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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
274,805
169,096
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Graphene
Carbon Nanotubes
Chemical Vapor Depostion
Lithium Ion Batteries
Solar Cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,552
53,505
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Drug Delivery
Antibacterial Materials
Tissue Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,274
33,711
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Computer Vision
Computer Graphics
Image Processing
Visual Attention
Saliency
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,480
44,877
0.795
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Functional Materials
Batteries
Electrochemistry
Energy Storage and Conversion
Nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,862
30,501
0.637
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Computational Materials Science and Chemistry
New Energy Materials
Materials Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,613
27,997
0.614
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,985
18,587
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,810
14,591
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
tissue engineering
biomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,751
20,955
0.660
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
nanocarbon materials
flexible energy storage devices
supercapacitors
lithium sulfur batteries
aqueous zinc-ion batteries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,067
23,722
0.789
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,251
20,781
0.710
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Organic semiconductor materials
organic electronics and optoelectronics
organic solar cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,066
14,222
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,827
15,462
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Solar energy conversion
Electrocatalysis
Photoelectrocatalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,494
18,456
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
ENVIRONMENT CHEMISTRY
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,678
16,401
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
ab initio calculations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,062
13,887
0.577
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Mathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,909
4,601
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,266
9,820
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Nonlinear optics
topological photonics
beam shaping
optical manipulation
photonic lattices
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,472
8,630
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
food safety
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,393
15,123
0.780
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
environmental engineering
environmental chemistry
aquatic chemistry
environmental nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,433
16,627
0.902
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Green Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,378
9,079
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Structural Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,325
13,184
0.761
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Inorganic Chemistry
Coordination Chemistry
Energy Materials Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,615
9,119
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Rechargable batteries
electrochemical conversion and storage of energy
solar cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,309
9,359
0.574
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
307
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jun Chen
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
274,805
169,096
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,503
39
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Yongsheng Chen 陈永胜
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,552
53,505
0.480
Graphene
Carbon Nanotubes
Chemical Vapor Depostion
Lithium Ion Batteries
Solar Cells
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,404
97
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Xinge Zhang 张新歌
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,274
33,711
0.410
Drug Delivery
Antibacterial Materials
Tissue Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,224
224
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ming-Ming Cheng, 程明明|程明明
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,480
44,877
0.795
Computer Vision
Computer Graphics
Image Processing
Visual Attention
Saliency
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,711
327
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Fangyi Cheng
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,862
30,501
0.637
Functional Materials
Batteries
Electrochemistry
Energy Storage and Conversion
Nanotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,526
357
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Zhen Zhou
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,613
27,997
0.614
Computational Materials Science and Chemistry
New Energy Materials
Materials Design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,185
529
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Xianhe Bu 卜显和
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,985
18,587
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,446
703
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Xiu Ping Yan
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,810
14,591
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,515
705
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Deling Kong
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,751
20,955
0.660
tissue engineering
biomaterials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,299
769
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Zhiqiang Niu
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,067
23,722
0.789
nanocarbon materials
flexible energy storage devices
supercapacitors
lithium sulfur batteries
aqueous zinc-ion batteries
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,331
816
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Gang Wang
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,251
20,781
0.710
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,564
830
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Yongsheng Liu (刘永胜)
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,066
14,222
0.489
Organic semiconductor materials
organic electronics and optoelectronics
organic solar cells
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,852
842
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Zhongyong Yuan （袁忠勇）
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,827
15,462
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,288
865
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jingshan Luo
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,494
18,456
0.648
Solar energy conversion
Electrocatalysis
Photoelectrocatalysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,767
959
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Lilin Wang
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,678
16,401
0.615
ENVIRONMENT CHEMISTRY
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,262
1,119
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Lixin Zhang
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,062
13,887
0.577
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,535
1,136
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Shiing-Shen Chern, 陈省身
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,909
4,601
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,839
1,278
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Qi-Lin Zhou
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,266
9,820
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,289
1,483
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Zhigang Chen
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,472
8,630
0.422
Nonlinear optics
topological photonics
beam shaping
optical manipulation
photonic lattices
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,275
1,608
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Xu Wentao
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,393
15,123
0.780
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,282
1,743
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Chuanjia Jiang 姜传佳
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,433
16,627
0.902
environmental engineering
environmental chemistry
aquatic chemistry
environmental nanotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,151
1,906
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Liang Nian He
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,378
9,079
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,355
1,920
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jianyi Yang
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,325
13,184
0.761
Structural Bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,117
2,060
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Wei Shi
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,615
9,119
0.549
Inorganic Chemistry
Coordination Chemistry
Energy Materials Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,444
2,115
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Guoran Li
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,309
9,359
0.574
Rechargable batteries
electrochemical conversion and storage of energy
solar cells