Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 87 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
China
Yan Wang 王燕 中科院福建物质结构研究所
Laser crystal
spectroscopy and luminescence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,227
18,159
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
China
Peng Gao (高鹏)
Chemistry
Semiconducting Materials
Energy Conversion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,036
19,678
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
China
Daqiang Yuan
Metal-organic framework
Porous polymer networks
Gas storage
Experimental Charge Density
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,459
17,140
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
China
Zhenhai Wen(温珍海)
Electrocatalysis
Energy storage and conversion
Electrochemistry
Materials Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,212
19,584
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
China
Qilong Zhu (朱起龙)|Qi-Long Zhu, Qilong Zhu
Porous nanomaterials
Heterogeneous catalysis
Electrocatalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,124
12,676
0.699
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
China
Renfu Li
纳米发光材料,超快光谱,荧光光谱
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,973
5,370
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
China
Wei Liu
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
2D Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,513
4,773
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
China
En Ma
Physics
Optics
Chemistry
Biology
Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,604
2,484
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
China
Junxiang Chen
electrocatalysis
density functional theory,molecular mechanics
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,537
6,479
0.860

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
China
Fei Wang
mofs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,095
3,756
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
China
Yichun Ding
Polymer
Nanofibers
Bioelectronics
Wearable Electronics
Biomedical Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,019
5,145
0.855
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
China
Xitao Liu
Ferroelectric materials
photovoltaic materials
nonlinear optical materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,854
5,033
0.860
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
China
Hua Lin
Nonlinear optics
Thermoelectric materials
Chalcogenides
Solid-state synthesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,854
4,318
0.738
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
China
Zhigang Yin (尹志刚)
Optoelectronic Materials
Transistors & Sensing
Solar Cells
Flexible Electronics
Interface
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,661
3,933
0.695
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
China
Lin Qipu
Porous Materials
Coordination Frameworks
Metalloporphyrin Polymers
Semiconductor Chalcogenides
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,476
2,253
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
China
Lei Zhang
Metal-Oxo Clusters
Cluster Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,619
2,643
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
China
Linjie Zhang
Electrocatalysis
Fuel cells
Batteries
MOFs
Electrochemical Strategies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,401
3,090
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
China
Pingwei Cai|Ping-Wei Cai
Polyoxometalates
HER&OER&ORR
Zn-based Batteries
Electrolysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,378
3,700
0.845
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
China
Xiaoming Jiang
Structural chemistry
Crystallography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,161
3,069
0.738
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
China
Run-Ping Ye (叶闰平)
Heterogeneous catalysis
Hydrogenation reaction
MOFs
CO2
C1
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,930
3,756
0.956
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
China
Xiang Hu
Batteries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,759
3,373
0.897
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
China
Zuju Ma
Catalysis
Photocatalysis
Band engineering
Nonlinear optics.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,691
2,859
0.775
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
China
Xuan Tang
Light Communications
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,637
2,272
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
China
Kongzhao Su
Coordination cage、cluster、magnetism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,121
1,955
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
China
Zhihua Fu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,822
2,428
0.860
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,299
China
269
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Yan Wang 王燕 中科院福建物质结构研究所
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,227
18,159
0.341
Laser crystal
spectroscopy and luminescence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,555
China
401
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Peng Gao (高鹏)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,036
19,678
0.447
Chemistry
Semiconducting Materials
Energy Conversion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,626
China
521
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Daqiang Yuan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,459
17,140
0.446
Metal-organic framework
Porous polymer networks
Gas storage
Experimental Charge Density
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,611
China
681
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Zhenhai Wen(温珍海)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,212
19,584
0.590
Electrocatalysis
Energy storage and conversion
Electrochemistry
Materials Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,498
China
1,863
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Qilong Zhu (朱起龙)|Qi-Long Zhu, Qilong Zhu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,124
12,676
0.699
Porous nanomaterials
Heterogeneous catalysis
Electrocatalysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,874
China
4,281
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Renfu Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,973
5,370
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106,482
China
4,541
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Wei Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,513
4,773
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,718
China
5,958
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
En Ma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,604
2,484
0.327
Physics
Optics
Chemistry
Biology
Medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
138,020
China
6,027
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Junxiang Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,537
6,479
0.860
electrocatalysis
density functional theory,molecular mechanics
machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
147,159
China
6,471
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Fei Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,095
3,756
0.529

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
174,178
China
7,836
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Yichun Ding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,019
5,145
0.855
Polymer
Nanofibers
Bioelectronics
Wearable Electronics
Biomedical Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
179,103
China
8,061
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Xitao Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,854
5,033
0.860
Ferroelectric materials
photovoltaic materials
nonlinear optical materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
179,106
China
8,063
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Hua Lin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,854
4,318
0.738
Nonlinear optics
Thermoelectric materials
Chalcogenides
Solid-state synthesis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
185,163
China
8,364
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Zhigang Yin (尹志刚)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,661
3,933
0.695
Optoelectronic Materials
Transistors & Sensing
Solar Cells
Flexible Electronics
Interface
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
191,204
China
8,677
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Lin Qipu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,476
2,253
0.411
Porous Materials
Coordination Frameworks
Metalloporphyrin Polymers
Semiconductor Chalcogenides
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
225,206
China
10,355
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Lei Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,619
2,643
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
235,587
China
10,891
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Linjie Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,401
3,090
0.702
Electrocatalysis
Fuel cells
Batteries
MOFs
Electrochemical Strategies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
236,759
China
10,949
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Pingwei Cai|Ping-Wei Cai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,378
3,700
0.845
Polyoxometalates
HER&OER&ORR
Zn-based Batteries
Electrolysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
248,102
China
11,519
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Xiaoming Jiang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,161
3,069
0.738
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
261,261
China
12,216
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Run-Ping Ye (叶闰平)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,930
3,756
0.956
Heterogeneous catalysis
Hydrogenation reaction
MOFs
CO2
C1
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
271,541
China
12,710
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Xiang Hu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,759
3,373
0.897
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
275,826
China
12,930
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Zuju Ma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,691
2,859
0.775
Catalysis
Photocatalysis
Band engineering
Nonlinear optics.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
279,479
China
13,100
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Xuan Tang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,637
2,272
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
318,168
China
15,083
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Kongzhao Su
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,121
1,955
0.626
Coordination cage、cluster、magnetism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
345,342
China
16,411
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Zhihua Fu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,822
2,428
0.860
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