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Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 13 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
China
Surendra Sarsaiya
Environmental Biotechnology
Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,656
5,857
0.880
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
China
Wang Nuo Xin
Stem Cell Biology
Tissue Engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,417
1,836
0.760
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
China
Chun-Yang He
Organic Chemistry
Organofluorine Chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,955
1,149
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
China
Jian-Guo Zhou
EBM
Precision Oncology
Radiation Oncology
Immunotherapy
Biomarker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,916
1,349
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
China
Yuqi He
System Biology
Drug Metabolism
Analytical Chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,812
764
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
China
Xu-Qiang Nie
Diabetes
Diabetic wound
Herbal
Molecular Mechanism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,320
1,214
0.920
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
China
Yuanyuan Deng (邓媛媛)
Neuroscience
interneurons
Alzheimer's disease
Pharmacolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,045
702
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
China
Taiyong Bi
vision science
cognitive neuroscience
brain imaging
facial emotion
mindfulnes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
869
591
0.680
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
China
Qianru Zhang
pharmcolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
377
326
0.865

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
China
Ni Zeng
ski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
314
314
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
China
Rui Miao
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
bioinformatic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
295
289
0.980
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
China
Jun Li
immun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
210
203
0.967
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
China
Guozhong Deng
biocatalysis、P450、hydroxylation、cascade reactio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
56
0.933
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
163,871
China
7,563
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Surendra Sarsaiya
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,656
5,857
0.880
Environmental Biotechnology
Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
403,998
China
19,806
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Wang Nuo Xin
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,417
1,836
0.760
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
470,995
China
23,058
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Chun-Yang He
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,955
1,149
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
477,592
China
23,388
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jian-Guo Zhou
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,916
1,349
0.704
EBM
Precision Oncology
Radiation Oncology
Immunotherapy
Biomarker
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
496,276
China
24,311
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Yuqi He
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,812
764
0.422
System Biology
Drug Metabolism
Analytical Chemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
605,438
China
29,036
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Xu-Qiang Nie
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,320
1,214
0.920
Diabetes
Diabetic wound
Herbal
Molecular Mechanism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
689,274
China
32,565
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Yuanyuan Deng (邓媛媛)
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,045
702
0.672
Neuroscience
interneurons
Alzheimer's disease
Pharmacolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
755,670
China
35,329
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Taiyong Bi
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
869
591
0.680
vision science
cognitive neuroscience
brain imaging
facial emotion
mindfulnes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,075,368
China
49,421
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Qianru Zhang
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
377
326
0.865
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,152,465
China
52,723
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ni Zeng
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
314
314
1.000

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,180,333
China
53,964
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Rui Miao
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
295
289
0.980
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,342,226
China
61,432
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jun Li
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
210
203
0.967
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,951,918
China
85,618
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Guozhong Deng
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
56
0.933
biocatalysis、P450、hydroxylation、cascade reactio