Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 245 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
Zhiqiang Wang
Natural Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,732
30,090
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
China
Wei Wang
Cardiovascular diseases
Intracellular calcium regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,267
23,466
0.598
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
China
Han Xu
Optimization Methods
Simulation-based Design
Reliability-based Design
Inverse Problems
Uncertainty Quantification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,223
9,905
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
China
Bo Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,903
12,695
0.798
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
China
Fuxing Yin(殷福星)
Materials Science and Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,398
8,938
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
China
Hui Liu
Electrocatalysis
Metal-air batteries
Single-atom
High-entropy alloys
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,335
11,536
0.805
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
China
Zhan Hui Zhang
Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,412
4,147
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
China
Shijian Zheng
Material Science
interfaces
TEM/STEM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,420
6,689
0.710
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
China
Bingbing Zhang
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,119
7,211
0.791

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
China
Yong Jiang
grassland ecology
soil chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,944
4,645
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
China
Zhiqiang Li
Luminescent soft materials, Supramolecular self-assembly
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,566
6,283
0.830
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
China
Feng Zhang
Decision making
soft computing
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,878
4,750
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
China
Jun Zhang
Electrocatalysis
Photoelectrochemistry
Photocatalysis
Nanomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,210
2,224
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
China
Xiaoming Zhang
Topological semimetals
Topological catalysts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,194
4,929
0.796
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
China
Wenqiang Tang
High temperature signaling
plant hormonal signaling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,175
2,911
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
China
Lei Liu
optoelectric functional materials
OLED
porous carbon materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,975
4,339
0.726
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
China
Ying Wang
solid state chemistry
crystal structure
nonlinear optical materials
borate
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,856
3,746
0.640
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
China
Pengfei Wang
photocatalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,413
5,199
0.960
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
China
Xingqiang Shi
DFT
2D materials
surfaces
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,389
3,619
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
China
Zhu Pan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,271
3,625
0.688
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
China
Chuizhou Meng 孟垂舟
Carbon-based material
Battery and supercapacitor
Medical device
E-skin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,179
2,391
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
China
Hao Suo 索浩
Luminescence materials
upconversion
phosphor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,137
4,105
0.799
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
China
Lei Yang
Biomaterials
Biomechanics
Orthopedics
Translational Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,981
3,689
0.741
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
China
Shuaihua Zhang
Chemistry
Capacitive deionization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,976
4,393
0.883
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
China
Zonghua Zhang
Optical metrology
3D imaging
Fringe analysis
Phase retrieval
3D biometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,678
3,045
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,460
China
279
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Zhiqiang Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,732
30,090
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,120
China
500
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Wei Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,267
23,466
0.598
Cardiovascular diseases
Intracellular calcium regulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,139
China
1,852
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Han Xu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,223
9,905
0.544
Optimization Methods
Simulation-based Design
Reliability-based Design
Inverse Problems
Uncertainty Quantification
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,571
China
2,268
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Bo Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,903
12,695
0.798
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,484
China
2,636
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Fuxing Yin(殷福星)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,398
8,938
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,889
China
2,659
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Hui Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,335
11,536
0.805
Electrocatalysis
Metal-air batteries
Single-atom
High-entropy alloys
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,009
China
4,070
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Zhan Hui Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,412
4,147
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,700
China
4,597
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Shijian Zheng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,420
6,689
0.710
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,744
China
4,802
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Bingbing Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,119
7,211
0.791
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,211
China
4,925
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Yong Jiang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,944
4,645
0.519

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
137,480
China
5,999
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Zhiqiang Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,566
6,283
0.830
Luminescent soft materials, Supramolecular self-assembly
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
151,999
China
6,691
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Feng Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,878
4,750
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
168,867
China
7,560
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jun Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,210
2,224
0.358
Electrocatalysis
Photoelectrochemistry
Photocatalysis
Nanomaterials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
169,268
China
7,573
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Xiaoming Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,194
4,929
0.796
Topological semimetals
Topological catalysts
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
169,759
China
7,601
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Wenqiang Tang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,175
2,911
0.471
High temperature signaling
plant hormonal signaling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
175,467
China
7,904
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Lei Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,975
4,339
0.726
optoelectric functional materials
OLED
porous carbon materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
179,053
China
8,060
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ying Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,856
3,746
0.640
solid state chemistry
crystal structure
nonlinear optical materials
borate
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
193,394
China
8,787
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Pengfei Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,413
5,199
0.960
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
194,289
China
8,835
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Xingqiang Shi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,389
3,619
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
198,519
China
9,023
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Zhu Pan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,271
3,625
0.688
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
201,947
China
9,210
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Chuizhou Meng 孟垂舟
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,179
2,391
0.462
Carbon-based material
Battery and supercapacitor
Medical device
E-skin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
203,543
China
9,286
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Hao Suo 索浩
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,137
4,105
0.799
Luminescence materials
upconversion
phosphor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
209,745
China
9,586
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Lei Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,981
3,689
0.741
Biomaterials
Biomechanics
Orthopedics
Translational Medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
209,958
China
9,597
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Shuaihua Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,976
4,393
0.883
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
222,626
China
10,231
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Zonghua Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,678
3,045
0.651
Optical metrology
3D imaging
Fringe analysis
Phase retrieval
3D biometrics
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