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Highly Cited Researchers 9.646 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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233
World Rank
1
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences
Aggregation-Induced Emission | Functional Polymers | Sensing and Imaging | Room Temperature Phosphorescence | Clusteroluminescenc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    244,794
  • Last 5 Years
    156,972
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.641
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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276
World Rank
2
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Others
Suicide Prevention and Populaton Healt

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    222,556
  • Last 5 Years
    149,081
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.670
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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779
World Rank
3
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Natural Sciences / Physics
gravitational wave | astrophysics | cosmolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    155,768
  • Last 5 Years
    111,168
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.714
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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924
World Rank
4
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Computer Vision | Pattern Recognitio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    173,259
  • Last 5 Years
    104,509
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.603
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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981
World Rank
5
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence | Transfer Learning | Federated Learning | AI Plannin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    157,234
  • Last 5 Years
    102,037
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.649
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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1,013
World Rank
6
Country Rank
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Engineering & Technology / Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Computer vision | pattern recognition | machine learnin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    143,335
  • Last 5 Years
    100,652
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.702
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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1,345
World Rank
7
Country Rank
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Others
sleep related breathing disorders | severe acute respiratory infections | prevention of nosocomial infections | common airway dise

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    113,155
  • Last 5 Years
    89,406
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.790
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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1,588
World Rank
8
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Generative AI | Embodied AI | LLM | Computer Vision | Deep Learnin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    92,994
  • Last 5 Years
    83,184
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.895
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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1,608
World Rank
9
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Engineering & Technology / Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Phase engineering of nanomaterials (PEN) and controlled epitaxial growth of heterostructure

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    165,735
  • Last 5 Years
    82,532
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.498
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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1,639
World Rank
10
Country Rank
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    107,945
  • Last 5 Years
    81,754
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.757
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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1,655
World Rank
11
Country Rank
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence | Computer Vision | Deep Learnin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    104,374
  • Last 5 Years
    81,434
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.780
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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1,685
World Rank
12
Country Rank
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
influenza | epidemiology | covid19 | sars_cov_2 | respiratory viruse

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    96,295
  • Last 5 Years
    80,373
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.835
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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1,759
World Rank
14
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Others
hollow structures | batteries | electrocatalysis | supercapacitors | photocatalysis

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    155,400
  • Last 5 Years
    78,158
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.503
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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1,785
World Rank
15
Country Rank
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    101,890
  • Last 5 Years
    77,430
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.760
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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1,814
World Rank
16
Country Rank
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Natural Sciences / Physics
Optics | photonics | materials physics | metamaterials | plasmonic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    151,672
  • Last 5 Years
    76,771
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.506
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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1,832
World Rank
17
Country Rank
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Engineering & Technology / Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Materials Science and Engineering | Plasma Science | Surface Science | Biomaterial

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    138,589
  • Last 5 Years
    76,321
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.551
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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1,855
World Rank
18
Country Rank
7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Others
steatotic liver disease | fatty liver | hepatitis B | cirrhosi

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    99,439
  • Last 5 Years
    75,723
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.762
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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1,978
World Rank
20
Country Rank
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
computer vision | machine learning | probabilistic inference | bayesian nonparametric

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    79,162
  • Last 5 Years
    72,945
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.921
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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2,328
World Rank
21
Country Rank
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Others
Aqueous batteries | Solid state batteries | Energy storage | Catalysts for sustainabilit

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    88,284
  • Last 5 Years
    65,840
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.746
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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2,418
World Rank
22
Country Rank
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Medical and Health Sciences / Microbiology
Emerging infectious diseases | Microbial immunology | Clinical microbiolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    73,472
  • Last 5 Years
    64,216
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.874
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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2,546
World Rank
23
Country Rank
9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Computer Vision | Multimodal Learning | Medical Image Analysi

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    70,204
  • Last 5 Years
    62,274
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.887
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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2,661
World Rank
24
Country Rank
7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
Genetics | Genomics | Psychiatry | Statistic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    163,386
  • Last 5 Years
    60,583
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.371
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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2,867
World Rank
25
Country Rank
10
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Medical and Health Sciences / Gastroenterology
Gastroenterology | Endoscopy | Medicin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    74,030
  • Last 5 Years
    58,139
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.785
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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2,961
World Rank
26
Country Rank
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Medical Image Analysis | Surgical Simulation | Visualization | Graphics | Virtual Realit

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    72,147
  • Last 5 Years
    57,042
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.791
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* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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3,184
World Rank
27
Country Rank
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Natural Sciences / Geography
Geography | Remote Sensing | Land Cover | Planetary Health | Health Geograph

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    89,899
  • Last 5 Years
    54,527
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.607
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