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
Food Science
Food Chemistry
Carbohydrate Polymers
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,675
17,395
0.884
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,278
8,246
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
fuel cells
elcrochemistry
water splitting
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,681
11,137
0.814
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Epigenetics & Epigenomics
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,199
2,813
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Fluid Mechanics
Heat Transfer
Two Phase Flow
Droplet Microfluidics
Heat Pipe
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,386
8,157
0.785
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
photosynthesis
chlorophyll
plant biotechnology
plant molecular biology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,793
6,072
0.894
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Global Change Biology
Crop Cultivation
Crop Physiology
Plant Nutrition
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,284
1,959
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
biochar nanotechnology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,084
4,181
0.822
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Engineering Design
Knowledge Management
Advanced Manufacturing technology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,853
1,436
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Enhancer
Epigenetic
Genome Editing
Chromatin biology and Gene regulation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,728
3,945
0.834
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Nanomaterials
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,665
3,993
0.856
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Plant biology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,988
3,528
0.885
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Software Engineering
Software Data Analytics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,779
2,832
0.749
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Forest Carbon Cycling
Urbanization and its Ecological Effects
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,606
2,751
0.763
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
超级电容器,石墨烯,二维材料
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,485
3,162
0.907
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Material Science
Chemical Engineering
Nanotechnology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,400
2,237
0.658
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
metagenomics
metatranscriptomics
comparative genomics
microbiome
metagenome-assembled genome
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,366
2,701
0.802
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Light-emitting devices
quantum dots
optoelectronics
sensing
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,263
2,328
0.713
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
rice genetics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,922
1,812
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Homogeneous catalysis
Heterogeneous catalysis
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,622
1,580
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Food Science and Technology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,609
2,557
0.980
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Black Holes
General Relativity
Modified Gravity
Cosmology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,372
1,620
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,338
1,289
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
microbiology and immunology
vaccine
mycobacterium tuberculosis
porcine circovirus
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,338
928
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
photocatalysis
catalysts
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,303
2,211
0.960
Liu Jun
Yangzhou University
Yangzhou, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,675
17,395
0.884
Food Science
Food Chemistry
Carbohydrate Polymers
Yunxia Wang *
Yangzhou University
Yangzhou, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,278
8,246
0.451
Ligang Feng
Yangzhou University
Yangzhou, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,681
11,137
0.814
Hengmi Cui
Yangzhou University
Yangzhou, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,199
2,813
0.231
Epigenetics & Epigenomics
Xiangdong Liu
Yangzhou University
Yangzhou, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,386
8,157
0.785
Fluid Mechanics
Heat Transfer
Two Phase Flow
Droplet Microfluidics
Heat Pipe
İmi Khan
Yangzhou University
Yangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,793
6,072
0.894
photosynthesis
chlorophyll
plant biotechnology
plant molecular biology
Lianxin Yang
Yangzhou University
Yangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,284
1,959
0.371
Global Change Biology
Crop Cultivation
Crop Physiology
Plant Nutrition
Shengsen Wang
Yangzhou University
Yangzhou, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,084
4,181
0.822
biochar nanotechnology
Jing XU
Yangzhou University
Yangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,853
1,436
0.296
Engineering Design
Knowledge Management
Advanced Manufacturing technology
Tao Zhang (张韬)
Yangzhou University
Yangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,728
3,945
0.834
Enhancer
Epigenetic
Genome Editing
Chromatin biology and Gene regulation
Min Zhou
Yangzhou University
Yangzhou, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,665
3,993
0.856
Biao Jin
Yangzhou University
Yangzhou, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,988
3,528
0.885
Xiaobing Sun
Yangzhou University
Yangzhou, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,779
2,832
0.749
Software Engineering
Software Data Analytics
Yunjian Luo
Yangzhou University
Yangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,606
2,751
0.763
Forest Carbon Cycling
Urbanization and its Ecological Effects
Xu Yu
Yangzhou University
Yangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,485
3,162
0.907
Shengyang Yang
Yangzhou University
Yangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,400
2,237
0.658
Material Science
Chemical Engineering
Nanotechnology
Yunzeng Zhang
Yangzhou University
Yangzhou, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,366
2,701
0.802
metagenomics
metatranscriptomics
comparative genomics
microbiome
metagenome-assembled genome
Yongfeng Liu (刘永风)
Yangzhou University
Yangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,263
2,328
0.713
Light-emitting devices
quantum dots
optoelectronics
sensing
周勇
Yangzhou University
Yangzhou, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,922
1,812
0.620
Feng Chen
Yangzhou University
Yangzhou, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,622
1,580
0.603
Homogeneous catalysis
Heterogeneous catalysis
Asad Nawaz
Yangzhou University
Yangzhou, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,609
2,557
0.980
Food Science and Technology
Yen Chin Ong
Yangzhou University
Yangzhou, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,372
1,620
0.683
Black Holes
General Relativity
Modified Gravity
Cosmology
Yang Wang 汪洋)
Yangzhou University
Yangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,338
1,289
0.551
Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
Shaobin Shang
Yangzhou University
Yangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,338
928
0.397
microbiology and immunology
vaccine
mycobacterium tuberculosis
porcine circovirus
Jianjian Yi 宜坚坚
Yangzhou University
Yangzhou, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,303
2,211
0.960