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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 should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,086
77,493
0.815
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
drug discovery
medicinal chemistry
cancer
neurodegenerative diseases
analytical chemistry including NMR UPLC/HRMS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,680
66,178
0.699
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Glycochemistry
Chemical Glycobiology
Medicinal Chemistry
Materials Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,739
48,237
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Chemistry and biological properties of natural and synthetic products
cannabinoids
endocannabaniods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,497
25,292
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Pharmacy practice
Public Health
Pharmacoeconomics
Pharmacoepedemiology
Primary health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,900
31,522
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Mechanistic Toxicology
Medical Pharmacology
General Toxicology
General Pharmacology
Diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,165
42,230
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
pharmacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,771
21,287
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
lipid biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,184
14,281
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Environment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,119
22,866
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Herbal Medicine
Neuropharmacology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,665
22,544
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Natural compounds
Leukemia
Molecular Pharmacology
Cell death
Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,271
18,108
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Anti-viral drugs
Immunopharmacology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,098
20,499
0.619
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,924
8,073
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Medicinal Plants Research Center
Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences
Shahrekord
Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,485
17,419
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Pharmaceutical
Drug Metabolism
Drug Delivery System
Analytical Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,244
20,301
0.650
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Computer-aided drug design
Computational biology
Cheminformatics
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,979
20,505
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Molecular Cell Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,753
2,907
0.101
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Drug Delivery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,272
16,904
0.598
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry
isolation
purification and structure elucidation of natural
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,350
14,209
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Pharmaceutics
Formulation Development
Novel Drug Delivery Systems
Pharmacokinetics
Nanomedicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,878
14,922
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
X-ray Single Crystal Structure Determination
Natural Products and Absolute Configurations
Phase Transitions
Supramolecular Networks
Organic and Organometalic compounds.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,499
5,465
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
drug discovery from natural products
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,064
9,207
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Medicinal plants
Biofilms
Microbiology
Quorum sensing
Antibiotic resistance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,360
12,669
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Pharmacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,933
19,892
0.798
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Drug design
Drug discovery
Drug analysis
COX
HIV
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,985
20,087
0.837
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,298
30
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ki Hyun Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,086
77,493
0.815
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,324
55
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Wei Li
Jilin Agricultural University
Changchun, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,680
66,178
0.699
drug discovery
medicinal chemistry
cancer
neurodegenerative diseases
analytical chemistry including NMR UPLC/HRMS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,744
72
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Guo-Rong Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,739
48,237
0.544
Glycochemistry
Chemical Glycobiology
Medicinal Chemistry
Materials Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,413
8
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Raphael Mechoulam
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,497
25,292
0.314
Chemistry and biological properties of natural and synthetic products
cannabinoids
endocannabaniods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,798
25
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Kirin Ql Liu *
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,900
31,522
0.410
Pharmacy practice
Public Health
Pharmacoeconomics
Pharmacoepedemiology
Primary health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,999
38
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Mohammad Abdollahi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,165
42,230
0.562
Mechanistic Toxicology
Medical Pharmacology
General Toxicology
General Pharmacology
Diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,346
99
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Eunyoung Kim
Chung Ang University
Multan, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,771
21,287
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,848
186
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Junken Aoki
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,184
14,281
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,889
15
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Muhammad Akram
Government College University Faisalabad
Johor Bahru, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,119
22,866
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,825
103
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Hossein Hosseinzadeh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,665
22,544
0.615
Herbal Medicine
Neuropharmacology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,100
129
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Marc Diederich
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,271
18,108
0.499
Natural compounds
Leukemia
Molecular Pharmacology
Cell death
Biochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,551
604
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Shuwen Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,098
20,499
0.619
Anti-viral drugs
Immunopharmacology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,690
242
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Hisashi Matsuda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,924
8,073
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,060
122
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Mahmoud Rafieian Kopaei
Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences
Shahrekord, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,485
17,419
0.536
Medicinal Plants Research Center
Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences
Shahrekord
Iran
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,337
675
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Changhong Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,244
20,301
0.650
Pharmaceutical
Drug Metabolism
Drug Delivery System
Analytical Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,628
687
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Tingjun Hou
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,979
20,505
0.662
Computer-aided drug design
Computational biology
Cheminformatics
Bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,167
309
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Shin Yonehara
Kyoto University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,753
2,907
0.101
Molecular Cell Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,765
184
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Asgar Ali
Jamia Hamdard University
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,272
16,904
0.598
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,959
190
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Mohammed Ali
Jamia Hamdard University
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,350
14,209
0.520
Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry
isolation
purification and structure elucidation of natural
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,619
191
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Javed Ali
Jamia Hamdard University
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,878
14,922
0.555
Pharmaceutics
Formulation Development
Novel Drug Delivery Systems
Pharmacokinetics
Nanomedicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,186
62
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Fun Hoong-Kun
King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,499
5,465
0.206
X-ray Single Crystal Structure Determination
Natural Products and Absolute Configurations
Phase Transitions
Supramolecular Networks
Organic and Organometalic compounds.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,858
219
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Yeong Shik Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,064
9,207
0.353
drug discovery from natural products
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,981
216
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Iqbal Ahmad
Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,360
12,669
0.500
Medicinal plants
Biofilms
Microbiology
Quorum sensing
Antibiotic resistance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,700
28
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Haroon Khan
Gomal University Dera Ismail Khan
Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,933
19,892
0.798
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,374
181
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Afshin Zarghi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,985
20,087
0.837
Drug design
Drug discovery
Drug analysis
COX
HIV