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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 526 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
Financial Economics
Financial Econometrics
Time Series Analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,635
1,743
0.480
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Environmental Microbiology
Microbial Ecology
Environmental Monitoring
Food Microbiology
Publi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,605
1,495
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
advertising
agenda setting
international
globa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,605
993
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Sociolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,592
1,176
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Associate Professo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,509
2,214
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Environmental Remote Sensing and Satellite Image Processing
Research Management
Water Resources
Solar Resource Mapping and A
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,453
1,878
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Security
WSN and IoT
Next Generation Networks
Mobile and Wireless Networks
Cloud Computin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,414
2,848
0.834
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Computer Vision
Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,286
3,273
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Complex Differential Equations
Schrodinger Equation
Mathematical Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,255
880
0.270
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Touris
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,237
2,649
0.818
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Web Security
Network Security
Intrusion Detection
AI Applications
Pattern Matchin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,212
2,438
0.759
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Urban Sustainability
Atmospheric Chemistry
Schumann Resonance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,124
642
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Computer Vision
Deep Learning
Vision-Language
Generative A
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,079
3,077
0.999
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Machine Learning
LLM
Databases
Information Retrieval
Edge M
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,047
1,066
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Blockchain
Machine learning
ICT for Healthcare
Distributed System
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,046
2,918
0.958
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
search engine optimization
social media
personal value
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,027
2,402
0.794
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
informatics
knowledge management
intelligent systems
touris
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,965
1,091
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Bioimaging modeling (AI)
Human Computer Interaction
Blockchain
Quantum Computing
Sustainabilit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,919
2,221
0.761
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Financial economics
banking
investment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,880
1,208
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Data Science
Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,565
526
0.205
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Employees and CSR
Corporate Social Responsibility
CSR Communication
Employees
Internal relation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,555
2,130
0.834
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Medical Image Analysis
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Deep learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,474
1,922
0.777
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
ecological economics
sustainable enterprise
sustainability literacy
activist pedagogie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,462
458
0.186
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Medical Images
Signal Processing and Remote Sensin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,456
2,061
0.839
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Discourse studies
media and cultural studies
ethnomethodology
visual studies
memory and national identit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,438
537
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
290,512
462
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Costas Siriopoulos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,635
1,743
0.480
Financial Economics
Financial Econometrics
Time Series Analysi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
292,540
471
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Munawwar Ali Khan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,605
1,495
0.415
Environmental Microbiology
Microbial Ecology
Environmental Monitoring
Food Microbiology
Publi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
292,561
472
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Marilyn Roberts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,605
993
0.275
advertising
agenda setting
international
globa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
293,510
475
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Habibul Haque Khondker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,592
1,176
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
299,436
494
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Haleama Al Sabbah
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,509
2,214
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
303,637
501
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Hosni Ghedira
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,453
1,878
0.544
Environmental Remote Sensing and Satellite Image Processing
Research Management
Water Resources
Solar Resource Mapping and A
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
306,419
506
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Omar Alfandi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,414
2,848
0.834
Security
WSN and IoT
Next Generation Networks
Mobile and Wireless Networks
Cloud Computin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
316,543
526
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Guangyi Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,286
3,273
0.996
Computer Vision
Machine Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
319,114
532
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Benbourenane, Jamal|Benbourenane, Djamal, Benbourenane, Djamel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,255
880
0.270
Complex Differential Equations
Schrodinger Equation
Mathematical Physic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
320,490
533
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Paolo Mura
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,237
2,649
0.818
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
322,538
538
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Monther Aldwairi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,212
2,438
0.759
Web Security
Network Security
Intrusion Detection
AI Applications
Pattern Matchin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
330,147
551
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Robert Boldi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,124
642
0.206
Urban Sustainability
Atmospheric Chemistry
Schumann Resonance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
333,992
555
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Muhammad Maaz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,079
3,077
0.999
Computer Vision
Deep Learning
Vision-Language
Generative A
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
336,848
564
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Hakim Hacid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,047
1,066
0.350
Machine Learning
LLM
Databases
Information Retrieval
Edge M
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
336,874
565
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Nishara Nizamuddin|N NISHARA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,046
2,918
0.958
Blockchain
Machine learning
ICT for Healthcare
Distributed System
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
338,582
567
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Timothy M Daly
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,027
2,402
0.794
search engine optimization
social media
personal value
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
344,444
580
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
John Gammack
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,965
1,091
0.368
informatics
knowledge management
intelligent systems
touris
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
348,787
591
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Ashraf Khalil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,919
2,221
0.761
Bioimaging modeling (AI)
Human Computer Interaction
Blockchain
Quantum Computing
Sustainabilit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
352,594
602
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Dennis Olson|Dennis O Olson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,880
1,208
0.419
Financial economics
banking
investment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
386,431
662
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Farhi Marir
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,565
526
0.205
Data Science
Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
387,487
663
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Ganga S Dhanesh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,555
2,130
0.834
Employees and CSR
Corporate Social Responsibility
CSR Communication
Employees
Internal relation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
396,935
678
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Mohammad Yaqub
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,474
1,922
0.777
Medical Image Analysis
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Deep learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
398,576
683
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Jeremy B Williams
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,462
458
0.186
ecological economics
sustainable enterprise
sustainability literacy
activist pedagogie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
399,204
687
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Fatma Taher
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,456
2,061
0.839
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
401,538
695
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Lena Jayyusi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,438
537
0.220
Discourse studies
media and cultural studies
ethnomethodology
visual studies
memory and national identit