Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 2.969 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Retinal disease
diabetes
hypertension
artificial intelligenc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
276,403
154,671
0.560
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
free radicals
antioxidant
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
275,616
43,494
0.158
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Crossfield
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
210,177
107,564
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
molecular imaging
nanomedicine
drug and gene delivery
theranostics
radiopharmaceutical
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161,616
92,357
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Two-Dimensional Materials
Quantum magnetism
Superconductivity
Strongly Correlated Electron Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,829
41,069
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Wireless Communications
MIMO
Cognitive Radio
Wireless Power Transfer
UA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,299
72,991
0.674
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
graphene
2-D materials
surface science
covalent organic framewok
batterie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,640
45,370
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
hypertension
kidney diseas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,413
45,327
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Multimedia Information Retrieval
Live Social Media Analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,074
60,151
0.699
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nutritional Epidemiology
Obesity
Type 2 diabetes
Cardiovascular Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,128
35,745
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Global Mental Health
functional near infrared spectroscopy
COVID-19
Depression
Meta-analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,968
68,499
0.902
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
computer vision
machine learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,497
63,932
0.882
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mechanobiology
Wearable Electronics
Microfluidics
Circulating Biomarkers
Flexible Electronic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,794
29,102
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Photon upconversion
luminescent nanoparticles
Immunotherapy
Catalysis
Scintillator
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,030
35,516
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
aggregation-induced-emission
conjugated polymer
conjugated polyelectrolyte
sensing and imaging
cancer therap
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,217
34,623
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Cancer Pharmacolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,445
39,049
0.606
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
2D materials
photonics
condensed matter physics
materials synthesi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,981
26,796
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Genomics
Computation and Systems Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,604
25,428
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Electromagnetics
metaphotonics
low-dimensional material optic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,655
46,873
0.786
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,803
14,766
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Services Marketing
Service Management
Hospitality
Marketing
Consumer Behavio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,651
26,975
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Materials/Polymer/Surface Science and Engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,453
11,917
0.215
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,838
18,213
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Semiconductor
MEMS
Sensor
Actuato
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,285
35,739
0.697
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Materials Science and Engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,839
31,045
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
344
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Tien Yin Wong
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
276,403
154,671
0.560
Retinal disease
diabetes
hypertension
artificial intelligenc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
348
2
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Barry Halliwell
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
275,616
43,494
0.158
free radicals
antioxidant
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
793
3
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Seeram Ramakrishna
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
210,177
107,564
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,326
6
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Xiaoyuan Shawn Chen
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161,616
92,357
0.571
molecular imaging
nanomedicine
drug and gene delivery
theranostics
radiopharmaceutical
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,736
12
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Antonio H Castro Neto
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,829
41,069
0.367
Two-Dimensional Materials
Quantum magnetism
Superconductivity
Strongly Correlated Electron Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,912
13
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Rui Zhang
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,299
72,991
0.674
Wireless Communications
MIMO
Cognitive Radio
Wireless Power Transfer
UA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,829
17
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Kian Ping Loh
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,640
45,370
0.485
graphene
2-D materials
surface science
covalent organic framewok
batterie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,299
18
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Tazeen Jafar
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,413
45,327
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,409
20
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Tat Seng Chua
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,074
60,151
0.699
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,896
22
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Rob M Van Dam
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,128
35,745
0.441
Nutritional Epidemiology
Obesity
Type 2 diabetes
Cardiovascular Disease
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,481
25
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Roger C Ho
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,968
68,499
0.902
Global Mental Health
functional near infrared spectroscopy
COVID-19
Depression
Meta-analysi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,936
27
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jiashi Feng
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,497
63,932
0.882
computer vision
machine learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,625
31
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Chwee Teck CT Lim
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,794
29,102
0.429
Mechanobiology
Wearable Electronics
Microfluidics
Circulating Biomarkers
Flexible Electronic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,891
35
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Xiaogang Liu
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,030
35,516
0.538
Photon upconversion
luminescent nanoparticles
Immunotherapy
Catalysis
Scintillator
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,027
37
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Bin Liu
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,217
34,623
0.531
aggregation-induced-emission
conjugated polymer
conjugated polyelectrolyte
sensing and imaging
cancer therap
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,157
38
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Gautam Sethi
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,445
39,049
0.606
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,422
40
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Goki Eda
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,981
26,796
0.425
2D materials
photonics
condensed matter physics
materials synthesi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,916
44
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Kevin P White
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,604
25,428
0.420
Genomics
Computation and Systems Biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,133
46
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Cheng Wei Qiu
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,655
46,873
0.786
Electromagnetics
metaphotonics
low-dimensional material optic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,796
48
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Daniel G Tenen
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,803
14,766
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,840
49
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jochen Wirtz
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,651
26,975
0.476
Services Marketing
Service Management
Hospitality
Marketing
Consumer Behavio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,127
52
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
En Tang Kang
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,453
11,917
0.215
Materials/Polymer/Surface Science and Engineerin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,165
56
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Mick Power
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,838
18,213
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,318
58
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Tao Wang
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,285
35,739
0.697
Semiconductor
MEMS
Sensor
Actuato
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,771
59
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
John Wang
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,839
31,045
0.623
Materials Science and Engineerin