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Highly Cited Researchers 2.092 Scientists Citation Rankings (Sort by last 5 years Citation Index) - 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.
Built on transparency, it also addresses unethical practices and encourages reporting of violations. Compare results across 13 fields and 221 disciplines.

* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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2,431
World Rank
12
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Machine Learning | Big data | Parallel computing | Public Health | Health Metric

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    64,695
  • Last 5 Years
    63,987
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.989
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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13,258
World Rank
31
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    27,618
  • Last 5 Years
    22,168
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.803
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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34,795
World Rank
48
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Computer Vision | Machine Learning | AI | Computational Linguistics | Medical Imagin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    12,949
  • Last 5 Years
    11,657
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.900
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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39,268
World Rank
49
Country Rank
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Medical and Health Sciences / Microbiology
Microbiology | Antimicrobial resistance | Antimicrobial strategie

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    16,979
  • Last 5 Years
    10,729
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.632
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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41,810
World Rank
51
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Engineering & Technology / Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Materials Science | Nanomaterials | Nanobiomaterials | University Politehnica of Bucharest | Academy o

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    13,991
  • Last 5 Years
    10,276
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.734
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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42,406
World Rank
52
Country Rank
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Engineering & Technology / Earth Sciences
Petrology | Tectonics | Igneous Petrology | Geology | Geophysic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    19,271
  • Last 5 Years
    10,179
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.528
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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47,928
World Rank
57
Country Rank
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Natural Sciences / Physics
Nuclear Physics | Astrophysics | Cosmic Rays | Nuclear Method

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    20,087
  • Last 5 Years
    9,332
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.465
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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48,180
World Rank
58
Country Rank
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Engineering & Technology / Chemical Engineering
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering | Materials Science | Academy of Romanian Scientist

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    12,278
  • Last 5 Years
    9,297
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.757
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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51,383
World Rank
62
Country Rank
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences
Department of Organic Chemistry | Biochemistry and Catalysi

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    23,043
  • Last 5 Years
    8,877
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.385
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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88,793
World Rank
90
Country Rank
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences
POLITEHNICA of Bucharest | Academy of Romanian Scientists | chemistry and chemical engineerin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    7,246
  • Last 5 Years
    5,917
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.817
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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94,212
World Rank
95
Country Rank
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences
Chemistry | Chemical Engineerin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    6,930
  • Last 5 Years
    5,647
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.815
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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96,606
World Rank
97
Country Rank
7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Natural Sciences / Physics
Physics | Nuclear and Particle Physics | Astroparticle Physic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    12,983
  • Last 5 Years
    5,539
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.427
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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105,652
World Rank
105
Country Rank
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Engineering & Technology / Biomedical Engineering
biomaterials | biopolymers | biomedical engineering | nanomaterials | nanotechnolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    5,272
  • Last 5 Years
    5,162
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.979
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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108,711
World Rank
106
Country Rank
7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Engineering & Technology / Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Biomaterials | Bioengineering | Materials Science | Academy of Romanian Scientist

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    6,485
  • Last 5 Years
    5,037
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.777
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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116,522
World Rank
109
Country Rank
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
machine learning | computational linguistics | information retrieval | authorship identification | computer vision

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    6,216
  • Last 5 Years
    4,755
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.765
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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120,036
World Rank
117
Country Rank
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    7,143
  • Last 5 Years
    4,638
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.649
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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122,823
World Rank
119
Country Rank
9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Machines | Bioengineering | Nuclear Power | Robots | Aerospac

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    12,536
  • Last 5 Years
    4,550
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.363
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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123,751
World Rank
120
Country Rank
9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
biologie moleculara | biodiversitate | biocompatibilitate | patologie moleculara | celule stem si regenerare tisular

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    7,404
  • Last 5 Years
    4,521
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.611
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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127,707
World Rank
125
Country Rank
10
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Others
Head of Cellular and Molecular Pathology Departmen

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    7,519
  • Last 5 Years
    4,403
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.586
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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129,796
World Rank
127
Country Rank
10
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Others
polymeric membranes | carbon nanotubes | graphene | Academy of Romanian Scientist

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    5,928
  • Last 5 Years
    4,345
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.733
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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141,611
World Rank
149
Country Rank
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Medical and Health Sciences / Biochemistry
nanotoxicology | toxicology | enzymology | biocompatibilit

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    6,206
  • Last 5 Years
    4,036
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.650
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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157,058
World Rank
168
Country Rank
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
NLP | Educational Data Mining | Intelligent Tutoring Systems | Discourse Analysis | Academy of Romanian Scientist

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    5,661
  • Last 5 Years
    3,688
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.651
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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173,894
World Rank
189
Country Rank
12
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Engineering & Technology / Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
Design | CAD | Transportation | Mechanical engineering | Industrial engineerin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    10,302
  • Last 5 Years
    3,370
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.327
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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196,966
World Rank
219
Country Rank
13
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences
chemistry | ultrasound | biofuels | microwave | nanoparticle

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    8,067
  • Last 5 Years
    3,007
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.373
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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204,829
World Rank
233
Country Rank
14
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Engineering & Technology / Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Materials science | Biomaterials | Nanomaterials | Materials characterisatio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,423
  • Last 5 Years
    2,899
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.655
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