Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 25 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
Carbon-based materials
Polymer Nanocomposites
Interface/Interphase
Eco-materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,241
5,628
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Global change
Carbon cycle
Urban ecosystem
Model
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,013
5,379
0.597
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
modeling
climate change
snow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,079
4,049
0.666
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Optical Imaging
Quantum Dots
Phototherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,157
2,959
0.574
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
economic geology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,498
1,773
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Oasis
Oasification
Desertification
Dryland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,832
2,710
0.707
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
hydrology and water resources
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,794
3,153
0.831
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,285
2,441
0.743
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,229
2,909
0.901
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Remote Sensing
RS for Aridland Ecology
Wetland Remote Sensing
Urban Remote Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,206
2,397
0.748
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Land surface simulation
Global warming
ecosystem service
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,652
1,871
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Graph Machine Learning
Bioinformatics
Complex Network Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,637
2,463
0.934
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
植物地理，古气候变化，生物多样性
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,573
1,996
0.776
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,296
1,749
0.762
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
perovskite solar cells nano-functional film
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,859
1,367
0.735
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
microbial ecology
extreme environments
actinobacteria
karst cave
metagenomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,521
1,293
0.850
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
optoelectronics
metal oxides
explosives
fluorescence
SERS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,280
293
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ornithology
Herpetology
Animal Ecology
Conservation Biology
Biogeography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
842
370
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
777
676
0.870
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
wind erosion and land surface process
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
678
583
0.860
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Plant ecology
Desert steppe
Phreatophyte
Global change
Extremely arid region
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
567
456
0.804
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Nonlinear optical materials
Inorganic Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
472
423
0.896
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Hydropower Engineering
Water Resources
Hydrology
Modeling
Remote Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
448
423
0.944
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Phytochemistry
Microbiology
Natural compounds
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
444
422
0.950
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
NLP
few-shot text classification
prompt-based learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,104
2,999
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Peng-Cheng Ma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,241
5,628
0.425
Carbon-based materials
Polymer Nanocomposites
Interface/Interphase
Eco-materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
113,558
4,913
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Chi Zhang (张弛)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,013
5,379
0.597
Global change
Carbon cycle
Urban ecosystem
Model
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
172,987
7,776
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Lanhai Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,079
4,049
0.666
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
203,333
9,306
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Fu Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,157
2,959
0.574
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
231,618
10,716
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Nuo Li（李诺）
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,498
1,773
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
267,869
12,560
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Dongwei Gui|Gui Dongwei, 桂东伟
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,832
2,710
0.707
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
270,149
12,661
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Gonghuan Fang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,794
3,153
0.831
hydrology and water resources
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
305,659
14,435
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Alishir Kurban
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,285
2,441
0.743
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
310,035
14,669
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Lei Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,229
2,909
0.901
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
311,937
14,780
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Alim Samat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,206
2,397
0.748
Remote Sensing
RS for Aridland Ecology
Wetland Remote Sensing
Urban Remote Sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
364,050
17,416
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Xiaofei Ma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,652
1,871
0.706
Land surface simulation
Global warming
ecosystem service
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
365,611
17,512
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Allen, Lun Hu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,637
2,463
0.934
Graph Machine Learning
Bioinformatics
Complex Network Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
372,653
17,838
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Hongxiang Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,573
1,996
0.776
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
406,259
19,495
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Wenjuan Song
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,296
1,749
0.762
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
472,798
22,698
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Pengjun Zhao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,859
1,367
0.735
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
540,215
25,743
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Bao-Zhu Fang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,521
1,293
0.850
microbial ecology
extreme environments
actinobacteria
karst cave
metagenomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
600,528
28,319
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Xincun Dou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,280
293
0.229
optoelectronics
metal oxides
explosives
fluorescence
SERS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
750,840
34,504
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Feng Xu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
842
370
0.439
Ornithology
Herpetology
Animal Ecology
Conservation Biology
Biogeography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
778,811
35,663
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Xi Zhou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
777
676
0.870
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
825,642
37,633
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Yongxiao Ge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
678
583
0.860
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
884,998
40,346
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Bo Zhang|B Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
567
456
0.804
Plant ecology
Desert steppe
Phreatophyte
Global change
Extremely arid region
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
956,330
43,388
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Hao Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
472
423
0.896
Nonlinear optical materials
Inorganic Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
977,621
44,343
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Aminjon Gulakhmadov|Гулахмадов Аминджон Абдуджабборович, Гулахмадов А.А.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
448
423
0.944
Hydropower Engineering
Water Resources
Hydrology
Modeling
Remote Sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
981,290
44,509
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Nigora Rustamova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
444
422
0.950
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,236,325
97,911
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Zhen Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
NLP
few-shot text classification
prompt-based learning