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
image/signal processing
imaging
applied maths/physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,359
47,845
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
软件工程、软件安全性、移动云测试
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,749
31,922
0.783
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Image/video processing
Pattern recognition
Medical image processing
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,594
28,590
0.803
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Materials Science
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,817
20,058
0.576
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
功能高分子材料
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,649
27,918
0.882
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,474
22,361
0.759
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
new genes
new genetic elements
genome evolution
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,544
11,794
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Piezoelectrics
Dielectrics
Nanomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,234
15,012
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Structural Optimization
Mechanical Design
Advanced Manufacturing
Milling Process
Machining Simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,546
13,667
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Internet of Things
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,515
16,864
0.784
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Noise reduction
speech enhancement
microphone arrays
source localization
time delay estimation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,470
12,051
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
computer vision
pattern recognition
remote sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,357
18,062
0.887
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Hyperbranched Polymers
Polymer-derived Ceramics
Dielectric Materials
3D Printing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,296
16,919
0.834
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Computer vision、Image processing、Machine learning、Multimedia、Pattern recognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,801
10,897
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
singular optics
nondiffracting beam
tightly focusing
optical angular momentum
optical vortex
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,779
13,287
0.708
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
friction welding
thermal spraying
cold spraying 摩擦焊接、热喷涂、冷喷涂
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,596
12,296
0.661
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Ubiquitous Computing
Mobile Sensing
Human-Computer Interaction
Mobile Social Networks
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,963
11,428
0.636
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Perovskite materials
Solar cell
Carbon nanotube
graphene
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,563
11,582
0.659
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Flexible Electronics
Energy Storage Materials
Nanoarrays Electrodes
Metal Composites
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,738
12,391
0.740
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
wireless and mobile networks
cloud storage and computing
network security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,635
14,585
0.877
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,749
11,436
0.726
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
电磁波吸收材料 (EM wave absorbing Materials)
催化 (Catalysis)
锂离子电池 (Lithium-ion battery)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,612
13,351
0.855
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Ubiquitous Computing
Mobile Crowd Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,293
11,246
0.735
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Computer vision
Pattern recognition
Machine learning
Remote sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,823
12,069
0.873
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Green Catalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,089
11,264
0.861
Xuelong Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,359
47,845
0.635
张涛,Tao Zhang
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,749
31,922
0.783
Junwei Han
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,594
28,590
0.803
Image/video processing
Pattern recognition
Medical image processing
Jie Sun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,817
20,058
0.576
Junwei Gu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,649
27,918
0.882
Qiuyu Zhang(张秋禹)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,474
22,361
0.759
Wen Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,544
11,794
0.481
new genes
new genetic elements
genome evolution
Huiqing Fan (樊慧庆)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,234
15,012
0.646
Piezoelectrics
Dielectrics
Nanomaterials
Weihong Zhang 张卫红
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,546
13,667
0.634
Structural Optimization
Mechanical Design
Advanced Manufacturing
Milling Process
Machining Simulation
Liang Wang (王亮)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,515
16,864
0.784
Jingdong Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,470
12,051
0.589
Noise reduction
speech enhancement
microphone arrays
source localization
time delay estimation
Gong Cheng(程塨)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,357
18,062
0.887
computer vision
pattern recognition
remote sensing
Jie Kong 孔杰
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,296
16,919
0.834
Hyperbranched Polymers
Polymer-derived Ceramics
Dielectric Materials
3D Printing
Yuan Yuan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,801
10,897
0.580
Computer vision、Image processing、Machine learning、Multimedia、Pattern recognition
Sheng Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,779
13,287
0.708
singular optics
nondiffracting beam
tightly focusing
optical angular momentum
optical vortex
Wenya Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,596
12,296
0.661
friction welding
thermal spraying
cold spraying 摩擦焊接、热喷涂、冷喷涂
Zhiwen Yu 於志文
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,963
11,428
0.636
Ubiquitous Computing
Mobile Sensing
Human-Computer Interaction
Mobile Social Networks
Zhen Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,563
11,582
0.659
Perovskite materials
Solar cell
Carbon nanotube
graphene
Cao Guan (官操)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,738
12,391
0.740
Flexible Electronics
Energy Storage Materials
Nanoarrays Electrodes
Metal Composites
jiajia liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,635
14,585
0.877
wireless and mobile networks
cloud storage and computing
network security
Jianlin Zhao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,749
11,436
0.726
Hongjing Wu 吴宏景
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,612
13,351
0.855
电磁波吸收材料 (EM wave absorbing Materials)
催化 (Catalysis)
锂离子电池 (Lithium-ion battery)
Bin Guo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,293
11,246
0.735
Ubiquitous Computing
Mobile Crowd Sensing
Qi Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,823
12,069
0.873
Computer vision
Pattern recognition
Machine learning
Remote sensing
Jian Zhang 张健)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,089
11,264
0.861