Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 120 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 211 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
SLAM
Computer Vision
Robotics
RO
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,555
8,177
0.562
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Hydrogen energy
water splitting
fuel cell
organic electrooxidation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,617
8,046
0.693
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
quantum physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,261
7,170
0.699
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
gravity
cosmology
black hole
relativity quantum information
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,679
4,085
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Analytical Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,191
5,286
0.735
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Computer Vision
Educational Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,170
6,313
0.880
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Partial Differential Equations-Mathematical Fluid Dynamic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,969
6,099
0.875
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Construction Grammar
Varieties of English
Syntax
Linguistics
English Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,816
3,600
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Natural language processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,624
4,807
0.726
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Cancer Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,674
2,240
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Energy and Environmental Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,331
4,254
0.798
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Spin-orbit coupling of light
Weak measurements
Photonic spin Hall effect
Optics/Photonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,297
3,543
0.669
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Analytical Chemistry
Biophysics
Single Molecule Spectroscopy
Optical Imagin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,169
3,769
0.729
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Luminescent Nanomaterials - Nanomedicine - Bioprobes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,043
1,815
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Artificial Intelligence
Fuzzy sets
Rugh sets
Intelligent Information Processing
Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,649
3,260
0.701
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,566
2,269
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,566
1,133
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Quantum physics
quantum optics
quantum information
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,549
2,875
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,292
1,977
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Dynamic brain function
Default mode network
Multimodal NeuroImaging and Clinical Application
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,238
2,634
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Animal nutrition
intestinal health
intestinal development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,181
3,155
0.755
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
hybridziation polyploidization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,736
3,099
0.829
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,577
2,179
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Analytical Chemistry
DNA nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,244
2,537
0.782
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Phosphor
Solid-State Lighting
Photoluminescence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,021
1,795
0.594
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,689
2,685
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ling Chen
Hunan Normal University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,555
8,177
0.562
SLAM
Computer Vision
Robotics
RO
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,808
3,652
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Haiqing Zhou
Hunan Normal University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,617
8,046
0.693
Hydrogen energy
water splitting
fuel cell
organic electrooxidation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,370
4,286
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Hui Jing
Hunan Normal University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,261
7,170
0.699
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120,197
5,292
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jiliang Jing
Hunan Normal University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,679
4,085
0.471
gravity
cosmology
black hole
relativity quantum information
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
147,604
6,566
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Meiling Liu
Hunan Normal University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,191
5,286
0.735
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
148,037
6,583
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Shuai Liu
Hunan Normal University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,170
6,313
0.880
Computer Vision
Educational Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
152,449
6,793
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Liu Qiao
Hunan Normal University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,969
6,099
0.875
Partial Differential Equations-Mathematical Fluid Dynamic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,051
7,006
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Thomas Hoffmann
Hunan Normal University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,816
3,600
0.528
Construction Grammar
Varieties of English
Syntax
Linguistics
English Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
160,683
7,255
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Daojian Zeng
Hunan Normal University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,624
4,807
0.726
Natural language processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
187,960
8,603
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Xiyun Deng
Hunan Normal University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,674
2,240
0.395
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
199,726
9,180
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ke Li
Hunan Normal University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,331
4,254
0.798
Energy and Environmental Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
200,943
9,244
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Xinxing Zhou
Hunan Normal University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,297
3,543
0.669
Spin-orbit coupling of light
Weak measurements
Photonic spin Hall effect
Optics/Photonics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
205,754
9,489
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Xiao Lehui
Hunan Normal University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,169
3,769
0.729
Analytical Chemistry
Biophysics
Single Molecule Spectroscopy
Optical Imagin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
210,879
9,751
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Songjun Zeng
Hunan Normal University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,043
1,815
0.360
Luminescent Nanomaterials - Nanomedicine - Bioprobes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
227,648
10,607
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jianhua Dai
Hunan Normal University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,649
3,260
0.701
Artificial Intelligence
Fuzzy sets
Rugh sets
Intelligent Information Processing
Machine Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
231,534
10,820
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Songbai Chen
Hunan Normal University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,566
2,269
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
231,552
10,821
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Xiushan Wu
Hunan Normal University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,566
1,133
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
232,339
10,857
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jie Qiao Liao
Hunan Normal University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,549
2,875
0.632
Quantum physics
quantum optics
quantum information
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
245,068
11,500
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jing Wang
Hunan Normal University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,292
1,977
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
247,973
11,642
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Pan Lin
Hunan Normal University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,238
2,634
0.622
Dynamic brain function
Default mode network
Multimodal NeuroImaging and Clinical Application
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
251,119
11,798
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Huansheng Yang
Hunan Normal University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,181
3,155
0.755
Animal nutrition
intestinal health
intestinal development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
277,413
13,136
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Li Ren
Hunan Normal University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,736
3,099
0.829
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
288,093
13,648
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Wenli Zhou
Hunan Normal University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,577
2,179
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
313,014
14,946
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Erhu Xiong
Hunan Normal University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,244
2,537
0.782
Analytical Chemistry
DNA nanotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
331,995
15,879
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jilin Zhang
Hunan Normal University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,021
1,795
0.594