Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

King Faisal University Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025

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
Saudi Arabia
Muhammad Awais Bhatti
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
Saudi Arabia
Hafiz Farooq Ahmad
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
Saudi Arabia
Mahmoud M Saleh
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
Saudi Arabia
Tarek A Shalaby
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
Saudi Arabia
Sana Zohaib
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
Saudi Arabia
Abdallah Tageldein Mansour
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
Saudi Arabia
Sabry Mohamed El Bahr
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
Saudi Arabia
Shahid Baig
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
Saudi Arabia
Mahdi Alamri
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
Saudi Arabia
Nadeem Sadiq Sheikh
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
Saudi Arabia
Nazish Parveen
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
Saudi Arabia
Awal Noor
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
Saudi Arabia
Mai Khalaf
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
Saudi Arabia
Mohamed Bayome
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
Saudi Arabia
Suresh Sankaranarayanan
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
Saudi Arabia
Ashraf Ma Metwally
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
Saudi Arabia
Enshirah Da Na
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
Saudi Arabia
Muhammad Amer Latif
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
Saudi Arabia
Musrrat Ali
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
Saudi Arabia
Insaf S Babiker
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
Saudi Arabia
Rebai Ben Ammar
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
Saudi Arabia
Nejdet Adanir
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
Saudi Arabia
Md Maruf Hasan
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
Saudi Arabia
Abdullah Alkhateeb Aljaafari
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
Saudi Arabia
Mir Waqas Alam
Organic and photonic Devices
2D materials
Gas Sensors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,919
1,635
0.852
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
293,391
Saudi Arabia
1,158
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Muhammad Awais Bhatti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,354
2,399
0.715
Training and Development
Performance management
Internationalization
Marketing
Entrepreneurship
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
294,889
Saudi Arabia
1,164
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Hafiz Farooq Ahmad
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
295,353
Saudi Arabia
1,167
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Mahmoud M Saleh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,329
1,876
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
301,168
Saudi Arabia
1,184
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Tarek A Shalaby
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,253
2,623
0.806
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
306,836
Saudi Arabia
1,220
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Sana Zohaib
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,181
2,618
0.823
Dental Materials
Oral Tissue Engineering
Salivary Research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
307,057
Saudi Arabia
1,223
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Abdallah Tageldein Mansour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,178
3,056
0.962
Aquaculture
Immunology
Physiology
Feed additives
Nanotoxicology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
314,533
Saudi Arabia
1,261
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Sabry Mohamed El Bahr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,088
1,716
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
339,902
Saudi Arabia
1,392
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Shahid Baig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,809
549
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
341,176
Saudi Arabia
1,401
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Mahdi Alamri
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
341,380
Saudi Arabia
1,402
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Nadeem Sadiq Sheikh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,793
2,219
0.794
Organic Chemistry
Computational Chemistry
Material Design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
347,614
Saudi Arabia
1,439
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Nazish Parveen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,732
2,233
0.817
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
363,733
Saudi Arabia
1,543
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Awal Noor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,581
1,178
0.456
Organometallic chemistry
Polymer chemistry
Coordination chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
382,727
Saudi Arabia
1,636
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Mai Khalaf
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,415
2,217
0.918
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
385,557
Saudi Arabia
1,649
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Mohamed Bayome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,392
1,560
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
389,797
Saudi Arabia
1,676
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Suresh Sankaranarayanan
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
389,864
Saudi Arabia
1,677
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Ashraf Ma Metwally
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,358
817
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
412,891
Saudi Arabia
1,822
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Enshirah Da Na
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,182
1,304
0.598
Mesoporous and microporous materials
nanopartices
adsorption
heterogeneous catalysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
413,129
Saudi Arabia
1,825
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Muhammad Amer Latif
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,180
1,400
0.642
Almost Periodicity
Almost Automorphy
Analysis and Mathematical Inequalities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
422,627
Saudi Arabia
1,896
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Musrrat Ali
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,114
1,009
0.477
Numerical optimization
evolutionary computation
digital watermarking
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
433,255
Saudi Arabia
1,971
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Insaf S Babiker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,044
835
0.409
Remote sensing
GIS
Climate change
Environmental Hydrogeology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
435,786
Saudi Arabia
1,991
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Rebai Ben Ammar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,028
939
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
436,563
Saudi Arabia
1,996
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Nejdet Adanir
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,023
834
0.412
endodontics
adhesives
bleaching
dental trauma
dental biomaterials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
447,598
Saudi Arabia
2,066
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Md Maruf Hasan
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
449,696
Saudi Arabia
2,080
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Abdullah Alkhateeb Aljaafari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,940
1,197
0.617
Physics
Nanotechnology
Composites
Material Science
Energy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
453,239
Saudi Arabia
2,102
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Mir Waqas Alam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,919
1,635
0.852
Organic and photonic Devices
2D materials
Gas Sensors