Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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
Photonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169,326
112,034
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Solar Cells
Organic Electronics
Inorganic Semiconductor Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,496
27,515
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Nanoelectronics
Flexible Electronics
Printable Electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,518
23,489
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Nanotechnology
Two-dimensional Materials
Optical Spectroscopy
Phonon
Condensed Matter Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,572
17,435
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
spin dynamics in semiconductors
topological phenomenon in condensed matter physics.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,150
9,466
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Silicon photonics
Optical interconnect
optical computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,025
12,198
0.677
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Cancer research
neuroscience and molecular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,819
8,946
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Ferromagntic semiconductor
(Ga
Mn)As
electric-field effect
spin dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,511
11,745
0.757
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Brain-Computer Interface
Brain-Computer Interfaces
Biomedical Engineering
Neural Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,852
10,055
0.677
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
nitride
van der walls growth
LED
graphene
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,241
10,547
0.797
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Microwave Photonics
Optical Signal Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,708
5,286
0.686
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Semiconductors
computational materials science
defects
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,319
5,662
0.896
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
半导体器件
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,209
3,425
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Nanomechanics
Optomechanics
2D Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,184
3,744
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Computational design of semiconductor optoelectronic Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,177
3,175
0.613
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
new energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,888
3,844
0.786
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Pattern recognition
Neural networks
Computer vision
3D image processing
Brain-inspired neural
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,613
4,591
0.995
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
phonons
low-dimensional semiconductors
Raman scattering
optical properties
photoluminescence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,911
3,699
0.946
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
optoelectronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,896
1,699
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
2D materials optoelectronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,646
2,884
0.791
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Artificial Intelligence
Neural Networks
Deep Modeling
Data Storage
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,301
2,747
0.832
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,092
1,448
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Artificial Neural Networks
Computer Vision
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,044
174
0.057
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Photonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,954
1,522
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Photonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,862
1,454
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,128
15
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Wei Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169,326
112,034
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,851
337
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jingbi You (游经碧)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,496
27,515
0.579
Solar Cells
Organic Electronics
Inorganic Semiconductor Materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,983
451
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Guozhen Shen/沈国震
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,518
23,489
0.580
Nanoelectronics
Flexible Electronics
Printable Electronics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,960
801
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ping-Heng Tan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,572
17,435
0.590
Nanotechnology
Two-dimensional Materials
Optical Spectroscopy
Phonon
Condensed Matter Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,601
985
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Chunbo Zhao (赵春勃)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,150
9,466
0.362
spin dynamics in semiconductors
topological phenomenon in condensed matter physics.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,728
1,818
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Lin Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,025
12,198
0.677
Silicon photonics
Optical interconnect
optical computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,504
1,852
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Chang Kai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,819
8,946
0.502
Cancer research
neuroscience and molecular biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,149
2,267
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Lin Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,511
11,745
0.757
Ferromagntic semiconductor
(Ga
Mn)As
electric-field effect
spin dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,531
2,430
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Yijun Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,852
10,055
0.677
Brain-Computer Interface
Brain-Computer Interfaces
Biomedical Engineering
Neural Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,303
2,866
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Liu Zhiqiang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,241
10,547
0.797
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
132,008
5,671
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ming Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,708
5,286
0.686
Microwave Photonics
Optical Signal Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
162,677
7,173
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Huixiong Deng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,319
5,662
0.896
Semiconductors
computational materials science
defects
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
165,668
7,310
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Shengchun Qu曲胜春
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,209
3,425
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
166,319
7,341
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Xin Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,184
3,744
0.605
Nanomechanics
Optomechanics
2D Materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
198,016
8,901
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jun-Wei Luo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,177
3,175
0.613
Computational design of semiconductor optoelectronic Materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
209,498
9,458
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Zhijie Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,888
3,844
0.786
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
221,243
10,036
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Xin Ning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,613
4,591
0.995
Pattern recognition
Neural networks
Computer vision
3D image processing
Brain-inspired neural
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
257,525
11,869
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Miao-Ling Lin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,911
3,699
0.946
phonons
low-dimensional semiconductors
Raman scattering
optical properties
photoluminescence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
258,424
11,915
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Lingjuan Zhao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,896
1,699
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
273,637
12,679
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jing Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,646
2,884
0.791
2D materials optoelectronics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
298,017
13,878
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Weijun Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,301
2,747
0.832
Artificial Intelligence
Neural Networks
Deep Modeling
Data Storage
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
314,821
14,731
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Nanjian Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,092
1,448
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
318,922
14,942
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Shoujue Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,044
174
0.057
Artificial Neural Networks
Computer Vision
Artificial Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
326,915
15,337
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Lei Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,954
1,522
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
335,317
15,775
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Yuede Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,862
1,454
0.508