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
Medical entomology and vector control
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,483
27,425
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Medical Emtomology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,087
33,527
0.778
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Clinical Microbiology and Immunology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,547
27,030
0.806
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Medical Mycology
Clinical Microbiology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,892
27,460
0.889
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Medical Microbiology
Immunology
Science communication
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,660
7,065
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Microbiology
Medical Microbiology
Microbial Pathogenesis
Antimicrobials from rare sources
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,560
10,016
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Molecular Virology and Genetics
Medical Microbiology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,433
7,017
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Medical Mycology
Antifungal Susceptibility test
Molecular Mycology
Fungal Infectious...
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,657
15,745
0.892
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Medical Microbiology
General Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance
Nosocomial & Respiratory
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,525
15,221
0.980
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
biofilms
quorum sensing
antibiotic resistance
antimicrobials
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,407
7,604
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
medical microbiology
host cell-microbe interaction
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,366
5,820
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ribosomal Quality Control
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,377
5,937
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Medical Multimedia
Cloud Computing
Social Networks
Service composition
Big Data Analytics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,073
7,423
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
Helicobacter pylori drug resistance and Host-pathogen interactions
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,522
8,810
0.765
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Medical Mycology
Space Medicine
Occupational medicine
Natural History
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,424
4,481
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Clinical microbiology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,911
5,583
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Medical Mycology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,922
3,343
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
medical microbiology
antibiotic resistance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,592
2,203
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Mycobacteriology
Drug Resistance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,851
3,014
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nanomanufacturing
Medical Mycology
Antimicrobial drugs
Molecular Mycology
Fungal infections
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,661
4,423
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Medical Microbiology
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,133
4,416
0.720
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Medical Entomology
vector biology
parasitology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,698
1,709
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Medical bacteriology
Nanothecnology
biotechnology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,685
3,803
0.669
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Medical Microbiology
Pharmaceutical Biology
Medicinal Plants
Microbiology
Herbal medicine
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,534
3,316
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Medical Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Global Burden of Diseases
Antibiotics Resistance
Epidemiology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,431
5,311
0.978
Hassan Vatandoost
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,483
27,425
0.578
Medical entomology and vector control
Ahmadali Enayati
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,087
33,527
0.778
Mateq Ali Alreshidi الدكتور/ معتق بن علي الرشيدي
Sulaiman Al Rajhi University
Al Bukayriyah, Saudi Arabia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,547
27,030
0.806
Clinical Microbiology and Immunology
Afsane Vaezi
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,892
27,460
0.889
Medical Mycology
Clinical Microbiology
Khayriyyah Mohd Hanafiah
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Penang, Malaysia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,660
7,065
0.326
Medical Microbiology
Immunology
Science communication
Naveed Khan
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,560
10,016
0.540
Microbiology
Medical Microbiology
Microbial Pathogenesis
Antimicrobials from rare sources
Vincent T Chow
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,433
7,017
0.381
Molecular Virology and Genetics
Medical Microbiology
Keyvan Pakshir
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,657
15,745
0.892
Medical Mycology
Antifungal Susceptibility test
Molecular Mycology
Fungal Infectious...
Amir Emami
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,525
15,221
0.980
Medical Microbiology
General Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance
Nosocomial & Respiratory
Liang Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,407
7,604
0.494
biofilms
quorum sensing
antibiotic resistance
antimicrobials
Hesham M Al Younes
University of Jordan
Amman, Jordan
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,366
5,820
0.379
medical microbiology
host cell-microbe interaction
Muhammad Mumtaz Khan
University of Haripur
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,377
5,937
0.413
Ribosomal Quality Control
Atif Alamri
King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,073
7,423
0.615
Medical Multimedia
Cloud Computing
Social Networks
Service composition
Big Data Analytics
Abbas Yadegar
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,522
8,810
0.765
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
Helicobacter pylori drug resistance and Host-pathogen interactions
Koichi Makimura
Teikyo University
Tokyo, Japan
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,424
4,481
0.392
Medical Mycology
Space Medicine
Occupational medicine
Natural History
Thean Yen Tan
National Cancer Centre Singapore
Singapore, Singapore
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,911
5,583
0.627
Clinical microbiology
Yong Sun Bahn
Yonsei University
Seoul, South Korea
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,922
3,343
0.422
Fereshteh Shahcheraghi
Institut Pasteur of Iran
Diliman, Iran
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,592
2,203
0.290
medical microbiology
antibiotic resistance
Mohammad Mehdi Feizabadi
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,851
3,014
0.440
Mycobacteriology
Drug Resistance
Kamiar Zomorodian
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,661
4,423
0.664
Nanomanufacturing
Medical Mycology
Antimicrobial drugs
Molecular Mycology
Fungal infections
Mohammad A Alzohairy
Qassim University
Buraidah, Saudi Arabia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,133
4,416
0.720
Medical Microbiology
Alon Warburg
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,698
1,709
0.300
Medical Entomology
vector biology
parasitology
Morteza Milani
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,685
3,803
0.669
Medical bacteriology
Nanothecnology
biotechnology
Gaurav Kumar
VIT University Vellore
Vellore, India
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,534
3,316
0.599
Medical Microbiology
Pharmaceutical Biology
Medicinal Plants
Microbiology
Herbal medicine
Beriwan Abdulqadir Ali
Erbil Polytechnic University
Erbil, Iraq
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,431
5,311
0.978
Medical Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Global Burden of Diseases
Antibiotics Resistance
Epidemiology