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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 579 Scientists Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) - 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.
* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
213,412
World Rank
88
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Engineering & Technology / Environmental Science & Engineering
Environmental Engineering | Environmental Management | Ecological Engineering | Civil Engineerin
Environmental Engineering | Environmental Management | Ecological Engineering | Civil Engineerin
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Total4,064
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Last 6 Years2,448
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Last 6 Years / Total0.602
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
262,685
World Rank
124
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
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Total2,467
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Last 6 Years1,995
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Last 6 Years / Total0.809
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
273,000
World Rank
132
Country Rank
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Engineering & Technology / Environmental Science & Engineering
Water pollution and Remediation | Groundwater Pollution and remediation | Fate and transport of Environmental contaminants | Wate
Water pollution and Remediation | Groundwater Pollution and remediation | Fate and transport of Environmental contaminants | Wate
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Total2,146
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Last 6 Years1,919
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Last 6 Years / Total0.894
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
301,076
World Rank
151
Country Rank
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Business & Management / Decision Science and Operations Management
Performance Measurement | Disaster Management | Construction Procurement | Construction Waste Management | Risk Managemen
Performance Measurement | Disaster Management | Construction Procurement | Construction Waste Management | Risk Managemen
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Total2,555
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Last 6 Years1,731
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Last 6 Years / Total0.677
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
311,887
World Rank
159
Country Rank
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Engineering & Technology / Biomedical Engineering
Robotics | Exoskeletons | Prostheses | Electromyography | Biomedical Engineerin
Robotics | Exoskeletons | Prostheses | Electromyography | Biomedical Engineerin
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Total3,096
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Last 6 Years1,666
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Last 6 Years / Total0.538
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
316,022
World Rank
163
Country Rank
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
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Total2,124
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Last 6 Years1,642
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Last 6 Years / Total0.773
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
318,303
World Rank
165
Country Rank
7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Engineering & Technology / Civil Engineering
Sustainable design Material development | Waste upcycling | Green Technology | low cost construction and Passive Building Desig
Sustainable design Material development | Waste upcycling | Green Technology | low cost construction and Passive Building Desig
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Total2,232
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Last 6 Years1,629
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Last 6 Years / Total0.730
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
340,802
World Rank
177
Country Rank
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Business & Management / Decision Science and Operations Management
Circular Economy | Lean Construction | Risk Management | Quantity Surveying Educatio
Circular Economy | Lean Construction | Risk Management | Quantity Surveying Educatio
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Total1,808
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Last 6 Years1,510
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Last 6 Years / Total0.835
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
344,903
World Rank
180
Country Rank
9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering
Heat Transfer | Power & Energy | HVAC | Nanomaterial
Heat Transfer | Power & Energy | HVAC | Nanomaterial
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Total3,869
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Last 6 Years1,489
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Last 6 Years / Total0.385
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
354,674
World Rank
184
Country Rank
10
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Agriculture & Forestry / Fisheries
Marine Geology | Geochemistry | Sedimentology | Petroleum Geology
Marine Geology | Geochemistry | Sedimentology | Petroleum Geology
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Total1,675
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Last 6 Years1,442
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Last 6 Years / Total0.861
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
423,121
World Rank
237
Country Rank
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
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Total1,540
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Last 6 Years1,165
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Last 6 Years / Total0.756
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
432,637
World Rank
240
Country Rank
12
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Natural Language Processing | Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learnin
Natural Language Processing | Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learnin
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Total1,376
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Last 6 Years1,132
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Last 6 Years / Total0.823
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
437,323
World Rank
245
Country Rank
13
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering
Wind Engineering | Biomass | CFD | Process controls | optimization and system identificatio
Wind Engineering | Biomass | CFD | Process controls | optimization and system identificatio
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Total1,990
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Last 6 Years1,116
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Last 6 Years / Total0.561
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
449,269
World Rank
252
Country Rank
14
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Engineering & Technology / Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Power Systems | Microgrids | Distributed Generation | Renewable Energy System
Power Systems | Microgrids | Distributed Generation | Renewable Energy System
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Total2,328
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Last 6 Years1,077
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Last 6 Years / Total0.463
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
517,961
World Rank
299
Country Rank
15
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Engineering & Technology / Earth Sciences
Geosequestration of carbon dioxide | Soil stabilisation | waste management | inclusive learning | life
Geosequestration of carbon dioxide | Soil stabilisation | waste management | inclusive learning | life
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Total1,303
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Last 6 Years885
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Last 6 Years / Total0.679
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
532,435
World Rank
309
Country Rank
16
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Waste based Construction Materials | 3D Concrete Printing | FRP Composites | Machine Learning | Fir
Waste based Construction Materials | 3D Concrete Printing | FRP Composites | Machine Learning | Fir
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Total1,258
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Last 6 Years850
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Last 6 Years / Total0.676
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
541,145
World Rank
319
Country Rank
17
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
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Total1,089
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Last 6 Years830
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Last 6 Years / Total0.762
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
543,670
World Rank
322
Country Rank
18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Engineering & Technology / Civil Engineering
Earth building | road safety | indoor air quality | earth block
Earth building | road safety | indoor air quality | earth block
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Total1,397
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Last 6 Years824
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Last 6 Years / Total0.590
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
547,681
World Rank
328
Country Rank
19
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
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Total1,093
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Last 6 Years815
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Last 6 Years / Total0.746
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
564,678
World Rank
340
Country Rank
20
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Engineering & Technology / Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Human-robot interaction | Social robotics | Artificial intelligence | Machine learnin
Human-robot interaction | Social robotics | Artificial intelligence | Machine learnin
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Total1,211
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Last 6 Years778
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Last 6 Years / Total0.642
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
569,510
World Rank
344
Country Rank
21
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Social Sciences / Higher Education Studies
Disaster Management | Higher Education | Skills | Lifelong learnin
Disaster Management | Higher Education | Skills | Lifelong learnin
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Total1,059
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Last 6 Years768
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Last 6 Years / Total0.725
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
590,582
World Rank
358
Country Rank
22
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Economics & Econometrics / Economics
Constrcution Economics | Construction R & D | Construction Negotiatio
Constrcution Economics | Construction R & D | Construction Negotiatio
Citation Metrics
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Total1,001
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Last 6 Years725
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Last 6 Years / Total0.724
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
607,285
World Rank
380
Country Rank
23
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Engineering & Technology / Energy Engineering
Photovolatics | Nanomaterials | Materials modeling & simulation
Photovolatics | Nanomaterials | Materials modeling & simulation
Citation Metrics
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Total944
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Last 6 Years693
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Last 6 Years / Total0.734
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
608,324
World Rank
382
Country Rank
24
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Engineering & Technology / Textile Engineering
Textile Technology | Advanced Manufacturing | Organizational studie
Textile Technology | Advanced Manufacturing | Organizational studie
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Total966
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Last 6 Years691
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Last 6 Years / Total0.715
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
651,014
World Rank
428
Country Rank
25
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Engineering & Technology / Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Tactile sensing | Soft robotics | Surgical Robot
Tactile sensing | Soft robotics | Surgical Robot
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Total887
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Last 6 Years617
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Last 6 Years / Total0.696
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