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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 787 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
Multimedia
Computer Vision
Multimedia Information Retrieval
AI for Scientific Computin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,847
68,702
0.782
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Advanced materials for EES
Heterogeneous catalysis
Fundamental materials chemistry and physics
Electrochemistry
Carbo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,760
13,602
0.428
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
machine learning
data mining
astroparticle physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,004
11,618
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Computer Vision
Deep Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,241
22,486
0.928
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Deep Learning
Language Model
Machine Learning
Computer Visio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,933
23,611
0.987
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Machine Translation
Chinese Language Processin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,264
14,403
0.619
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
machine learning
computer vision
optimizatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,198
20,797
0.981
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
wireless communicatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,807
10,113
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
machine learning
generative AI
AI for mathematic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,452
17,552
0.902
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
photonics
coherent optical communications
digital signal processing
optical communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,676
4,914
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
deep learning
computer vision
foundation model
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,247
17,173
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Computer Vision
Image Processing
AIGC
Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,983
10,702
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Data Mining
Natural Language Computing
Knowledge Computing
User Modeling
Urban Informatic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,772
8,181
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
machine learning
natural language processing
information retrieva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,813
11,233
0.951
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
wireless networking
distributed computing
network protocol
network securit
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,695
5,327
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Vision Language Models
Data Engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,415
11,097
0.972
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
computer networking
wireless networking
communicatio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,107
4,012
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Optical communication technologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,834
4,337
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Quantum Technologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,481
5,393
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Power Electronics
Power Systems
Energy Conversion Technologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,653
3,969
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Relational Databases
Recommender Systems
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Reinforcement Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,483
8,991
0.948
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Cyber security and cryptograph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,416
1,683
0.179
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Wireless communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,294
3,500
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Pattern Reconition
Natural Language Processin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,163
7,303
0.797
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Object Detection
AutoML
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Multi-Modality Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,550
8,466
0.990
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,299
101
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Qi Tian
Huawei Technologies
Shenzhen, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,847
68,702
0.782
Multimedia
Computer Vision
Multimedia Information Retrieval
AI for Scientific Computin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,169
815
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Lili Zhang
Huawei Technologies
Shenzhen, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,760
13,602
0.428
Advanced materials for EES
Heterogeneous catalysis
Fundamental materials chemistry and physics
Electrochemistry
Carbo
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,454
956
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Balazs Kegl
Huawei Technologies
Shenzhen, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,004
11,618
0.401
machine learning
data mining
astroparticle physic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,223
1,281
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Lingxi Xie (谢凌曦)
Huawei Technologies
Shenzhen, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,241
22,486
0.928
Computer Vision
Deep Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,859
1,303
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Yunhe Wang (王云鹤)|Yunhe Wang
Huawei Technologies
Shenzhen, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,933
23,611
0.987
Deep Learning
Language Model
Machine Learning
Computer Visio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,150
1,375
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Qun Liu|刘群, 劉群
Huawei Technologies
Shenzhen, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,264
14,403
0.619
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Machine Translation
Chinese Language Processin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,151
1,615
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Xu Chunjing
Huawei Technologies
Shenzhen, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,198
20,797
0.981
machine learning
computer vision
optimizatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,260
1,656
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Peiying Zhu
Huawei Technologies
Shenzhen, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,807
10,113
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,166
1,844
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Zhenguo Li
Huawei Technologies
Shenzhen, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,452
17,552
0.902
machine learning
generative AI
AI for mathematic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,466
2,140
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Stefanos Dris
Huawei Technologies
Shenzhen, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,676
4,914
0.278
photonics
coherent optical communications
digital signal processing
optical communication
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,157
2,207
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Kai Han
Huawei Technologies
Shenzhen, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,247
17,173
0.996
deep learning
computer vision
foundation model
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,284
2,257
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jianzhuang Liu
Huawei Technologies
Shenzhen, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,983
10,702
0.630
Computer Vision
Image Processing
AIGC
Machine Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,972
2,526
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Nicholas Jing Yuan 袁晶
Huawei Technologies
Shenzhen, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,772
8,181
0.519
Data Mining
Natural Language Computing
Knowledge Computing
User Modeling
Urban Informatic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,363
3,776
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Xin Jiang
Huawei Technologies
Shenzhen, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,813
11,233
0.951
machine learning
natural language processing
information retrieva
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,408
3,820
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Xu Li
Huawei Technologies
Shenzhen, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,695
5,327
0.455
wireless networking
distributed computing
network protocol
network securit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,044
3,934
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Xiaopeng Zhang (张晓鹏)
Huawei Technologies
Shenzhen, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,415
11,097
0.972
Vision Language Models
Data Engineerin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,959
4,067
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Kun Tan
Huawei Technologies
Shenzhen, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,107
4,012
0.361
computer networking
wireless networking
communicatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95,727
4,218
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
David Hillerkuss
Huawei Technologies
Shenzhen, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,834
4,337
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,464
4,403
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Momtchil Peev
Huawei Technologies
Shenzhen, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,481
5,393
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,310
4,878
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Francisco D Freijedo
Huawei Technologies
Shenzhen, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,653
3,969
0.411
Power Electronics
Power Systems
Energy Conversion Technologies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,554
4,988
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ruiming Tang
Huawei Technologies
Shenzhen, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,483
8,991
0.948
Relational Databases
Recommender Systems
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Reinforcement Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,487
5,035
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Feng Bao
Huawei Technologies
Shenzhen, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,416
1,683
0.179
Cyber security and cryptograph
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,163
5,114
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Yan Chen
Huawei Technologies
Shenzhen, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,294
3,500
0.377
Wireless communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
116,018
5,192
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Lifeng Shang
Huawei Technologies
Shenzhen, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,163
7,303
0.797
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Pattern Reconition
Natural Language Processin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
125,322
5,629
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Hang Xu
Huawei Technologies
Shenzhen, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,550
8,466
0.990
Object Detection
AutoML
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Multi-Modality Learnin