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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 528 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
Computer Vision
Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,158
135,626
0.886
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Visual Computin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,140
50,533
0.776
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Machine learning
Neural networks
Computer graphics
Computer visio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,608
51,606
0.896
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Machine Learning
Computer Graphics�
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,706
47,438
0.900
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Computer Vision
Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,804
35,792
0.856
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Computer Graphics
Computer Vision
Image Processing
Signal Processing
Artificial Intelligenc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,417
3,707
0.096
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Computer Visio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,429
5,662
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Medical image processing - Computer-aided Detection
CT Colonography - Registratio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,957
23,933
0.856
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Parallel Programming
Programming Systems
Parallel Algorithm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,632
5,744
0.208
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Computer Vsion
Deep Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,483
21,283
0.906
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Computer Graphics
A
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,437
7,402
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
5G
6G
Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,073
14,751
0.668
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Deep Learning
Machine Learning
Medical Image Analysis
Compressive Sensing
Sparse codin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,061
20,571
0.977
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Deep Learning
Computer Vision
Autonomous Drivin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,617
17,877
0.867
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
computer graphics
computer vision
machine learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,461
19,568
0.956
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Medical Image Analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,667
17,100
0.916
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Natural Language Processin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,627
14,046
0.754
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Computer vision
Computer graphic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,535
16,422
0.886
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Molecular Simulation
Protein Structure Prediction
Machine Learning
Recommender System
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,124
10,647
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Medical Image Analysis
Computer Vision
Image Processin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,350
12,080
0.787
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Systems for Machine Learning
Computer Architecture
Digital System
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,242
11,156
0.732
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Generative Model
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,870
13,425
0.903
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Computer Vision
Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,740
11,121
0.754
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
AI
Machine Learning
Efficient Deep Learning
Semi-supervised learning
network inversio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,050
11,887
0.846
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Computer Vision
Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,817
12,524
0.906
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,469
637
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Tsung-Yi Lin
nVidia Corporation
Santa Clara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,158
135,626
0.886
Computer Vision
Machine Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,060
3,327
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jan Kautz
nVidia Corporation
Santa Clara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,140
50,533
0.776
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Visual Computin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,617
4,079
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Timo Aila
nVidia Corporation
Santa Clara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,608
51,606
0.896
Machine learning
Neural networks
Computer graphics
Computer visio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,939
4,681
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Samuli Laine
nVidia Corporation
Santa Clara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,706
47,438
0.900
Machine Learning
Computer Graphics�
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,373
6,720
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ming-Yu Liu
nVidia Corporation
Santa Clara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,804
35,792
0.856
Computer Vision
Machine Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,463
7,681
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Michael Kass
nVidia Corporation
Santa Clara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,417
3,707
0.096
Computer Graphics
Computer Vision
Image Processing
Signal Processing
Artificial Intelligenc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,396
9,817
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Simon Baker
nVidia Corporation
Santa Clara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,429
5,662
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,832
12,214
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Holger R Roth
nVidia Corporation
Santa Clara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,957
23,933
0.856
Medical image processing - Computer-aided Detection
CT Colonography - Registratio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,313
12,423
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Michael Garland
nVidia Corporation
Santa Clara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,632
5,744
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,662
15,485
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Zhiding Yu
nVidia Corporation
Santa Clara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,483
21,283
0.906
Computer Vsion
Deep Learnin
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,749
15,515
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
David Luebke
nVidia Corporation
Santa Clara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,437
7,402
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,830
16,794
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jakob Hoydis
nVidia Corporation
Santa Clara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,073
14,751
0.668
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,466
17,813
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Daguang Xu
nVidia Corporation
Santa Clara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,061
20,571
0.977
Deep Learning
Machine Learning
Medical Image Analysis
Compressive Sensing
Sparse codin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,676
18,261
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jose M Alvarez|Jose Manuel Alvarez Lopez
nVidia Corporation
Santa Clara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,617
17,877
0.867
Deep Learning
Computer Vision
Autonomous Drivin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,104
18,422
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Miika Aittala
nVidia Corporation
Santa Clara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,461
19,568
0.956
computer graphics
computer vision
machine learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,731
20,633
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Wenqi Li
nVidia Corporation
Santa Clara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,667
17,100
0.916
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,863
20,686
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Hoo-Chang Shin
nVidia Corporation
Santa Clara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,627
14,046
0.754
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Natural Language Processin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,188
20,805
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ting-Chun Wang
nVidia Corporation
Santa Clara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,535
16,422
0.886
Computer vision
Computer graphic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,574
22,898
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Scott Le Grand
nVidia Corporation
Santa Clara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,124
10,647
0.622
Molecular Simulation
Protein Structure Prediction
Machine Learning
Recommender System
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,037
26,138
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ziyue Xu
nVidia Corporation
Santa Clara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,350
12,080
0.787
Medical Image Analysis
Computer Vision
Image Processin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,601
26,346
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jared Casper
nVidia Corporation
Santa Clara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,242
11,156
0.732
Systems for Machine Learning
Computer Architecture
Digital System
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,595
27,068
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Xun Huang
nVidia Corporation
Santa Clara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,870
13,425
0.903
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,351
27,352
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Xiaodong Yang
nVidia Corporation
Santa Clara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,740
11,121
0.754
Computer Vision
Machine Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,646
28,923
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Pavlo Molchanov
nVidia Corporation
Santa Clara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,050
11,887
0.846
AI
Machine Learning
Efficient Deep Learning
Semi-supervised learning
network inversio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,102
29,449
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Andrew Tao
nVidia Corporation
Santa Clara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,817
12,524
0.906
Computer Vision
Machine Learnin