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World Top 100 Scientists 2026

The Top 100 scientists are ranked based on total H-index scores at the global, regional, national, and institutional levels. Rankings cover 10 regions, 13 main fields, and 221 subfields. Subject-field rankings (world, region, country, and university levels) are currently in Beta and updated in near real-time.

Note: Researchers classified as “others” (1,123,399 profiles whose fields are undetermined or not yet edited) are excluded from subject and regional rankings. These rankings will dynamically evolve as the “others” profiles are reviewed and properly categorized.

Recognizing excellence across 10 regions, 13 fields, and 221 subfields — Explore the Top 100 today.

 

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Total 1 scientist
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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6,890
World Rank
China
289
Country Rank
University of Science & Technology of China Logo
9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Xiangnan He
University of Science & Technology of China Hefei, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Recommendation | Causality | Big Data | Information Retrieval | Machine Learnin

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    113
  • i10 Index
    268
  • Citation Counts
    65,399
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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10,574
World Rank
China
471
Country Rank
University of Science & Technology of China Logo
12
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Xiang-Yang Li 李向阳
University of Science & Technology of China Hefei, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Wireless Networking/Mobile Computing | Cyber-Physical Systems/IoT | Privacy / Security | Data Sharing / Tradin

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    99
  • i10 Index
    384
  • Citation Counts
    33,414
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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11,557
World Rank
China
511
Country Rank
University of Science & Technology of China Logo
14
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Enhong Chen
University of Science & Technology of China Hefei, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
data mining | recommender system | machine learnin

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    97
  • i10 Index
    521
  • Citation Counts
    40,038
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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15,129
World Rank
China
687
Country Rank
University of Electronic Science & Technology of China Logo
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Quan Zou (邹权)
University of Electronic Science & Technology of China Chengdu, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Bioinformatics | data minin

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    89
  • i10 Index
    376
  • Citation Counts
    27,573
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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16,434
World Rank
China
763
Country Rank
University of Science & Technology of China Logo
19
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Nenghai Yu
University of Science & Technology of China Hefei, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Computer Vision | Artificial Intelligence | Information Hidin

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    87
  • i10 Index
    366
  • Citation Counts
    30,604
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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30,907
World Rank
China
1,515
Country Rank
University of Science & Technology of China Logo
40
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Qi Liu
University of Science & Technology of China Hefei, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Data Mining | Educational Big Data | Recommender Systems | Social Network Analysi

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    72
  • i10 Index
    341
  • Citation Counts
    20,883
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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32,697
World Rank
China
1,641
Country Rank
University of Electronic Science & Technology of China Logo
17
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Hong Cheng(程洪)
University of Electronic Science & Technology of China Chengdu, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
machine learning | computer vision | robotic

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    71
  • i10 Index
    293
  • Citation Counts
    22,350
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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33,807
World Rank
China
1,686
Country Rank
University of Electronic Science & Technology of China Logo
18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Kai Zheng 郑凯
University of Electronic Science & Technology of China Chengdu, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Spatio-temporal Databases | Spatial Crowdsourcing | AI4DB | Autonomous Driving | Recommendation System

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    70
  • i10 Index
    311
  • Citation Counts
    17,410
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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44,263
World Rank
China
2,217
Country Rank
University of Science & Technology of China Logo
66
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Dongdong Chen
University of Science & Technology of China Hefei, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Computer Vision | Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learnin

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    64
  • i10 Index
    120
  • Citation Counts
    22,819
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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53,525
World Rank
China
2,715
Country Rank
University of Science & Technology of China Logo
79
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Dong Liu
University of Science & Technology of China Hefei, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Image Compression | Video Coding | Image Processing | Computer Visio

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    60
  • i10 Index
    182
  • Citation Counts
    25,108
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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62,366
World Rank
China
3,250
Country Rank
University of Science & Technology of China Logo
88
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Ligang Liu
University of Science & Technology of China Hefei, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Computer Graphics | Geometry Processing | 3D Printin

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    57
  • i10 Index
    192
  • Citation Counts
    12,696
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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62,967
World Rank
China
3,272
Country Rank
University of Science & Technology of China Logo
89
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Yanyong Zhang
University of Science & Technology of China Hefei, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Sensing | Cyber-Physical Systems | Multi-Modal Perception | Efficient AI System

