Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 2.362 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
hydrometeorology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,730
58,630
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,538
45,525
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Natural Products
Antioxidants
Bioactivities
Functional Foods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,032
29,077
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Blockchain
Smart Contract
Services Computing
Software Reliability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,295
33,957
0.767
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Electronic commerce
knowledge management
service innovation
strategic IS
Intelligent systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,466
14,099
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Multimodal Data Analysis and Understanding
Machine Perception and Learning
Embodied AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,273
29,138
0.761
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Disinfection byproducts
emerging contaminants
water treatment
water chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,208
28,810
0.754
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
microbial resources、microbial ecology、extremophilic enzymes、systematics
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,905
19,569
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
antennas
mobile antennas
microwaves
Electromagnetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,273
6,001
0.161
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Bioinformatics / Computional Biology / Precision Medicine Data
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,741
17,613
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
environmental microbiome
microbial ecology
synthetic microbial ecology
microbiome engineering
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,109
22,044
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Cancer Signalling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,933
11,365
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,850
15,765
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Computer vision
Embodied AI
Machine learning
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,865
24,434
0.818
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Evolutionary biology
Population genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,632
6,331
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Theoretical Physics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,320
15,947
0.563
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
metallic glass
nano-crystalline materials
mechanical properties
TEM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,622
10,273
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ordinary Differential Equations
Dynamical Systems. Mathematical Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,537
12,944
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
organic optoelectronic materials
smart materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,876
15,734
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,307
17,459
0.690
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Biomaterials
Drug Delivery
Tissue Engineering
Nanomedicine
Translational Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,854
17,350
0.698
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Marine Chemistry
Nutrients and carbon cycle
Ocean acidification
Global change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,769
8,440
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Polymer
Polybenzoxazine
Mesoporous Materials
Covalent Organic Framework
POSS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,365
12,925
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,190
14,793
0.638
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
miRNA
snoRNA
ncRNA
nmRNA
Life Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,094
8,077
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,008
51
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Qiang Zhang （张强）
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,730
58,630
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,633
146
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Zhiqi Huang
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,538
45,525
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,088
382
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Hua-Bin Li
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,032
29,077
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,439
398
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Zibin Zheng
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,295
33,957
0.767
Blockchain
Smart Contract
Services Computing
Software Reliability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,327
50
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ting Peng Liang
National Sun Yat Sen University
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,466
14,099
0.332
Electronic commerce
knowledge management
service innovation
strategic IS
Intelligent systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,735
525
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Liang Lin
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,273
29,138
0.761
Multimodal Data Analysis and Understanding
Machine Perception and Learning
Embodied AI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,786
528
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Xin Yang
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,208
28,810
0.754
Disinfection byproducts
emerging contaminants
water treatment
water chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,999
537
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Wen Jun Li
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,905
19,569
0.516
microbial resources、microbial ecology、extremophilic enzymes、systematics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,405
62
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Kin Lu Wong
National Sun Yat Sen University
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,273
6,001
0.161
antennas
mobile antennas
microwaves
Electromagnetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,755
561
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Weizhong Li
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,741
17,613
0.479
Bioinformatics / Computional Biology / Precision Medicine Data
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,247
579
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Zhili He
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,109
22,044
0.610
environmental microbiome
microbial ecology
synthetic microbial ecology
microbiome engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,868
692
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Eric Wf Lam
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,933
11,365
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,936
730
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Erwei Song
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,850
15,765
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,184
820
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Xiaodan Liang
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,865
24,434
0.818
Computer vision
Embodied AI
Machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,693
891
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Chung-I Wu
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,632
6,331
0.221
Evolutionary biology
Population genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,111
908
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Honghao Zhang
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,320
15,947
0.563
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,026
92
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
黄志青
National Sun Yat Sen University
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,622
10,273
0.372
metallic glass
nano-crystalline materials
mechanical properties
TEM
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,141
948
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Yulin Zhao 赵育林
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,537
12,944
0.470
Ordinary Differential Equations
Dynamical Systems. Mathematical Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,727
1,039
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Zhenguo Chi
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,876
15,734
0.608
organic optoelectronic materials
smart materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,691
1,076
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Mingyang Li
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,307
17,459
0.690
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,535
1,112
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jun Wu
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,854
17,350
0.698
Biomaterials
Drug Delivery
Tissue Engineering
Nanomedicine
Translational Medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,679
117
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Chen Tung Arthur Chen
National Sun Yat Sen University
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,769
8,440
0.341
Marine Chemistry
Nutrients and carbon cycle
Ocean acidification
Global change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,432
121
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Shiao Wei Kuo
National Sun Yat Sen University
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,365
12,925
0.530
Polymer
Polybenzoxazine
Mesoporous Materials
Covalent Organic Framework
POSS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,688
1,247
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Miaoxin Li
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,190
14,793
0.638
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,884
1,260
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Liang-Hu Qu
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,094
8,077
0.350