Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 762 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
Environmental Geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178,311
147,029
0.825
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Computational Materials Sciences
Condensed Matter Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,374
34,510
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Cell and Molecular Biology
Gene Editing
Cell Therapy
Pharmacology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,682
17,787
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Environmental Geoseciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,368
21,718
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Capacitive Deionization
Lithium/Sodium Ion Battery
Supercapacitor
Aqueous Zinc Battery
Photocatalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,026
21,048
0.619
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
GIScience
Geographical Information Science
Spatial optimization
Cellular automata
Agent-based modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,168
13,968
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
microplastic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,391
23,278
0.882
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Comparative Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,962
7,712
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Complex dynamical networks
network science
multi-agent systems and control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,243
8,249
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
multiferroics
ferroelectrics
spintronics
valleytronics
neuromophic computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,270
9,676
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Number Theory
Cryptography
Trusted Computing
Trusted Network
Information Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,107
5,325
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
intense laser field
ultrafast dynamics
atomic molecular physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,034
9,354
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,582
7,230
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Biosensors
DNA nanotechnology
nanoplasmonic
Single molecular catalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,409
3,752
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Environmental Redox Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,228
9,958
0.700
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Luminescent Materials and Applications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,871
6,176
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
In situ TEM Oxide thin films Ions diffusion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,374
8,454
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,127
8,248
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Protein protein interaction
gene regulatory network
gene signature
drug target
diease gene and mechanism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,762
7,405
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ecosystem Ecology
Ecosystem Modeling
Global Change Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,662
8,087
0.639
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
sediment transport
Three Gorges Dam
Yangtze estuary
erosion and sedimentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,988
4,782
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,825
6,807
0.576
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
DNA computing
DNA nanotech
Synthetic biology
Biosensor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,407
6,310
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Water Resource
Regional Economics
Environmental Science
Climate Change
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,303
2,750
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Evolutionary Optimization and Learning
Intelligent Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,462
5,779
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,048
13
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Min Liu
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178,311
147,029
0.825
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,349
94
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Shiyou Chen 陈时友
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,374
34,510
0.409
Computational Materials Sciences
Condensed Matter Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,737
406
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mingyao Liu
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,682
17,787
0.407
Cell and Molecular Biology
Gene Editing
Cell Therapy
Pharmacology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,456
477
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Yi Yang
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,368
21,718
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,890
651
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Likun Pan
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,026
21,048
0.619
Capacitive Deionization
Lithium/Sodium Ion Battery
Supercapacitor
Aqueous Zinc Battery
Photocatalysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,038
868
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Xia Li
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,168
13,968
0.479
GIScience
Geographical Information Science
Spatial optimization
Cellular automata
Agent-based modelling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,929
1,010
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Shi Huahong
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,391
23,278
0.882
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,373
1,379
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Mark Bray
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,962
7,712
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,677
1,696
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Xiang Li
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,243
8,249
0.429
Complex dynamical networks
network science
multi-agent systems and control
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,650
2,012
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Chun Gang Duan
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,270
9,676
0.560
multiferroics
ferroelectrics
spintronics
valleytronics
neuromophic computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,280
2,049
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Zhenfu Cao
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,107
5,325
0.311
Number Theory
Cryptography
Trusted Computing
Trusted Network
Information Security
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,548
2,063
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Hui Li
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,034
9,354
0.549
intense laser field
ultrafast dynamics
atomic molecular physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,088
2,337
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Yang Tian
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,582
7,230
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,399
2,631
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Di Li æ迪
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,409
3,752
0.260
Biosensors
DNA nanotechnology
nanoplasmonic
Single molecular catalysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,517
2,689
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Zhaohui Wang (王兆慧)
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,228
9,958
0.700
Environmental Redox Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,690
2,777
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Huili Li
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,871
6,176
0.445
Luminescent Materials and Applications
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,936
2,934
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Zhenzhong Yang
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,374
8,454
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,635
2,996
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Shiliang Sun
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,127
8,248
0.628
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,246
3,113
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Tieliu Shi
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,762
7,405
0.580
Protein protein interaction
gene regulatory network
gene signature
drug target
diease gene and mechanism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,950
3,152
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jianyang Xia
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,662
8,087
0.639
Ecosystem Ecology
Ecosystem Modeling
Global Change Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,129
3,401
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Shilun Yang
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,988
4,782
0.399
sediment transport
Three Gorges Dam
Yangtze estuary
erosion and sedimentation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,540
3,468
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Hui Peng
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,825
6,807
0.576
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,167
3,626
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Hao Pei
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,407
6,310
0.553
DNA computing
DNA nanotech
Synthetic biology
Biosensor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,163
3,670
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jianhua Xu, 徐建华
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,303
2,750
0.243
Water Resource
Regional Economics
Environmental Science
Climate Change
Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95,433
4,046
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Aimin Zhou
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,462
5,779
0.552
Evolutionary Optimization and Learning
Intelligent Education