Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 4.589 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
supernova
time-domain astronomy
AGN
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
408,899
191,203
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Fluid mechanics
Computational fluid dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
185,774
130,497
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143,416
110,847
0.773
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
Lithium Metal Anode
SEI
Electrolyte
Electrocatalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,399
82,834
0.694
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,172
62,134
0.674
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Microbiology and Biomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,502
32,764
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
High Energy Physics Experiment
High Energy Physics
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,445
18,705
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
High power high energy laser
nonlinear frequency conversion
quantum entanglement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,748
59,461
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
LIC
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,809
47,800
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,914
13,714
0.165
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Bioanalytical Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,936
24,707
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
atmospheric chemistry
emissions
satellite remote sensing
air quality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,504
46,867
0.674
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Carbon nanotubes
Chemical Engineering
fluidization
catalysis
graphene
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,975
26,520
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
apoptosis
pre-mRNA splicing
gamma-secretase
Alzheimer's disease
nuclear pore complex
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,019
17,583
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Nano materials
Catalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,201
52,014
0.798
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
immunology
inflammation
T cell differentiation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,833
20,265
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Information Retrieval
Natural Language Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,022
12,690
0.198
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
theoretical actinide chemistry
computational catalysis
physical inorganic chemistry
cluster chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,781
41,956
0.658
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,228
9,122
0.144
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
NanoMaterial and NanoStructure
Interface and Surface in Materials
Electron Microscopy in Material Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,607
22,286
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Artificial Intelligence
Natural Language Processing
Knowledge Graph
Social Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,787
47,954
0.860
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Natural Language Processing
Artificial Intelligence
Social Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,985
41,878
0.790
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Big Data management
Workflow management
Process mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,942
38,822
0.777
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Disinfection and DBPs
DBP precursors and characterization
nitrosamines
NOM
T&O
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,679
34,756
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Artificial Intelligence
Social Networks
Data Mining
Machine Learning
Knowledge Graph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,118
32,968
0.685
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Xiaofeng Wang
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
408,899
191,203
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
983
13
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Liang Wang
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
185,774
130,497
0.702
Fluid mechanics
Computational fluid dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,603
24
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Yadong Li
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143,416
110,847
0.773
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,269
35
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Qiang Zhang
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,399
82,834
0.694
Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
Lithium Metal Anode
SEI
Electrolyte
Electrocatalysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,761
76
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Feiyu Kang
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,172
62,134
0.674
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,974
81
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
GQ Chen（陈国强）
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,502
32,764
0.366
Microbiology and Biomaterials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,123
90
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Zhen Hu
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,445
18,705
0.214
High Energy Physics Experiment
High Energy Physics
Particle Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,329
92
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Liu Qiang
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,748
59,461
0.702
High power high energy laser
nonlinear frequency conversion
quantum entanglement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,404
99
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ying Yang
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,809
47,800
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,496
106
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Cn Yang
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,914
13,714
0.165
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,726
153
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jinghong Li
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,936
24,707
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,063
168
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Qiang Zhang
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,504
46,867
0.674
atmospheric chemistry
emissions
satellite remote sensing
air quality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,426
178
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Fei Wei
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,975
26,520
0.396
Carbon nanotubes
Chemical Engineering
fluidization
catalysis
graphene
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,577
185
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Yigong Shi
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,019
17,583
0.266
apoptosis
pre-mRNA splicing
gamma-secretase
Alzheimer's disease
nuclear pore complex
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,721
186
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Chen Chen
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,201
52,014
0.798
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,796
189
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Chen Dong
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,833
20,265
0.313
immunology
inflammation
T cell differentiation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,932
192
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Wei Ying Ma
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,022
12,690
0.198
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Information Retrieval
Natural Language Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,975
194
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jun LI 李 隽
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,781
41,956
0.658
theoretical actinide chemistry
computational catalysis
physical inorganic chemistry
cluster chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,074
200
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Chen Ning Yang, 杨振宁
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,228
9,122
0.144
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,218
228
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jing Zhu
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,607
22,286
0.387
NanoMaterial and NanoStructure
Interface and Surface in Materials
Electron Microscopy in Material Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,659
247
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Zhiyuan Liu|Zhi-Yuan Liu
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,787
47,954
0.860
Artificial Intelligence
Natural Language Processing
Knowledge Graph
Social Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,394
278
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Maosong Sun
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,985
41,878
0.790
Natural Language Processing
Artificial Intelligence
Social Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,310
323
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jianmin Wang
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,942
38,822
0.777
Big Data management
Workflow management
Process mining
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,715
341
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Chao Chen
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,679
34,756
0.714
Disinfection and DBPs
DBP precursors and characterization
nitrosamines
NOM
T&O
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,918
346
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Tang Jie
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,118
32,968
0.685
Artificial Intelligence
Social Networks
Data Mining
Machine Learning
Knowledge Graph