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Engineering & Technology / Computer Science Highly Cited Researchers 565 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 565 scientists , Updates every 3 days
* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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6,142
World Rank
China
182
Country Rank
Tsinghua University Logo
12
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Zhiyuan Liu|Zhi-Yuan Liu
Tsinghua University Beijing, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence | Natural Language Processing | Knowledge Graph | Social Computin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    76,343
  • Last 5 Years
    68,427
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.896
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Rankings

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6,911
World Rank
China
212
Country Rank
Tsinghua University Logo
16
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Maosong Sun
Tsinghua University Beijing, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Natural Language Processing | Artificial Intelligence | Social Computin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    71,011
  • Last 5 Years
    59,945
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.844
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Rankings

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7,474
World Rank
China
237
Country Rank
Tsinghua University Logo
19
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Wei Ying Ma
Tsinghua University Beijing, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Large Language Models for Scienc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    67,432
  • Last 5 Years
    16,062
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.238
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Rankings

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7,719
World Rank
China
250
Country Rank
Tsinghua University Logo
20
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Tang Jie
Tsinghua University Beijing, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence | Social Networks | Data Mining | Machine Learning | Knowledge Grap

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    66,017
  • Last 5 Years
    50,822
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.770
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Rankings

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8,192
World Rank
China
268
Country Rank
Tsinghua University Logo
22
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Jianmin Wang
Tsinghua University Beijing, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Big Data management | Workflow management | Process minin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    63,717
  • Last 5 Years
    52,442
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.823
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Rankings

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9,521
World Rank
China
326
Country Rank
Tsinghua University Logo
26
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Mingsheng Long|龙明盛
Tsinghua University Beijing, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Machine learning | deep learning | transfer learning | scientific machine learnin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    57,974
  • Last 5 Years
    52,449
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.905
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Rankings

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9,849
World Rank
China
338
Country Rank
Tsinghua University Logo
28
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Jun Zhu
Tsinghua University Beijing, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Machine Learning | Bayesian Methods | Deep Generative Models | Adversarial Robustness | Reinforcemen

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    56,787
  • Last 5 Years
    50,426
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.888
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Rankings

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10,696
World Rank
China
375
Country Rank
Tsinghua University Logo
29
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Feiping Nie
Tsinghua University Beijing, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Machine Learning | Pattern Recognition | Computer Vision | Data Mining | Artificial Intelligenc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    53,757
  • Last 5 Years
    37,199
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.692
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Rankings

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11,298
World Rank
China
405
Country Rank
Tsinghua University Logo
31
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Minlie Huang
Tsinghua University Beijing, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
LLMs | Natural Language Generation | Dialogue Systems | Text Generation | Sentiment and Emotio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    51,894
  • Last 5 Years
    33,134
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.638
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Rankings

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12,954
World Rank
China
457
Country Rank
Tsinghua University Logo
38
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Jie Zhou
Tsinghua University Beijing, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Computer Vision | Pattern Recognition | Machine Learnin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    47,737
  • Last 5 Years
    38,034
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.797
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Rankings

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13,599
World Rank
China
490
Country Rank
Tsinghua University Logo
44
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Wenwu Zhu
Tsinghua University Beijing, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Multimedia Computing | Network Representation Learnin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    46,335
  • Last 5 Years
    27,741
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.599
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Rankings

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14,263
World Rank
China
528
Country Rank
Tsinghua University Logo
46
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Jiwen Lu 鲁继文
Tsinghua University Beijing, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Computer Vision | Pattern Recognition | Embodied Intelligence | AI Securit

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    45,047
  • Last 5 Years
    35,079
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.779
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Rankings

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17,302
World Rank
China
663
Country Rank
Tsinghua University Logo
57
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Wang Xiaoge
Tsinghua University Beijing, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Parallel computing | machine learning | algorithms | numerical linear algebr

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    39,968
  • Last 5 Years
    23,764
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.595
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Rankings

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18,861
World Rank
China
731
Country Rank
Tsinghua University Logo
62
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Qionghai Dai
Tsinghua University Beijing, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence | Computational Imaging | Optocomputin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    37,773
  • Last 5 Years
    24,637
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.652
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Rankings

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21,916
World Rank
China
870
Country Rank
Tsinghua University Logo
69
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Yuxiao Dong
Tsinghua University Beijing, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Large Language Models | Vision Language Models | LLM Reasoning | LLM Agent | Graph Machine Learnin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    34,209
  • Last 5 Years
    32,508
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.950
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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22,249
World Rank
China
885
Country Rank
Tsinghua University Logo
72
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Changshui Zhang
Tsinghua University Beijing, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Machine Learning | Pattern Recognition | Signal Processing | Computer Vision | Artificial Intelligenc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    33,892
  • Last 5 Years
    15,811
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.467
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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22,054
World Rank
China
879
Country Rank
Tsinghua University Logo
71
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
张涛
Tsinghua University Beijing, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
robot | control theory | artificial intelligence | image processing | fault diagnosi

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    34,079
  • Last 5 Years
    28,733
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.843
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Rankings

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24,334
World Rank
China
985
Country Rank
Tsinghua University Logo
77
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Peng Cui
Tsinghua University Beijing, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
data mining | machine learning | multimedi

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    32,008
  • Last 5 Years
    26,942
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.842
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Rankings

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24,811
World Rank
China
1,001
Country Rank
Tsinghua University Logo
79
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Yulun Zhang
Tsinghua University Beijing, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Computer Vision | Image Restoration | Model Compression | Large Language Mode

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    31,590
  • Last 5 Years
    30,386
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.962
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Rankings

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28,031
World Rank
China
1,160
Country Rank
Tsinghua University Logo
91
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Ding Guiguang
Tsinghua University Beijing, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Computer Vision | Multimedia Retrieva

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    29,158
  • Last 5 Years
    25,000
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.857
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Rankings

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31,271
World Rank
China
1,311
Country Rank
Tsinghua University Logo
102
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Xiaolin Hu
Tsinghua University Beijing, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
artificial neural networks | computational neuroscienc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    27,076
  • Last 5 Years
    23,715
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.876
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Rankings

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30,831
World Rank
China
1,288
Country Rank
Tsinghua University Logo
101
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Ya Qin Zhang
Tsinghua University Beijing, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
digital video | networking | AI/machine learning | mobility | cloud computin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    27,316
  • Last 5 Years
    5,940
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.217
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Rankings

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35,473
World Rank
China
1,517
Country Rank
Tsinghua University Logo
112
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Zhengyan Zhang
Tsinghua University Beijing, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Natural Language Processing | Large Language Model

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    24,810
  • Last 5 Years
    24,537
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.989
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Rankings

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35,646
World Rank
China
1,526
Country Rank
Tsinghua University Logo
113
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Zhaocheng Wang
Tsinghua University Beijing, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
AI-Empowered Wireless Communication | Millimeter Wave Communication | Optical Wireless Communicatio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    24,715
  • Last 5 Years
    14,628
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.592
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Rankings

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35,146
World Rank
China
1,500
Country Rank
Tsinghua University Logo
110
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Juanzi Li
Tsinghua University Beijing, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Semantic Web | data mining | NL

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    24,980
  • Last 5 Years
    17,003
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.681
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