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
computational nanoscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,434
24,190
0.770
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Metal-Organic Frameworks
Separation
Catalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,384
8,335
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Rare earth
Electrocatalysis
Fuel cells
Metal-air batteries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,721
11,792
0.859
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,840
4,096
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Inorganic Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,817
7,797
0.884
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Watershed modeling
Carbon and water cycling
GIS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,569
5,009
0.899
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,252
3,102
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Geographic Modeling&Simulation
Virtual Geographic Environments (VGEs)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,222
4,264
0.817
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Photoluminescence
Carrier dynamics
Photophysics
Nanophotonics
Semiconductors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,108
4,267
0.835
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Numerical Optimization
Variational Inequality Problems
Transportation Research
Image Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,605
2,344
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
hydrological modeling
permafrost
integrated modeling system
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,308
2,504
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
climate
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,219
3,350
0.794
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
phonons
nonequilibrium statistics
quantum thermal transport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,177
3,259
0.780
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Biomaterials，Hydrogel，Catechol Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,151
4,045
0.974
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Reductive soil disinfestation
Soil microbiome regulation
Panax notoginseng
Root exduates
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,110
3,590
0.873
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,999
2,674
0.669
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Land Surface Modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,984
2,555
0.641
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Peracetic acid
Persulfate
Peroxymonosulfate
Emerging contaminants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,790
3,378
0.891
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
CO2 capture
Thermochemical energy storage，Granulation
Biomass fuels，
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,775
3,414
0.904
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Neuroimaging
Biomedical Engineering
Cognitive Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,709
2,040
0.550
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Land use
Farmland transition
Rural development
Food security
Rural spatial governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,649
3,501
0.959
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
landslide
Natural hazards
GIS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,528
2,091
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Evolutionary Biology
Virus Evolution
Paleovirology
Phylogenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,487
2,275
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Chemical Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,172
1,768
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Deep Learning
Intelligent System
Image Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,169
3,158
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,848
715
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Yafei Li
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,434
24,190
0.770
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,118
2,541
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Zhi Yuan Gu
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,384
8,335
0.579
Metal-Organic Frameworks
Separation
Catalysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,186
2,743
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Gengtao Fu Ä»˜Æ›´Æ¶›
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,721
11,792
0.859
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,719
3,733
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Guoan Tang
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,840
4,096
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
113,678
4,839
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Long zhang Dong
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,817
7,797
0.884
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
184,484
8,211
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Junzhi Liu
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,569
5,009
0.899
Watershed modeling
Carbon and water cycling
GIS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
195,358
8,772
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Bin Lian
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,252
3,102
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
196,422
8,816
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Min Chen
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,222
4,264
0.817
Geographic Modeling&Simulation
Virtual Geographic Environments (VGEs)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
200,584
9,024
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Zhixing Gan
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,108
4,267
0.835
Photoluminescence
Carrier dynamics
Photophysics
Nanophotonics
Semiconductors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
221,650
10,057
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Deren Han
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,605
2,344
0.509
Numerical Optimization
Variational Inequality Problems
Transportation Research
Image Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
235,727
10,774
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Zhuotong Nan
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,308
2,504
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
240,297
11,001
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Liang Ning
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,219
3,350
0.794
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
242,578
11,110
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Lifa Zhang
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,177
3,259
0.780
phonons
nonequilibrium statistics
quantum thermal transport
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
243,995
11,178
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Donglin Gan 甘东林
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,151
4,045
0.974
Biomaterials，Hydrogel，Catechol Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
246,191
11,299
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jun Zhao
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,110
3,590
0.873
Reductive soil disinfestation
Soil microbiome regulation
Panax notoginseng
Root exduates
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
252,505
11,616
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Peter Athron
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,999
2,674
0.669
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
253,358
11,656
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Longhui Li
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,984
2,555
0.641
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
264,702
12,248
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Chengdu Qi
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,790
3,378
0.891
Peracetic acid
Persulfate
Peroxymonosulfate
Emerging contaminants
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
265,597
12,298
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jian Sun (孙健)
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,775
3,414
0.904
CO2 capture
Thermochemical energy storage，Granulation
Biomass fuels，
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
269,623
12,495
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Yuan Zhong
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,709
2,040
0.550
Neuroimaging
Biomedical Engineering
Cognitive Neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
273,428
12,671
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Dazhuan Ge 戈大专
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,649
3,501
0.959
Land use
Farmland transition
Rural development
Food security
Rural spatial governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
281,536
13,056
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
shibiao bai
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,528
2,091
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
284,403
13,198
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Guan Zhu Han
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,487
2,275
0.652
Evolutionary Biology
Virus Evolution
Paleovirology
Phylogenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
308,199
14,402
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Yong Qian
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,172
1,768
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
308,376
14,408
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Uzair Aslam Bhatti
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,169
3,158
0.997
Deep Learning
Intelligent System
Image Analysis