Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 314 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
Xu Chang 常 旭
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
China
Yuming Guo
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
China
Feng Qi (祁锋)|祁锋
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
China
Yeming Zhang
复杂机电系统 流体传动与控制
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,102
6,117
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
China
Shuyan Gao
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
China
Chun-Peng Song
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
China
Ming Xu
Ecology
Climate change
Carbon neutrality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,079
7,354
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
China
Shuanggen Jin
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
China
Jianjun Yang
光催化,纳米材料
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,085
9,083
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
China
Dan Zhang(张丹)
Soybean genetics
Abiotic stress
Genomics
Plant breeding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,692
10,674
0.727
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
China
Kefan Wang
Semiconductors
Material
First-principles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,677
8,910
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
China
Jianhui Sun
Photocatalysis
Advanced Oxidation Technology
Water Treatment
Water Pollution Control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,355
8,876
0.618
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
China
Aiguo Zhou
materials
ceramics
MAX phases
MXene
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,175
10,719
0.756
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
China
Golam Jalal Ahammed
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
China
Jingyang Niu
Inorganic Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,460
5,511
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
China
Guangbiao Zhang
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
China
Shenglei Fu
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
China
Ke Chen
Graphene
Two-dimensional Materials
Optoelectronics
Energy storage materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,295
10,030
0.888
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
China
Guoqiang Li
adaptive optics
liquid crystal devices and OE devices
optical imaging
vision optics
eye imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,347
6,125
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
China
Longxian Zhang
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
China
Wenlei Xie
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
China
Abdul Rehman
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
China
Guofa Cai
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
China
Zhansheng Lu
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
China
Shanhu Liu 刘山虎 河南大学
Nano
Electrocatalytic
Self-cleaning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,961
5,784
0.727
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,833
China
119
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Xu Chang 常 旭
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,661
25,093
0.315
岩土工程与地下结构
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,749
China
645
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Yuming Guo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,195
29,116
0.851
Bioinorganic chemistry
Chemical Biology
Nanomaterials
Drug delivery
Photocatalysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,029
China
1,670
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Feng Qi (祁锋)|祁锋
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,564
China
1,868
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Yeming Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,102
6,117
0.338
复杂机电系统 流体传动与控制
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,139
China
1,988
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Shuyan Gao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,405
12,911
0.742
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,113
China
2,040
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Chun-Peng Song
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,150
10,791
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,789
China
2,231
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ming Xu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,079
7,354
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,481
China
2,360
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Shuanggen Jin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,507
9,519
0.614
GNSS
Geodesy
Geophysics
Remote Sensing
Planetary Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,671
China
2,457
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jianjun Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,085
9,083
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,778
China
2,560
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Dan Zhang(张丹)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,692
10,674
0.727
Soybean genetics
Abiotic stress
Genomics
Plant breeding
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,869
China
2,564
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Kefan Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,677
8,910
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,749
China
2,649
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jianhui Sun
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,863
China
2,704
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Aiguo Zhou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,175
10,719
0.756
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,002
China
2,846
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Golam Jalal Ahammed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,666
11,785
0.862
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,371
China
2,908
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jingyang Niu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,460
5,511
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,430
China
3,084
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Guangbiao Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,878
4,236
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,786
China
3,335
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Shenglei Fu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,160
6,865
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,227
China
3,675
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ke Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,295
10,030
0.888
Graphene
Two-dimensional Materials
Optoelectronics
Energy storage materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,679
China
4,098
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Guoqiang Li
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,099
China
4,211
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Longxian Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,126
5,902
0.583
Zoonotic enteroprotozoosis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,107
China
4,380
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Wenlei Xie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,783
4,652
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,493
China
4,444
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Abdul Rehman
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,134
China
5,164
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Guofa Cai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,611
5,967
0.693
electrochromic
energy storage
sensor
deformation device
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,751
China
5,646
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Zhansheng Lu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,972
5,164
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,947
China
5,657
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Shanhu Liu 刘山虎 河南大学
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,961
5,784
0.727
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