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    57
  • i10 Index
    155
  • Citation Counts
    17,660
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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64,658
World Rank
China
3,287
Country Rank
University of Science & Technology of China Logo
91
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Xun Chen
University of Science & Technology of China Hefei, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Brain-computer interface | Image fusion | Medical image processing | Biomedical signal processin

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    56
  • i10 Index
    167
  • Citation Counts
    15,454
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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67,028
World Rank
China
3,442
Country Rank
University of Electronic Science & Technology of China Logo
45
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
King Ngi Ngan
University of Electronic Science & Technology of China Chengdu, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Visual signal processing | computer visio

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    56
  • i10 Index
    239
  • Citation Counts
    14,406
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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72,880
World Rank
China
3,791
Country Rank
University of Science & Technology of China Logo
101
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Zhengyuan Xu
University of Science & Technology of China Hefei, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Wireless | Optical | Quantum | Intelligenc

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    54
  • i10 Index
    230
  • Citation Counts
    13,256
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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73,062
World Rank
China
3,797
Country Rank
University of Science & Technology of China Logo
102
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Liusheng Huang
University of Science & Technology of China Hefei, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
无线网络、信息安�

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    54
  • i10 Index
    283
  • Citation Counts
    44,717
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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75,922
World Rank
China
3,943
Country Rank
University of Science & Technology of China Logo
108
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Yan Chen
University of Science & Technology of China Hefei, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Wireless Multimedia | Wireless Sensin

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    53
  • i10 Index
    182
  • Citation Counts
    10,120
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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79,952
World Rank
China
4,157
Country Rank
East China University of Science & Technology Logo
33
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Jing Jin
East China University of Science & Technology Shanghai, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Brain Computer Interface | Neural Engineering | Pattern Recognitio

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    52
  • i10 Index
    98
  • Citation Counts
    9,129
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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83,117
World Rank
China
4,237
Country Rank
University of Science & Technology of China Logo
115
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Jun Du
University of Science & Technology of China Hefei, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Speech Signal Processing | Audio Signal Processing | Pattern Recognitio

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    51
  • i10 Index
    170
  • Citation Counts
    12,265
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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83,502
World Rank
China
4,333
Country Rank
University of Electronic Science & Technology of China Logo
58
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Hongfang Yu
University of Electronic Science & Technology of China Chengdu, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Network Virtualization | Edge/cloud Computing | Machine leaning System

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    52
  • i10 Index
    175
  • Citation Counts
    9,106
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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87,458
World Rank
China
4,457
Country Rank
University of Science & Technology of China Logo
118
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Xueyang Fu 傅雪阳|Xueyang Fu
University of Science & Technology of China Hefei, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Computer Vision | Image Restoration | Image Enhancement | Artificial Intelligenc

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    50
  • i10 Index
    104
  • Citation Counts
    13,525
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Rankings

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88,078
World Rank
China
4,583
Country Rank
University of Electronic Science & Technology of China Logo
64
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Wen Li
University of Electronic Science & Technology of China Chengdu, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Machine Learning | Computer Vision | Domain Adaptation | Transfer Learning | Web Dat

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    50
  • i10 Index
    91
  • Citation Counts
    12,554
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Rankings

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89,489
World Rank
China
4,681
Country Rank
University of Electronic Science & Technology of China Logo
65
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Junlin Zhou
University of Electronic Science & Technology of China Chengdu, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Recommender System | Data Mining | Big Data Analyz

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    50
  • i10 Index
    171
  • Citation Counts
    11,594
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Rankings

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92,173
World Rank
China
4,771
Country Rank
University of Science & Technology of China Logo
128
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Defu Lian 连德富
University of Science & Technology of China Hefei, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Recommender Systems | Data Mining | Deep Learnin

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    49
  • i10 Index
    161
  • Citation Counts
    13,982
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Rankings

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107,246
World Rank
China
5,547
Country Rank
University of Science & Technology of China Logo
143
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Tong Xu
University of Science & Technology of China Hefei, China
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Data Minin

H-Index Metrics

  • H-Index
    46
  • i10 Index
    148
  • Citation Counts
    10,525
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