Top 100 most-cited scientists in Engineering

2025 single-year list · 100 authors, ranked by c-score excluding self-citations · all 19,557 in Engineering

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#	Author	Country	Subfield rank	c-score	Cites 2025	h	hm	Self-cit.	Papers	Active
1 #44 overall	Ivanov, Dmitry Aleksandrovich Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin	DEU	Operations Research #1 · top <0.01%	4.756	6,541	43	29.5	12.7%	315	2004–2026
2 #128 overall	Blaabjerg, Frede Aalborg University	DNK	Electrical & Electronic Engineering #1 · top <0.01%	4.526	20,840	53	30.7	6.3%	3,488	1991–2026
3 #136 overall	Govindan, Kannan The University of Adelaide	AUS	Operations Research #2 · top <0.01%	4.514	6,912	43	26.1	2.7%	453	2006–2026
4 #149 overall	Awual, Md Rabiul Japan Atomic Energy Agency	JPN	Chemical Engineering #1 · top <0.01%	4.495	5,055	45	21.7	1.4%	196	2001–2026
5 #312 overall	Chua, Leon O. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences	USA	Electrical & Electronic Engineering #2 · top <0.01%	4.323	3,379	25	16.9	6.1%	801	1965–2026
6 #316 overall	Elimelech, Menachem Rice University	USA	Environmental Sciences #3 · top <0.01%	4.323	11,592	50	25.0	5.7%	646	1989–2026
7 #319 overall	Pradhan, Biswajeet K. University of Technology Sydney	AUS	Geological & Geomatics Engineering #1 · top <0.01%	4.322	8,945	41	24.9	4.0%	957	2000–2026
8 #372 overall	Huete, Alfredo Ramon University of Technology Sydney	AUS	Geological & Geomatics Engineering #2 · top <0.01%	4.280	5,635	28	12.0	5.4%	388	1984–2026
9 #381 overall	Menter, Florian R. Ansys Germany GmbH	DEU	Aerospace & Aeronautics #1 · top <0.01%	4.275	3,355	17	12.3	0.7%	98	1989–2025
10 #405 overall	Kaveh, Ali Iran University of Science and Technology, College of Civil Engineering Tehran	IRN	Civil Engineering #1 · top <0.01%	4.261	3,171	26	18.6	4.8%	757	1974–2026
11 #421 overall	Saaty, Thomas L. Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business	USA	Operations Research #3 · top <0.01%	4.254	2,480	18	16.0	0.2%	169	1966–2025
12 #477 overall	Choi, Tsan Ming University of Liverpool Management School	GBR	Operations Research #4 · top 0.01%	4.222	4,230	30	19.1	7.7%	436	2003–2026
13 #494 overall	Duan, Guangren Harbin Institute of Technology	CHN	Industrial Engineering & Automation #1 · top <0.01%	4.213	2,653	22	18.6	19.6%	1,056	1987–2026
14 #509 overall	Reddy, Junuthula Narasimha College of Engineering	USA	Mechanical Engineering & Transports #1 · top <0.01%	4.204	3,230	23	17.4	7.2%	961	1972–2026
15 #541 overall	Chamkha, Ali J. Kuwait College of Science & Technology	KWT	Mechanical Engineering & Transports #2 · top <0.01%	4.191	6,321	27	18.7	10.1%	1,186	1991–2026
16 #556 overall	Rice, James R. Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences	USA	Mechanical Engineering & Transports #3 · top <0.01%	4.183	2,349	25	17.8	1.4%	231	1964–2022
17 #565 overall	Bažant, Zdeněk Z. Northwestern University	USA	Civil Engineering #2 · top <0.01%	4.181	2,862	22	16.8	2.4%	874	1968–2026
18 #568 overall	Xie, Heping Shenzhen University	CHN	Energy #17 · top <0.01%	4.180	4,995	28	15.9	11.7%	664	1986–2026
