Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 29 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
Machine Learning
Statistical Computin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,900
3,151
0.354
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Data Science
Innovatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,087
2,037
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
control theory
finance
machine learnin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,933
258
0.066
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
quantum computation
quantum information
machine learning
quantum machine learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,679
2,673
0.998
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Energy Economics
Environmental Economics
Empirical industrial organization
Econometric
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,117
741
0.663
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Survival Analysis
Meta-analysi
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,051
284
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Data Science
Machine Learning
Remote Sensing
Geospatial Modelin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,037
578
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Quantum Computin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
821
751
0.915
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
676
103
0.152
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
UX Researc
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
630
326
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Economic Modeling & Forecasting
Big Data & Machine Learning and Business Cycl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
616
260
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
mcmc
rare event probability estimation
stochastic parameter search
stochastic simulatio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
585
245
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Data Science
Machine Learning
AI
Operations Researc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
524
370
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Quantitative finance
Derivatives pricing
Machine Learning
Reinforced Learning
Numerical Method
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
355
123
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Derivative pricing
Energy
Catalysis chemistry
Analytical chemistr
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278
80
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235
54
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Artificial Intelligence
Data Science
Data Visualization
Web development
power system protectio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149
88
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Stock Market
Mutual Fund
Manager Researc
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
103
0.780
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Statistics
Information Theory
Streaming Data Analysis
Global optimization
Uncertainty Quantificatio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
78
0.736
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Econometrics
Financial Economics
Statistic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
82
0.796
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Statistics
Data Science
Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
54
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Networks
Computer Science
Applied Mathematics
Data Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
69
0.784
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
dynamical system
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
44
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Deep Learning
Computational Mathematic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
53
0.981
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Statistics
Machine Learning
Information Theor
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
33
0.673
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,307
46,261
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Agus Sudjianto
Wells Fargo
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,900
3,151
0.354
Machine Learning
Statistical Computin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
261,363
89,654
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Misha Ghosh
Wells Fargo
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,087
2,037
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
270,388
92,247
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Krishan Nagpal
Wells Fargo
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,933
258
0.066
control theory
finance
machine learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
371,994
120,814
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Samuel Yen-Chi Chen
Wells Fargo
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,679
2,673
0.998
quantum computation
quantum information
machine learning
quantum machine learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
663,412
197,211
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Yan Yuan
Wells Fargo
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,117
741
0.663
Energy Economics
Environmental Economics
Empirical industrial organization
Econometric
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
685,716
202,650
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Songfeng Wang
Wells Fargo
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,051
284
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
690,467
203,772
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Asim Banskota
Wells Fargo
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,037
578
0.557
Data Science
Machine Learning
Remote Sensing
Geospatial Modelin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
773,921
223,299
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Constantin Gonciulea
Wells Fargo
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
821
751
0.915
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
841,976
238,095
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Eirik Evenhouse
Wells Fargo
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
676
103
0.152
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
866,164
243,127
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Bashar Alyousef
Wells Fargo
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
630
326
0.517
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
874,028
244,705
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Azhar Iqbal
Wells Fargo
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
616
260
0.422
Economic Modeling & Forecasting
Big Data & Machine Learning and Business Cycl
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
892,327
248,421
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Min Kyoung Roh
Wells Fargo
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
585
245
0.419
mcmc
rare event probability estimation
stochastic parameter search
stochastic simulatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
935,047
256,319
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Serkan Gunpinar
Wells Fargo
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
524
370
0.706
Data Science
Machine Learning
AI
Operations Researc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,097,340
282,673
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Damian Abasto
Wells Fargo
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
355
123
0.346
Quantitative finance
Derivatives pricing
Machine Learning
Reinforced Learning
Numerical Method
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,204,824
298,330
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Yiping Zhuang
Wells Fargo
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278
80
0.288
Derivative pricing
Energy
Catalysis chemistry
Analytical chemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,284,176
309,040
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
J Yuan
Wells Fargo
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235
54
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,516,772
339,241
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Harish Balaga
Wells Fargo
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149
88
0.591
Artificial Intelligence
Data Science
Data Visualization
Web development
power system protectio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,578,306
346,965
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Saikat Ghosh Roy
Wells Fargo
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
103
0.780
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,688,302
360,421
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Yuan Wang
Wells Fargo
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
78
0.736
Statistics
Information Theory
Streaming Data Analysis
Global optimization
Uncertainty Quantificatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,702,004
362,140
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Yutang Shi
Wells Fargo
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
82
0.796
Econometrics
Financial Economics
Statistic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,712,672
363,417
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sukantadev Bag
Wells Fargo
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
54
0.535
Statistics
Data Science
Machine Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,777,791
371,324
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ryan Gibson
Wells Fargo
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
69
0.784
Networks
Computer Science
Applied Mathematics
Data Scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,895,284
385,248
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Xuezhi Tang
Wells Fargo
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
44
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,988,716
396,178
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Yuankai Teng
Wells Fargo
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
53
0.981
Deep Learning
Computational Mathematic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,029,085
400,765
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Kun Liu
Wells Fargo
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
33
0.673