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
Robust and Optimal Control
Model and Controller Approximations
Fault Diagnosis and Tolerant Control
Robbing Wall Street Legal
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,536
5,836
0.185
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Information Hiding
Image Signal Processing
Computational Intelligence
Wireless Sensor Networks
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,921
13,448
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Photocatalysis
Electrocatalysis
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,785
12,540
0.794
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Battery
Hydrogen
Nanomaterials
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,938
7,591
0.764
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
stochastic optimal control
optimal estimation and control of systems with output/input delays
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,918
3,539
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Network security
blockchain
big data
AI
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,585
6,333
0.835
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,087
2,122
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Cryptography
Network security
Intelligence optimization
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,202
3,224
0.767
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Petri nets
Intelligent Transportation
Artificial Intelligence
Optimization
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,380
3,187
0.943
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Process mining/ Petri nets/ Domain Ontology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,982
1,915
0.642
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Gas extraction
Coal wettability and seepage
Hydraulic fracturing
Coal pore structure
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,865
2,595
0.906
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,704
2,405
0.889
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,000
1,822
0.911
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Digital terrain modeling
LiDAR point cloud
DEM
Spatial interpolation
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,843
1,154
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
systems and control theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,682
1,331
0.791
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Workflow
Process mining
Petri net,Web service
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,651
711
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Wireless sensor networks
Underwater acoustic communication
Reinforcement learning
Machine learning
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,616
1,047
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Self-healing concrete
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,613
1,551
0.962
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Laser Technology、Crystal Materials
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,474
880
0.597
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
mining engineering、rock engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,449
1,243
0.858
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Sedimentology
coal geology
paleoclimate
coal geochemistry etc.
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,355
1,114
0.822
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Mining Engineering
Rock Mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,300
1,260
0.969
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,288
1,219
0.946
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Graph data mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,153
881
0.764
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
hydraulic fracturing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
900
894
0.993
Kemin Zhou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,536
5,836
0.185
Robust and Optimal Control
Model and Controller Approximations
Fault Diagnosis and Tolerant Control
Robbing Wall Street Legal
Jeng-Shyang Pan (潘正祥)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,921
13,448
0.587
Information Hiding
Image Signal Processing
Computational Intelligence
Wireless Sensor Networks
Jian Tian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,785
12,540
0.794
Meng-Chang Lin (林孟昌)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,938
7,591
0.764
Battery
Hydrogen
Nanomaterials
Huanshui Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,918
3,539
0.447
stochastic optimal control
optimal estimation and control of systems with output/input delays
Chien-Ming Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,585
6,333
0.835
Network security
blockchain
big data
AI
Zhanbing Bai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,087
2,122
0.349
Tsu Yang Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,202
3,224
0.767
Cryptography
Network security
Intelligence optimization
Liang Qi (亓亮)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,380
3,187
0.943
Petri nets
Intelligent Transportation
Artificial Intelligence
Optimization
Qingtian Zeng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,982
1,915
0.642
Guanhua Ni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,865
2,595
0.906
Gas extraction
Coal wettability and seepage
Hydraulic fracturing
Coal pore structure
Jimmy Ming-Tai Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,704
2,405
0.889
Lianzheng Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,000
1,822
0.911
Chuanfa Chen(陈传法)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,843
1,154
0.626
Digital terrain modeling
LiDAR point cloud
DEM
Spatial interpolation
Ziye Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,682
1,331
0.791
Yuyue Du
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,651
711
0.431
Hanjiang Luo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,616
1,047
0.648
Wireless sensor networks
Underwater acoustic communication
Reinforcement learning
Machine learning
Mingyue Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,613
1,551
0.962
Shande Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,474
880
0.597
ZJ Wen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,449
1,243
0.858
mining engineering、rock engineering
Dawei Lv Dawei Lü 吕大炜)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,355
1,114
0.822
Sedimentology
coal geology
paleoclimate
coal geochemistry etc.
Miao Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,300
1,260
0.969
Mining Engineering
Rock Mechanics
Naser Golsanami
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,288
1,219
0.946
Zhongying Zhao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,153
881
0.764
Qiming Huang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
900
894
0.993