Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There is still much work to be done in this area. See also for more specific citation analyses: "last 6 years citation index" Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Total Citations) and Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Last 6 Years Citations)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Information Systems
Operations Management
Management
Psychology
Technology Adoption
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194,919
100,380
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
power electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,785
23,284
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Elementary particle physics experiment
VT Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,369
24,060
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,533
15,548
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
6G
machine learning
semantic communications
quantum communications
cyber-physical systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,775
41,914
0.794
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Sociology
Race and Well-Being
Racial Identity
Sociology of Mental Health
Racial Attitudes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,270
8,182
0.163
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Behavioral Economics
Addiction
Health Behaviors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,725
17,724
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Power Electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,077
19,063
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Ferroelectrics
multiferroics
piezoelectric
electroceramics
ceramics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,062
11,925
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Neuroscience
computational neuroscience
social neuroscience
distributed computation
computational psychiatry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,658
14,852
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Cyber Security
Wireless Networks
Wireless Security
Network Security
Cloud Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,506
16,441
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Optimization modeling and analysis
discrete and continuous optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,557
8,921
0.200
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Power Electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,925
12,593
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Experimental Nuclear Physics
Electron Scattering
VT Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,874
22,447
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,058
11,211
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,555
11,042
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
composite materials and structures
buckling
plasticity
stress analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,691
8,644
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
fluid inclusions
melt inclusions
mineral deposits
volcanic systems
geohydrologic cycle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,380
11,554
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Parasitology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,356
7,011
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Computational Biophysics
Methodology for Molecular Simulations
Chromatin Organization
Bio-molecular Electrostatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,987
16,644
0.537
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Optical fiber sensors
Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,490
15,013
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
geographic information science
lidar
geovisualization
spatial cognition
navigation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,962
29,490
0.984
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
VT Biological Sciences
Stream and watershed ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,113
6,668
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Forest Soils
Silviculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,549
7,043
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,459
9,463
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
823
331
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Viswanath Venkatesh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194,919
100,380
0.515
Information Systems
Operations Management
Management
Psychology
Technology Adoption
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,883
1,864
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Fred C Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,785
23,284
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,624
2,220
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Leo Piilonen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,369
24,060
0.307
Elementary particle physics experiment
VT Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,409
4,034
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Thomas Ollendick
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,533
15,548
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,869
4,254
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Walid Saad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,775
41,914
0.794
6G
machine learning
semantic communications
quantum communications
cyber-physical systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,559
4,587
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Michael Hughes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,270
8,182
0.163
Sociology
Race and Well-Being
Racial Identity
Sociology of Mental Health
Racial Attitudes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,746
4,667
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Warren K Bickel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,725
17,724
0.356
Behavioral Economics
Addiction
Health Behaviors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,261
4,913
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Dushan Boroyevich
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,077
19,063
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,266
4,916
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Dwight Viehland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,062
11,925
0.248
Ferroelectrics
multiferroics
piezoelectric
electroceramics
ceramics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,129
5,304
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Read Montague
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,658
14,852
0.325
Neuroscience
computational neuroscience
social neuroscience
distributed computation
computational psychiatry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,179
5,335
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Wenjing Lou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,506
16,441
0.361
Cyber Security
Wireless Networks
Wireless Security
Network Security
Cloud Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,555
5,521
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Hanif D Sherali
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,557
8,921
0.200
Optimization modeling and analysis
discrete and continuous optimization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,770
6,091
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jih Sheng Lai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,925
12,593
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,799
6,106
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Mark Pitt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,874
22,447
0.536
Experimental Nuclear Physics
Electron Scattering
VT Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,935
7,083
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Xj Meng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,058
11,211
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,252
7,225
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Xiang Jin Meng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,555
11,042
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,803
7,481
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Robert M Jones
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,691
8,644
0.236
composite materials and structures
buckling
plasticity
stress analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,179
9,416
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Robert J Bodnar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,380
11,554
0.368
fluid inclusions
melt inclusions
mineral deposits
volcanic systems
geohydrologic cycle
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,207
9,431
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
David S Lindsay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,356
7,011
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,622
9,612
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Alexey Onufriev
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,987
16,644
0.537
Computational Biophysics
Methodology for Molecular Simulations
Chromatin Organization
Bio-molecular Electrostatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,087
9,807
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Liu Bo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,490
15,013
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,648
10,050
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Thomas J Pingel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,962
29,490
0.984
geographic information science
lidar
geovisualization
spatial cognition
navigation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,722
10,542
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jackson R Webster
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,113
6,668
0.229
VT Biological Sciences
Stream and watershed ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,391
10,839
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Thomas Fox
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,549
7,043
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,520
10,888
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Harald Sontheimer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,459
9,463
0.333