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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 657 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
Phycology
Aquatic ecology
environmental science
soil scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142,211
78,887
0.555
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Palaeontolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,830
41,221
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
general relativity
high energy astrophysics
quantum mechanics
physics pedagog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,190
19,625
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Semiconductor Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,444
17,584
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Postharvest technology
Radio frequency heating
Disinfestation
Pasteurizatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,996
10,676
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Plant Patholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,665
12,494
0.577
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
jet
pump
cavitation
hydraulic machine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,371
5,684
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Agricultur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,542
9,912
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Insect Ecology
Biological Control
Integrated Pest Managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,094
8,090
0.503
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Bioinformatics
Developmental Biology
Reproduction
Genomics
Computaional Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,517
6,769
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Kidney disease
Gut microbiota
Metabolomics
Oxidative stress and inflammatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,169
8,348
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Mathematical Applications to Medical Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,775
7,236
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
biotechnolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,978
8,536
0.713
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Magnetic nanomaterials
nanomedicine
MRI
Magnetic hyperthermi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,922
5,929
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
climate change
carbon cycle
forest management
land use chang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,847
10,103
0.853
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Synthesis and Characterization of Functional Material
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,656
9,765
0.838
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
AI/ML
CAD
HCI/HMI
Modeling
Sustainabilit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,541
6,610
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Physical chemistry - Food Physics - emulsio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,839
9,446
0.871
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
phosphor
LED
Therapy
Upconversion
Nan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,746
5,646
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Plant-water relations
Drip fertigation
Dryland farming
Evapotranspiration
Ecohydrolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,606
9,810
0.925
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Land Use Change
Vegetation Restoration
Soil Carbon Cycl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,872
8,177
0.828
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
能源材料、环境光电功能材料、水处�
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,356
7,588
0.811
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Hispanic Literature
Narratology
Spanish Literature
Spanish Culture Latin American Literature
Latin American Cultur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,134
3,567
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
biotechnology
composting
heavy metal
greenhouse gas
microplasti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,999
7,511
0.835
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
isotope hydrology
groundwater recharge
climate change
wheather generator
GCM downscalin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,944
6,396
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,717
26
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ming Li
Northwest A & F University
Yangling, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142,211
78,887
0.555
Phycology
Aquatic ecology
environmental science
soil scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,839
122
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Zhang Zhifei
Northwest University
Xi'an, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,830
41,221
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,032
3,789
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Daniel J Suson
Purdue University Northwest
Hammond, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,190
19,625
0.326
general relativity
high energy astrophysics
quantum mechanics
physics pedagog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,917
1,168
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Zhiyong Zhang
Northwest University
Xi'an, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,444
17,584
0.691
Semiconductor Materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,693
1,384
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Shaojin Wang
Northwest A & F University
Yangling, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,996
10,676
0.464
Postharvest technology
Radio frequency heating
Disinfestation
Pasteurizatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,845
1,526
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Zhensheng Kang
Northwest A & F University
Yangling, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,665
12,494
0.577
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,324
1,826
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Wang Yuchuan
Northwest A & F University
Yangling, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,371
5,684
0.293
jet
pump
cavitation
hydraulic machine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,141
2,320
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Gaihe Yang
Northwest A & F University
Yangling, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,542
9,912
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,202
2,413
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Tong Xian Liu|Tongxian Liu, TX Liu
Northwest A & F University
Yangling, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,094
8,090
0.503
Insect Ecology
Biological Control
Integrated Pest Managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,073
3,102
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Liao Mingzhi
Northwest A & F University
Yangling, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,517
6,769
0.501
Bioinformatics
Developmental Biology
Reproduction
Genomics
Computaional Biolog
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,511
3,210
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Yingyong Zhao
Northwest University
Xi'an, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,169
8,348
0.634
Kidney disease
Gut microbiota
Metabolomics
Oxidative stress and inflammatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,359
32,022
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Iztok Hozo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,775
7,236
0.566
Mathematical Applications to Medical Scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,733
3,649
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Yongzhong Feng
Northwest A & F University
Yangling, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,978
8,536
0.713
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,252
3,673
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Hai Ming Fan (樊海明)
Northwest University
Xi'an, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,922
5,929
0.497
Magnetic nanomaterials
nanomedicine
MRI
Magnetic hyperthermi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,866
3,703
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Chao Yue
Northwest A & F University
Yangling, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,847
10,103
0.853
climate change
carbon cycle
forest management
land use chang
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,613
3,773
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Muhammad Jawaad Atif
Northwest A & F University
Yangling, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,656
9,765
0.838
Synthesis and Characterization of Functional Material
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,694
35,808
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Vijay Devabhaktuni|V Devabhaktuni, VK Devabhaktuni, Vijaya Kumar Devabhaktuni
Purdue University Northwest
Hammond, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,541
6,610
0.573
AI/ML
CAD
HCI/HMI
Modeling
Sustainabilit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95,480
4,157
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Fuguo Liu
Northwest A & F University
Yangling, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,839
9,446
0.871
Physical chemistry - Food Physics - emulsio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,459
4,211
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Chongfeng Guo 郭崇峰
Northwest University
Xi'an, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,746
5,646
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,928
4,275
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Junliang Fan
Northwest A & F University
Yangling, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,606
9,810
0.925
Plant-water relations
Drip fertigation
Dryland farming
Evapotranspiration
Ecohydrolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106,310
4,666
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Lei Deng
Northwest A & F University
Yangling, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,872
8,177
0.828
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
113,066
5,017
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Qizhao Wang
Northwest Normal University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,356
7,588
0.811
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
116,260
45,274
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Adrian M Garcia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,134
3,567
0.391
Hispanic Literature
Narratology
Spanish Literature
Spanish Culture Latin American Literature
Latin American Cultur
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,183
5,260
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Quan Wang
Northwest A & F University
Yangling, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,999
7,511
0.835
biotechnology
composting
heavy metal
greenhouse gas
microplasti
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,015
5,300
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Zhi Li (李志)
Northwest A & F University
Yangling, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,944
6,396
0.715
isotope hydrology
groundwater recharge
climate change
wheather generator
GCM downscalin