Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 31 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
Industrial Mathematics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,892
5,657
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Molecular Ecology
microbial diversity
bioinformatics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,709
1,393
0.815
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Economic Geography
Regional Resilience
Regional Development
Sustainability Transitions
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,598
1,277
0.799
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,592
1,467
0.921
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
zooplankton
nutritional ecology
aquatic ecotoxicology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,287
1,102
0.856
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Human-Machine Interaction
Artificial Intelligence
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,182
866
0.733
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Marine Geology
Paleotempestology
Marine sediment dynamics
Source to sink processes
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,176
948
0.806
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Antenna，3-D printing
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,104
1,047
0.948
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Indoor Emergency Evacuation
Geographic Knowledge Graph
Urban Morphology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,097
1,043
0.951
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nonlinear systems
Adaptive control
Quantized control
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
900
787
0.874
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
847
605
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Evolutionary Ecology and Thermal Biology in Reptiles
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
845
479
0.567
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Geography
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
808
717
0.887
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Probiotics
Clinical Microbes
Gut Microbiota
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
714
661
0.926
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
624
507
0.813
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Air Quality
Air Pollution
Air Pollution Modeling
Time Series Analysis
Environmental Chemistry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
582
559
0.960
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
581
429
0.738
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
aquaculture
fish immunology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
535
399
0.746
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
governance
policy
risk
accountability
coproduction
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
519
423
0.815
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Biology
Microbiology
Molecular Microbiology
Genetics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
468
371
0.793
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
463
337
0.728
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
415
360
0.867
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
disease ecology
infectious disease
Agent based model
Netlogo
invasive ecology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
412
296
0.718
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Digital watermarking
data security
GIS
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202
201
0.995
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Phylogeny
Comparative genomics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
175
0.926
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
101,829
4,319
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Zafar Hayat Khan
Nanning Normal University
Nanning, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,892
5,657
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
499,403
23,913
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Li Nan
Nanning Normal University
Nanning, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,709
1,393
0.815
Molecular Ecology
microbial diversity
bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
522,079
24,940
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Xiaohui Hu
Nanning Normal University
Nanning, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,598
1,277
0.799
Economic Geography
Regional Resilience
Regional Development
Sustainability Transitions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
523,314
24,989
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Shi-Zheng Huang
Nanning Normal University
Nanning, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,592
1,467
0.921
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
596,566
28,114
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Kai Lyu
Nanning Normal University
Nanning, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,287
1,102
0.856
zooplankton
nutritional ecology
aquatic ecotoxicology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
626,842
29,414
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Faliang Huang
Nanning Normal University
Nanning, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,182
866
0.733
Human-Machine Interaction
Artificial Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
628,677
29,497
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Yang Yang
Nanning Normal University
Nanning, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,176
948
0.806
Marine Geology
Paleotempestology
Marine sediment dynamics
Source to sink processes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
651,326
30,428
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Shiyan Wang (王诗言)
Nanning Normal University
Nanning, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,104
1,047
0.948
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
653,583
30,536
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Teng Zhong
Nanning Normal University
Nanning, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,097
1,043
0.951
Indoor Emergency Evacuation
Geographic Knowledge Graph
Urban Morphology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
724,645
33,435
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Wenhui Liu
Nanning Normal University
Nanning, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
900
787
0.874
Nonlinear systems
Adaptive control
Quantized control
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
746,268
34,277
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Xingju Cai
Nanning Normal University
Nanning, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
847
605
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
747,245
34,322
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Hong LI
Nanning Normal University
Nanning, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
845
479
0.567
Evolutionary Ecology and Thermal Biology in Reptiles
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
762,836
34,949
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Weifeng Qiao
Nanning Normal University
Nanning, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
808
717
0.887
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
805,400
36,759
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jingpeng Yang
Nanning Normal University
Nanning, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
714
661
0.926
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
850,674
38,783
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Baocheng Guo
Nanning Normal University
Nanning, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
624
507
0.813
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
873,517
39,791
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ahmad Hasnain
Nanning Normal University
Nanning, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
582
559
0.960
Air Quality
Air Pollution
Air Pollution Modeling
Time Series Analysis
Environmental Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
874,211
39,837
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Yanhui Gu(顾彦慧)
Nanning Normal University
Nanning, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
581
429
0.738
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
902,523
41,160
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jie Ji
Nanning Normal University
Nanning, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
535
399
0.746
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
914,268
41,608
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Yanwei Li
Nanning Normal University
Nanning, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
519
423
0.815
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
956,890
43,386
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Yuanwei Zhang
Nanning Normal University
Nanning, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
468
371
0.793
Biology
Microbiology
Molecular Microbiology
Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
961,273
43,567
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Yang Bai
Nanning Normal University
Nanning, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
463
337
0.728
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,005,805
45,577
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Yuhe Shang
Nanning Normal University
Nanning, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
415
360
0.867
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,008,986
45,722
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Shenglai Yin
Nanning Normal University
Nanning, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
412
296
0.718
disease ecology
infectious disease
Agent based model
Netlogo
invasive ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,306,741
58,543
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Qifei Zhou
Nanning Normal University
Nanning, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202
201
0.995
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,336,852
60,079
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ran Li
Nanning Normal University
Nanning, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
175
0.926
Phylogeny
Comparative genomics