Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
Knowledge Engineering
Data Mining
Big Data Analytics
Knowledge Graph
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,470
26,370
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Multimedia
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,868
29,341
0.701
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Metal materials
Nanomaterials
Energy conversion and storage
Artificial photocatalysis
Electrocatalysis
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,351
22,403
0.738
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
分析化学
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,551
19,638
0.713
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,024
19,555
0.781
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Multimedia
Pattern Recognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,144
14,981
0.677
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Computer Aided Geometric Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,539
4,691
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Mechanical vibration and Machine dynamics
Electrical vehicles
Lightweight structures and Design optimisation
Powertrain and S
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,953
8,867
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Semiconductor devices and embedded system
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,268
8,773
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Structural/Bridge Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,554
6,768
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Image Fusion
Image Restoration
Medical Image Processing
Computer Vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,908
12,211
0.946
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
nanotechnology
nanomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,785
6,053
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,566
7,267
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,785
6,450
0.734
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Nonlinear control
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,294
5,329
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
machine learning
image and video retrieval
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,291
7,191
0.867
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Photodetectors Perovskites 2D materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,257
6,365
0.771
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Chemical Reaction Engineering
Lithium Ion Batteries
Energy Storage Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,252
3,555
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,600
7,207
0.948
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Two Dimensional Materials
Optoelectronics
Nano Device
Photodetector
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,228
6,393
0.884
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Chemical engineering
water research
carbon
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,198
4,394
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,978
4,510
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Riboflavin production by Lactic Acid Bacteria
Prebiotic
Probiotics
Bamboo Shoots and Dieatry Fibers and Functional Foods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,966
6,593
0.946
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Machine Learning
Multimedia
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,870
5,844
0.851
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Polarization
Optical Communications
Metasurface
OAM
Nanophotonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,814
5,479
0.804
Xindong Wu
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,470
26,370
0.533
Knowledge Engineering
Data Mining
Big Data Analytics
Knowledge Graph
Artificial Intelligence
Meng Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,868
29,341
0.701
Multimedia
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
Yucheng Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,351
22,403
0.738
Metal materials
Nanomaterials
Energy conversion and storage
Artificial photocatalysis
Electrocatalysis
Fang Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,551
19,638
0.713
Zhifeng Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,024
19,555
0.781
Richang Hong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,144
14,981
0.677
Multimedia
Pattern Recognition
Xuhui Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,539
4,691
0.267
Computer Aided Geometric Design
NONG ZHANG
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,953
8,867
0.593
Mechanical vibration and Machine dynamics
Electrical vehicles
Lightweight structures and Design optimisation
Powertrain and S
Lin-Bao Luo (罗林保)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,268
8,773
0.615
Semiconductor devices and embedded system
Wei-Xin Ren (任伟新)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,554
6,768
0.499
Structural/Bridge Engineering
Yu Liu
Hefei University
Hefei, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,908
12,211
0.946
Image Fusion
Image Restoration
Medical Image Processing
Computer Vision
Haisheng Qian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,785
6,053
0.514
nanotechnology
nanomaterials
Tianhu Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,566
7,267
0.628
Ya-Rong Zheng
Hefei University
Hefei, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,785
6,450
0.734
Haibo Du
Hefei University
Hefei, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,294
5,329
0.643
Zhong-Qiu Zhao
Hefei University
Hefei, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,291
7,191
0.867
machine learning
image and video retrieval
Chao Xie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,257
6,365
0.771
Photodetectors Perovskites 2D materials
Weixin Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,252
3,555
0.431
Chemical Reaction Engineering
Lithium Ion Batteries
Energy Storage Materials
Chang Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,600
7,207
0.948
Longhui Zeng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,228
6,393
0.884
Two Dimensional Materials
Optoelectronics
Nano Device
Photodetector
Yunjin Yao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,198
4,394
0.610
Chemical engineering
water research
carbon
Zhenhu Hu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,978
4,510
0.646
Kiran Thakur Jin Nuo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,966
6,593
0.946
Riboflavin production by Lactic Acid Bacteria
Prebiotic
Probiotics
Bamboo Shoots and Dieatry Fibers and Functional Foods
Zhao Zhang 张召
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,870
5,844
0.851
Machine Learning
Multimedia
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
Zhongyi Guo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,814
5,479
0.804
Polarization
Optical Communications
Metasurface
OAM
Nanophotonics