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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,996
3,158
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
electron microscopy
thermoelectrics
ferroelectrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,751
5,075
0.882
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
electric vehicle
microgrid
complex system and network
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,201
4,955
0.953
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,818
1,739
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,677
3,505
0.953
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,145
2,572
0.818
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Flexible Electronics
Flexible tactile sensor
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,468
2,335
0.946
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,968
1,773
0.901
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Robotics
Path Planning
Motion Control
Human-Robot Interaction
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,699
1,689
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Quantum Dots
Optoelectronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,447
1,417
0.979
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,083
924
0.853
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,001
410
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Metasurfaces
Plasmonics
Liquid crystalline networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
858
847
0.987
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
664
660
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Bayesian statistics
Crustal stress
Uncertainty quantification
Site characterisation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
660
528
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Marine Hydrodynamics
Offshore Renewable Energy
Fluid Mechanics
CFD
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
649
584
0.900
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Computational Mechanics
Multiphysics
Continuum Mechanics
Inelasticity
Phase-field modeling
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
632
436
0.690
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Nanotechnology
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Last 6 Years / Total
599
532
0.888
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Spintronics
Topological materials
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
598
596
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Evolutionary Multi-Objective Optimization
Evolutionary Computation
Fuzzy Inference Systems
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
588
558
0.949
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Immunology
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
581
321
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
robot kinematics
mechanism and machine theory
parallel robots
geometric algebra
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
544
311
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Geophysics
Seismology
Earthquake
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
492
439
0.892
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
physical chemistry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
482
260
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
hyperhidrosis
lung cancer
VATS
ERAS
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
471
470
0.998
Weiling Ke
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,996
3,158
0.527
Lin Xie
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,751
5,075
0.882
electron microscopy
thermoelectrics
ferroelectrics
Youwei Jia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,201
4,955
0.953
electric vehicle
microgrid
complex system and network
Jack Ng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,818
1,739
0.455
Yuanjing Lin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,677
3,505
0.953
Chengzhu Liao
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,145
2,572
0.818
Ningning Bai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,468
2,335
0.946
Flexible Electronics
Flexible tactile sensor
Youpeng Zhong
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,968
1,773
0.901
Jiankun Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,699
1,689
0.994
Robotics
Path Planning
Motion Control
Human-Robot Interaction
Haochen Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,447
1,417
0.979
Quantum Dots
Optoelectronics
Hanlin Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,083
924
0.853
Fabio Briscese
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,001
410
0.410
Jianxun Liu (刘建勋)
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
858
847
0.987
Haozhi Zhang
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
664
660
0.994
Yu Feng
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
660
528
0.800
Bayesian statistics
Crustal stress
Uncertainty quantification
Site characterisation
Xingya Feng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
649
584
0.900
Marine Hydrodynamics
Offshore Renewable Energy
Fluid Mechanics
CFD
Ju Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
632
436
0.690
Computational Mechanics
Multiphysics
Continuum Mechanics
Inelasticity
Phase-field modeling
Deependra Tyagi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
599
532
0.888
Jiayu Li|李嘉裕
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
598
596
0.997
Spintronics
Topological materials
Lie Meng Pang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
588
558
0.949
Evolutionary Multi-Objective Optimization
Evolutionary Computation
Fuzzy Inference Systems
Xijun Ou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
581
321
0.552
Yuanqing Wu (吴元庆)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
544
311
0.572
robot kinematics
mechanism and machine theory
parallel robots
geometric algebra
Haoran Meng 孟浩然
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
492
439
0.892
Geophysics
Seismology
Earthquake
Huilin Pan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
482
260
0.539
Kun Qiao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
471
470
0.998