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
Nutrients
Metals
Constructed wetland
Phytoremediation
Salinity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,665
11,171
0.762
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Multiferroicity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,703
8,496
0.794
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Computational Catalysis
First-Principles Calculation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,754
4,112
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Energy and Environment materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,916
3,925
0.663
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Image Communication and Multimedia Technology
Data Analysis
Pattern Recognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,184
3,193
0.763
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
heat transfer
battery thermal management
cooling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,426
2,479
0.724
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Laser processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,339
2,882
0.863
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Reliability engineering
Automotive engineering
Optimization design
Fatigue
Uncertain system
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,529
2,133
0.843
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Transport in Porous Media
Poroelasticity/Poromechanics
THM coupling in Porous Media
Geomechanics
Numerical Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,185
1,402
0.642
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Nonlinear Control
Robust Control
State Estimation
Complex Networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,092
624
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Inorganic Chemistry
Solid State Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,945
1,590
0.817
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Laser cladding
Additive manufacturing
Surface coating
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,779
1,164
0.654
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
biomaterials
textile materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,660
1,377
0.830
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Robust control
Complex networks
and Model reduction.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,602
1,136
0.709
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
polymer brush
coatings
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,492
786
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
semiconductors
solar cell
catalyst
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,431
1,039
0.726
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Medicinal Chemistry/Organic Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,342
720
0.537
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Interior-Point Methods
Symmetric Optimization
Symmetric Cone Complementarity Problem
Statistical Optimization
Machine Learni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,320
626
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Pattern recognition
SLAM
3D perception
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,316
1,219
0.926
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Triboleectric nanogenerators
flexible electronics
energy materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,270
1,220
0.961
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Organic Chemistry
Medical Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,026
753
0.734
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
377
314
0.833
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Void evolution
Crack healing
Microstructure evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
354
100
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Plastic waste recycling
simulation
LCA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
270
268
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
AI for Healthcare
Vision-Language Models
Reinforcement Learning
Large Language Models
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
153
0.987
Zhenhua Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,665
11,171
0.762
Nutrients
Metals
Constructed wetland
Phytoremediation
Salinity
Hongbo Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,703
8,496
0.794
Wei An 安炜
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,754
4,112
0.609
Computational Catalysis
First-Principles Calculation
Wenyao Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,916
3,925
0.663
Energy and Environment materials
Zhijun Fang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,184
3,193
0.763
Image Communication and Multimedia Technology
Data Analysis
Pattern Recognition
Hengyun Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,426
2,479
0.724
heat transfer
battery thermal management
cooling
Peilei Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,339
2,882
0.863
Xintian Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,529
2,133
0.843
Reliability engineering
Automotive engineering
Optimization design
Fatigue
Uncertain system
Peichao Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,185
1,402
0.642
Transport in Porous Media
Poroelasticity/Poromechanics
THM coupling in Porous Media
Geomechanics
Numerical Analysis
Wei Zhang 章伟
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,092
624
0.298
Nonlinear Control
Robust Control
State Estimation
Complex Networks
Yuandong Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,945
1,590
0.817
Inorganic Chemistry
Solid State Chemistry
Chong-Gui Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,779
1,164
0.654
Jie Zhu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,660
1,377
0.830
biomaterials
textile materials
Dongbing Tong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,602
1,136
0.709
Robust control
Complex networks
and Model reduction.
Kaimin CHEN
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,492
786
0.527
polymer brush
coatings
Jingxia Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,431
1,039
0.726
semiconductors
solar cell
catalyst
Zhihua Sun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,342
720
0.537
Medicinal Chemistry/Organic Chemistry
Wang Guoqiang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,320
626
0.474
Interior-Point Methods
Symmetric Optimization
Symmetric Cone Complementarity Problem
Statistical Optimization
Machine Learni
Yongbin Gao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,316
1,219
0.926
Pattern recognition
SLAM
3D perception
Yinben Guo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,270
1,220
0.961
Triboleectric nanogenerators
flexible electronics
energy materials
Huangdi Feng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,026
753
0.734
Organic Chemistry
Medical Chemistry
Yu Iain He
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
377
314
0.833
Xiaoxun Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
354
100
0.282
Void evolution
Crack healing
Microstructure evolution
Jiaqi Lu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
270
268
0.993
Xihe Qiu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
153
0.987
AI for Healthcare
Vision-Language Models
Reinforcement Learning
Large Language Models