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Highly Cited Researchers 1.416 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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6,107
World Rank
178
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Engineering & Technology / Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Computational Intelligence | Intelligent Control | Cybernetics | Intelligent Transportation Systems | Data Science/Engineerin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    76,628
  • Last 5 Years
    54,279
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.708
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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7,088
World Rank
219
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    69,902
  • Last 5 Years
    43,440
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.621
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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8,341
World Rank
279
Country Rank
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Others
Intelligent control and learning | robot control,event-triggered adaptive contro

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    63,055
  • Last 5 Years
    47,050
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.746
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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10,984
World Rank
384
Country Rank
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Others
Structure-functionality of food proteins | Ultilization and novel applications of vegatable proteins | Encapsulation and deliver

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    52,882
  • Last 5 Years
    23,657
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.447
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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12,637
World Rank
439
Country Rank
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Engineering & Technology / Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Power Electronics | Wireless power Transmissio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    48,576
  • Last 5 Years
    34,214
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.704
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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17,730
World Rank
674
Country Rank
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Engineering & Technology / Chemical Engineering
Inorganic Membrane、Adsorption、Lithium ion battery、Lithium air battery、OR

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    39,333
  • Last 5 Years
    24,545
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.624
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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19,320
World Rank
749
Country Rank
7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Engineering & Technology / Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Nanomedicine | Cell biology | Autophagy | Cancer therap

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    37,246
  • Last 5 Years
    21,018
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.564
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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25,134
World Rank
1,011
Country Rank
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Engineering & Technology / Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Nanomedicine | Biomaterials | Drug Delivery | Gene Delivery | Nanoimmunotherap

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    31,368
  • Last 5 Years
    15,703
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.501
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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25,741
World Rank
1,041
Country Rank
9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Engineering & Technology / Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
Embodied Intelligence | Robotics | Smart Factory | Manufacturing Systems | Fault Diagnostic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    30,875
  • Last 5 Years
    20,250
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.656
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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29,235
World Rank
1,224
Country Rank
10
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    28,392
  • Last 5 Years
    12,359
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.435
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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35,124
World Rank
1,491
Country Rank
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Others
blind source separatio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    25,021
  • Last 5 Years
    16,696
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.667
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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36,624
World Rank
1,579
Country Rank
12
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Engineering & Technology / Chemical Engineering
Lignin | chemical engineering | bioresource

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    24,289
  • Last 5 Years
    18,351
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.756
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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38,366
World Rank
1,665
Country Rank
13
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering
heat transfer | thermal energy storag

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    23,498
  • Last 5 Years
    16,738
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.712
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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41,486
World Rank
1,822
Country Rank
14
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    22,225
  • Last 5 Years
    11,458
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.516
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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42,583
World Rank
1,868
Country Rank
15
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Engineering & Technology / Environmental Science & Engineering
catalytic purification of air pollutant

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    21,808
  • Last 5 Years
    16,876
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.774
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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45,817
World Rank
2,018
Country Rank
16
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence | Computational Intelligence | Evolutionary Computation | Swarm Intelligenc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    20,679
  • Last 5 Years
    14,632
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.708
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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45,913
World Rank
2,024
Country Rank
17
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Engineering & Technology / Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) | Computer Vision | Document AI | Multimodal LLM

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    20,644
  • Last 5 Years
    15,063
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.730
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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46,730
World Rank
2,072
Country Rank
18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    20,372
  • Last 5 Years
    14,617
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.718
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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49,294
World Rank
2,214
Country Rank
19
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Computer Vision | Machine Learning | Image Processin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    19,613
  • Last 5 Years
    15,492
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.790
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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49,365
World Rank
2,220
Country Rank
20
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    19,593
  • Last 5 Years
    9,631
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.492
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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50,068
World Rank
2,255
Country Rank
21
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering
Heat Transfer | Two-phase flow | Heat Pipe | Nanoflui

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    19,386
  • Last 5 Years
    14,877
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.767
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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53,465
World Rank
2,421
Country Rank
22
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    18,467
  • Last 5 Years
    9,185
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.497
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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54,226
World Rank
2,470
Country Rank
23
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Others
SERS | Hyperspectral Imaging | Rapid Detection | Food Safety | MOF

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    18,265
  • Last 5 Years
    14,836
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.812
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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54,252
World Rank
2,472
Country Rank
24
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Engineering & Technology / Environmental Science & Engineering
Sodium ion batteries | Lithium ion batteries | Solid oxide fuel cells | Solid oxide electrolysis cell

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    18,258
  • Last 5 Years
    13,974
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.765
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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54,919
World Rank
2,500
Country Rank
25
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    18,095
  • Last 5 Years
    10,207
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.564
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