The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the 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
High Energy Physics
Particle Physics
Nuclear Instruments and Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
440,118
223,319
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158,937
112,637
0.709
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,298
65,180
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
General Relativity
Cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,065
87,003
0.654
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Nucleic acids chemistry
DNA nanotechnology
Bioimaging and biosensors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,403
50,268
0.550
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,084
50,332
0.708
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Creep-resistant Magnesium Alloy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,215
34,953
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
mechanical engineering
acoustic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,321
23,469
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
MEMS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,482
30,989
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Polymer physics
Synchrotron X-ray techniques
Morphology
Organic semiconductors
Electronic devices
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,381
39,397
0.724
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Wireless communication
4G/5G standardization
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,373
42,069
0.788
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
pregnancy labor epidemiology perinatal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,786
27,287
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
circular economy
industrial ecology
climate change policy
water management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,672
34,105
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,442
23,792
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,646
40,259
0.967
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,944
19,046
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Operations Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,581
23,254
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
WWW
KDD
Semantic Search
Machine Learning
Data Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,978
23,003
0.575
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Cancer stem cells
Pancreatic cancer
Niche
Microenvironment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,424
8,243
0.215
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
biosensor
molecular imaging
diagnosis
nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,410
19,700
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Solar Cells
perovskite
semiconductor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,271
20,252
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
condensed matter physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,129
14,624
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Polymer Chemistry
Supramolecular Self-assembly
Hyperbranched Polymer
Carbon Nanotube
Drug Delivery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,124
10,633
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
6G
IRS/RIS
Integrated sensing and communications
UAV communications
Machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,766
32,705
0.969
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Image Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,434
23,305
0.697
Haijun Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
440,118
223,319
0.507
High Energy Physics
Particle Physics
Nuclear Instruments and Methods
Zhang Qi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158,937
112,637
0.709
Yafei Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,298
65,180
0.465
Bin Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,065
87,003
0.654
Chunhai Fan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,403
50,268
0.550
Nucleic acids chemistry
DNA nanotechnology
Bioimaging and biosensors
Ning Guang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,084
50,332
0.708
Huan Wang 汪欢
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,215
34,953
0.498
Creep-resistant Magnesium Alloy
Haosen Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,321
23,469
0.409
mechanical engineering
acoustic
Wen-Ming Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,482
30,989
0.549
Feng Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,381
39,397
0.724
Polymer physics
Synchrotron X-ray techniques
Morphology
Organic semiconductors
Electronic devices
Meng Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,373
42,069
0.788
Wireless communication
4G/5G standardization
Jun Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,786
27,287
0.559
Geng Yong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,672
34,105
0.715
circular economy
industrial ecology
climate change policy
water management
Di Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,442
23,792
0.561
Nihal Brahimi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,646
40,259
0.967
Zhihua Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,944
19,046
0.465
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Qinghua Zhu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,581
23,254
0.573
Yong Yu (俞勇)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,978
23,003
0.575
WWW
KDD
Semantic Search
Machine Learning
Data Mining
Christopher Heeschen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,424
8,243
0.215
Cancer stem cells
Pancreatic cancer
Niche
Microenvironment
Daxiang Cui
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,410
19,700
0.541
biosensor
molecular imaging
diagnosis
nanotechnology
Liyuan Han
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,271
20,252
0.558
Solar Cells
perovskite
semiconductor
Hong Ding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,129
14,624
0.405
Deyue Yan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,124
10,633
0.312
Polymer Chemistry
Supramolecular Self-assembly
Hyperbranched Polymer
Carbon Nanotube
Drug Delivery
Qingqing Wu (武庆庆)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,766
32,705
0.969
6G
IRS/RIS
Integrated sensing and communications
UAV communications
Machine learning
Xiaokang Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,434
23,305
0.697