Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Artificial Intelligence
swarm optimization
Green Science
Metaverses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,853
30,049
0.794
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Pattern Recognition
Biometrics
Quantum Biology
Machine Learning
Cryptography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,167
11,656
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
data mining- Swarm Techniques- Deep Learning
Cloud Computing
Big Data Optimization
Signal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,292
26,790
0.982
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Bioinformatics
statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,273
8,726
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
mobile wireless networks
mobile and ubiquitous computing
localization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,383
7,598
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
OPTIMIZATION
FUZZY SYSTEMS
MACHINE LEARNING
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,551
15,370
0.988
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
machine learning
pattern classification
computational finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,677
7,471
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Bioinformatics
Viral Genomics
Molecular Epidemiology
Genomic Surveillance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,430
14,398
0.998
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Control Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,004
7,362
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Cybersecurity
Quantum Communication and Cryptography
AI Techniques
Quantum Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,925
11,516
0.891
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Artificial Intelligence
AI Governance
Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,386
6,281
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Testing
Symbolic Execution
Software Engineering
Model Checing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,623
2,912
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Machine Learning
Satellite Remote Sensing
Image Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,213
2,901
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Internet of Things
Wireless sensor networks
software-defined networking
Low-power wide area networks
Network security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,546
9,346
0.886
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Cyber Security
AI
Generative AI
Large Language Model
Blockchain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,279
9,951
0.968
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
networking
graph theory
neutrosophic theory
fuzzy theory
intuitionistic fuzzy theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,061
7,554
0.751
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,983
6,853
0.686
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Data and Text mining
Feature Engineering
Image Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,768
9,606
0.983
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision
Cybersecurity
(Health) Data Science
Remote Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,226
5,558
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Computer Science
Machine Learning
Health Informatics
Software Engineering
Software effort
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,892
6,549
0.737
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Artificial Intelligence
Industry 4.0/5.0
Control Engineering
Evolutionary Optimization
Chaos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,531
7,796
0.914
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Data Science
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Medical Image Analysis
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,476
5,529
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Cybersecurity and AI/Data Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,268
2,512
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Speech technology
pattern recognition
machine learning
deep neural networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,039
1,725
0.215
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Applied Cryptography
Security
Blockchains
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,900
5,731
0.725
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,569
25
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Aboul Ella Hassanien Ali
Cairo University
Giza, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,853
30,049
0.794
Artificial Intelligence
swarm optimization
Green Science
Metaverses
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,689
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Soltane Mohamed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,167
11,656
0.414
Pattern Recognition
Biometrics
Quantum Biology
Machine Learning
Cryptography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,855
37
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mohamed Abd Elaziz
Zagazig University
Sharqia, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,292
26,790
0.982
data mining- Swarm Techniques- Deep Learning
Cloud Computing
Big Data Optimization
Signal
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,822
108
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Gerard Tromp
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,273
8,726
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,528
48
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Moustafa Youssef
Alexandria University
Alexandria, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,383
7,598
0.373
mobile wireless networks
mobile and ubiquitous computing
localization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,951
27
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Gaurav Dhiman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,551
15,370
0.988
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
OPTIMIZATION
FUZZY SYSTEMS
MACHINE LEARNING
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,461
72
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Amir Atiya
Cairo University
Giza, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,677
7,471
0.509
machine learning
pattern classification
computational finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,860
214
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Houriiyah Tegally
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,430
14,398
0.998
Bioinformatics
Viral Genomics
Molecular Epidemiology
Genomic Surveillance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,404
223
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Bao-Zhu Guo
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,004
7,362
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,466
94
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ahmed A Abd El Latif
Menoufia University
Monufia, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,925
11,516
0.891
Cybersecurity
Quantum Communication and Cryptography
AI Techniques
Quantum Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,349
256
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Tshilidzi Marwala
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,386
6,281
0.507
Artificial Intelligence
AI Governance
Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,537
285
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Willem Visser
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,623
2,912
0.251
Testing
Symbolic Execution
Software Engineering
Model Checing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,155
295
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Frans van den Bergh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,213
2,901
0.259
Machine Learning
Satellite Remote Sensing
Image Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,698
321
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Adnan M. Abu-Mahfouz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,546
9,346
0.886
Internet of Things
Wireless sensor networks
software-defined networking
Low-power wide area networks
Network security
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95,448
15
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mohamed Amine Ferrag
Université 08 Mai 1945 Guelma
Guelma, Algeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,279
9,951
0.968
Cyber Security
AI
Generative AI
Large Language Model
Blockchain
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,809
19
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Said Broumi
Université Hassan II de Casablanca
Casablanca, Morocco
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,061
7,554
0.751
networking
graph theory
neutrosophic theory
fuzzy theory
intuitionistic fuzzy theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,666
43
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Xavier Fernando
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,983
6,853
0.686
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
101,139
140
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ahmed Abd Elghany Ewees
Damietta University
Damietta, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,768
9,606
0.983
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Data and Text mining
Feature Engineering
Image Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,009
391
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Turgay Celik
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,226
5,558
0.602
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision
Cybersecurity
(Health) Data Science
Remote Sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,537
26
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ali Idri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,892
6,549
0.737
Computer Science
Machine Learning
Health Informatics
Software Engineering
Software effort
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,952
444
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Zenghui Wang
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,531
7,796
0.914
Artificial Intelligence
Industry 4.0/5.0
Control Engineering
Evolutionary Optimization
Chaos
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,820
56
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Benjamin Aribisala
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,476
5,529
0.652
Data Science
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Medical Image Analysis
Artificial Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,190
457
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jan Eloff
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,268
2,512
0.304
Cybersecurity and AI/Data Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
126,038
472
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Etienne Barnard
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,039
1,725
0.215
Speech technology
pattern recognition
machine learning
deep neural networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,477
195
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ahmed Kosba
Alexandria University
Alexandria, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,900
5,731
0.725
Applied Cryptography
Security
Blockchains