19 #579 overall	Sitti, Metin Koç University	TUR	Industrial Engineering & Automation #2 · top <0.01%	4.174	6,240	38	20.5	7.3%	592	1995–2026
20 #582 overall	Gunasekaran, Angappa Pennsylvania State University	USA	Operations Research #5 · top 0.02%	4.173	8,484	48	23.8	2.4%	663	1985–2026
21 #620 overall	Gitelson, Anatoly A. School of Natural Resources	USA	Geological & Geomatics Engineering #3 · top <0.01%	4.161	4,478	29	14.7	3.7%	216	1987–2026
22 #674 overall	Hill, Rodney J. Gonville and Caius College	GBR	Mechanical Engineering & Transports #5 · top <0.01%	4.141	1,939	16	14.8	0.0%	79	1945–2002
23 #686 overall	van Genuchten, Martinus Th. Federal University of Rio the Janeiro	BRA	Environmental Engineering #1 · top <0.01%	4.137	3,245	18	10.8	2.3%	338	1974–2026
24 #691 overall	Sheikholeslami, Mohsen Babol Noshirvani University of Technology	IRN	Mechanical Engineering & Transports #6 · top <0.01%	4.135	3,186	21	17.7	2.0%	596	2011–2026
25 #752 overall	Beven, Keith J. Lancaster Environment Centre	GBR	Environmental Engineering #2 · top <0.01%	4.113	2,643	23	15.6	8.3%	450	1977–2026
26 #803 overall	Zhang, Liangpei Aerospace Information Research Institute	CHN	Geological & Geomatics Engineering #4 · top <0.01%	4.098	13,175	49	25.9	5.1%	1,098	1998–2026
27 #813 overall	Bejan, Adrian Duke University	USA	Mechanical Engineering & Transports #7 · top <0.01%	4.095	2,352	17	14.6	2.2%	685	1974–2026
28 #822 overall	van der Bruggen, Bart KU Leuven	BEL	Chemical Engineering #3 · top <0.01%	4.092	6,775	31	18.0	7.0%	900	1997–2026
29 #829 overall	Lewis, Frank Leroy T. The University of Texas at Arlington	USA	Industrial Engineering & Automation #3 · top <0.01%	4.091	6,868	37	23.9	6.7%	1,099	1978–2026
30 #833 overall	Singh, Vijay P. Texas A&M University-San Antonio	USA	Environmental Engineering #3 · top <0.01%	4.090	7,809	30	18.4	7.9%	1,739	1975–2026
31 #843 overall	Thrun, Sebastian B. Stanford Engineering	USA	Industrial Engineering & Automation #4 · top <0.01%	4.088	5,688	24	14.0	0.2%	308	1990–2025
32 #861 overall	Ren, Wei Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering	USA	Industrial Engineering & Automation #5 · top <0.01%	4.081	3,211	28	18.7	3.5%	348	1990–2023
33 #894 overall	Lei, Yaguo Xi'an Jiaotong University	CHN	Acoustics #1 · top <0.01%	4.072	5,479	36	16.9	4.4%	263	2005–2026
34 #899 overall	Tucker, Compton James NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	USA	Geological & Geomatics Engineering #5 · top <0.01%	4.072	3,387	21	10.9	3.6%	316	1974–2026
35 #909 overall	Hoekstra, Arjen Y. Universiteit Twente	NLD	Environmental Engineering #4 · top <0.01%	4.069	3,411	28	17.4	2.4%	244	2000–2024
36 #926 overall	Gardner, Leroy Imperial College London	GBR	Civil Engineering #3 · top <0.01%	4.066	3,474	26	16.3	23.5%	480	2003–2026
37 #927 overall	Adeli, Hojjat The Ohio State University	USA	Civil Engineering #4 · top <0.01%	4.066	4,547	32	20.9	1.3%	555	1976–2027
38 #934 overall	Zadpoor, Amir A. Delft University of Technology	NLD	Biomedical Engineering #2 · top <0.01%	4.064	3,501	30	16.9	5.6%	356	2005–2026
39 #935 overall	Fossen, Thor I. Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	NOR	Industrial Engineering & Automation #6 · top <0.01%	4.064	2,514	19	12.8	1.3%	315	1988–2026
