Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences Highly Cited Researchers Citation in Afghanistan Rankings 2025
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
Academic Socialisation
International Education
English Education
Edu. Leadership & Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
582
582
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Decoloniality
Post-liberal Peacebuilding
Critical Terrorism Studies
Humanitarian Action
Chaos Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
571
270
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Critical Discourse Analysis
Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL)
Technology Enhanced Language Learning (TELL)
(CALL)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
543
542
0.998
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Education/ESD/HESD
Literature and Linguistics
Discourse Analysis
Curriculum Evaluation and Development
Social Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203
203
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
ELT (English Language Teaching) and analysis of EFL students‟ difficulties in learning English.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
114
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Politics and government
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
31
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Linguistics
Language Teaching
Management and Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
90
0.947
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Discourse Analysis
Corpus Linguistics
Language Documentation
African Languages & Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
33
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
international relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
25
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Mental health
Trauma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
58
0.951
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
geography
geopolitics
hydro politics
tourisms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
29
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Violence Against women
Demography
Sociology
Migration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
22
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Teaching and Learning
Education
Online Learning
and Religious and Social Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
21
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
General relationship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
20
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Sociology of disasters
Risk Communications
Resilience
Indigenous Knowledge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Loan Translation
Nonequivalent
Cultural Translation
Transliteration
Interpreting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Traffic engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
12
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Phonetics
Pronunciation
World Englishes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
15
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
English Linguistics
Communication
Leadership
Training
Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
15
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Language Teaching Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
13
0.867
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Transport Planning
Architecture
Travel Data Collection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Political science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
10
0.909
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Transportation
ITS
Railway
Sustainability
Mobility.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
10
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Language
Literature
Peace
Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
9
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
865,149
10
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Abdul Qawi Noori
Takhar University
Takhar, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
582
582
1.000
Academic Socialisation
International Education
English Education
Edu. Leadership & Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
871,712
11
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Victoria Fontan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
571
270
0.473
Decoloniality
Post-liberal Peacebuilding
Critical Terrorism Studies
Humanitarian Action
Chaos Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
887,529
14
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Aminuddin Hashemi
Takhar University
Takhar, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
543
542
0.998
Critical Discourse Analysis
Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL)
Technology Enhanced Language Learning (TELL)
(CALL)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,287,991
54
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Rahmatullah Katawazai
Kandahar University
Kandahar, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203
203
1.000
Education/ESD/HESD
Literature and Linguistics
Discourse Analysis
Curriculum Evaluation and Development
Social Sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,531,913
91
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Nazifullah Nijat
Paktia University
Paktia, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
114
1.000
ELT (English Language Teaching) and analysis of EFL students‟ difficulties in learning English.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,595,560
108
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ahsan Noori
Kandahar University
Kandahar, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
31
0.316
Politics and government
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,605,634
111
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Nasim Tahsildar
Herat University
Herat, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
90
0.947
Linguistics
Language Teaching
Management and Leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,727,245
146
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Tristan Purvis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
33
0.478
Discourse Analysis
Corpus Linguistics
Language Documentation
African Languages & Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,748,302
154
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Khairmohammad Khairkhwah
Paktia University
Paktia, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
25
0.385
international relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,766,990
159
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Spozhmay Oriya
Kabul University
Kabul, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
58
0.951
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,982,318
240
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Zabihullah Nadry
Samangan University
Samangan, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
29
1.000
geography
geopolitics
hydro politics
tourisms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,049,176
265
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Mohammad Fazel Akbary
Bamyan University
Bamyan, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
22
1.000
Violence Against women
Demography
Sociology
Migration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,062,004
272
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Besmillah Daqiq
Takhar University
Takhar, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
21
1.000
Teaching and Learning
Education
Online Learning
and Religious and Social Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,069,134
276
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ahmad Anwari
Kandahar University
Kandahar, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
20
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,115,851
312
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Sultan Ahmed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
Sociology of disasters
Risk Communications
Resilience
Indigenous Knowledge
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,118,583
316
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mohammad Ibrahim Qani|محمد ابراهیم قانع
Faryab University
Faryab, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
Loan Translation
Nonequivalent
Cultural Translation
Transliteration
Interpreting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,123,424
318
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Zamir Karwand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
12
0.750
Traffic engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,127,761
320
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Khalid Ahmad Siddiq
Herat University
Herat, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
15
1.000
Phonetics
Pronunciation
World Englishes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,130,541
323
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Zabihullah Arab
Khurasan University
Jalalabad, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
15
1.000
English Linguistics
Communication
Leadership
Training
Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,134,527
328
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Sarah Faseli
Kabul University
Kabul, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
13
0.867
Language Teaching Research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,181,625
359
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Qudratullah
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
Transport Planning
Architecture
Travel Data Collection
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,188,124
368
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Tameem Akhgar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
10
0.909
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,193,787
369
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Naimatullah Shafaq Rahmatyar|Rahmatyar NS
Baghlan University
Baghlan, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
10
1.000
Transportation
ITS
Railway
Sustainability
Mobility.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,209,082
386
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Fahim Rahimi|Dr. Fahim Rahimi
Nangarhar University
Jalalabad, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
9
1.000
Language
Literature
Peace
Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,298,829
461
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Atiqullah Sahibzada
Kandahar University
Kandahar, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000