Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 1.022 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
Decision Making
Information Fusion
Fuzzy Sets
Computational Intelligence
Bibliometric
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,586
47,471
0.477
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Polymer processing and polymer composite
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,876
38,287
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Oxidative Stress
Redox Signaling
Autophagy
Drug Target Deconvolutio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,794
19,631
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Polymer composites
Multilayer structure
Electrical properties
Dielectric properties
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,569
22,830
0.701
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,758
11,675
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,006
10,384
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Wastewater treatment
Zero valent iron
Micro-electrolysis
AOP
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,884
21,336
0.932
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Decision analysis
Fuzzy Systems
Multiple criteria decision making
Preference learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,781
17,659
0.775
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Decision making theor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,465
12,127
0.540
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Intercropping
Maize
Soybean
Sustainabilit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,183
15,484
0.731
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Decision Analysis
Human Dynamics
Social Network
Machine Learning
Sustainabilit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,572
13,975
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
drug deliver
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,511
14,414
0.703
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Nano Catalyst
Clean Energy
CO2 CCUS
Energy storage
CNT and Graphen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,294
10,149
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Perovskite solar cells/Perovskite LEDs/photodetectors
Quantum-dots LEDs
Organic solar cells
OLEDs
flexible electronic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,205
13,988
0.692
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Medicine
Life Science
Regenerative Medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,862
13,588
0.684
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,808
14,586
0.776
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Polymer science and Engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,900
13,497
0.754
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Covalent Adaptable Networks
Polymer Composites
Additive Manufacturing
Powder Bed Fusio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,680
10,684
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Neural Network
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,535
9,370
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Cancer Systems Immunology
Computational Biology
Oral Carcinogenesis
Single-cell/Spatia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,408
16,754
0.962
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
cellulose
polymer composit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,647
11,394
0.684
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Multilevel Modelling
Risk Prediction
Life Course Model
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,241
4,593
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Low-Dimensional Materials
Coordination/Conjugated Polymers
Enzyme-Mimics
Electrochemica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,370
11,256
0.732
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
polymer composite
carbon nanomaterial
electrically conductive materia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,199
11,426
0.752
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,912
9,254
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,436
66
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Zeshui Xu 徐泽水
Sichuan University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,586
47,471
0.477
Decision Making
Information Fusion
Fuzzy Sets
Computational Intelligence
Bibliometric
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,289
210
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Qiang Fu
Sichuan University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,876
38,287
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,046
721
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Canhua Huang
Sichuan University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,794
19,631
0.581
Oxidative Stress
Redox Signaling
Autophagy
Drug Target Deconvolutio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,245
771
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jiabin Shen
Sichuan University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,569
22,830
0.701
Polymer composites
Multilayer structure
Electrical properties
Dielectric properties
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,640
1,065
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Xiaohua Liu
Sichuan University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,758
11,675
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,661
1,382
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Liang Yin Chu
Sichuan University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,006
10,384
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,946
1,399
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Bo Lai
Sichuan University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,884
21,336
0.932
Wastewater treatment
Zero valent iron
Micro-electrolysis
AOP
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,166
1,415
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Huchang Liao 廖虎昌
Sichuan University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,781
17,659
0.775
Decision analysis
Fuzzy Systems
Multiple criteria decision making
Preference learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,850
1,441
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jiuping Xu
Sichuan University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,465
12,127
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,105
1,592
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Wenyu Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,183
15,484
0.731
Intercropping
Maize
Soybean
Sustainabilit
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,800
1,659
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Yucheng Dong
Sichuan University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,572
13,975
0.679
Decision Analysis
Human Dynamics
Social Network
Machine Learning
Sustainabilit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,964
1,670
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Huile Gao
Sichuan University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,511
14,414
0.703
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,577
1,699
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Wei Chu
Sichuan University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,294
10,149
0.500
Nano Catalyst
Clean Energy
CO2 CCUS
Energy storage
CNT and Graphen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,848
1,713
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Dewei Zhao
Sichuan University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,205
13,988
0.692
Perovskite solar cells/Perovskite LEDs/photodetectors
Quantum-dots LEDs
Organic solar cells
OLEDs
flexible electronic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,807
1,757
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Yunfeng Lin
Sichuan University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,862
13,588
0.684
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,220
1,911
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Lei Cheng
Sichuan University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,808
14,586
0.776
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,536
2,068
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Wei Yang
Sichuan University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,900
13,497
0.754
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,349
2,114
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Hesheng Xia
Sichuan University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,680
10,684
0.604
Covalent Adaptable Networks
Polymer Composites
Additive Manufacturing
Powder Bed Fusio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,925
2,142
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Yi Zhang
Sichuan University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,535
9,370
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,453
2,165
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Taiwen Li
Sichuan University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,408
16,754
0.962
Cancer Systems Immunology
Computational Biology
Oral Carcinogenesis
Single-cell/Spatia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,697
2,294
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Canhui Lu
Sichuan University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,647
11,394
0.684
cellulose
polymer composit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,487
2,376
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Min Yang
Sichuan University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,241
4,593
0.283
Multilevel Modelling
Risk Prediction
Life Course Model
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,934
2,582
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Chong Cheng
Sichuan University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,370
11,256
0.732
Low-Dimensional Materials
Coordination/Conjugated Polymers
Enzyme-Mimics
Electrochemica
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,836
2,629
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ding Xiang Yan
Sichuan University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,199
11,426
0.752
polymer composite
carbon nanomaterial
electrically conductive materia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,392
2,708
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Dong Zhou
Sichuan University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,912
9,254
0.621