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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 177 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Cancer Epigenetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,983
5,343
0.382
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Distributed Systems
Cloud Computing
Big Data Analytics
Artificial Intelligenc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,160
7,892
0.707
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,376
2,872
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Power System Analysis
Power Quality
Renewable Energ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,747
2,575
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Electronic Business
Service Science
Software Science
ICT Managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,211
2,744
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Carbon Nanomaterials
Oxide Nanomaterials
Field Emission
Metal-air Batteries
Fuel Cell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,206
3,181
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Biomaterial
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,015
2,195
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Tribology
Smart Manufacturing
Biomaterial
Nanotechnolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,873
2,067
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Earth and environmental science
biotechnology
Nanotechnolog
biosurfactants
environmental microbiology/DN
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,870
3,437
0.586
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Wind Power
Renewable Energy
Power System
Photovoltaic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,639
3,442
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Environmental Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,550
3,765
0.678
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
chemistry
analytical chemistry
sensor
materials scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,499
1,827
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Network Security
Next Generation Cellular Networks
Deep Learning
AIo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,984
2,554
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Mobile Computing and Wireless Communicatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,961
432
0.087
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Automatic control
Mechatronics
Smart Manufacturing
Signal processing and Big data analysis
Artificial intelligenc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,884
1,696
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Computing in Wireless Networks
Robotics Network
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,855
1,953
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
CAD/CAM
manufacturing
NC machining
digital dentistry
3D printin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,348
948
0.218
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Classification and Regression Trees
Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,195
1,024
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Computer Auditin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,054
781
0.193
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
organic chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,992
1,003
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,880
663
0.171
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,683
1,000
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
marketing ethic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,573
1,567
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
geolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,370
1,469
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
physics
nanophotonics
nonlinear optic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,231
941
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,250
312
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Michael W Chan
National Chung Cheng University
Minxiong, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,983
5,343
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,499
426
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ching Hsien Hsu
National Chung Cheng University
Minxiong, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,160
7,892
0.707
Distributed Systems
Cloud Computing
Big Data Analytics
Artificial Intelligenc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,364
646
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Shin Yuan Hung
National Chung Cheng University
Minxiong, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,376
2,872
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
139,801
722
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Gary W Chang
National Chung Cheng University
Minxiong, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,747
2,575
0.332
Power System Analysis
Power Quality
Renewable Energ
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
176,061
946
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Eldon Y. Li
National Chung Cheng University
Minxiong, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,211
2,744
0.442
Electronic Business
Service Science
Software Science
ICT Managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
176,192
948
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Yuan Yao Li
National Chung Cheng University
Minxiong, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,206
3,181
0.513
Carbon Nanomaterials
Oxide Nanomaterials
Field Emission
Metal-air Batteries
Fuel Cell
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
181,857
986
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Yung-Chih Kuo
National Chung Cheng University
Minxiong, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,015
2,195
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
186,257
1,015
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Yeau Ren Jeng
National Chung Cheng University
Minxiong, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,873
2,067
0.352
Tribology
Smart Manufacturing
Biomaterial
Nanotechnolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
186,331
1,016
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Chien-Yen Chen|C.-Y. Chen, C. Chen
National Chung Cheng University
Minxiong, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,870
3,437
0.586
Earth and environmental science
biotechnology
Nanotechnolog
biosurfactants
environmental microbiology/DN
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
193,773
1,061
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Yuan Kang Wu
National Chung Cheng University
Minxiong, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,639
3,442
0.610
Wind Power
Renewable Energy
Power System
Photovoltaic
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
196,828
1,080
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jyoti Prakash Maity
National Chung Cheng University
Minxiong, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,550
3,765
0.678
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
198,635
1,097
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Lai Kwan Chau
National Chung Cheng University
Minxiong, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,499
1,827
0.332
chemistry
analytical chemistry
sensor
materials scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
218,462
1,228
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ren Hung Hwang
National Chung Cheng University
Minxiong, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,984
2,554
0.512
Network Security
Next Generation Cellular Networks
Deep Learning
AIo
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
219,457
1,240
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Huang Chi Fu
National Chung Cheng University
Minxiong, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,961
432
0.087
Mobile Computing and Wireless Communicatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
222,698
1,258
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Her-Terng Yau
National Chung Cheng University
Minxiong, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,884
1,696
0.347
Automatic control
Mechatronics
Smart Manufacturing
Signal processing and Big data analysis
Artificial intelligenc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
223,962
1,266
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Shao Yu Lien
National Chung Cheng University
Minxiong, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,855
1,953
0.402
Computing in Wireless Networks
Robotics Network
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
248,126
1,435
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Hong Tzong Yau
National Chung Cheng University
Minxiong, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,348
948
0.218
CAD/CAM
manufacturing
NC machining
digital dentistry
3D printin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
256,541
1,505
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Yu-Shan Shih
National Chung Cheng University
Minxiong, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,195
1,024
0.244
Classification and Regression Trees
Machine Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
264,607
1,547
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Shi Ming Huang
National Chung Cheng University
Minxiong, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,054
781
0.193
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
268,151
1,577
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Bor Cherng Hong
National Chung Cheng University
Minxiong, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,992
1,003
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
274,879
1,623
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Feng Sheng Wang
National Chung Cheng University
Minxiong, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,880
663
0.171
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
287,620
1,720
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Wen-Chien Lee
National Chung Cheng University
Minxiong, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,683
1,000
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
295,043
1,776
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Long-Chuan Lu
National Chung Cheng University
Minxiong, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,573
1,567
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
310,115
1,874
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Yuan Hsi Lee
National Chung Cheng University
Minxiong, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,370
1,469
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
321,306
1,968
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Chia Chen Hsu
National Chung Cheng University
Minxiong, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,231
941
0.291