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
Granular computing
Artificial intelligence
Cognitive computing
Data mining
Knowledge discovery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,746
4,047
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
corrosion inhibitor
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,566
5,514
0.991
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Electrochemistry
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,858
3,102
0.639
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Ferroelectric
Multiferroic
Photovoltaic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,471
3,120
0.698
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Organic/polymeric fluorescent probes
Ultralong organic/polymeric luminescent materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,368
3,909
0.895
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Zr alloys
Ti alloys
stainless steels
EBSD
laser processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,222
2,814
0.873
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
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 :8
Process System Engineering
Machine Learning
QSPR/QSAR
Separation
Distillation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,454
2,441
0.995
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Physics Science
Materals Science
rare earth
luminescence
LED
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,302
1,416
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Renewable energy and environmental sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,252
2,118
0.940
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
process system engineering
Waste Treatment
Energy
Molecular design
Thermodynamics.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,322
1,299
0.983
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Cybersecurity
Complex networks & systems
Mathematical modelling
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,267
782
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Materials Design
DFT
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,168
1,106
0.947
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
magnesium alloys
UFG structure materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,088
1,084
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Fiber optic sensor
Nano
Luminescence
Optical
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
907
441
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Building Energy Simulation
Data-Driven Analytics
EnergyPlus
R
Radiant Cooling Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
889
736
0.828
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Machine Learning
Web Mining
Information Retrieval
Recommender System
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
888
616
0.694
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
883
677
0.767
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
CWPO
Porous Materials
Wastewater Treatment
MOFs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
834
704
0.844
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Computer Vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
722
573
0.794
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Advanced and Intelligent Powertrain System
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
649
537
0.827
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
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 :23
Plant Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
639
441
0.690
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
City Logistics
Scheduling
Operations Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
628
560
0.892
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Recommender System
Natural Language Processing
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
611
444
0.727
Weihua Xu
Chongqing University of Technology
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,746
4,047
0.704
Granular computing
Artificial intelligence
Cognitive computing
Data mining
Knowledge discovery
Bochuan Tan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,566
5,514
0.991
Xueqiang Qi
Chongqing University of Technology
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,858
3,102
0.639
Wei Cai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,471
3,120
0.698
Ferroelectric
Multiferroic
Photovoltaic
Chaolong Yang
Chongqing University of Technology
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,368
3,909
0.895
Organic/polymeric fluorescent probes
Ultralong organic/polymeric luminescent materials
Linjiang Chai (柴林江)
Chongqing University of Technology
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,222
2,814
0.873
Xueqin Liu
Chongqing University of Technology
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,706
871
0.322
Ao Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,454
2,441
0.995
Process System Engineering
Machine Learning
QSPR/QSAR
Separation
Distillation
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
Haixing Chang
Chongqing University of Technology
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,252
2,118
0.940
Renewable energy and environmental sustainability
Yang Su
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,322
1,299
0.983
process system engineering
Waste Treatment
Energy
Molecular design
Thermodynamics.
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
Shuai Zhao
Chongqing University of Technology
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,168
1,106
0.947
Peng Peng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,088
1,084
0.996
magnesium alloys
UFG structure materials
Chuanyi Tao
Chongqing University of Technology
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
907
441
0.486
Fiber optic sensor
Nano
Luminescence
Optical
Hongyuan Jia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
889
736
0.828
Building Energy Simulation
Data-Driven Analytics
EnergyPlus
R
Radiant Cooling Systems
Xiaofei Zhu
Chongqing University of Technology
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
888
616
0.694
Machine Learning
Web Mining
Information Retrieval
Recommender System
Xing Zhou
Chongqing University of Technology
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
883
677
0.767
Songshan Jiang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
834
704
0.844
CWPO
Porous Materials
Wastewater Treatment
MOFs
Xin Feng
Chongqing University of Technology
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
722
573
0.794
Bo Hu
Chongqing University of Technology
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
649
537
0.827
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
Wanhong Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
639
441
0.690
Lin Zhou
Chongqing University of Technology
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
628
560
0.892
City Logistics
Scheduling
Operations Research
Yihao Zhang
Chongqing University of Technology
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
611
444
0.727
Recommender System
Natural Language Processing
Machine Learning
Deep Learning