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Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 16 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
China
Peiyuan Yin
代谢组学 质�
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,880
4,039
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
China
Yingjie Wu
Animal Model and Metabolic Disease:Growth hormone and IGF
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,949
2,300
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
China
Lihong Chen
Prostaglandins
Cardiovascular System
Circadian Cloc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,861
1,315
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
China
Weiwei Shi
microfluidics
C. elegans
micro-droplet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,575
722
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
China
Ya Zheng
Reward Decision Making
Cognitive Control
Effor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,608
1,256
0.781
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
China
Ying Ge
Genomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,210
648
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
China
Zhi-Lin Luan
physiology
psychiatry
acute kidney injury
chronic kidney disease
genetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
895
764
0.854
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
China
Jiaojiao Hao
Cancer, biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
883
693
0.785
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
China
Lou Jiacheng|Jiacheng Lou
oncolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
573
518
0.904

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
China
Xiang Wang
Epitranscriptome
Pathology Informatics
AI
Olfactio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
496
284
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
China
Muhammad Noman Ramzan
Biochemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
131
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
China
Lei Sun
cardiac vascular field
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
118
0.959
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
China
Muhammad Muddasar Saeed
Medical Sciences. herbal/Natural medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105
105
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
China
Yu Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
34
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
China
Imran Khan
Gut microbiota in immune and metabolic disorders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
43
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
China
Fei Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
9
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
135,054
China
6,085
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Peiyuan Yin
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,880
4,039
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
180,921
China
8,448
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Yingjie Wu
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,949
2,300
0.387
Animal Model and Metabolic Disease:Growth hormone and IGF
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
349,791
China
17,060
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Lihong Chen
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,861
1,315
0.460
Prostaglandins
Cardiovascular System
Circadian Cloc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
380,156
China
18,635
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Weiwei Shi
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,575
722
0.280
microfluidics
C. elegans
micro-droplet
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
530,427
China
25,795
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ya Zheng
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,608
1,256
0.781
Reward Decision Making
Cognitive Control
Effor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
629,959
China
30,041
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ying Ge
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,210
648
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
738,218
China
34,488
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Zhi-Lin Luan
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
895
764
0.854
physiology
psychiatry
acute kidney injury
chronic kidney disease
genetic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
743,216
China
34,718
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jiaojiao Hao
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
883
693
0.785
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
893,607
China
41,344
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Lou Jiacheng|Jiacheng Lou
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
573
518
0.904
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
951,477
China
43,829
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Xiang Wang
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
496
284
0.573
Epitranscriptome
Pathology Informatics
AI
Olfactio

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,569,916
China
70,728
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Muhammad Noman Ramzan
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
131
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,602,559
China
72,094
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Lei Sun
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
118
0.959
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,679,534
China
75,059
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Muhammad Muddasar Saeed
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105
105
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,951,200
China
85,204
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Yu Zhang
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
34
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,059,486
China
89,011
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Imran Khan
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
43
1.000
Gut microbiota in immune and metabolic disorders
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,443,782
China
101,127
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Fei Liu
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
9
1.000