The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
Applied AI/ML
Smart Cities
Internet of Things
Cybersecurity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,806
62,101
0.741
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
solar energy
organic electronics
polymer semiconductors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,727
34,872
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Control Systems
Operations Research
Computer Science
Aerospace Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,719
10,166
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Thermofluids
Condensation
Nanofluids
Heat Transfer Devices
Thermal Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,761
25,012
0.901
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Cybersecurity
AI & ML
data science & data analytics
wireless networks
modeling & simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,494
14,978
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Electron microscopy
Nuclear magnetic resonance
X-ray diffraction
Optical microscopy
XPS/SIMS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,781
9,353
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Optical wireless systems and networks
Signal Processing & its Applications
Wireless System Design
Neural Networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,839
13,902
0.637
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
remote sensing
water security
climate impacts
precision agriculture
unmanned aerial vehicles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,101
11,677
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Optoelectronics
Photonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,845
12,208
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
biomedical circuits and systems
smart sensors
microsystems
Integrated circuits
bioelectronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,036
11,444
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Power Electronics
Electric Drives
Renewable Energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,127
11,746
0.728
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Power system
Renewable energy
Smart grid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,547
14,697
0.945
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Wireless communication
MIMO
Optical wireless communication
mmWave Communication
4G and 5G
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,092
5,485
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Heuristic and Evolutionary Optimization Techniques to Power System Protection
Planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,641
10,303
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Bioelectronics
Organic Electronics
Organic Bioelectronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,257
11,530
0.809
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
VLSI
Digital Design
Systems
Algorithms
Design Automation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,088
10,000
0.710
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Scanning Probe Microscopy/Surface Science/Molecular Electronics/Graphene
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,110
5,629
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
System Integration
IoT
data analysis
Smart Grids
Renewable Energy and Energy Storage
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,203
10,323
0.846
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Circuit Theory
Nonlinear Circuits
Fractional-Order Systems
Bioimpedance
Super-capacitors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,983
5,346
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Power Systems
Smart Grid
Energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,227
6,002
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Power Electronics
Energy Conversion
Renewable Energy
Electric Vehicles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,058
5,474
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Power Electronics
Subsurface Mechatronics
Motor Drives
Electric Machines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,017
5,562
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Grid Interaction of Sustainable Sources
Optimization Methods
Power System Planning
Robust Optimization
State Estimation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,789
4,673
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
CMOS tech.
3D-HI/3D-IC
heterogeneous integration
IoT/IoE
flexible/stretchable CMOS electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,557
6,191
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Power Quality
Active Power Filters
PV System
EV
Microgrid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,338
4,480
0.433
Mohsen Guizani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,806
62,101
0.741
Applied AI/ML
Smart Cities
Internet of Things
Cybersecurity
Iain Mcculloch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,727
34,872
0.479
solar energy
organic electronics
polymer semiconductors
Eric Feron
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,719
10,166
0.209
Control Systems
Operations Research
Computer Science
Aerospace Engineering
Hafiz Muhammad Ali
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,761
25,012
0.901
Thermofluids
Condensation
Nanofluids
Heat Transfer Devices
Thermal Management
Mohammad S Obaidat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,494
14,978
0.588
Cybersecurity
AI & ML
data science & data analytics
wireless networks
modeling & simulation
Rachid Sougrat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,781
9,353
0.393
Electron microscopy
Nuclear magnetic resonance
X-ray diffraction
Optical microscopy
XPS/SIMS
Fuad E Alsaadi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,839
13,902
0.637
Optical wireless systems and networks
Signal Processing & its Applications
Wireless System Design
Neural Networks
Matthew F McCabe|McCabe MF
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,101
11,677
0.581
remote sensing
water security
climate impacts
precision agriculture
unmanned aerial vehicles
Boon S Ooi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,845
12,208
0.648
Optoelectronics
Photonics
Khaled Nabil Salama
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,036
11,444
0.635
biomedical circuits and systems
smart sensors
microsystems
Integrated circuits
bioelectronics
Atif Iqbal
Qatar University
Doha, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,127
11,746
0.728
Power Electronics
Electric Drives
Renewable Energy
Salah Kamel
Aswan University
Aswan, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,547
14,697
0.945
Power system
Renewable energy
Smart grid
Raed Mesleh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,092
5,485
0.363
Wireless communication
MIMO
Optical wireless communication
mmWave Communication
4G and 5G
Almoataz Youssef Abdelaziz
Future University
Cairo, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,641
10,303
0.704
Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Heuristic and Evolutionary Optimization Techniques to Power System Protection
Planning
Sahika Inal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,257
11,530
0.809
Bioelectronics
Organic Electronics
Organic Bioelectronics
Sadiq M Sait
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,088
10,000
0.710
VLSI
Digital Design
Systems
Algorithms
Design Automation
Mohammad Sahabul Alam
King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,110
5,629
0.429
Scanning Probe Microscopy/Surface Science/Molecular Electronics/Graphene
Abdullah M Abusorrah
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,203
10,323
0.846
System Integration
IoT
data analysis
Smart Grids
Renewable Energy and Energy Storage
Ahmed S Elwakil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,983
5,346
0.446
Circuit Theory
Nonlinear Circuits
Fractional-Order Systems
Bioimpedance
Super-capacitors
Hussain Shareef
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,227
6,002
0.535
Power Systems
Smart Grid
Energy
Ahmed Massoud
Qatar University
Doha, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,058
5,474
0.495
Power Electronics
Energy Conversion
Renewable Energy
Electric Vehicles
Shehab Ahmed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,017
5,562
0.505
Power Electronics
Subsurface Mechatronics
Motor Drives
Electric Machines
Rabih Jabr
American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,789
4,673
0.433
Grid Interaction of Sustainable Sources
Optimization Methods
Power System Planning
Robust Optimization
State Estimation
Muhammad Mustafa Hussain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,557
6,191
0.586
CMOS tech.
3D-HI/3D-IC
heterogeneous integration
IoT/IoE
flexible/stretchable CMOS electronics
Vinod Khadkikar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,338
4,480
0.433
Power Quality
Active Power Filters
PV System
EV
Microgrid