Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 4.977 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 Rankings
Rankings
17
World Rank
10
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
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Total574,845
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Last 6 Years459,755
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Last 6 Years / Total0.800
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
182
World Rank
84
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Engineering & Technology / Electrical & Electronic Engineering
machine learning | computer science | statistics | artificial intelligence | optimizatio
machine learning | computer science | statistics | artificial intelligence | optimizatio
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Total329,065
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Last 6 Years154,533
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Last 6 Years / Total0.470
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
209
World Rank
95
Country Rank
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
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Total312,838
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Last 6 Years126,528
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Last 6 Years / Total0.404
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
267
World Rank
116
Country Rank
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Computer Vision | Artificial Intelligence | AI | Machine Learning | Deep Learnin
Computer Vision | Artificial Intelligence | AI | Machine Learning | Deep Learnin
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Total298,215
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Last 6 Years187,342
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Last 6 Years / Total0.628
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
312
World Rank
131
Country Rank
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Engineering & Technology / Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Fuzzy Logic | Soft Computing | Artificial Intelligence | Human-Level Machine Intelligenc
Fuzzy Logic | Soft Computing | Artificial Intelligence | Human-Level Machine Intelligenc
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Total284,198
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Last 6 Years67,934
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Last 6 Years / Total0.239
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
313
World Rank
132
Country Rank
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
Linguistics | Cognitive Science | Politics | Law | Psycholog
Linguistics | Cognitive Science | Politics | Law | Psycholog
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Total284,144
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Last 6 Years68,954
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Last 6 Years / Total0.243
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
396
World Rank
167
Country Rank
7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences
Reticular Chemistry | Metal-Organic Framework | Covalent Organic Framewor
Reticular Chemistry | Metal-Organic Framework | Covalent Organic Framewor
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Total268,296
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Last 6 Years110,989
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Last 6 Years / Total0.414
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
528
World Rank
209
Country Rank
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Engineering & Technology / Electrical & Electronic Engineering
computer vision | machine learning | robotics | artificial intelligence | computer graphic
computer vision | machine learning | robotics | artificial intelligence | computer graphic
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Total248,909
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Last 6 Years107,367
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Last 6 Years / Total0.431
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
668
World Rank
262
Country Rank
9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
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Total228,261
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Last 6 Years78,272
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Last 6 Years / Total0.343
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
806
World Rank
319
Country Rank
10
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
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Total210,532
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Last 6 Years57,544
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Last 6 Years / Total0.273
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
825
World Rank
327
Country Rank
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
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Total208,265
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Last 6 Years56,979
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Last 6 Years / Total0.274
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
867
World Rank
345
Country Rank
12
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Citation Metrics
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Total203,071
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Last 6 Years54,448
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Last 6 Years / Total0.268
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
885
World Rank
355
Country Rank
14
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Citation Metrics
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Total201,456
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Last 6 Years38,632
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Last 6 Years / Total0.192
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
874
World Rank
350
Country Rank
13
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
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Total202,471
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Last 6 Years168,422
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Last 6 Years / Total0.832
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
921
World Rank
371
Country Rank
15
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
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Total197,165
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Last 6 Years77,572
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Last 6 Years / Total0.393
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,043
World Rank
428
Country Rank
16
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Citation Metrics
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Total184,538
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Last 6 Years163,658
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Last 6 Years / Total0.887
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,125
World Rank
467
Country Rank
17
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Citation Metrics
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Total177,662
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Last 6 Years28,413
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Last 6 Years / Total0.160
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,216
World Rank
517
Country Rank
18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Cloud Computing | Networking | Distributed Systems | Big Dat
Cloud Computing | Networking | Distributed Systems | Big Dat
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Total170,570
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Last 6 Years57,931
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Last 6 Years / Total0.340
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,356
World Rank
588
Country Rank
19
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
computer vision | machine learning | computer graphics | computational photograph
computer vision | machine learning | computer graphics | computational photograph
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Total160,471
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Last 6 Years115,663
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Last 6 Years / Total0.721
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,473
World Rank
638
Country Rank
20
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Citation Metrics
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Total153,701
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Last 6 Years45,356
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Last 6 Years / Total0.295
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,570
World Rank
686
Country Rank
21
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Citation Metrics
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Total149,312
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Last 6 Years57,795
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Last 6 Years / Total0.387
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,625
World Rank
714
Country Rank
22
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Citation Metrics
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Total146,864
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Last 6 Years78,218
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Last 6 Years / Total0.533
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,649
World Rank
725
Country Rank
23
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Citation Metrics
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Total145,912
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Last 6 Years17,261
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Last 6 Years / Total0.118
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,652
World Rank
727
Country Rank
24
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Engineering & Technology / Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Materials design | computational modeling | energy storage | thermoelectrics | sola
Materials design | computational modeling | energy storage | thermoelectrics | sola
Citation Metrics
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Total145,825
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Last 6 Years79,520
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Last 6 Years / Total0.545
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,704
World Rank
751
Country Rank
25
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences
quantum chemistry | electronic structure theory | theoretical chemistry | physical chemistry | catalysi
quantum chemistry | electronic structure theory | theoretical chemistry | physical chemistry | catalysi
Citation Metrics
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Total143,259
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Last 6 Years51,694
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Last 6 Years / Total0.361
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