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Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 2.252 Scientists Citation in Iran Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Population Healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,506
56,258
0.996
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
SDH
Health policy
Health Economic
Policy & Economic Evaluatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,637
45,411
0.879
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Health Policy
Lifestyle Modification
Medical Education
Medical Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,682
42,826
0.880
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Psychometrics
Health-related Quality of Life
Non-communicable diseasse
Stractural Equation Model
Meta-analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,824
38,319
0.874
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Health Economics
Economic Modelling
Health Econometrics
Equity
Traum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,468
35,155
0.914
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Facilities design
Supply chain
Scheduling
Transportation
Meta-heuristics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,748
18,298
0.576
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Public health
qualitative research
social welfar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,353
26,190
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Policy Analysis
Health Systems
Health Financing
Quality Improvement
Provider Behavior Chang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,479
13,079
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Health geography
Social determinants of health
population health
poverty
Inequalit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,082
20,567
0.891
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Library & Information Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,783
21,375
0.981
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sport Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,413
17,490
0.901
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Psychiatry
Psychosomatic medicine
Mental healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,907
11,145
0.659
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Clinical Psychology
Health Psychology
Sport Psychology
Couple Therapy
Sex Therap
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,767
5,780
0.537
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Social Epidemiology
Psychometric Evaluation
Quality of Life
Life Styl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,904
5,837
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
cognition
problem solving
social psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,326
5,793
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Applied Linguistics
Positive Psychology
Individual Differences
Educational Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,149
8,942
0.977
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Regional Studies
European Studies
Linguistic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,509
4,086
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Psychosomatic medicine
Psychocardiology
Psychological stress
Stress management skills
tobacco contro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,470
4,197
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
persian literatu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,068
2,386
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Language testing and assessment
Language learning strategies
ICT
Writing Skills
Washbac
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,500
4,043
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Pavement Engineering
Bituminous Materials
Asphalt Technology
Pavement Management System and Transportation Engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,342
4,022
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,325
3,265
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
TEFL
Applied Linguistics
CALL
Language Learning and Technology
Educational Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,862
5,291
0.903
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
transport phenomena
nano fluid
CF
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,816
3,524
0.606
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Public Health
Health System Reform
Health Economics
Equity in Healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,665
5,160
0.911
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,914
73
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Mohsen Abbasi Kangevari|Mohsen Abbasi-Kangevari, Mohsen Abbasikangevari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,506
56,258
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,246
76
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Hamed Zandian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,637
45,411
0.879
SDH
Health policy
Health Economic
Policy & Economic Evaluatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,227
84
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Simin Mouodi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,682
42,826
0.880
Health Policy
Lifestyle Modification
Medical Education
Medical Scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,795
102
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Fatemeh Rajati
Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
Kermanshah, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,824
38,319
0.874
Psychometrics
Health-related Quality of Life
Non-communicable diseasse
Stractural Equation Model
Meta-analysi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,429
120
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Enayatollah Homaie Rad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,468
35,155
0.914
Health Economics
Economic Modelling
Health Econometrics
Equity
Traum
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,136
161
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Reza Tavakkoli Moghaddam
University of Tehran
Tehran, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,748
18,298
0.576
Facilities design
Supply chain
Scheduling
Transportation
Meta-heuristics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,319
203
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Salah Eddin Karimi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,353
26,190
0.994
Public health
qualitative research
social welfar
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,667
232
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Arash Rashidian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,479
13,079
0.557
Policy Analysis
Health Systems
Health Financing
Quality Improvement
Provider Behavior Chang
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,496
240
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Alireza Zangeneh
Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
Kermanshah, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,082
20,567
0.891
Health geography
Social determinants of health
population health
poverty
Inequalit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,540
254
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mousa Yaminfirooz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,783
21,375
0.981
Library & Information Scienc
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,181
286
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ali Eesmaeili
Allameh Tabatabai University
Tehran, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,413
17,490
0.901
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,516
320
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ahmad Ali Noorbala
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,907
11,145
0.659
Psychiatry
Psychosomatic medicine
Mental healt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,240
580
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mohammad Ali Besharat
University of Tehran
Tehran, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,767
5,780
0.537
Clinical Psychology
Health Psychology
Sport Psychology
Couple Therapy
Sex Therap
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,934
659
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Saharnaz Nedjat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,904
5,837
0.589
Social Epidemiology
Psychometric Evaluation
Quality of Life
Life Styl
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
113,499
715
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Hossein Zare
Payame Noor University
Tehran, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,326
5,793
0.621
cognition
problem solving
social psycholog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
116,024
735
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ali Derakhshan
Golestan University
Gorgan, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,149
8,942
0.977
Applied Linguistics
Positive Psychology
Individual Differences
Educational Psycholog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
144,145
963
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Rajdeep Singh
University of Tehran
Tehran, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,509
4,086
0.544
Regional Studies
European Studies
Linguistic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
144,990
974
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Hamidreza Roohafza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,470
4,197
0.562
Psychosomatic medicine
Psychocardiology
Psychological stress
Stress management skills
tobacco contro
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
153,694
1,053
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Monire Soltani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,068
2,386
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
167,616
1,202
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Hadi Salehi هادی صالحی|هادی صالحی, Salehi, H
Islamic Azad University Najafabad
Najafabad, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,500
4,043
0.622
Language testing and assessment
Language learning strategies
ICT
Writing Skills
Washbac
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
171,906
1,248
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Mahmoud Ameri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,342
4,022
0.634
Pavement Engineering
Bituminous Materials
Asphalt Technology
Pavement Management System and Transportation Engineerin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
172,354
1,254
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Raheb Ghorbani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,325
3,265
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
186,089
1,389
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ehsan Namaziandost
Islamic Azad University Shahrekord
Shahrekord, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,862
5,291
0.903
TEFL
Applied Linguistics
CALL
Language Learning and Technology
Educational Psycholog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
187,570
1,410
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Faramarz Hormozi
Semnan University
Semnan, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,816
3,524
0.606
transport phenomena
nano fluid
CF
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
192,415
1,476
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Yaser Sarikhani
Jahrom University of Medical Sciences
Shahrekord, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,665
5,160
0.911
Public Health
Health System Reform
Health Economics
Equity in Healt