Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025

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
Germany
Jingdan Zhang
medical imaging
machine learning
computer vision
and graphics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191,169
71,109
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Germany
Xiaoxun Zhu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,747
11,596
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Germany
Bart Peeters
Structural dynamics
vibration testing
modal analysis
vibration control
data acquisition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,991
5,966
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Germany
Marie-Pierre Jolly
Medical Imaging
Cardiac MRI
Image Segmentation
Algorithm development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,744
3,640
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Germany
Xiang Sean Zhou
Computer vision and pattern recognition
machine learning
image and text based information retrieval
medical image analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,581
4,408
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Germany
Michael E. Casey
positron emission tomography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,116
3,326
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Germany
Ali Kamen, Faimbe
Artificial Intelligence
Medical Imaging
Image Guided Therapy
Computer Vision
Deep Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,542
6,714
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Germany
Steffen Udluft
Reinforcement Learning
Particle Physics
Offline Reinforcement Learning
Human Centered AI
Quantum Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,091
2,751
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Germany
Herman Van Der Auweraer
Mechanical Design Engineering
Mechatronic Systems
Simulation
Acoustics
Testing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,462
2,960
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Germany
Thomas Runkler
Data Analytics
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Computational Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,320
2,947
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Germany
Ali Bani-Hashemi
Medical Imaging
Radiation Therapy
Image Processing
Computer Vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,897
2,318
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Germany
Changpeng Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,773
3,216
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Germany
Alexey Tsymbal
Machine Learning
Computer-Aided Detection
Medical Informatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,558
1,999
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Germany
Joachim W. Walewski
pre-standardisation
standardisation
5G-products development
requirements engineering
statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,389
1,510
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Germany
Amit Chakraborty
Artificial Intelligence
Physics Informed Neural Networks
Industrial AI
Game Theory
Signal and Image Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,116
2,235
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Germany
Wesley Gilson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,977
1,210
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Germany
Yiqiang Zhan
Artificial Intelligence
Medical Image Analysis
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,836
2,450
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Germany
Gerardo Hermosillo Valadez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,822
1,741
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Germany
Sebastian Vogt
Medical Imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,805
2,391
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Germany
Xiaoming Bi
medical imaging
magnetic resonance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,696
2,094
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Germany
Justinian Rosca
Machine Learning
Signal Processing
Artificial Intelligence
Sensing and Communications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,422
1,477
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Germany
Oliver Schmidt
microfluidic x-ray spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,170
2,073
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Germany
Juan Carlos Ramirez-Giraldo
Healthcare Innovation
Medical Imaging
Computed Tomography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,122
2,323
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Germany
Vijay Shah
Medical Imaging
Image Segmentation
Image Processing
Machine Learning
Remote Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,870
1,580
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Germany
Arne Bröring
edge computing
internet of things
indoor localization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,778
1,528
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
890
Germany
24
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jingdan Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191,169
71,109
0.372
medical imaging
machine learning
computer vision
and graphics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,967
Germany
1,298
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Xiaoxun Zhu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,747
11,596
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,852
Germany
2,609
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Bart Peeters
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,991
5,966
0.398
Structural dynamics
vibration testing
modal analysis
vibration control
data acquisition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,096
Germany
2,674
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Marie-Pierre Jolly
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,744
3,640
0.247
Medical Imaging
Cardiac MRI
Image Segmentation
Algorithm development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,050
Germany
2,995
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Xiang Sean Zhou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,581
4,408
0.325
Computer vision and pattern recognition
machine learning
image and text based information retrieval
medical image analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,171
Germany
3,131
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Michael E. Casey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,116
3,326
0.254
positron emission tomography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,246
Germany
3,304
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ali Kamen, Faimbe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,542
6,714
0.535
Artificial Intelligence
Medical Imaging
Image Guided Therapy
Computer Vision
Deep Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,493
Germany
4,262
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Steffen Udluft
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,091
2,751
0.273
Reinforcement Learning
Particle Physics
Offline Reinforcement Learning
Human Centered AI
Quantum Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,894
Germany
4,575
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Herman Van Der Auweraer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,462
2,960
0.313
Mechanical Design Engineering
Mechatronic Systems
Simulation
Acoustics
Testing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
121,387
Germany
5,227
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Thomas Runkler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,320
2,947
0.354
Data Analytics
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Computational Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
174,334
Germany
7,298
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ali Bani-Hashemi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,897
2,318
0.393
Medical Imaging
Radiation Therapy
Image Processing
Computer Vision
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
178,048
Germany
7,442
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Changpeng Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,773
3,216
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
184,854
Germany
7,680
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Alexey Tsymbal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,558
1,999
0.360
Machine Learning
Computer-Aided Detection
Medical Informatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
190,423
Germany
7,889
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Joachim W. Walewski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,389
1,510
0.280
pre-standardisation
standardisation
5G-products development
requirements engineering
statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
200,287
Germany
8,216
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Amit Chakraborty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,116
2,235
0.437
Artificial Intelligence
Physics Informed Neural Networks
Industrial AI
Game Theory
Signal and Image Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
205,879
Germany
8,411
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Wesley Gilson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,977
1,210
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
211,658
Germany
8,615
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Yiqiang Zhan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,836
2,450
0.507
Artificial Intelligence
Medical Image Analysis
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
212,270
Germany
8,638
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Gerardo Hermosillo Valadez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,822
1,741
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
212,954
Germany
8,671
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sebastian Vogt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,805
2,391
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
217,568
Germany
8,845
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Xiaoming Bi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,696
2,094
0.446
medical imaging
magnetic resonance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
230,196
Germany
9,252
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Justinian Rosca
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,422
1,477
0.334
Machine Learning
Signal Processing
Artificial Intelligence
Sensing and Communications
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
242,970
Germany
9,727
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Oliver Schmidt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,170
2,073
0.497
microfluidic x-ray spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
245,513
Germany
9,821
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Juan Carlos Ramirez-Giraldo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,122
2,323
0.564
Healthcare Innovation
Medical Imaging
Computed Tomography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
259,891
Germany
10,306
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Vijay Shah
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,870
1,580
0.408
Medical Imaging
Image Segmentation
Image Processing
Machine Learning
Remote Sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
265,434
Germany
10,505
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Arne Bröring
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,778
1,528
0.404
edge computing
internet of things
indoor localization