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Highly Cited Researchers 2.473 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.
Built on transparency, it also addresses unethical practices and encourages reporting of violations. Compare results across 13 fields and 221 disciplines.

* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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268
World Rank
3
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    315,328
  • Last 5 Years
    134,491
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.427
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Rankings

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649
World Rank
11
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Natural Sciences / Physics
Particle Physic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    244,717
  • Last 5 Years
    86,534
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.354
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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5,109
World Rank
52
Country Rank
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Engineering & Technology / Energy Engineering
Solar Cells & Solar Fuels | Artificial Photosynthesis | Water Splitting | AEM-WE | CO2 Reductio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    84,959
  • Last 5 Years
    38,921
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.458
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Rankings

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9,238
World Rank
85
Country Rank
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Engineering & Technology / Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Control theory | Cyber-physical systems | Networked control | Hybrid systems | Machine learnin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    59,019
  • Last 5 Years
    30,899
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.524
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Rankings

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9,636
World Rank
91
Country Rank
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Engineering & Technology / Environmental Science & Engineering
Environmental History | History of Science | Research Policy | Environmental Humanities | Climate Polic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    57,512
  • Last 5 Years
    31,369
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.545
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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12,182
World Rank
133
Country Rank
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Engineering & Technology / Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
polymers | biocomposites | cellulose | nanocomposite

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    49,489
  • Last 5 Years
    24,043
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.486
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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13,363
World Rank
153
Country Rank
7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
AI in manufacturing | human-robot collaboration | smart manufacturing system

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    46,807
  • Last 5 Years
    35,920
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.767
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Rankings

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14,821
World Rank
179
Country Rank
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences
Theoretical Chemistry | Molecular Electronics | Photonics | X-ra

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    44,063
  • Last 5 Years
    24,352
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.553
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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16,972
World Rank
210
Country Rank
9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    40,460
  • Last 5 Years
    26,379
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.652
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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18,464
World Rank
229
Country Rank
10
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Engineering & Technology / Energy Engineering
energy systems | CCS | renewable energy | power generation | climate change mitigatio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    38,323
  • Last 5 Years
    25,326
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.661
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Rankings

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19,094
World Rank
238
Country Rank
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Others
high performance computing | GPU computing | heterogeneous architectures | molecular simulation | molecular dynamic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    37,481
  • Last 5 Years
    28,472
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.760
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Rankings

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24,829
World Rank
300
Country Rank
12
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Natural Sciences / Physics
High-energy astrophysics | astroparticle physics | cosmic-rays | X-ray polarimetry | instrumentatio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    31,585
  • Last 5 Years
    8,097
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.256
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Rankings

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25,832
World Rank
316
Country Rank
13
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Molecular dynamics simulation | natural language processin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    30,771
  • Last 5 Years
    25,711
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.836
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Rankings

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27,375
World Rank
331
Country Rank
14
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
data mining | graph mining | social-network analysis | web mining | algorithmic data analysi

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    29,634
  • Last 5 Years
    10,568
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.357
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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29,170
World Rank
356
Country Rank
15
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences
Groundwater chemistry | Drinking Water Treatment and Soil Remediation | Sustainable Arsenic Mitigatio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    28,398
  • Last 5 Years
    16,421
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.578
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Rankings

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29,455
World Rank
360
Country Rank
16
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering
Fluid Mechanics | e-Science | High Performance Computing | Computational Fluid Dynamic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    28,215
  • Last 5 Years
    11,147
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.395
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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29,523
World Rank
361
Country Rank
17
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Engineering & Technology / Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Materials Science | Computational Thermodynamic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    28,179
  • Last 5 Years
    9,648
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.342
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Rankings

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29,561
World Rank
362
Country Rank
18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Computer Vision | Scale Space | Recognition | Image Analysis | Neuroscienc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    28,153
  • Last 5 Years
    4,917
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.175
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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31,513
World Rank
389
Country Rank
19
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    26,937
  • Last 5 Years
    18,352
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.681
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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33,692
World Rank
420
Country Rank
20
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    25,713
  • Last 5 Years
    5,648
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.220
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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33,730
World Rank
421
Country Rank
21
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Medical and Health Sciences / Audiology and Speech Pathology
speech technology | prosody | speech communicatio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    25,695
  • Last 5 Years
    3,147
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.122
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Rankings

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34,592
World Rank
430
Country Rank
22
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
robotics | AI | robot vision | robot learnin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    25,241
  • Last 5 Years
    13,565
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.537
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Rankings

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34,692
World Rank
435
Country Rank
23
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Others
Sustainable consumption | life cycle assessment | sustainability assessment | digitalisatio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    25,194
  • Last 5 Years
    9,279
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.368
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Rankings

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34,973
World Rank
438
Country Rank
24
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Medical and Health Sciences / Immunology
Antibody engineering | directed evolution | bioinformatics | immunogenicity | biosustainabilit

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    25,063
  • Last 5 Years
    18,222
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.727
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Rankings

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35,497
World Rank
447
Country Rank
25
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Natural Sciences / Physics
DFT | ab initio methods | metals and alloys | mechanical properties | magnetis

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    24,806
  • Last 5 Years
    11,942
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.481
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