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Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 4.221 Scientists Citation in India Rankings - 2025
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
Forensic science
Physical anthropology
Forensic anthropology
Anthropology
biologica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,609
97,817
0.909
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Statistical Genomics
Biostatistics
Immunization
Public Healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,722
69,962
0.962
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Anthropology
Public Health
Genomics
Anthropology of lif
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,368
37,346
0.619
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
digitization
usability of website
Library & information Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,490
9,565
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Transportation Engineering
GIS and Remote Sensing Applications in Civil Engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,489
9,336
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Formal Demography
Family Demography
Political Demography
Gender
Inequalit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,079
15,509
0.908
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Psychological well-being
Mindfulness
Spirituality
Healthy aging
Mental healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,290
9,029
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Travel and Touris
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,996
8,209
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Road safety
suicide prevention
injury
mental health
alcoho
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,980
7,955
0.531
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Modern Persian literature
Indo-Persian literatur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,952
9,978
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
ENGLIS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,945
6,445
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Elasticit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,491
9,234
0.637
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
eLearning
Distance Eduction
Open Educational Resources
Student Support
Educational Technolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,115
9,275
0.707
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Signal Processing
Engineering Education
Astronom
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,615
6,352
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Art History and Social Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,319
1,855
0.151
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
linguistics- Phonetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,173
3,191
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Demograph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,534
5,161
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Clinical Psychology
Qualitative research
Early childhood development
positive psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,500
5,727
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sangam Literatur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,788
4,157
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Contemporary Theory
Indian writing in English
Feminism
Orientalism
and Digital Humanities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,635
2,985
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Art Studie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,169
5,386
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Cognitive Neuroscience
Higher Educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,907
1,380
0.155
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ageing
Social isolation
Loneliness
Social engagement
Health behaviours - Health psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,561
4,899
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Arabic Literature
Rhetoric
historiograph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,281
2,289
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
resources and energy economics
international finance and housing economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,263
7,209
0.872
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,937
41
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Kewal Krishan
Panjab University
Chandigarh, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,609
97,817
0.909
Forensic science
Physical anthropology
Forensic anthropology
Anthropology
biologica
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,855
65
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Krittika Bhattacharyya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,722
69,962
0.962
Statistical Genomics
Biostatistics
Immunization
Public Healt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,936
86
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Vipin Gupta
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,368
37,346
0.619
Anthropology
Public Health
Genomics
Anthropology of lif
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,698
345
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Rucha Kamat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,490
9,565
0.467
digitization
usability of website
Library & information Scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,633
392
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Vasantha Kumar S
VIT University Vellore
Vellore, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,489
9,336
0.479
Transportation Engineering
GIS and Remote Sensing Applications in Civil Engineerin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,362
501
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Srinivas Goli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,079
15,509
0.908
Formal Demography
Family Demography
Political Demography
Gender
Inequalit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,848
562
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ritu Sharma
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,290
9,029
0.554
Psychological well-being
Mindfulness
Spirituality
Healthy aging
Mental healt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,228
589
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Akhilesh Singh
Uttarakhand Open University
Haldwani, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,996
8,209
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,539
661
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Gururaj
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,980
7,955
0.531
Road safety
suicide prevention
injury
mental health
alcoho
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,711
663
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mukhtar Ahmed
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,952
9,978
0.667
Modern Persian literature
Indo-Persian literatur
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,750
664
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
NV Siva Kumari
K L University
Guntur, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,945
6,445
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,381
702
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Vikas Sharma
Galgotias University
Noida, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,491
9,234
0.637
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,335
859
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ramesh Chander Sharma
Ambedkar University
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,115
9,275
0.707
eLearning
Distance Eduction
Open Educational Resources
Student Support
Educational Technolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,947
916
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Nidhi Gupta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,615
6,352
0.504
Signal Processing
Engineering Education
Astronom
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,313
958
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jaswinder Singh
Chitkara University
Punjab, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,319
1,855
0.151
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,539
980
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jaya Sheela
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,173
3,191
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,135
1,078
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Irudaya Rajan
Centre for Development Studies CDS Trivandrum
Thiruvananthapuram, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,534
5,161
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,441
1,084
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Nimisha Kumar
Jamia Millia Islamia
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,500
5,727
0.498
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Clinical Psychology
Qualitative research
Early childhood development
positive psycholog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95,330
1,226
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ganesan N
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,788
4,157
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,588
1,471
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jai Singh
English & Foreign Languages University
Hyderabad, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,635
2,985
0.310
Contemporary Theory
Indian writing in English
Feminism
Orientalism
and Digital Humanities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,930
1,582
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Preeti Sharma
Banasthali University
Rajasthan, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,169
5,386
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,740
1,664
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jamshed Bharucha
Sri Sai University Palampur
Palampur, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,907
1,380
0.155
Cognitive Neuroscience
Higher Educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
124,042
1,784
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Aparna Shankar
Flame University
Pune, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,561
4,899
0.572
Ageing
Social isolation
Loneliness
Social engagement
Health behaviours - Health psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,701
1,882
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Murtaza Chopdawala
Al Jamea tus Saifiyah
Amsterdam, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,281
2,289
0.276
Arabic Literature
Rhetoric
historiograph
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,990
1,885
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mantu Kumar Mahalik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,263
7,209
0.872
resources and energy economics
international finance and housing economic