Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 1.105 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 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
Nano-gradient materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,924
46,775
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Night Vision
Image Enhancement
Computational Imaging
Quantitative Phase Imaging
3D imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,437
42,497
0.767
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Perovskite Quantum Dots
2D materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,178
30,651
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Pattern Recognition
Computer Vision
Biometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,450
32,369
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Flexible electronics
Nanomedicine
Cancer diagnosis and therapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,855
25,786
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
HVACR
Heat pump
Cooling tower
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,137
15,707
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Carbon and Water Cycle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,705
12,604
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
aerosol
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,253
15,472
0.695
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Environmental Engineering
Environmental Nanotechnology
Membrane
Advanced Oxidation Processes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,183
16,186
0.730
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Directional solidification
Advanced materials and composites
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,927
11,404
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Materials Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,513
9,843
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
X-ray detection and imaging perovskite scintillator metal halides quantum dots
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,621
13,567
0.658
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
climate dynamics
coupled model development
climate prediction and application
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,328
10,598
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Digital Watermarking
Information Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,266
8,713
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
QLEDs
Photodetectors
Inorganic perovskite
Quantum dots
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,218
13,432
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
2D Materials
2D electronic devices
First principles calculations
DFT
NEGF
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,571
14,015
0.716
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Electrochemical energy storage
Metal ion rechargeable batteries
All solid-state thin-film batteries
Nano materials synthesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,370
10,554
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Image and Video Analysis
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,039
9,576
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Quantitative Phase Imaging
Optical Metrology
Phase Retrieval
Digital Holography
Ptychography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,929
14,398
0.803
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,623
6,782
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Information Security
Public Crypto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,142
12,108
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Computer Vision
Image Processing
Computational Photography
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,101
14,646
0.856
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Communication Theory
Game Theory
Distributed Machine Learning
Multi-Agent RL
Wireless AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,114
13,754
0.854
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Photocatalysis
Energy conversion
Two-dimensional materials
CO2 reduction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,336
11,389
0.743
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Computer vision
Big data
AI
ML
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,325
15,008
0.979
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,139
127
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Yusheng Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,924
46,775
0.608
Nano-gradient materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,744
250
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Qian Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,437
42,497
0.767
Night Vision
Image Enhancement
Computational Imaging
Quantitative Phase Imaging
3D imaging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,812
254
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Haibo Zeng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,178
30,651
0.555
Perovskite Quantum Dots
2D materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,859
300
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jian Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,450
32,369
0.629
Pattern Recognition
Computer Vision
Biometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,211
472
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Xiaochen Dong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,855
25,786
0.631
Flexible electronics
Nanomedicine
Cancer diagnosis and therapy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,372
924
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jiasheng Wu
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,137
15,707
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,498
997
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Guoyi Zhou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,705
12,604
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,792
1,361
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Hong Liao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,253
15,472
0.695
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,948
1,366
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jiansheng Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,183
16,186
0.730
Environmental Engineering
Environmental Nanotechnology
Membrane
Advanced Oxidation Processes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,548
1,396
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Guang Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,927
11,404
0.520
Directional solidification
Advanced materials and composites
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,554
1,440
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Yonghao Zhao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,513
9,843
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,919
1,542
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Xiaoming Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,621
13,567
0.658
X-ray detection and imaging perovskite scintillator metal halides quantum dots
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,661
1,566
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jing Jia Luo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,328
10,598
0.521
climate dynamics
coupled model development
climate prediction and application
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,843
1,572
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Xingming Sun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,266
8,713
0.430
Digital Watermarking
Information Security
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,978
1,577
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jizhong Song
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,218
13,432
0.664
QLEDs
Photodetectors
Inorganic perovskite
Quantum dots
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,794
1,662
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Shengli Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,571
14,015
0.716
2D Materials
2D electronic devices
First principles calculations
DFT
NEGF
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,383
1,700
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Hui Xia （夏晖）
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,370
10,554
0.545
Electrochemical energy storage
Metal ion rechargeable batteries
All solid-state thin-film batteries
Nano materials synthesis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,886
1,891
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Qingshan Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,039
9,576
0.531
Image and Video Analysis
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,294
1,905
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Chao Zuo|左超, C. Zuo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,929
14,398
0.803
Quantitative Phase Imaging
Optical Metrology
Phase Retrieval
Digital Holography
Ptychography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,439
1,962
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Teng Zhai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,623
6,782
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,264
2,059
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jian Shen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,142
12,108
0.706
Information Security
Public Crypto
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,411
2,068
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jinshan Pan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,101
14,646
0.856
Computer Vision
Image Processing
Computational Photography
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,766
2,244
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jun Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,114
13,754
0.854
Communication Theory
Game Theory
Distributed Machine Learning
Multi-Agent RL
Wireless AI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,524
2,423
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jun Di (狄俊)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,336
11,389
0.743
Photocatalysis
Energy conversion
Two-dimensional materials
CO2 reduction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,584
2,425
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Xiang Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,325
15,008
0.979
Computer vision
Big data
AI
ML