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North AmericaEngineering & Technology / Computer Science Highly Cited Researchers 149 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2026

See how widely and consistently research is cited with real-time citation rankings.
Covering 2.6 million scientists, this list evaluates both total and last 5 years’ citation counts to measure scientific influence and highlight Highly Cited Researchers.
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Total 149 scientists , Updates every 3 days
* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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29,285
World Rank
United States
12,965
Country Rank
Northeastern University Logo
12
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
David Bau
Northeastern University Boston, United States
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Machine Learning | Computer Vision | NLP | Software Engineering | HC

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    28,327
  • Last 5 Years
    20,274
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.716
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Rankings

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32,550
World Rank
United States
14,292
Country Rank
Northeastern University Logo
15
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Yanzhi Wang
Northeastern University Boston, United States
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Energy efficient and High Performance Deep Learning | Neuromorphic Computing | Low-Power Circuits an

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    26,333
  • Last 5 Years
    21,243
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.807
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Rankings

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34,074
World Rank
United States
14,949
Country Rank
Northeastern University Logo
16
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Predrag Radivojac
Northeastern University Boston, United States
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Bioinformatics | Computational Biology | Machine Learning | Data Minin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    25,513
  • Last 5 Years
    12,186
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.478
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Rankings

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40,002
World Rank
United States
17,349
Country Rank
Northeastern State University Logo
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Naixue Xiong Neal N Xiong Nai Xue Xiong
Northeastern State University Tahlequah, United States
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Cloud Computing | Distributed Systems | Securit

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    22,786
  • Last 5 Years
    15,077
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.662
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Rankings

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42,856
World Rank
United States
18,421
Country Rank
Northeastern University Logo
24
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Elizabeth D. Mynatt
Northeastern University Boston, United States
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
HCI and Human-centered computing | personal health informatics | ubiquitous computin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    21,686
  • Last 5 Years
    4,691
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.216
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Rankings

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59,886
World Rank
United States
24,935
Country Rank
Northeastern University Logo
35
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Stefano Basagni
Northeastern University Boston, United States
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
wireless networks | wireless sensor networks | ad hoc network

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    16,935
  • Last 5 Years
    4,944
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.292
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Rankings

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64,652
World Rank
United States
26,694
Country Rank
Northeastern University Logo
38
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Renee Miller
Northeastern University Boston, United States
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Data Management | Database Systems | Computer Scienc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    15,984
  • Last 5 Years
    4,381
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.274
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Rankings

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88,185
World Rank
United States
35,122
Country Rank
Northeastern University Logo
48
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Frank Tip
Northeastern University Boston, United States
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Programming Languages | Software Engineerin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    12,487
  • Last 5 Years
    2,890
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.231
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Rankings

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132,902
World Rank
United States
50,093
Country Rank
Northeastern Illinois University Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Richard Neapolitan
Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, United States
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Artificial intelligence | Bayesian networks | Philosophy of scienc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    8,739
  • Last 5 Years
    2,249
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.257
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Rankings

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143,458
World Rank
United States
53,521
Country Rank
Northeastern University Logo
60
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Arjun Guha
Northeastern University Boston, United States
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Programming Language

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    8,156
  • Last 5 Years
    5,248
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.643
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Rankings

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243,934
World Rank
United States
83,772
Country Rank
Northeastern University Logo
93
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Long Lu
Northeastern University Boston, United States
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Security | Systems | Mobile | Io

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,799
  • Last 5 Years
    2,921
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.609
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Rankings

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253,874
World Rank
United States
86,664
Country Rank
Northeastern University Logo
96
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Harshit Pandey
Northeastern University Boston, United States
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
NLP | Deep Learnin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,596
  • Last 5 Years
    4,594
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    1.000
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Rankings

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272,098
World Rank
United States
91,840
Country Rank
Northeastern University Logo
100
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Raman Chandrasekar
Northeastern University Boston, United States
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence | Information Retrieval | Natural Language Processing | Human Computatio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,261
  • Last 5 Years
    1,343
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.315
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Rankings

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386,781
World Rank
United States
123,674
Country Rank
Northeastern University Logo
128
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Wolfgang Gatterbauer
Northeastern University Boston, United States
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Data Managemen

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,799
  • Last 5 Years
    1,277
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.456
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Rankings

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394,623
World Rank
United States
125,781
Country Rank
Northeastern University Logo
130
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Xu Ma
Northeastern University Boston, United States
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Computer Vision | Machine Learning | Generative AI | Multimodal LLM

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,726
  • Last 5 Years
    2,715
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.996
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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527,643
World Rank
United States
161,035
Country Rank
Northeastern University Logo
155
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Hongyang R Zhang|Hongyang Ryan Zhang, Hongyang Zhang
Northeastern University Boston, United States
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Machine Learning | Statistical Learnin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    1,813
  • Last 5 Years
    1,629
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.899
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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529,984
World Rank
United States
161,686
Country Rank
Northeastern University Logo
157
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Gopal Krishna
Northeastern University Boston, United States
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Computer Vision | Pattern Recognition | Deep Learning | Machine Learnin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    1,801
  • Last 5 Years
    1,787
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.992
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Rankings

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531,896
World Rank
United States
162,170
Country Rank
Northeastern University Logo
158
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Aanjhan Ranganathan
Northeastern University Boston, United States
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
System Security | Wireless Security | Secure Localization | Distance Bounding | Computer Architectur

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    1,791
  • Last 5 Years
    1,385
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.773
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Rankings

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538,404
World Rank
United States
163,841
Country Rank
Northeastern University Logo
161
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Claire Schlesinger
Northeastern University Boston, United States
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Machine Learning | LLMs | Physics | Quantum Computin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    1,757
  • Last 5 Years
    1,755
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.999
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Rankings

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563,926
World Rank
United States
170,368
Country Rank
Northeastern University Logo
166
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Valur Olafsson
Northeastern University Boston, United States
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Image Reconstruction | fMRI | Neuroimagin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    1,634
  • Last 5 Years
    841
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.515
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Rankings

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589,822
World Rank
United States
177,082
Country Rank
Northeastern Illinois University Logo
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Rachel F Adler
Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, United States
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Human-Computer Interaction | Accessibility | Computing Educatio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    1,519
  • Last 5 Years
    984
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.648
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Rankings

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659,169
World Rank
United States
194,338
Country Rank
Northeastern University Logo
187
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Ryan J Gallagher
Northeastern University Boston, United States
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Network Science | Communication | Social Media | Computational Social Scienc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    1,253
  • Last 5 Years
    1,186
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.947
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Rankings

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698,738
World Rank
United States
203,908
Country Rank
Northeastern University Logo
195
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Mauro Belgiovine
Northeastern University Boston, United States
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Deep Learning | Machine Learning | Wireless Communication | Swarm Intelligenc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    1,125
  • Last 5 Years
    1,104
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.981
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Rankings

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710,656
World Rank
United States
206,765
Country Rank
Northeastern University Logo
198
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Carlos Toxtli
Northeastern University Boston, United States
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Future of Work | Human Computer Interaction | Machine Learning | Computer Scienc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    1,089
  • Last 5 Years
    885
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.813
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Rankings

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713,668
World Rank
United States
207,516
Country Rank
Northeastern University Logo
201
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Sina Fazelpour
Northeastern University Boston, United States
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Philosophy of Science | Ethics of Artificial Intelligence | Cognitive Modeling | Social Epistemolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    1,080
  • Last 5 Years
    1,008
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.933
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