Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: Scientists Last 6 years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Nutraceuticals
Phytogenics
Culinary Herbs
Microgreens
Vertical farming
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,497
3,711
0.675
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Plant Molecular Taxonomy
Lamiaceae
Anthemideae
Essential Oil
Medicinal Plants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,580
2,823
0.506
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Fisheries and Wildlife
Vertebrate Population Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,064
1,508
0.492
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Plant Molecular Physiology
Biotechnology
Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,694
1,418
0.526
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Crop Modelling
Climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,562
1,048
0.671
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Environmental Sustainability
Environmental Social Sciences
Agroecology and Regenerative
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,114
766
0.688
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Agroecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,368
755
0.552
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Marine stress ecology
Climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
980
722
0.737
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Agrobiodiversity
Ecological Agriculture
Peri-urban Agriculture
Ecosystem Services
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,179
659
0.559
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Diversity and Plant conservation
Palynology
Bee Products
phyto-chemical diversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,044
654
0.626
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Analytical methods
Methods of Soil and Water analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
612
337
0.551
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Plant science
Plant Ecophysiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
365
292
0.800
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Smart Food Design and Innovation Food Processing Cellular agriculture (Cultivated meat) Process
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151
148
0.980
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
82
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Animal Study
Cell Culture
Cytotoxicity
Bio spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
59
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Agro-ecology
Ecosystem services
Sustainable Agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
22
0.431
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
plant sciences and biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
12
1.000
Javad Hadian
Shahid Beheshti University
Tehran, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,497
3,711
0.675
Nutraceuticals
Phytogenics
Culinary Herbs
Microgreens
Vertical farming
Ali Sonboli
Shahid Beheshti University
Tehran, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,580
2,823
0.506
Plant Molecular Taxonomy
Lamiaceae
Anthemideae
Essential Oil
Medicinal Plants
Bahram H Kiabi
Shahid Beheshti University
Tehran, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,064
1,508
0.492
Fisheries and Wildlife
Vertebrate Population Ecology
Hossein Askari
Shahid Beheshti University
Tehran, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,694
1,418
0.526
Plant Molecular Physiology
Biotechnology
Molecular Biology
Reza Deihimfard
Shahid Beheshti University
Tehran, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,562
1,048
0.671
Hadi Veisi
Shahid Beheshti University
Tehran, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,114
766
0.688
Environmental Sustainability
Environmental Social Sciences
Agroecology and Regenerative
Abdolmajid Mahdavi Damghani
Shahid Beheshti University
Tehran, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,368
755
0.552
Ali Nasrolahi
Shahid Beheshti University
Tehran, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
980
722
0.737
Marine stress ecology
Climate change
Korous Khoshbakht
Shahid Beheshti University
Tehran, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,179
659
0.559
Agrobiodiversity
Ecological Agriculture
Peri-urban Agriculture
Ecosystem Services
Ahmadreza Mehrabian
Shahid Beheshti University
Tehran, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,044
654
0.626
Diversity and Plant conservation
Palynology
Bee Products
phyto-chemical diversity
Kobra Sadat Hasheminasab
Shahid Beheshti University
Tehran, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
612
337
0.551
Analytical methods
Methods of Soil and Water analysis
Sara Safikhan
Shahid Beheshti University
Tehran, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
365
292
0.800
Plant science
Plant Ecophysiology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Negin Rezaei Savadkouhi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151
148
0.980
Smart Food Design and Innovation Food Processing Cellular agriculture (Cultivated meat) Process
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ghasem Eghlima
Shahid Beheshti University
Tehran, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
82
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Golrokh Farnam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
59
1.000
Animal Study
Cell Culture
Cytotoxicity
Bio spectroscopy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Seyedeh Samaneh Sohrabi
Shahid Beheshti University
Tehran, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
22
0.431
Agro-ecology
Ecosystem services
Sustainable Agriculture
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Anahita Ahangir
Shahid Beheshti University
Tehran, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
12
1.000
plant sciences and biotechnology