11,244
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Shuqi Zheng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,513
3,096
0.686
Corrosion and protection
Advanced Energy Material
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
239,021
11,336
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Xiong-Lin Luo (罗雄麟)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,480
1,663
0.371
Control Theory
Process Control
Process Systems Engineering
Machine Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
254,820
12,143
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
孙逢瑞
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,179
2,162
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
271,192
13,021
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
GQZhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,887
2,259
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
273,322
13,088
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Fengrui Sun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,862
1,964
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
274,494
13,138
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Zhijie Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,843
2,374
0.618
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
280,394
13,459
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Renjin Sun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,748
3,194
0.852
Energy investment decision
emissions and environment assessment
ecological chemica
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
283,763
13,638
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Xiaohu Dong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,697
2,810
0.760
Thermal Recovery
EOR
Heavy Oil
Reservoir Engineering
Reservoir Simulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
290,128
13,944
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Heming Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,603
1,779
0.494
bioelectrochemical systems
microbial electrochemical technologies
wastewater treatment
energy harvestin