Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 4.944 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
Inorganic Chemistry
Nanochemistry (无机化学，纳米化学）
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,789
57,053
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
solar cell
nanomaterials
quantum dots
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,978
34,213
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Glycochemistry
Chemical Glycobiology
Medicinal Chemistry
Materials Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,943
43,881
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
quantum physics
quantum information
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,215
46,765
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,079
39,443
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
cyclic electron flow
photosynthesis
photoinhibition
photoprotection.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,952
51,142
0.701
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
力学
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,652
34,291
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Macromolecular Chemistryy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,068
32,382
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Graphene
2D materials
Nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,380
17,810
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Theoretical and computational chemistry
electronic structure
computational nanoscience
computational materials science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,128
29,312
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
计算机视觉、计算机听觉、模式识别、动画合成、智能机器人
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,066
20,215
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Recommendation
Causality
Big Data
Information Retrieval
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,228
48,838
0.918
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Photocatalysis
Organic functional dyes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,790
25,579
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Plate tectonics
Convergent margin
Subduction zone
Collisional orogen
Chemical geodynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,916
17,292
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Nanomaterials
Chemical engineering
Energy materials
Nanocomposites
Nanochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,399
21,639
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Computational Materials
First-Principles Calculations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,305
34,116
0.737
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Synthetic Biology
Protein Engineering
Enzymology
Metabolic Engineering
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,321
22,393
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Experimental High Energy Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,910
20,285
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
quantum information
quantum optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,777
27,746
0.649
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Energy storage
Structural control
Nanomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,666
23,041
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Solar Energy
Catalysis
Photovoltaic
Functional Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,563
14,995
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Nanomedicine
Clusters
X-ray Crystallography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,388
20,208
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
water splitting
electrocatalysts
batteries
surface chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,339
16,737
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Multimedia
Computer Vision
Artificial Intelligence
Big Data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,183
21,471
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Quantum physics
Quantum information
Quantum computing
Quantum optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,744
23,111
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,363
37
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Shu Hong Yu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,789
57,053
0.489
Inorganic Chemistry
Nanochemistry (无机化学，纳米化学）
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,645
72
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Zhong Xinhua, 钟新华
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,978
34,213
0.364
solar cell
nanomaterials
quantum dots
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,646
73
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Guo-Rong Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,943
43,881
0.467
Glycochemistry
Chemical Glycobiology
Medicinal Chemistry
Materials Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,369
97
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jian Wei Pan
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,215
46,765
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,462
138
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Han-Qing Yu
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,079
39,443
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,582
142
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Wei Huang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,952
51,142
0.701
cyclic electron flow
photosynthesis
photoinhibition
photoprotection.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,627
145
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Zhibin Li（李志斌）
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,652
34,291
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,709
152
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Tian He
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,068
32,382
0.449
Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Macromolecular Chemistryy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,005
221
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Xuesong Li
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,380
17,810
0.305
Graphene
2D materials
Nanotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,083
223
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jinlong Yang
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,128
29,312
0.504
Theoretical and computational chemistry
electronic structure
computational nanoscience
computational materials science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,102
263
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Zengfu Wang 汪增福
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,066
20,215
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,317
271
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Xiangnan He
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,228
48,838
0.918
Recommendation
Causality
Big Data
Information Retrieval
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,747
296
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jinlong Zhang（张金龙）
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,790
25,579
0.494
Photocatalysis
Organic functional dyes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,321
324
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Yong-Fei Zheng 郑永飞|Zheng Yongfei, Zheng YF
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,916
17,292
0.346
Plate tectonics
Convergent margin
Subduction zone
Collisional orogen
Chemical geodynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,158
351
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Li Chunzhong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,399
21,639
0.457
Nanomaterials
Chemical engineering
Energy materials
Nanocomposites
Nanochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,599
372
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Xiaojun Wu
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,305
34,116
0.737
Computational Materials
First-Principles Calculations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,458
402
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
zhang liaoyuan
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,321
22,393
0.505
Synthetic Biology
Protein Engineering
Enzymology
Metabolic Engineering
Microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,134
429
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Vindhyawasini Prasad
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,910
20,285
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,190
435
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Qiang Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,777
27,746
0.649
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,844
568
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Hao Jiang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,666
23,041
0.628
Energy storage
Structural control
Nanomaterials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,351
680
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Hua Gui Yang （杨化桂）|Huagui Yang
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,563
14,995
0.447
Solar Energy
Catalysis
Photovoltaic
Functional Materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,485
683
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Wenhua Zhang
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,388
20,208
0.605
Nanomedicine
Clusters
X-ray Crystallography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,533
686
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Gongming Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,339
16,737
0.502
water splitting
electrocatalysts
batteries
surface chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,683
688
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Heng Tao Shen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,183
21,471
0.647
Multimedia
Computer Vision
Artificial Intelligence
Big Data
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,106
707
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Chao Yang Lu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,744
23,111
0.706
Quantum physics
Quantum information
Quantum computing
Quantum optics