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
Bioenergy
Biorefinery
Biofuel
Microalgae
Biohydrogen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,027
45,988
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Ergonomics
Fuzzy Set Theory
Computer Vision Applications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,040
14,217
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Nanomaterials
Catalytic and Intercalation Reaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,681
7,076
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
2D nanomaterials
Supercapacitor
Hydrogen production
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,074
4,134
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Social and Personality Psychology
Global Marketing Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,806
3,157
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Metallization
Li-ion batteries
Supercapacitors
Electrochemical sensors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,710
3,223
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,139
3,800
0.619
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Cloud Computing
AIoT
Big Data
Parallel and Distributed Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,742
2,440
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,020
1,590
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
軟體工程
程式語言
系統開發工具
雲端服務
軟體定義
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,778
1,648
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
雲端計算、大數據、網路安全、人工智慧
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,690
1,331
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Water quality protection
natural resources management
sustainability science
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,461
849
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
optics
spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,305
860
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
spider behavior
spider biodiversity
landscape ecology
conservation biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,233
1,158
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Wireless communication Sersor network
Authentication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,224
2,072
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Environmental Science and Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,154
989
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
biomaterial
biosensors
tissue engineering
Raman spectroscopy
microorganism detection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,090
1,505
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Information security
Applied Cryptography
Data Science
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,983
625
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
digital image/video coding
neural networking
AI
and medical imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,941
693
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Plant Ecology
Community Ecology
Population Ecology
Spatial Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,880
1,985
0.689
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Circular Economy
Algae
Biofuel
Biorefinery
Biohydrogen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,740
2,639
0.963
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
environmental science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,639
1,088
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Operations Management
Fuzzy Set & Artificial Intelligent Systems
Knowledge & Supply Chain Management
Forecasting & Scheduling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,597
674
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
material science
material chemistry
材料科學,材料化學
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,502
1,344
0.537
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,366
1,154
0.488
Jo-Shu Chang (張嘉修)
Tunghai University
Taichung City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,027
45,988
0.630
Mao-Jiun J. Wang
Tunghai University
Taichung City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,040
14,217
0.309
Ergonomics
Fuzzy Set Theory
Computer Vision Applications
Di Yan Wang
Tunghai University
Taichung City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,681
7,076
0.662
Nanomaterials
Catalytic and Intercalation Reaction
Tsung Wu Lin
Tunghai University
Taichung City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,074
4,134
0.512
2D nanomaterials
Supercapacitor
Hydrogen production
Wendy Wan
Tunghai University
Taichung City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,806
3,157
0.404
Social and Personality Psychology
Global Marketing Studies
Jeng-Yu Lin
Tunghai University
Taichung City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,710
3,223
0.480
Metallization
Li-ion batteries
Supercapacitors
Electrochemical sensors
Hong-Wei Yen
Tunghai University
Taichung City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,139
3,800
0.619
Chao-Tung Yang 楊朝棟
Tunghai University
Taichung City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,742
2,440
0.425
Cloud Computing
AIoT
Big Data
Parallel and Distributed Processing
Tahsin J Chow
Tunghai University
Taichung City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,020
1,590
0.317
Chu William
Tunghai University
Taichung City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,778
1,648
0.436
Jung-Chun Liu
Tunghai University
Taichung City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,690
1,331
0.361
Aleksandra Drizo
Tunghai University
Taichung City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,461
849
0.245
Water quality protection
natural resources management
sustainability science
climate change
Tsong Shin Lim
Tunghai University
Taichung City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,305
860
0.260
I-Min Tso
Tunghai University
Taichung City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,233
1,158
0.358
spider behavior
spider biodiversity
landscape ecology
conservation biology
Fang Yie Leu
Tunghai University
Taichung City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,224
2,072
0.643
Wireless communication Sersor network
Authentication
Chiung Fen Chang
Tunghai University
Taichung City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,154
989
0.314
Environmental Science and Engineering
Chi Chang Lin 林其昌
Tunghai University
Taichung City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,090
1,505
0.487
biomaterial
biosensors
tissue engineering
Raman spectroscopy
microorganism detection
Chu-Hsing Lin 林祝興
Tunghai University
Taichung City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,983
625
0.210
Information security
Applied Cryptography
Data Science
Machine Learning
Yu Len Huang
Tunghai University
Taichung City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,941
693
0.236
digital image/video coding
neural networking
AI
and medical imaging
Yiching Lin
Tunghai University
Taichung City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,880
1,985
0.689
Plant Ecology
Community Ecology
Population Ecology
Spatial Ecology
Yoong Kit Leong
Tunghai University
Taichung City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,740
2,639
0.963
Ho Wen Chen
Tunghai University
Taichung City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,639
1,088
0.412
environmental science
Ping-Teng Chang (張炳騰)
Tunghai University
Taichung City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,597
674
0.260
Operations Management
Fuzzy Set & Artificial Intelligent Systems
Knowledge & Supply Chain Management
Forecasting & Scheduling
Yuan Jay Chang (張源杰)
Tunghai University
Taichung City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,502
1,344
0.537
material science
material chemistry
材料科學,材料化學
Yuan-Hao Hsu 許員豪
Tunghai University
Taichung City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,366
1,154
0.488