Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
National Institute of Biotechnology Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: Scientists Last 6 years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Autophagy
Cancer
ER Stress
Cell death
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,629
9,427
0.644
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Mitochondrial Inheritance and Disease
and Rare Disorders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,499
3,060
0.471
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Microbial Biotechnology
Cellular & Molecular Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,268
2,737
0.641
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Molecular Biology
Biotechnology
vaccine development
industrial Enzyme
cell surface display
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,430
2,654
0.413
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Cancer
Proteomics
Early Detection
Bioethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,252
1,780
0.216
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Plant Molecular Biology
Agricultural Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,854
1,700
0.596
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Multiple Sclorosis
Cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,062
1,649
0.406
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Microbiology
Molecular biology
Metabolic Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,483
1,535
0.618
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Enzyme Immobilization
Biocatalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,069
1,527
0.738
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,250
1,468
0.452
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Proteomics
Molecular physiology
Biotechnology
Crop improvement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,726
1,269
0.466
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,336
1,236
0.925
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
recombinant protein
probiotic
lipase
protease
scaffold
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,391
1,218
0.509
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Molecular Biology
Transgenic Mouse
Nanomedicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,487
1,186
0.798
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Stem cell
Cancer
Transgenic mouse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,659
1,179
0.711
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Enzymology
phenolases and phenolic compounds
Diazo chemistry
plants secondary metabolites
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,002
1,017
0.508
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
neurodegenerative
nanocarriers
Blood Brain Barrier
alpha synuclein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,415
1,006
0.711
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
bioinformatic
theoretical biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,500
992
0.397
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Genomics
Molecular Biology
Biotechnology
Drug design
Next Generation Sequencing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,508
894
0.593
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Protein Chemistry
Enzyme Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,465
887
0.605
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Environmental Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,462
839
0.574
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Feed supplement
Probiotic
Genetic engineering
Microbial enzyme production
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,147
797
0.695
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,395
790
0.566
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Biosensor
DrugDelivery
TissueEngineering
Nanobiotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
899
790
0.879
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
gene therapy
retinal cell biology
anti angiogenic drugs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,425
750
0.526
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,951
367
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Mohammad Amin Moosavi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,629
9,427
0.644
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
159,421
1,631
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Massoud Houshmand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,499
3,060
0.471
Mitochondrial Inheritance and Disease
and Rare Disorders
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
180,770
1,961
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Kambiz Akbari Noghabi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,268
2,737
0.641
Microbial Biotechnology
Cellular & Molecular Microbiology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
186,834
2,049
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Gholamreza Ahmadian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,430
2,654
0.413
Molecular Biology
Biotechnology
vaccine development
industrial Enzyme
cell surface display
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
281,097
3,526
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ali M Ardekani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,252
1,780
0.216
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
293,654
3,764
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Amir Mousavi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,854
1,700
0.596
Plant Molecular Biology
Agricultural Biotechnology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
302,081
3,924
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mohammad Hossein Sanati
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,062
1,649
0.406
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
322,483
4,287
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Hossein Shahbani Zahiri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,483
1,535
0.618
Microbiology
Molecular biology
Metabolic Engineering
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
324,122
4,318
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Mehdi Mohammadi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,069
1,527
0.738
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
335,699
4,540
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ali Hatef Salmanian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,250
1,468
0.452
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
381,024
546
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Iftekhar Alam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,726
1,269
0.466
Proteomics
Molecular physiology
Biotechnology
Crop improvement
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
389,610
5,548
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Reza Zolfaghari Emameh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,336
1,236
0.925
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
394,162
5,636
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Fatemeh Tabandeh, فاطمه تابنده
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,391
1,218
0.509
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
402,988
5,796
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ehsan Hashemi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,487
1,186
0.798
Molecular Biology
Transgenic Mouse
Nanomedicine
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
404,918
5,841
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mehdi Shamsara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,659
1,179
0.711
Stem cell
Cancer
Transgenic mouse
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
454,288
6,946
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Kamahldin Haghbeen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,002
1,017
0.508
Enzymology
phenolases and phenolic compounds
Diazo chemistry
plants secondary metabolites
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
458,212
7,029
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Dina Morshedi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,415
1,006
0.711
neurodegenerative
nanocarriers
Blood Brain Barrier
alpha synuclein
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
462,780
7,125
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Mehdi Sadeghi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,500
992
0.397
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
499,166
840
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Md. Salimullah
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,508
894
0.593
Genomics
Molecular Biology
Biotechnology
Drug design
Next Generation Sequencing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
502,126
8,011
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Saeed Aminzadeh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,465
887
0.605
Protein Chemistry
Enzyme Biotechnology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
521,768
8,496
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Tayebe Bagheri Lotfabad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,462
839
0.574
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
540,309
8,940
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Amir Meimandipour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,147
797
0.695
Feed supplement
Probiotic
Genetic engineering
Microbial enzyme production
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
543,385
9,002
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Mohammadreza Zamani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,395
790
0.566
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
543,584
9,010
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Matin Mahmoudifard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
899
790
0.879
Biosensor
DrugDelivery
TissueEngineering
Nanobiotechnology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
562,178
9,443
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Zahra-Soheila Soheili
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,425
750
0.526
gene therapy
retinal cell biology
anti angiogenic drugs