Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
265,711
160,412
0.604
* 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
109,552
51,566
0.471
* 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
81,118
32,637
0.402
* 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
53,525
41,984
0.784
* 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
46,621
29,272
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Computational Materials Science and Chemistry
New Energy Materials
Materials Design
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,428
26,834
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,983
17,597
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,172
13,953
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
tissue engineering
biomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,744
19,993
0.650
* 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
28,875
22,545
0.781
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Organic semiconductor materials
organic electronics and optoelectronics
organic solar cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,523
13,670
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,898
14,568
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Solar energy conversion
Electrocatalysis
Photoelectrocatalysis
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,854
17,843
0.641
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
ENVIRONMENT CHEMISTRY
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,918
14,838
0.595
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Mathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,693
4,419
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
ab initio calculations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,398
13,247
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,185
15,964
0.689
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,316
9,611
0.431
* 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
20,023
8,210
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
food safety
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,292
14,030
0.767
* 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
17,877
16,111
0.901
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Green Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,084
8,773
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Structural Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,807
12,690
0.755
* 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
16,236
8,750
0.539
* 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
15,890
8,947
0.563
Jun Chen
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
265,711
160,412
0.604
Yongsheng Chen 陈永胜
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,552
51,566
0.471
Graphene
Carbon Nanotubes
Chemical Vapor Depostion
Lithium Ion Batteries
Solar Cells
Xinge Zhang 张新歌
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,118
32,637
0.402
Drug Delivery
Antibacterial Materials
Tissue Engineering
Ming-Ming Cheng, 程明明|程明明
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,525
41,984
0.784
Computer Vision
Computer Graphics
Image Processing
Visual Attention
Saliency
Fangyi Cheng
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,621
29,272
0.628
Functional Materials
Batteries
Electrochemistry
Energy Storage and Conversion
Nanotechnology
Zhen Zhou
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,428
26,834
0.604
Computational Materials Science and Chemistry
New Energy Materials
Materials Design
Xianhe Bu 卜显和
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,983
17,597
0.489
Xiu Ping Yan
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,172
13,953
0.448
Deling Kong
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,744
19,993
0.650
tissue engineering
biomaterials
Zhiqiang Niu
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,875
22,545
0.781
nanocarbon materials
flexible energy storage devices
supercapacitors
lithium sulfur batteries
aqueous zinc-ion batteries
Yongsheng Liu (刘永胜)
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,523
13,670
0.479
Organic semiconductor materials
organic electronics and optoelectronics
organic solar cells
Zhongyong Yuan (袁忠勇)
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,898
14,568
0.522
Jingshan Luo
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,854
17,843
0.641
Solar energy conversion
Electrocatalysis
Photoelectrocatalysis
Lilin Wang
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,918
14,838
0.595
ENVIRONMENT CHEMISTRY
Shiing-Shen Chern, 陈省身
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,693
4,419
0.187
Lixin Zhang
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,398
13,247
0.566
Gang Wang
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,185
15,964
0.689
Qi-Lin Zhou
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,316
9,611
0.431
Zhigang Chen
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,023
8,210
0.410
Nonlinear optics
topological photonics
beam shaping
optical manipulation
photonic lattices
Xu Wentao
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,292
14,030
0.767
Chuanjia Jiang 姜传佳
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,877
16,111
0.901
environmental engineering
environmental chemistry
aquatic chemistry
environmental nanotechnology
Liang Nian He
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,084
8,773
0.514
Jianyi Yang
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,807
12,690
0.755
Structural Bioinformatics
Wei Shi
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,236
8,750
0.539
Inorganic Chemistry
Coordination Chemistry
Energy Materials Chemistry
Guoran Li
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,890
8,947
0.563
Rechargable batteries
electrochemical conversion and storage of energy
solar cells