Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 1.204 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025

The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.

* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Saudi Arabia
Abderrezak Bouchama
Critical care medicine
heat stroke
sepsis
immune response
stress response
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,812
4,606
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Saudi Arabia
Nidal H.Abu-Hamdeh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,758
8,425
0.717
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Saudi Arabia
Muhammad Aslam
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,740
8,336
0.710
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Saudi Arabia
Ameer Azam
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Radiation Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,565
6,466
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Saudi Arabia
Naseer Shahzad
Nonlinear Analysis
Fixed Point Theory
Functional Analysis
Operator Theory
Optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,544
2,935
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Saudi Arabia
Iqbal Ismail
Electrochemistry
Physical Chemistry
Nanotechnology
Renewable Energy
Environmental Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,540
8,165
0.708
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Saudi Arabia
Mustafa Tahsin Yilmaz
Artificial Intelligence
Data Science
Food Science and Technology
Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,370
6,195
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Saudi Arabia
Mohammad Rehan
Chemical Engineering
Energy and Fuels
Waste-to-Energy
Nanomaterials
Pyrolysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,258
9,094
0.808
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Saudi Arabia
Khalid A Alamry
Organic Polymer
Biopolymers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,146
7,210
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Saudi Arabia
Reda Mohamedy Mohamed
Photocatalysis
Advanced Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,098
6,905
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Saudi Arabia
Anish Khan
MOFs composite
Energy
Natural Fiber composite
Polymer Composites
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,073
9,362
0.845
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Saudi Arabia
Aftab Aslam Parwaz Khan
Polymer nanomaterials based with Metal ions
Metal oxide
carbon nanotubes and graphene oxide
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,022
8,605
0.781
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Saudi Arabia
Tariq A Madani
Internal Medicine & Infectious Diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,578
7,215
0.682
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Saudi Arabia
Zuhair Natto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,383
9,907
0.954
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Saudi Arabia
Said Ahmed Al Said
particla physics
Nanowires
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,273
6,541
0.637
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Saudi Arabia
Youssef A Attia
Poultry and Animal Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,099
7,179
0.711
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Saudi Arabia
Shaeel Al Thabaiti
Surface Chemistry and Catalytic Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,482
4,833
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Saudi Arabia
Hesham F Alharby
Botany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,391
8,379
0.892
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Saudi Arabia
Mansour Almazroui
Climate
Climate Change
Impact of Climate Change in water resources and environment
climate extremes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,288
7,088
0.763
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Saudi Arabia
Faisal Abnisa
Biomass Energy
Pyrolysis Process
Catalytic Cracking
Water and wastewater treatment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,158
6,912
0.755
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Saudi Arabia
Firoz Anwar
Cancer
Cardiac and Gut microbiota
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,143
5,948
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Saudi Arabia
Ma Eltaher
Nanomechanics
Functionally graded materials
Nanobeams
Free vibration
Static and stability of NEMS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,009
6,834
0.759
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Saudi Arabia
Rajeev Kumar
Environmental Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,587
5,341
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Saudi Arabia
Nawab Hussain
Fixed point and approximation techniques
Contractive and Operator inequalities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,544
3,348
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Saudi Arabia
Saeed Al Turki
Genomics
Oncology
Bioinformatics and AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,491
5,557
0.654
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,660
Saudi Arabia
230
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Abderrezak Bouchama
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,812
4,606
0.390
Critical care medicine
heat stroke
sepsis
immune response
stress response
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,149
Saudi Arabia
231
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Nidal H.Abu-Hamdeh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,758
8,425
0.717
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,295
Saudi Arabia
232
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Muhammad Aslam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,740
8,336
0.710
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,756
Saudi Arabia
235
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Ameer Azam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,565
6,466
0.559
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Radiation Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,926
Saudi Arabia
236
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Naseer Shahzad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,544
2,935
0.254
Nonlinear Analysis
Fixed Point Theory
Functional Analysis
Operator Theory
Optimization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,951
Saudi Arabia
238
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Iqbal Ismail
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,540
8,165
0.708
Electrochemistry
Physical Chemistry
Nanotechnology
Renewable Energy
Environmental Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,523
Saudi Arabia
241
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Mustafa Tahsin Yilmaz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,370
6,195
0.545
Artificial Intelligence
Data Science
Food Science and Technology
Biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,586
Saudi Arabia
246
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Mohammad Rehan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,258
9,094
0.808
Chemical Engineering
Energy and Fuels
Waste-to-Energy
Nanomaterials
Pyrolysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,627
Saudi Arabia
250
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Khalid A Alamry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,146
7,210
0.647
Organic Polymer
Biopolymers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,081
Saudi Arabia
252
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Reda Mohamedy Mohamed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,098
6,905
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,340
Saudi Arabia
253
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Anish Khan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,073
9,362
0.845
MOFs composite
Energy
Natural Fiber composite
Polymer Composites
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,841
Saudi Arabia
256
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Aftab Aslam Parwaz Khan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,022
8,605
0.781
Polymer nanomaterials based with Metal ions
Metal oxide
carbon nanotubes and graphene oxide
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,230
Saudi Arabia
269
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Tariq A Madani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,578
7,215
0.682
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,271
Saudi Arabia
273
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Zuhair Natto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,383
9,907
0.954
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,495
Saudi Arabia
276
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Said Ahmed Al Said
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,273
6,541
0.637
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,405
Saudi Arabia
283
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Youssef A Attia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,099
7,179
0.711
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106,847
Saudi Arabia
308
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Shaeel Al Thabaiti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,482
4,833
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,030
Saudi Arabia
311
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Hesham F Alharby
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,391
8,379
0.892
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,343
Saudi Arabia
314
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Mansour Almazroui
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,288
7,088
0.763
Climate
Climate Change
Impact of Climate Change in water resources and environment
climate extremes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,139
Saudi Arabia
317
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Faisal Abnisa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,158
6,912
0.755
Biomass Energy
Pyrolysis Process
Catalytic Cracking
Water and wastewater treatment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,364
Saudi Arabia
318
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Firoz Anwar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,143
5,948
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
113,232
Saudi Arabia
324
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Ma Eltaher
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,009
6,834
0.759
Nanomechanics
Functionally graded materials
Nanobeams
Free vibration
Static and stability of NEMS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,510
Saudi Arabia
343
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Rajeev Kumar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,587
5,341
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120,258
Saudi Arabia
347
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Nawab Hussain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,544
3,348
0.392
Fixed point and approximation techniques
Contractive and Operator inequalities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
121,081
Saudi Arabia
349
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Saeed Al Turki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,491
5,557
0.654