40 #977 overall	Wang, Lihui The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)	SWE	Industrial Engineering & Automation #7 · top <0.01%	4.053	6,683	35	19.0	7.9%	671	1993–2027
41 #990 overall	Laporte, Gilbert HEC Montréal	CAN	Operations Research #6 · top 0.02%	4.047	3,777	28	17.8	5.2%	605	1976–2026
42 #1,071 overall	Scaramuzza, Davide Universität Zürich	CHE	Industrial Engineering & Automation #8 · top <0.01%	4.028	8,304	48	23.4	3.5%	299	2005–2026
43 #1,105 overall	Castro‑Muñoz, Roberto Gdańsk University of Technology	POL	Chemical Engineering #4 · top <0.01%	4.021	3,090	30	16.2	8.5%	233	2015–2026
44 #1,115 overall	Boyd, Stephen P. Stanford Engineering	USA	Industrial Engineering & Automation #9 · top <0.01%	4.019	5,868	31	16.4	1.2%	473	1982–2026
45 #1,148 overall	Foody, Giles M. University of Nottingham	GBR	Geological & Geomatics Engineering #6 · top <0.01%	4.013	2,374	20	14.5	5.3%	369	1984–2025
46 #1,168 overall	He, Manchao China University of Mining and Technology	CHN	Geological & Geomatics Engineering #7 · top <0.01%	4.008	4,107	25	15.9	21.8%	891	1991–2026
47 #1,181 overall	Krstic, Miroslav Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	USA	Industrial Engineering & Automation #10 · top <0.01%	4.005	3,917	25	16.9	14.5%	1,135	1992–2026
48 #1,192 overall	Carrera, Erasmo Politecnico di Torino	ITA	Mechanical Engineering & Transports #9 · top <0.01%	4.002	2,596	21	14.6	17.0%	838	1990–2026
49 #1,245 overall	Vymazal, Jan Czech University of Life Sciences Prague	CZE	Environmental Engineering #5 · top <0.01%	3.994	2,129	22	14.3	4.9%	202	1984–2026
50 #1,266 overall	Han, L. H. Tsinghua University	CHN	Civil Engineering #5 · top <0.01%	3.989	3,483	26	16.9	4.7%	408	2000–2026
51 #1,268 overall	Gong, Peng The University of Hong Kong	HKG	Geological & Geomatics Engineering #8 · top <0.01%	3.989	8,428	41	14.9	7.1%	724	1989–2026
52 #1,283 overall	Weng, Qihao The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	HKG	Geological & Geomatics Engineering #9 · top 0.01%	3.987	2,817	23	14.9	4.4%	301	1994–2026
53 #1,317 overall	Xu, Han Qiu Fuzhou University	CHN	Geological & Geomatics Engineering #10 · top 0.01%	3.983	1,885	16	10.9	2.5%	152	1989–2026
54 #1,337 overall	Rus, Daniela L. MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory	USA	Industrial Engineering & Automation #11 · top <0.01%	3.980	7,779	37	16.9	3.7%	853	1992–2026
55 #1,339 overall	Silling, Stewart A. Nearforce LLC	USA	Mechanical Engineering & Transports #11 · top <0.01%	3.980	2,107	19	11.0	3.7%	123	1980–2026
56 #1,345 overall	Lakes, Roderic S. UW-Madison College of Engineering	USA	Materials #22 · top <0.01%	3.979	1,875	18	14.5	2.8%	350	1970–2026
57 #1,362 overall	Turkyilmazoglu, Mustafa Hacettepe Üniversitesi	TUR	Mechanical Engineering & Transports #12 · top <0.01%	3.976	1,404	16	14.7	1.7%	264	1999–2026
58 #1,399 overall	Yaseen, Zaher Mundher King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	SAU	Environmental Engineering #6 · top <0.01%	3.970	4,825	26	15.2	11.6%	591	2015–2026
59 #1,410 overall	Von Gunten, Urs Eawag - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology	CHE	Environmental Engineering #7 · top 0.01%	3.968	3,960	27	15.1	6.8%	316	1985–2026
