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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: 26
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
954
789
0.827
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Flavonoids Chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
954
379
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
physiology
anatomy
Diabete
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
934
154
0.165
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Accounting
Auditing
Financial Reporting
Corporate Governanc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
918
619
0.674
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Water Resources Management and Cliimate Chang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
893
258
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
laser physics
elearnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
893
128
0.143
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Fault Diagnosis
Fault Tolerant Control
Power Systems
Industrial Manufacturing
System Identification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
877
473
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
writting &musi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
845
202
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
non communicable diseases
CVD
Nutritional epidemiology
public health
health promotio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
795
193
0.243
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Medicinal Chemistry
Organic Chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
779
704
0.904
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Artificial Intelligence
Natural Language Processing
Arabic Information Retrieval
Automate
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
768
77
0.100
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Women's/Maternal&Newborn/Reproductive health
Childbirth
Quality of care
Nursing & Midwifery practice
Public healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
739
360
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
software engineering
artificial intelligence
sbse
mcd
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
737
222
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Nuclear Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
728
328
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Quality Management
Entrepreneurship
Supply Chain
Marketing
Strateg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
726
403
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Biology
Microbiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
707
184
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Groundwater
surface water
Hydrology
Hydrogeology
Isotope
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
674
292
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
625
184
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
finance
economics and accountin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
617
141
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Postharvest Biology
Stress Physiology
Food Supply Chai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
616
241
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Pharmacology
Neuroscience
Natural products
Healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
607
276
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Particle Physics
Phenomenology
Higgs Physics
Beyond the Satndard Model
Women in Physics in th
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
588
240
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
585
142
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Entrepreneurship
Development Economics
General Managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
574
362
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Stability of pharmaceutical dosage forms
• Bioavailability- Bioequivalence • Development of pharmaceutical dosage forms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
561
435
0.775
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
722,511
230
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Weeam Hammoudeh
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
954
789
0.827
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
722,779
232
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Saleh Rayyan
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
954
379
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
730,414
237
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Rania Abu Hamdah
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
934
154
0.165
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
736,361
242
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Yousef M Hassan
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
918
619
0.674
Accounting
Auditing
Financial Reporting
Corporate Governanc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
746,486
254
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Ziad Mimi
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
893
258
0.289
Water Resources Management and Cliimate Chang
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
746,524
255
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Aziz Shawabkeh
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
893
128
0.143
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
752,817
263
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Ali Abdo
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
877
473
0.539
Fault Diagnosis
Fault Tolerant Control
Power Systems
Industrial Manufacturing
System Identification
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
766,128
277
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Aman Awad
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
845
202
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
787,545
291
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Lina El Khairy
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
795
193
0.243
non communicable diseases
CVD
Nutritional epidemiology
public health
health promotio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
794,241
295
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Amin Thawabteh|Ameen Thawabteh
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
779
704
0.904
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Medicinal Chemistry
Organic Chemistr
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
799,753
300
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Adnan Yahya
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
768
77
0.100
Artificial Intelligence
Natural Language Processing
Arabic Information Retrieval
Automate
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
812,862
310
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Sahar Hassan
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
739
360
0.487
Women's/Maternal&Newborn/Reproductive health
Childbirth
Quality of care
Nursing & Midwifery practice
Public healt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
813,963
312
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Abdel Salam Sayyad
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
737
222
0.301
software engineering
artificial intelligence
sbse
mcd
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
818,161
318
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Hazem Abusara
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
728
328
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
819,044
319
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Omar Omran
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
726
403
0.555
Quality Management
Entrepreneurship
Supply Chain
Marketing
Strateg
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
828,420
329
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Emilia Rappocciolo
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
707
184
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
845,095
343
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Marwan Ghanem
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
674
292
0.433
Groundwater
surface water
Hydrology
Hydrogeology
Isotope
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
871,542
363
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Rateb Hussein
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
625
184
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
876,028
371
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Nidal Rashid Sabri
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
617
141
0.229
finance
economics and accountin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
876,524
372
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Jamil Harb
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
616
241
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
881,704
376
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Lina Adwan
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
607
276
0.455
Pharmacology
Neuroscience
Natural products
Healt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
893,350
383
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Wafaa Khater
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
588
240
0.408
Particle Physics
Phenomenology
Higgs Physics
Beyond the Satndard Model
Women in Physics in th
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
895,253
387
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Simon Alaraj
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
585
142
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
902,178
390
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Anton Sabella
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
574
362
0.631
Entrepreneurship
Development Economics
General Managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
910,663
398
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Hani Naseef
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
561
435
0.775
Stability of pharmaceutical dosage forms
• Bioavailability- Bioequivalence • Development of pharmaceutical dosage forms