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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 260 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
sustainable tourism
hospitality marketing
consumer behavior
destination development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,675
39,076
0.715
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Battery
Electrochemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,771
21,788
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Environmental Sustainable Energy
Chemica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,583
27,230
0.862
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Low Dimensional Materials
Graphene & Carbon Related Material
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,852
4,764
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
foodservice management
hospitality marketing
hospitality
tourism
foodservic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,714
11,132
0.595
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Data Mining
Multimedia
Surveillance
Machine Learning
Computer Visio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,379
14,561
0.838
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Medical Big Data
Medical AI
Digital Healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,742
16,577
0.990
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Dissolved organic matter
natural organic matte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,665
11,354
0.725
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
ESG
Franchising
Sustainability
Leadership
Hospitality & Touris
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,175
6,494
0.428
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
New technology-based service
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,856
11,745
0.848
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Applied AI
Digital Health
ML and Data Science
Inclusive AI
Internet of Thing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,792
10,742
0.779
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Biometrics
Pattern Recognition
Computer Vision
Image Processin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,882
5,215
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Computational Mechanic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,626
7,856
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Perovskite solar cells
Inorganic-organic hybrid materials
Solar cells
Material synthesi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,378
8,809
0.712
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Fluid Dynamics
Applied Mathematics
Nonlinear Dynamical flow
Heat Transfe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,284
11,646
0.948
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Pollution remediation
Wastewater treatment
Renewable energy
Biomass conversion
Waste managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,651
10,721
0.920
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Speech/Audio/Music Signal Processin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,914
3,356
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Structural Analysis
Steel Structur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,876
5,028
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Nanomaterial
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,837
1,756
0.179
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
materials science
metallurgy
alloys
physical propertie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,281
3,782
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Machine Learning
Data Science
Big Data
IoT
Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,446
9,015
0.954
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Food chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,358
3,820
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Wireless Communications
Communication Theory
Quantum Information
Energy Harvesting
IoT
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,324
7,889
0.948
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,274
3,617
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Nano science and technolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,191
4,956
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,376
82
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Heesup Han
Sejong University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,675
39,076
0.715
sustainable tourism
hospitality marketing
consumer behavior
destination development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,394
118
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Seung Taek Myung
Sejong University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,771
21,788
0.522
Battery
Electrochemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,308
179
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Eilhann E Kwon
Sejong University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,583
27,230
0.862
Environmental Sustainable Energy
Chemica
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,080
492
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Keun Soo Kim
Sejong University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,852
4,764
0.253
Low Dimensional Materials
Graphene & Carbon Related Material
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,568
504
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Kisang Ryu
Sejong University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,714
11,132
0.595
foodservice management
hospitality marketing
hospitality
tourism
foodservic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,569
576
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Sung Wook Baik
Sejong University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,379
14,561
0.838
Data Mining
Multimedia
Surveillance
Machine Learning
Computer Visio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,264
615
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Seung Won Lee
Sejong University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,742
16,577
0.990
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,419
688
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jin Hur
Sejong University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,665
11,354
0.725
Dissolved organic matter
natural organic matte
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,955
724
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Yong Ki Lee
Sejong University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,175
6,494
0.428
ESG
Franchising
Sustainability
Leadership
Hospitality & Touris
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,850
869
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jinsoo Hwang
Sejong University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,856
11,745
0.848
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,276
876
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
SM Riazul Islam
Sejong University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,792
10,742
0.779
Applied AI
Digital Health
ML and Data Science
Inclusive AI
Internet of Thing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,564
986
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Hyeonjoon Moon
Sejong University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,882
5,215
0.405
Biometrics
Pattern Recognition
Computer Vision
Image Processin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,438
1,012
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jaehong Lee
Sejong University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,626
7,856
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,357
1,044
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Dong Hoe Kim
Sejong University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,378
8,809
0.712
Perovskite solar cells
Inorganic-organic hybrid materials
Solar cells
Material synthesi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,133
1,053
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Nehad Ali Shah
Sejong University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,284
11,646
0.948
Fluid Dynamics
Applied Mathematics
Nonlinear Dynamical flow
Heat Transfe
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,662
1,125
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Shahabaldin Rezania
Sejong University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,651
10,721
0.920
Pollution remediation
Wastewater treatment
Renewable energy
Biomass conversion
Waste managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,826
1,419
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Moo Young Kim
Sejong University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,914
3,356
0.339
Speech/Audio/Music Signal Processin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106,269
1,425
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Seung Eock Kim
Sejong University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,876
5,028
0.509
Structural Analysis
Steel Structur
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106,771
1,437
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Naesung Lee
Sejong University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,837
1,756
0.179
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,145
1,558
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ki Buem Kim
Sejong University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,281
3,782
0.407
materials science
metallurgy
alloys
physical propertie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,870
1,519
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Md Jalil Piran
Sejong University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,446
9,015
0.954
Machine Learning
Data Science
Big Data
IoT
Security
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,332
1,818
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Sang Ho Yoo
Sejong University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,358
3,820
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,883
1,830
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Mohammed H Alsharif
Sejong University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,324
7,889
0.948
Wireless Communications
Communication Theory
Quantum Information
Energy Harvesting
IoT
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,726
1,846
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Kee Sun Sohn
Sejong University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,274
3,617
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
131,174
1,879
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Young Jin Choi
Sejong University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,191
4,956
0.605
Nano science and technolog