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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 1.040 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
Steel Structure
Composite Structur
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,068
85,954
0.788
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Electrical Eng
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,305
25,807
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Wireless Communications
coding techniques
code sequence desig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,507
16,311
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Computational chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,804
17,612
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Big Data Intelligence
Urban Computing
Granular Computin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,573
19,909
0.749
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
信号分析与处理、视频图像处理、机器学习与模式识�
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,561
10,378
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
biomaterial
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,173
14,831
0.735
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
纳米能源材料与微电子集成器�
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,329
14,910
0.771
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Metamaterials
Plasmonics
functional nanomaterial
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,931
17,322
0.915
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Food Quality and safet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,709
13,896
0.743
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Cognitive Neuroscience
Creativity
Affective disorder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,337
13,753
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Railway Engineerin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,243
13,003
0.713
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
multiobjective optimization
bilevel programming
variational inequalities
equilibrium
eco-industrial chain managemen
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,231
14,450
0.793
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
固体力�
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,890
11,252
0.666
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Energy Storage Material
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,889
11,727
0.694
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Energy and materials
Oil and gas utilizatio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,520
12,541
0.759
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
cardiovascular research microRNAs， Noncoding RNA
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,130
5,535
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,837
9,931
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Biosensor
Catalysts
Energy
Batterie
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,315
8,319
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
material
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,284
9,163
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
soft matter and nanomaterial
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,972
8,272
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Optics Communications
Sensor Network
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,182
7,125
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
computational intelligence
spiking neuron networks
theory and application of memristive systems
chaos theory and application
pulse control theory and applicatio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,010
6,589
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
microfluidics
lab on a chip
biosensing
biomaterial
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,638
8,689
0.637
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
tribolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,524
6,614
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,896
50
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Zhang Qinghua
Southwest Jiaotong University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,068
85,954
0.788
Steel Structure
Composite Structur
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,116
438
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Xiao Jian
Southwest Jiaotong University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,305
25,807
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,558
858
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Pingzhi Fan
Southwest Jiaotong University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,507
16,311
0.535
Wireless Communications
coding techniques
code sequence desig
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,621
946
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Shen Wei
Southwest University
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,804
17,612
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,945
1,080
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Tianrui Li
Southwest Jiaotong University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,573
19,909
0.749
Big Data Intelligence
Urban Computing
Granular Computin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,499
1,316
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jiashu Zhang
Southwest Jiaotong University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,561
10,378
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,938
1,718
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Xiong LU (鲁雄)
Southwest Jiaotong University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,173
14,831
0.735
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,445
1,830
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Weiqing Yang
Southwest Jiaotong University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,329
14,910
0.771
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,798
1,890
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Zao Yi,易早,教授
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,931
17,322
0.915
Metamaterials
Plasmonics
functional nanomaterial
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,588
1,923
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Liang Ma
Southwest University
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,709
13,896
0.743
Food Quality and safet
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,908
1,981
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jiang Qiu
Southwest University
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,337
13,753
0.750
Cognitive Neuroscience
Creativity
Affective disorder
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,260
2,002
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Wanming Zhai
Southwest Jiaotong University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,243
13,003
0.713
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,308
2,007
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jia Wei Chen
Southwest University
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,231
14,450
0.793
multiobjective optimization
bilevel programming
variational inequalities
equilibrium
eco-industrial chain managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,604
2,240
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Guozheng Kang
Southwest Jiaotong University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,890
11,252
0.666
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,612
2,242
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Maowen Xu (徐茂文)
Southwest University
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,889
11,727
0.694
Energy Storage Material
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,254
2,326
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ying Zhou
Southwest Petroleum University
Nanchong, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,520
12,541
0.759
Energy and materials
Oil and gas utilizatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,020
2,403
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Zhang Chunxiang|C Zhang, CX Zhang
Southwest Medical University
Luzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,130
5,535
0.343
cardiovascular research microRNAs， Noncoding RNA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,507
2,482
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Hui Zhang
Southwest Petroleum University
Nanchong, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,837
9,931
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,218
2,601
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Shujuan Bao Shu Juan Bao(包淑娟)
Southwest University
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,315
8,319
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,381
2,610
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ying Xiong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,284
9,163
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,054
2,693
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jin Huang
Southwest University
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,972
8,272
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,792
2,911
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Lianshan Yan
Southwest Jiaotong University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,182
7,125
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,905
2,965
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Li Chuandong
Southwest University
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,010
6,589
0.470
computational intelligence
spiking neuron networks
theory and application of memristive systems
chaos theory and application
pulse control theory and applicatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,241
3,056
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Yuejun Kang
Southwest University
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,638
8,689
0.637
microfluidics
lab on a chip
biosensing
biomaterial
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,042
3,100
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Zhou Zhongrong
Southwest Jiaotong University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,524
6,614
0.489