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

Faecal sludge management
Sanitation in slum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,686
3,340
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2

Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,207
4,366
0.838
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3

Environmental Ecotechnolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,906
2,006
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4

Food Science & Technolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,893
2,233
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5

Power Systems. Renewable energy systems
Distributed generation
Thermoelectric Energy Generatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,149
2,165
0.688
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6

Forestry Engineering
Biomass engineering
Bioenergy and Biorefiner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,703
2,107
0.780
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7

Climate variability
Climate change
hydrometeorological extremes
uncertainty analyses
trend analyse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,647
2,260
0.854
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8

Materials Science
Ceramic materials
biomass characterisation and engineering application
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,181
2,010
0.922
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9

Wireless and Communication Systems Grids
Distributed Generation
IOT Application and Industrial 4.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,162
1,037
0.480
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10

Water & Environmental Engineering
Sustainability
Energy
Safety
Project Managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,034
1,528
0.751
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11

Biocomposites
Thin Films
Surface Coatings
Carbon-based films
Second generation biomas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,993
1,758
0.882
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12

Materials Science and Engineering
Nanotechnology
product design and development
project managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,680
1,422
0.846
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13

Thermochemical Conversion
Biochemical Conversion
Adsorption
Materials Science
Waste Managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,594
1,466
0.920
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14

Food Product & Process Developement
Food Quality & Safety
and Technology Transfer & Commercializatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,584
914
0.577
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15

Computer Science
Machine learning
Artificial Intelligence for Social Good
Business process manag
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,580
1,163
0.736
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16

Food: Microbiology
Safety & Technolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,548
1,165
0.753
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17

Food Biotechnology
Food Biochemistry
Food Chemistry
Food Safety
Molecular Nutritio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,513
1,509
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18

ICT4D
E-Learning
E-Government
E-Business
E-Agricultur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,365
522
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19

hydrogeology
hydrology
environment
GIS
remote sensin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,344
976
0.726
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20

Food safety
halal products science
meat science
animal welfar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,334
743
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21

Information Systems
Health Informatics
Business Management
Information Systems Design
ICT4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,307
799
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22

Materials Processing
Conductive Polymer nanocomposites
Textile Fiber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,237
1,236
0.999
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23

Programming Languages
Distributed systems
Reactive Programming
Cloud
AI and machine learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,224
772
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24

Machine Learning
AI4 Social Good
AI in Health
Photonics
Neuromorphic Computin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,196
1,031
0.862
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25

internet of thing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,144
763
0.667
Charles B. Niwagaba
Makerere University
Kampala, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,686
3,340
0.587
Faecal sludge management
Sanitation in slum
Josephine Kabanda
Kampala International University
Kampala, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,207
4,366
0.838
Frank Kansiime
Makerere University
Kampala, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,906
2,006
0.409
Environmental Ecotechnolog
John Muyonga
Makerere University
Kampala, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,893
2,233
0.456
Food Science & Technolog
Ssennoga Twaha
Kyambogo University
Kampala, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,149
2,165
0.688
Power Systems. Renewable energy systems
Distributed generation
Thermoelectric Energy Generatio
Simon Kizito
Makerere University
Kampala, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,703
2,107
0.780
Forestry Engineering
Biomass engineering
Bioenergy and Biorefiner
Charles Onyutha
Kyambogo University
Kampala, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,647
2,260
0.854
Climate variability
Climate change
hydrometeorological extremes
uncertainty analyses
trend analyse
Peter Wilberforce Olupot
Makerere University
Kampala, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,181
2,010
0.922
Materials Science
Ceramic materials
biomass characterisation and engineering application
Hassan Abdurrahman Shvaibu
Kampala International University
Kampala, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,162
1,037
0.480
Wireless and Communication Systems Grids
Distributed Generation
IOT Application and Industrial 4.
Augustine Osamor Ifelebuegu
Victoria University Kampala
Kampala, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,034
1,528
0.751
Water & Environmental Engineering
Sustainability
Energy
Safety
Project Managemen
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Michael Lubwama
Makerere University
Kampala, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,993
1,758
0.882
Biocomposites
Thin Films
Surface Coatings
Carbon-based films
Second generation biomas
John Baptist Kirabira
Makerere University
Kampala, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,680
1,422
0.846
Materials Science and Engineering
Nanotechnology
product design and development
project managemen
Emmanuel Menya
Gulu University
Gulu, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,594
1,466
0.920
Thermochemical Conversion
Biochemical Conversion
Adsorption
Materials Science
Waste Managemen
Yusuf Byaruhanga
Makerere University
Kampala, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,584
914
0.577
Food Product & Process Developement
Food Quality & Safety
and Technology Transfer & Commercializatio
Joyce Nakatumba-Nabende
Makerere University
Kampala, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,580
1,163
0.736
Computer Science
Machine learning
Artificial Intelligence for Social Good
Business process manag
Ivan Muzira Mukisa
Makerere University
Kampala, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,548
1,165
0.753
Food: Microbiology
Safety & Technolog
Lawrence Okidi
Gulu University
Gulu, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,513
1,509
0.997
Food Biotechnology
Food Biochemistry
Food Chemistry
Food Safety
Molecular Nutritio
Jude T. Lubega
Nkumba University
Entebbe, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,365
522
0.382
ICT4D
E-Learning
E-Government
E-Business
E-Agricultur
Michael Owor
Makerere University
Kampala, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,344
976
0.726
hydrogeology
hydrology
environment
GIS
remote sensin
Nakyinsige Khadijah
Kyambogo University
Kampala, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,334
743
0.557
Food safety
halal products science
meat science
animal welfar
Geoffrey Mayoka Kituyi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,307
799
0.611
Information Systems
Health Informatics
Business Management
Information Systems Design
ICT4
Innocent Tendo Mugaanire
Kyambogo University
Kampala, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,237
1,236
0.999
Materials Processing
Conductive Polymer nanocomposites
Textile Fiber
Engineer Bainomugisha
Makerere University
Kampala, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,224
772
0.631
Programming Languages
Distributed systems
Reactive Programming
Cloud
AI and machine learnin
Andrew Katumba
Makerere University
Kampala, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,196
1,031
0.862
Machine Learning
AI4 Social Good
AI in Health
Photonics
Neuromorphic Computin
Atwine Solomon
Makerere University
Kampala, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,144
763
0.667