60 #1,506 overall	Eringen, A. Cemal Princeton University	USA	Mechanical Engineering & Transports #13 · top <0.01%	3.951	1,491	14	12.5	0.0%	151	1954–2010
61 #1,517 overall	Haleem, Abid Jamia Millia Islamia	IND	Business & Management #58 · top 0.08%	3.950	9,559	42	20.9	0.7%	377	2003–2026
62 #1,578 overall	Javaid, Mohd Jamia Millia Islamia	IND	Operations Research #8 · top 0.03%	3.939	8,704	42	19.1	0.4%	215	2012–2026
63 #1,590 overall	Chen, Guanrong (Ron) City University of Hong Kong	HKG	Fluids & Plasmas #9 · top 0.02%	3.938	5,615	29	17.5	10.1%	1,783	1986–2026
64 #1,617 overall	Pecht, Michael G. A. James Clark School of Engineering	USA	Applied Physics #42 · top 0.01%	3.934	6,433	38	16.8	3.5%	1,369	1984–2026
65 #1,626 overall	Flemming, Hans Curt Universität Duisburg-Essen	DEU	Environmental Engineering #8 · top 0.01%	3.932	3,193	16	10.3	1.1%	181	1978–2026
66 #1,630 overall	Tang, Christopher S. UCLA Anderson School of Management	USA	Operations Research #9 · top 0.03%	3.932	2,153	24	15.7	2.9%	243	1986–2026
67 #1,642 overall	Khatib, Oussama Stanford Engineering	USA	Industrial Engineering & Automation #13 · top <0.01%	3.930	1,872	19	11.7	1.2%	322	1984–2026
68 #1,645 overall	Tone, Kaoru National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies	JPN	Operations Research #10 · top 0.03%	3.929	2,046	14	8.9	0.6%	96	1983–2024
69 #1,661 overall	Rao, Ravipudi Venkata S. V. National Institute of Technology	IND	Mechanical Engineering & Transports #14 · top <0.01%	3.927	2,074	17	11.1	1.1%	239	1998–2026
70 #1,693 overall	Guerreros, Josep M. Zhejiang University	CHN	Electrical & Electronic Engineering #3 · top <0.01%	3.921	12,999	42	23.9	5.8%	1,851	2002–2026
71 #1,716 overall	Liu, Yu Nankai University	CHN	Biotechnology #5 · top <0.01%	3.918	3,117	23	16.0	5.6%	519	1994–2026
72 #1,752 overall	Dragičević, Tomislav Technical University of Denmark	DNK	Electrical & Electronic Engineering #4 · top <0.01%	3.912	4,036	30	17.4	7.3%	427	2010–2026
73 #1,796 overall	Gordon, McKay Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Science and Engineering	QAT	Chemical Engineering #6 · top <0.01%	3.904	5,842	30	17.6	4.7%	705	1975–2026
74 #1,804 overall	Hutmacher, Dietmar W. Queensland University of Technology	AUS	Biomedical Engineering #4 · top <0.01%	3.903	3,753	27	14.0	6.4%	601	1994–2026
75 #1,832 overall	Hao, Hong Guangzhou University	CHN	Civil Engineering #6 · top <0.01%	3.899	6,974	31	20.6	11.5%	1,075	1989–2026
76 #1,840 overall	Mourtzis, Dimitris University of Patras	GRC	Industrial Engineering & Automation #14 · top 0.01%	3.897	2,530	21	12.9	5.0%	288	2000–2026
77 #1,858 overall	Zuo, Zongyu Beihang University	CHN	Industrial Engineering & Automation #15 · top 0.01%	3.895	2,420	23	11.9	5.6%	211	2010–2026
78 #1,902 overall	Famiglietti, James S. Arizona State University	USA	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences #29 · top 0.03%	3.888	3,813	28	12.9	7.2%	236	1991–2026
79 #1,907 overall	Thai, Huu Tai University of Melbourne	AUS	Civil Engineering #7 · top 0.01%	3.887	1,851	21	13.8	6.1%	179	2007–2026
80 #1,955 overall	Mudawar, Issam A. College of Engineering	USA	Mechanical Engineering & Transports #15 · top <0.01%	3.882	2,503	25	18.3	5.9%	359	1984–2026
