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
岩土工程与地下结构
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,661
25,093
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Bioinorganic chemistry
Chemical Biology
Nanomaterials
Drug delivery
Photocatalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,195
29,116
0.851
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Special Functions
Analytic Combinatorics
Analytic Number Theory
Mathematical Inequalities
Mathematical Means
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,458
6,178
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
复杂机电系统 流体传动与控制
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,102
6,117
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,405
12,911
0.742
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,150
10,791
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ecology
Climate change
Carbon neutrality
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,079
7,354
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
GNSS
Geodesy
Geophysics
Remote Sensing
Planetary Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,507
9,519
0.614
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
光催化,纳米材料
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,085
9,083
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Soybean genetics
Abiotic stress
Genomics
Plant breeding
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,692
10,674
0.727
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Semiconductors
Material
First-principles
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,677
8,910
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Photocatalysis
Advanced Oxidation Technology
Water Treatment
Water Pollution Control
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,355
8,876
0.618
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
materials
ceramics
MAX phases
MXene
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,175
10,719
0.756
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Plant stress physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,666
11,785
0.862
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Inorganic Chemistry
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,460
5,511
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,878
4,236
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,160
6,865
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Graphene
Two-dimensional Materials
Optoelectronics
Energy storage materials
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,295
10,030
0.888
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
adaptive optics
liquid crystal devices and OE devices
optical imaging
vision optics
eye imaging
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,347
6,125
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Zoonotic enteroprotozoosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,126
5,902
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,783
4,652
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Economics
Agricultural Economics
Energy Economics
Environmental Economics
Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,665
9,176
0.949
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
electrochromic
energy storage
sensor
deformation device
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,611
5,967
0.693
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Condensed Matter Physics
Surface
Catalysiys
Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,972
5,164
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Nano
Electrocatalytic
Self-cleaning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,961
5,784
0.727
Xu Chang 常 旭
Henan Polytechnic University
Jiaozuo, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,661
25,093
0.315
Yuming Guo
Henan Normal University
Xinxiang, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,195
29,116
0.851
Bioinorganic chemistry
Chemical Biology
Nanomaterials
Drug delivery
Photocatalysis
Feng Qi (祁锋)|祁锋
Henan Polytechnic University
Jiaozuo, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,458
6,178
0.318
Special Functions
Analytic Combinatorics
Analytic Number Theory
Mathematical Inequalities
Mathematical Means
Yeming Zhang
Henan Polytechnic University
Jiaozuo, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,102
6,117
0.338
Shuyan Gao
Henan Normal University
Xinxiang, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,405
12,911
0.742
Chun-Peng Song
Henan University
Kaifeng, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,150
10,791
0.629
Ming Xu
Henan University
Kaifeng, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,079
7,354
0.457
Ecology
Climate change
Carbon neutrality
Shuanggen Jin
Henan Polytechnic University
Jiaozuo, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,507
9,519
0.614
Jianjun Yang
Henan University
Kaifeng, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,085
9,083
0.602
Dan Zhang(张丹)
Henan Agricultural University
Zhengzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,692
10,674
0.727
Soybean genetics
Abiotic stress
Genomics
Plant breeding
Kefan Wang
Henan University
Kaifeng, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,677
8,910
0.607
Semiconductors
Material
First-principles
Jianhui Sun
Henan Normal University
Xinxiang, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,355
8,876
0.618
Photocatalysis
Advanced Oxidation Technology
Water Treatment
Water Pollution Control
Aiguo Zhou
Henan Polytechnic University
Jiaozuo, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,175
10,719
0.756
materials
ceramics
MAX phases
MXene
Golam Jalal Ahammed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,666
11,785
0.862
Jingyang Niu
Henan University
Kaifeng, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,460
5,511
0.409
Guangbiao Zhang
Henan University
Kaifeng, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,878
4,236
0.329
Shenglei Fu
Henan University
Kaifeng, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,160
6,865
0.565
Ke Chen
Henan University
Kaifeng, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,295
10,030
0.888
Graphene
Two-dimensional Materials
Optoelectronics
Energy storage materials
Guoqiang Li
Henan University
Kaifeng, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,347
6,125
0.592
adaptive optics
liquid crystal devices and OE devices
optical imaging
vision optics
eye imaging
Longxian Zhang
Henan Agricultural University
Zhengzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,126
5,902
0.583
Wenlei Xie
Henan University of Technology
Zhengzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,783
4,652
0.476
Abdul Rehman
Henan Agricultural University
Zhengzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,665
9,176
0.949
Economics
Agricultural Economics
Energy Economics
Environmental Economics
Climate Change
Guofa Cai
Henan University
Kaifeng, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,611
5,967
0.693
Zhansheng Lu
Henan Normal University
Xinxiang, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,972
5,164
0.648
Condensed Matter Physics
Surface
Catalysiys
Materials
Shanhu Liu 刘山虎 河南大学
Henan University
Kaifeng, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,961
5,784
0.727
Nano
Electrocatalytic
Self-cleaning