Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Ocean optics (海洋光学）
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,313
25,837
0.436
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Ocean-atmosphere interaction
Climate variability
extreme events
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,503
9,132
0.494
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Marine Natural Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,492
6,336
0.604
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
海洋生物
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,198
6,309
0.478
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Marine Bio-active Substance
Carbohydrate Chemistry
Bioanalytical Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,342
5,048
0.688
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Marine sedimentology and palaeoclimatology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,672
4,693
0.703
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Biocorrosion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,287
4,365
0.826
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Marine natural product discovery
natural product biosynthesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,696
4,196
0.545
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,037
3,540
0.503
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,432
3,387
0.624
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
EvoDevo
Genomics
Genome Editing
Gene Expression Regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,372
3,183
0.593
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
物理海洋学
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,715
3,109
0.544
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
POPs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,594
2,622
0.730
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Oceanography
Internal wave
Mixing
mesoscale eddy
Internal tides
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,601
2,555
0.710
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Aquaculture Ecology
Behavioral Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,103
2,507
0.808
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Phytoplankton Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,891
2,326
0.598
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Echinodermata
Regeneration
Omics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,413
2,050
0.850
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Corrosion
Nanoscience
Electrochemistry
Cathodic Protection
Photocathodic protection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,232
1,991
0.892
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
air-sea interactions
ENSO
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,995
1,987
0.663
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Mantle geochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,687
1,981
0.737
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,078
1,977
0.485
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
oceanography
ocean modeling
ocean biogeochemistry
carbon cycle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,744
1,914
0.698
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
subtropical corals
coral ecology
geochemistry
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,689
1,907
0.709
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
environmental pollution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,940
1,878
0.968
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Flow dynamics of thermohaline circulation
deep convection
double diffusive convection and hydrothermal plumes
Ocean mixing
F
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,288
1,706
0.398
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,683
413
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Guifen Wang (王桂芬）
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,313
25,837
0.436
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,590
2,744
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Chunzai Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,503
9,132
0.494
Ocean-atmosphere interaction
Climate variability
extreme events
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,296
4,684
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Yonghong Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,492
6,336
0.604
Marine Natural Chemistry
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,679
4,711
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Xiang Jianhai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,198
6,309
0.478
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,041
6,211
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Kecheng Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,342
5,048
0.688
Marine Bio-active Substance
Carbohydrate Chemistry
Bioanalytical Chemistry
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
101,896
6,809
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Shiming Wan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,672
4,693
0.703
Marine sedimentology and palaeoclimatology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,422
7,418
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jizhou Duan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,287
4,365
0.826
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
116,850
7,762
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Changsheng Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,696
4,196
0.545
Marine natural product discovery
natural product biosynthesis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,848
9,427
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Yan Du
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,037
3,540
0.503
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,399
9,881
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Huamao Yuan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,432
3,387
0.624
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
161,431
10,592
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Linlin Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,372
3,183
0.593
EvoDevo
Genomics
Genome Editing
Gene Expression Regulation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
165,693
10,835
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
张荣华
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,715
3,109
0.544
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
199,684
12,854
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Yuxin Sun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,594
2,622
0.730
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
205,348
13,189
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Zhenhua Xu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,601
2,555
0.710
Oceanography
Internal wave
Mixing
mesoscale eddy
Internal tides
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
209,520
13,449
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Libin Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,103
2,507
0.808
Aquaculture Ecology
Behavioral Ecology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
226,497
14,441
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Yingzhong Tang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,891
2,326
0.598
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
257,443
16,184
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sun Lina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,413
2,050
0.850
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
264,887
16,619
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Xiutong Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,232
1,991
0.892
Corrosion
Nanoscience
Electrochemistry
Cathodic Protection
Photocathodic protection
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
265,371
16,648
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Xin Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,995
1,987
0.663
air-sea interactions
ENSO
climate change
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
266,194
16,693
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Guoliang Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,687
1,981
0.737
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
266,667
16,728
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jie Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,078
1,977
0.485
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
275,373
17,167
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Peng Xiu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,744
1,914
0.698
oceanography
ocean modeling
ocean biogeochemistry
carbon cycle
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
276,341
17,226
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Tianran Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,689
1,907
0.709
subtropical corals
coral ecology
geochemistry
climate change
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
280,406
17,423
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Rui Hou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,940
1,878
0.968
environmental pollution
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
306,714
18,847
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Sheng-Qi Zhou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,288
1,706
0.398
Flow dynamics of thermohaline circulation
deep convection
double diffusive convection and hydrothermal plumes
Ocean mixing
F