81 #1,961 overall	Ng, Charles Wang Wai Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	HKG	Geological & Geomatics Engineering #12 · top 0.01%	3.881	3,530	22	15.4	10.4%	664	1991–2026
82 #1,985 overall	Hutchinson, John W. Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences	USA	Mechanical Engineering & Transports #16 · top 0.01%	3.878	2,684	21	14.9	1.4%	410	1964–2026
83 #1,988 overall	Pebesma, Edzer University of Münster	DEU	Geological & Geomatics Engineering #13 · top 0.02%	3.878	2,296	13	7.9	1.4%	140	1996–2026
84 #2,052 overall	Zhai, Wanming Southwest Jiaotong University	CHN	Mechanical Engineering & Transports #17 · top 0.01%	3.870	2,662	22	13.9	19.8%	519	1994–2026
85 #2,066 overall	Majumdar, Arun K. Stanford University	USA	Mechanical Engineering & Transports #18 · top 0.01%	3.868	3,965	27	12.7	2.1%	447	1988–2026
86 #2,073 overall	Xie, Lihua Hua School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering	SGP	Industrial Engineering & Automation #16 · top 0.01%	3.868	5,694	32	20.7	9.3%	1,209	1989–2026
87 #2,078 overall	Blöschl, Günter TU Wien	AUT	Environmental Engineering #9 · top 0.01%	3.867	3,409	27	13.4	12.2%	415	1990–2026
88 #2,113 overall	Hashin, Zvi Tel Aviv University	ISR	Mechanical Engineering & Transports #19 · top 0.01%	3.864	1,443	13	11.3	0.1%	74	1960–2010
89 #2,188 overall	Kisi, Ozgur Universität zu Lübeck	DEU	Environmental Engineering #10 · top 0.01%	3.855	3,437	22	13.9	7.1%	619	2001–2026
90 #2,190 overall	Erdemir, Ali Texas A&M University	USA	Mechanical Engineering & Transports #20 · top 0.01%	3.855	2,598	23	15.9	6.1%	392	1985–2027
91 #2,194 overall	Krishna, Rajamani Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences	NLD	Chemical Engineering #7 · top <0.01%	3.854	4,143	32	13.0	13.9%	643	1975–2026
92 #2,212 overall	Ding, F. Jiangnan University	CHN	Industrial Engineering & Automation #17 · top 0.01%	3.853	2,073	25	15.9	6.8%	636	1993–2024
93 #2,234 overall	Wu, Jianying South China University of Technology	CHN	Mechanical Engineering & Transports #21 · top 0.01%	3.851	1,439	21	12.2	2.8%	95	2002–2026
94 #2,236 overall	Liang, Shunlin The University of Hong Kong	HKG	Geological & Geomatics Engineering #14 · top 0.02%	3.850	4,027	27	13.6	15.6%	636	1989–2026
95 #2,265 overall	Spalar̀t, Philippe R. Boeing Corporation	USA	Aerospace & Aeronautics #2 · top <0.01%	3.848	1,721	19	11.8	1.1%	215	1982–2026
96 #2,289 overall	Nesterov, Yu E. UCLouvain	BEL	Operations Research #11 · top 0.03%	3.846	1,258	16	12.4	4.5%	159	1978–2026
97 #2,292 overall	Randolph, M. F. The University of Western Australia	AUS	Geological & Geomatics Engineering #15 · top 0.02%	3.846	2,577	23	15.8	4.7%	584	1975–2026
98 #2,322 overall	Guedes Soares, C. Instituto Superior Técnico	PRT	Civil Engineering #8 · top 0.01%	3.841	6,114	24	17.7	20.3%	2,763	1978–2027
99 #2,341 overall	Nepf, Heidi Margaret MIT School of Engineering	USA	Environmental Engineering #11 · top 0.02%	3.839	1,630	21	15.4	9.8%	182	1990–2026
100 #2,342 overall	Jiang, Zhongping NYU Tandon School of Engineering	USA	Industrial Engineering & Automation #18 · top 0.01%	3.839	2,609	27	17.0	9.1%	673	1991–2026

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