Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Institute for High Performance Computing, CNR Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
Data Mining
Social networks
Evolutionary Computation
Bionformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,455
3,403
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Power Electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,189
2,675
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Data Mining
Artificial Intelligence
Business Process Intelligence
Databases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,541
2,166
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Cloud computing
Internet of Things
Smart Systems
Swarm Intelligence
GPU programming
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,460
2,121
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
software engineering
multi-agent systems
self-*
adaptive and smart systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,022
784
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Wireless Sensor Networks
Body Sensor Networks
Multi Agent Systems
Smart Objects
Internet of Things
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,951
2,289
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Data Mining
Recommender Systems
Social Network Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,951
1,646
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,174
1,422
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Computer Science
Evolutionary Computation
Interpretable Machine Learning
Computational Intelligence
Soft Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,890
1,059
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
distributed systems
cloud computing
green computing
smart grids
quantum computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,672
893
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Scientific Computing
Numerical methods
Image Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,648
1,999
0.755
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Operations research
Combinatorial optimization
Network optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,619
2,344
0.895
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Mobile Health
HealthCare Monitoring Systems
Pattern Recognition
Signal Processing
Artificial
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,562
2,166
0.845
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Artificial Intelligence
Natural Language Processing
Knowledge Engineering
Decision Support Systems
Cognitive Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,547
1,866
0.733
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Cybersecurity
Distributed computing
Genetic Algorithms and Programming
Data Mining
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,259
829
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,253
688
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
eXplainable AI
eHealth
Cybersecurity
Cyber-Physical Systems
Swarm Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,077
1,474
0.710
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Transportation
Public Transport
Logistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,073
684
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
machine learning
bioinformatics
neural networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,863
929
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
chatbot computational creativity semantic computing cognitive architectures social agents social robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,702
936
0.550
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
multi agent systems
real-time systems
complex systems
modelling and distributed simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,675
951
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,576
1,293
0.820
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Social Media Mining
Big Data Analytics
Mobility Mining
Urban Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,558
854
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,516
1,415
0.933
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Robotics
Non-destructive Testing
System integration
Data collection
Software development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,477
1,318
0.892
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,307
5,737
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Clara Pizzuti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,455
3,403
0.456
Data Mining
Social networks
Evolutionary Computation
Bionformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
196,933
8,617
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Gianpaolo Vitale
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,189
2,675
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
223,763
9,885
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
luigi pontieri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,541
2,166
0.477
Data Mining
Artificial Intelligence
Business Process Intelligence
Databases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
227,533
10,051
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Giandomenico Spezzano
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,460
2,121
0.476
Cloud computing
Internet of Things
Smart Systems
Swarm Intelligence
GPU programming
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
250,369
11,148
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Massimo Cossentino
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,022
784
0.195
software engineering
multi-agent systems
self-*
adaptive and smart systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
254,413
11,339
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Antonio Guerrieri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,951
2,289
0.579
Wireless Sensor Networks
Body Sensor Networks
Multi Agent Systems
Smart Objects
Internet of Things
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
254,428
11,342
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Giuseppe Manco
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,951
1,646
0.417
Data Mining
Recommender Systems
Social Network Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
307,077
13,854
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Lucia Maddalena
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,174
1,422
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
331,800
14,912
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ivanoe De Falco
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,890
1,059
0.366
Computer Science
Evolutionary Computation
Interpretable Machine Learning
Computational Intelligence
Soft Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
353,449
15,915
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Carlo Mastroianni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,672
893
0.334
distributed systems
cloud computing
green computing
smart grids
quantum computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
355,880
16,038
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Laura Antonelli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,648
1,999
0.755
Scientific Computing
Numerical methods
Image Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
359,066
16,187
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Luigi Di Puglia Pugliese
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,619
2,344
0.895
Operations research
Combinatorial optimization
Network optimization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
365,338
16,468
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Giovanna Sannino
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,562
2,166
0.845
Mobile Health
HealthCare Monitoring Systems
Pattern Recognition
Signal Processing
Artificial
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
366,945
16,543
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Massimo Esposito
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,547
1,866
0.733
Artificial Intelligence
Natural Language Processing
Knowledge Engineering
Decision Support Systems
Cognitive Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
402,050
18,082
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Gianluigi Folino
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,259
829
0.367
Cybersecurity
Distributed computing
Genetic Algorithms and Programming
Data Mining
Bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
402,824
18,122
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ernesto Tarantino
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,253
688
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
427,607
19,132
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Agostino Forestiero
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,077
1,474
0.710
eXplainable AI
eHealth
Cybersecurity
Cyber-Physical Systems
Swarm Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
428,324
19,156
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Luigi Moccia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,073
684
0.330
Transportation
Public Transport
Logistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
462,235
20,548
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Riccardo Rizzo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,863
929
0.499
machine learning
bioinformatics
neural networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
491,651
21,669
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Agnese Augello
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,702
936
0.550
chatbot computational creativity semantic computing cognitive architectures social agents social robotics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
497,054
21,856
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Cicirelli Franco
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,675
951
0.568
multi agent systems
real-time systems
complex systems
modelling and distributed simulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
517,640
22,604
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Andrea Vinci
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,576
1,293
0.820
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
521,618
22,730
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Carmela Comito
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,558
854
0.548
Social Media Mining
Big Data Analytics
Mobility Mining
Urban Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
530,744
23,078
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Nadia Brancati
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,516
1,415
0.933
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
539,562
23,445
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Carmelo Mineo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,477
1,318
0.892
Robotics
Non-destructive Testing
System integration
Data collection
Software development