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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 196 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
Electrochemistry
Electrocatalysis
Sustainable Energ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,121
12,042
0.918
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
光学探�
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,080
6,173
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Plant abiotic and biotic stress
Crosstalk of plant hormones
Plant molecular biology
Plant proteomic and metabolomi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,480
6,373
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Communication theory
Information theory
Mathematic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,316
7,651
0.821
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Computational Materials Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,972
6,591
0.735
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
HER
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water catalysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,586
6,204
0.723
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Microwave absorption materials
Atomic layer deposition
Energy material
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,818
5,852
0.749
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Biophotonics
nanotechnolagy
cance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,082
4,235
0.598
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
chemometrics
food
metabolomics
variable selection
multivariate calibratio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,405
4,826
0.753
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
intestinal microbiota
probiotic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,172
4,477
0.725
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Plant taxonomy and systematics
plant germplasm and genomics
bioinformatics
evolutionary biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,168
3,310
0.537
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
big data
machine learning
smart medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,404
3,889
0.720
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Circular Economy
Sustainable Development
Multi-Criteria Decision Making
Big Data/Data-Drive
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,352
4,294
0.802
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,352
3,791
0.708
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Medical physics
Medical instrument
Plant Phenotypin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,249
2,915
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Vector Biology
Vector-borne Diseases
Biochemistry
Parasitolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,199
2,594
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Data Mining
Machine Learning
Optimization
Support Vector Machine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,154
3,055
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Coral biology
Molecular Ecology
Systems Ecolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,967
2,940
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Bioinformatics
noncoding RNA
DNA mutations
Systems Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,954
3,688
0.744
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Oncology
Pharmacolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,415
2,692
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,354
3,510
0.806
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
structural health monitorin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,046
1,698
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Parallel and Distributed Computing
Cyber-Physical-Social Systems
Industrial Internet-of-Thing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,692
3,188
0.863
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
virus
virome
animal-borne infectious disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,495
2,072
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Semiconductor
Seawater Desalination
Photoelectrocatalys
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,416
2,647
0.775
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,851
3,229
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Xinlong Tian
Hainan University
Haikou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,121
12,042
0.918
Electrochemistry
Electrocatalysis
Sustainable Energ
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,089
4,039
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
于法标（Fabiao Yu）
Hainan Medical University
Haikou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,080
6,173
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,401
4,924
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Haitao Shi
Hainan University
Haikou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,480
6,373
0.672
Plant abiotic and biotic stress
Crosstalk of plant hormones
Plant molecular biology
Plant proteomic and metabolomi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
113,631
5,035
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Feng Shu (束锋)
Hainan University
Haikou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,316
7,651
0.821
Communication theory
Information theory
Mathematic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,571
5,284
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Wen-Tong Geng (耿文通)
Hainan University
Haikou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,972
6,591
0.735
Computational Materials Physic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
124,543
5,546
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Yipu Liu
Hainan University
Haikou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,586
6,204
0.723
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
138,051
6,179
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Guizhen Wang|Wang Guizhen
Hainan University
Haikou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,818
5,852
0.749
Microwave absorption materials
Atomic layer deposition
Energy material
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
153,375
6,961
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Feifan Zhou
Hainan University
Haikou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,082
4,235
0.598
Biophotonics
nanotechnolagy
cance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
170,207
7,826
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Yong-Huan Yun(云永欢)
Hainan University
Haikou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,405
4,826
0.753
chemometrics
food
metabolomics
variable selection
multivariate calibratio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
176,699
8,166
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jiachao Zhang 张家超
Hainan University
Haikou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,172
4,477
0.725
intestinal microbiota
probiotic
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
176,802
8,173
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Li-Zhi Gao|Lizhi Gao, Guo-xiong Hu, L Gao
Hainan University
Haikou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,168
3,310
0.537
Plant taxonomy and systematics
plant germplasm and genomics
bioinformatics
evolutionary biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
201,517
9,377
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Qingchen Zhang
Hainan University
Haikou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,404
3,889
0.720
big data
machine learning
smart medicin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
203,396
9,472
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Kuo-Jui Wu|Wu, Kuo-Jui
Hainan University
Haikou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,352
4,294
0.802
Circular Economy
Sustainable Development
Multi-Criteria Decision Making
Big Data/Data-Drive
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
203,400
9,474
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Bin Ma
Hainan University
Haikou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,352
3,791
0.708
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
207,235
9,687
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
刘谦 Liu Qian
Hainan University
Haikou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,249
2,915
0.555
Medical physics
Medical instrument
Plant Phenotypin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
209,191
9,789
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Qian Han
Hainan University
Haikou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,199
2,594
0.499
Vector Biology
Vector-borne Diseases
Biochemistry
Parasitolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
210,980
9,866
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Yuan Hai Shao
Hainan University
Haikou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,154
3,055
0.593
Data Mining
Machine Learning
Optimization
Support Vector Machine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
218,617
10,241
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Zhi Zhou
Hainan University
Haikou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,967
2,940
0.592
Coral biology
Molecular Ecology
Systems Ecolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
219,169
10,270
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Yongsheng Li
Hainan Medical University
Haikou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,954
3,688
0.744
Bioinformatics
noncoding RNA
DNA mutations
Systems Biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
243,900
11,537
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jiaolin Bao
Hainan University
Haikou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,415
2,692
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
247,139
11,708
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Dong Wang
Hainan University
Haikou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,354
3,510
0.806
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
264,417
12,600
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Zhi Zhou
Hainan University
Haikou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,046
1,698
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
286,239
13,707
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Xiaokang Wang
Hainan University
Haikou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,692
3,188
0.863
Parallel and Distributed Computing
Cyber-Physical-Social Systems
Industrial Internet-of-Thing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
299,995
14,419
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jiang Du
Hainan Medical University
Haikou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,495
2,072
0.593
virus
virome
animal-borne infectious disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
305,764
14,694
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Juanxiu Xiao
Hainan University
Haikou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,416
2,647
0.775
Semiconductor
Seawater Desalination
Photoelectrocatalys