Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1

environmental managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,909
16,857
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2

Solar Energy
Renewable Energy Systems
Solar Cooling
Desalination
Neural Network
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,750
23,356
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3

M Competitions
Forecasting
Uncertainty
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Medical Prediction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,348
16,750
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4

Computational Fluid Dynamics
High Voltages
Renewables
Plasmas
Electromagnetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,885
10,381
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5

intelligent control
fault diagnosis
computational intelligence
critical infrastructures
water system
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,741
9,878
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6

Biomechanics
biomedical engineering
nano/immunotherapy
cancer research
tumor microenvironmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,668
13,034
0.575
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7

Earth System Modelling
Air Quality
High Performance Computin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,061
2,054
0.102
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8

Databases
Datamining
Data Structures
WWW
Scientometric
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,105
4,154
0.217
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9

Atmospheric Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,037
8,588
0.504
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10

eHealth
mHealth
AI and machine learning in medicine
medical imaging
biosignal analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,592
5,611
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11

Emerging Photovoltaics
Optoelectronics
Organic LEDs
Quantum Optoelectronic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,284
2,715
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12

Wireless Communications
MIMO
Wireless Power Transfer
Networks
Signal Processin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,229
5,185
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13

Fluid Dynamics
Simulations
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Biofluid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,042
5,714
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14

Environmental Chemical Engineering
Circular Economy
Waste Strategy Development
Solid Wast
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,546
7,783
0.674
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15

Renewable Energy Sources
Energy Policy
Energy Systems
Numerical Analysis
Computational Energ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,233
6,243
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16

Systems and control
fault-tolerant systems
discrete event systems
distributed algorithm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,536
4,719
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17

Geo-Vision
Big Data Analytics
IoT & PerCom
Satellite imagery analytics
Multi-modal deep learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,423
8,727
0.837
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18

Conversational Agents
Natural Language Processing
Sentiment Analysis
Online Social Networks
Smart Citie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,235
3,836
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19

Communication Network
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,218
5,077
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20

wastewater treatment and reuse
advanced oxidation processes
contaminants of emerging concer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,910
6,428
0.649
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21

Photovoltaics
Grid Integration
Smart Grids
Plasma
Electromagnetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,714
5,695
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22

Meteorology
Remote Sensin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,261
4,181
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23

Blockchain/Bitcoin
Information Systems
Electronic Commerce
Mobile Commerce
Social Network
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,905
2,335
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24

Electric power system
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,786
4,272
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25

Thin-film solar cells
Resistive switching phenomena
Thermoelectricity
Superconductivity
Spintronic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,721
1,270
0.146
Georgios Defteaios
Open University of Cyprus
Latsia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,909
16,857
0.291
environmental managemen
Soteris Kalogirou
Cyprus University of Technology
Limassol, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,750
23,356
0.469
Solar Energy
Renewable Energy Systems
Solar Cooling
Desalination
Neural Network
Spyros Makridakis
University of Nicosia
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,348
16,750
0.426
M Competitions
Forecasting
Uncertainty
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Medical Prediction
Antonis Papadakis
Frederick University
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,885
10,381
0.274
Computational Fluid Dynamics
High Voltages
Renewables
Plasmas
Electromagnetic
Marios Polycarpou
University of Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,741
9,878
0.356
intelligent control
fault diagnosis
computational intelligence
critical infrastructures
water system
Triantafyllos Stylianopoulos
University of Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,668
13,034
0.575
Biomechanics
biomedical engineering
nano/immunotherapy
cancer research
tumor microenvironmen
Theodoros Christoudias
Cyprus Institute
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,061
2,054
0.102
Earth System Modelling
Air Quality
High Performance Computin
Yannis Manolopoulos
Open University of Cyprus
Latsia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,105
4,154
0.217
Databases
Datamining
Data Structures
WWW
Scientometric
jean sciare
Cyprus Institute
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,037
8,588
0.504
Constantinos S Pattichis
University of Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,592
5,611
0.385
eHealth
mHealth
AI and machine learning in medicine
medical imaging
biosignal analysi
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Stelios Choulis
Cyprus University of Technology
Limassol, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,284
2,715
0.190
Emerging Photovoltaics
Optoelectronics
Organic LEDs
Quantum Optoelectronic
Ioannis Krikidis
University of Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,229
5,185
0.364
Wireless Communications
MIMO
Wireless Power Transfer
Networks
Signal Processin
Dimitris Drikakis
University of Nicosia
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,042
5,714
0.475
Fluid Dynamics
Simulations
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Biofluid
Antonis A Zorpas
Open University of Cyprus
Latsia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,546
7,783
0.674
Environmental Chemical Engineering
Circular Economy
Waste Strategy Development
Solid Wast
Andreas Poullikkas
Cyprus University of Technology
Limassol, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,233
6,243
0.556
Renewable Energy Sources
Energy Policy
Energy Systems
Numerical Analysis
Computational Energ
Christoforos Hadjicostis
University of Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,536
4,719
0.448
Systems and control
fault-tolerant systems
discrete event systems
distributed algorithm
Andreas Kamilaris
University of Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,423
8,727
0.837
Geo-Vision
Big Data Analytics
IoT & PerCom
Satellite imagery analytics
Multi-modal deep learnin
Ioannis Katakis
University of Nicosia
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,235
3,836
0.375
Conversational Agents
Natural Language Processing
Sentiment Analysis
Online Social Networks
Smart Citie
Andreas Pitsillides
University of Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,218
5,077
0.497
Irene Michael Kordatou
University of Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,910
6,428
0.649
wastewater treatment and reuse
advanced oxidation processes
contaminants of emerging concer
George E Georghiou
University of Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,714
5,695
0.586
Photovoltaics
Grid Integration
Smart Grids
Plasma
Electromagnetic
Silas Michaelides
University of Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,261
4,181
0.451
Meteorology
Remote Sensin
George Giaglis
University of Nicosia
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,905
2,335
0.262
Blockchain/Bitcoin
Information Systems
Electronic Commerce
Mobile Commerce
Social Network
Elias Kyriakides
University of Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,786
4,272
0.486
John Ioannis Giapintzakis
University of Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,721
1,270
0.146
Thin-film solar cells
Resistive switching phenomena
Thermoelectricity
Superconductivity
Spintronic