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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 232 Scientists Citation 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: 176
Physical Educatio
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
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20
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 177
Photojournalism
Visual Media
News Framin
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
20
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 178
Spatial Equity
Everyday urbanism
Home
Environment Behavior Studies
Domesticit
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
17
0.850
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 179
Political systems
Palestinian issue
Development
Sport Politics
Reconstructio
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
17
0.895
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 180
Palestinia Literature
Postcolonial Literature
Feminism
Trauma Studie
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
17
0.895
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 181
Backend and DevOps
Software Engineering
Distributed Systems
Cloud Computing
Machine Learnin
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
12
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 182
criminal law
criminal justice
criminology
cybercrime
corruption crim
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
9
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 183
Pharmacy
Medicine
Scientific Researc
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
18
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 184
Artificial Intellegence
Soil numerical modeling
post failure analysis
Slope stabilit
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
11
0.611
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 185
architecture
landscape architecture
landscape ecology
plannin
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
10
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 186
Public Administration
development of human resources
corruptio
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
15
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 187
Software engineering
Machine learning
Android Malware
NL
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
15
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 188
Solid State Physic
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
8
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 189
Computer Science
AI
Data mining
LLM
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
14
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 190
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Image Proces
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
14
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 191
Geography
Cartography
GIS
Geographic Information Syste
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
12
0.857
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 192
TEF
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
10
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 193
Physical Chemistry
Nano Chemistry
Material Scienc
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
9
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 194
Geotechnical Engineerin
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
12
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 195
Natural language processing
Social Computin
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 196
NLP
Optimization
Machine learning and Speech Recognitio
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
8
0.727
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 197
Computer vision
NL
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
10
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 198
Computer Vision
Natural Language Processin
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
10
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 199
Anthropology
Cultural Studies
Sociology
Palestine
Middle Eas
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
10
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 200
educational research.
mathe teaching and learning
teacher educatio
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
6
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,299,401
1,920
176
Ranking Based On Selection: 176
Waleed Shaheen
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
20
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,301,710
1,926
177
Ranking Based On Selection: 177
Belal Doufesh
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
20
1.000
Photojournalism
Visual Media
News Framin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,306,565
1,937
178
Ranking Based On Selection: 178
Shaden Awad
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
17
0.850
Spatial Equity
Everyday urbanism
Home
Environment Behavior Studies
Domesticit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,317,702
1,952
179
Ranking Based On Selection: 179
Ibrahim Si Rabaia
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
17
0.895
Political systems
Palestinian issue
Development
Sport Politics
Reconstructio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,317,982
1,953
180
Ranking Based On Selection: 180
Sumaya Haj
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
17
0.895
Palestinia Literature
Postcolonial Literature
Feminism
Trauma Studie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,320,178
1,956
181
Ranking Based On Selection: 181
Haytham Salhi
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
12
0.632
Backend and DevOps
Software Engineering
Distributed Systems
Cloud Computing
Machine Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,321,295
1,958
182
Ranking Based On Selection: 182
Mustafa Abdelbaqi
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
9
0.474
criminal law
criminal justice
criminology
cybercrime
corruption crim
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,323,027
1,962
183
Ranking Based On Selection: 183
Batoul Issleny
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
18
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,332,360
1,974
184
Ranking Based On Selection: 184
Khalil Qatu
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
11
0.611
Artificial Intellegence
Soil numerical modeling
post failure analysis
Slope stabilit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,357,825
2,007
185
Ranking Based On Selection: 185
Samar Nazer
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
10
0.625
architecture
landscape architecture
landscape ecology
plannin
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,364,648
2,019
186
Ranking Based On Selection: 186
Ismail Iriqat
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
15
1.000
Public Administration
development of human resources
corruptio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,364,648
2,019
186
Ranking Based On Selection: 187
Ahmed Sabbah
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
15
1.000
Software engineering
Machine learning
Android Malware
NL
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,371,622
2,033
188
Ranking Based On Selection: 188
Edward Sader
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
8
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,373,894
2,036
189
Ranking Based On Selection: 189
Loay Alajramy|Loay Mustafa, Loay Ajramy
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
14
1.000
Computer Science
AI
Data mining
LLM
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,375,056
2,040
190
Ranking Based On Selection: 190
Farah Oshaibi
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
14
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,382,383
2,048
191
Ranking Based On Selection: 191
Mohammad Kittaneh
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
12
0.857
Geography
Cartography
GIS
Geographic Information Syste
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,383,963
2,051
192
Ranking Based On Selection: 192
Adnan Abu Ayyash
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
10
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,384,382
2,052
193
Ranking Based On Selection: 193
Mohammed Hafez Al-Jabari
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
9
0.643
Physical Chemistry
Nano Chemistry
Material Scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,405,034
2,091
194
Ranking Based On Selection: 194
Tamer Al-Shyoukhi
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
12
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,419,238
2,120
195
Ranking Based On Selection: 195
Lina Duaibes
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,427,446
2,136
196
Ranking Based On Selection: 196
Mohammad Ateeq
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
8
0.727
NLP
Optimization
Machine learning and Speech Recognitio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,431,950
2,151
197
Ranking Based On Selection: 197
Maha Hajja
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
10
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,431,950
2,151
197
Ranking Based On Selection: 198
Ahmad Yahya
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
10
1.000
Computer Vision
Natural Language Processin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,438,877
2,160
199
Ranking Based On Selection: 199
Rami Salameh
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
10
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,443,741
2,179
200
Ranking Based On Selection: 200
Ola Khalili
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
6
0.600
educational research.
mathe teaching and learning
teacher educatio