The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
Training and Development
Performance management
Internationalization
Marketing
Entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,354
2,399
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Health informatics
Health cyber security
Distributed Systems
Semantic systems
Machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,335
2,228
0.668
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Electrochemistry - Nanoscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,329
1,876
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
plant breeding
Biotechnology
haploid plants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,253
2,623
0.806
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Dental Materials
Oral Tissue Engineering
Salivary Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,181
2,618
0.823
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Aquaculture
Immunology
Physiology
Feed additives
Nanotoxicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,178
3,056
0.962
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,088
1,716
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Neurology
Neuroimmunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,809
549
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Education Technology
E-Learning
Thinking Development
Blended Learning
Social Media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,795
2,745
0.982
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Organic Chemistry
Computational Chemistry
Material Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,793
2,219
0.794
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Energy Storage Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,732
2,233
0.817
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Organometallic chemistry
Polymer chemistry
Coordination chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,581
1,178
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Nanomaterials
Environmental applications
Catalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,415
2,217
0.918
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
orthodontics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,392
1,560
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Internet of Things
Fog Computing
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Intelligent Agents
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,358
1,728
0.733
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Stress Plant Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,358
817
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Mesoporous and microporous materials
nanopartices
adsorption
heterogeneous catalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,182
1,304
0.598
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Almost Periodicity
Almost Automorphy
Analysis and Mathematical Inequalities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,180
1,400
0.642
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Numerical optimization
evolutionary computation
digital watermarking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,114
1,009
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Remote sensing
GIS
Climate change
Environmental Hydrogeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,044
835
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Biotechnology
Bioactive compounds
Environment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,028
939
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
endodontics
adhesives
bleaching
dental trauma
dental biomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,023
834
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Natural Language Processing
Information Retrieval
Knowledge Management
Digital Library
Computer Science Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,952
1,447
0.741
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Physics
Nanotechnology
Composites
Material Science
Energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,940
1,197
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Organic and photonic Devices
2D materials
Gas Sensors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,919
1,635
0.852
Muhammad Awais Bhatti
King Faisal University
Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,354
2,399
0.715
Training and Development
Performance management
Internationalization
Marketing
Entrepreneurship
Hafiz Farooq Ahmad
King Faisal University
Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,335
2,228
0.668
Health informatics
Health cyber security
Distributed Systems
Semantic systems
Machine learning
Mahmoud M Saleh
King Faisal University
Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,329
1,876
0.564
Tarek A Shalaby
King Faisal University
Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,253
2,623
0.806
plant breeding
Biotechnology
haploid plants
Sana Zohaib
King Faisal University
Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,181
2,618
0.823
Dental Materials
Oral Tissue Engineering
Salivary Research
Abdallah Tageldein Mansour
King Faisal University
Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,178
3,056
0.962
Aquaculture
Immunology
Physiology
Feed additives
Nanotoxicology
Sabry Mohamed El Bahr
King Faisal University
Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,088
1,716
0.556
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Shahid Baig
King Faisal University
Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,809
549
0.195
Mahdi Alamri
King Faisal University
Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,795
2,745
0.982
Education Technology
E-Learning
Thinking Development
Blended Learning
Social Media
Nadeem Sadiq Sheikh
King Faisal University
Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,793
2,219
0.794
Organic Chemistry
Computational Chemistry
Material Design
Nazish Parveen
King Faisal University
Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,732
2,233
0.817
Awal Noor
King Faisal University
Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,581
1,178
0.456
Organometallic chemistry
Polymer chemistry
Coordination chemistry
Mai Khalaf
King Faisal University
Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,415
2,217
0.918
Nanomaterials
Environmental applications
Catalysis
Mohamed Bayome
King Faisal University
Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,392
1,560
0.652
Suresh Sankaranarayanan
King Faisal University
Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,358
1,728
0.733
Internet of Things
Fog Computing
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Intelligent Agents
Ashraf Ma Metwally
King Faisal University
Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,358
817
0.346
Enshirah Da Na
King Faisal University
Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,182
1,304
0.598
Mesoporous and microporous materials
nanopartices
adsorption
heterogeneous catalysis
Muhammad Amer Latif
King Faisal University
Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,180
1,400
0.642
Almost Periodicity
Almost Automorphy
Analysis and Mathematical Inequalities
Musrrat Ali
King Faisal University
Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,114
1,009
0.477
Numerical optimization
evolutionary computation
digital watermarking
Insaf S Babiker
King Faisal University
Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,044
835
0.409
Remote sensing
GIS
Climate change
Environmental Hydrogeology
Rebai Ben Ammar
King Faisal University
Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,028
939
0.463
Biotechnology
Bioactive compounds
Environment
Nejdet Adanir
King Faisal University
Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,023
834
0.412
endodontics
adhesives
bleaching
dental trauma
dental biomaterials
Md Maruf Hasan
King Faisal University
Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,952
1,447
0.741
Natural Language Processing
Information Retrieval
Knowledge Management
Digital Library
Computer Science Education
Abdullah Alkhateeb Aljaafari
King Faisal University
Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,940
1,197
0.617
Physics
Nanotechnology
Composites
Material Science
Energy
Mir Waqas Alam
King Faisal University
Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,919
1,635
0.852
Organic and photonic Devices
2D materials
Gas Sensors