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
Data Envelopment Analysis
Supply Chain Management
Production and Operation Management
Knowledge Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,221
21,007
0.990
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Machine vision
Machine learning
Parallel and distributed systems
Intelligent transportation systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,971
6,363
0.532
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Data Mining
Natural Language Processing
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,093
4,476
0.553
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Robotics
Nanorobotics
Mobile Robot
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,889
3,560
0.517
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Earthquake Engineering
Civil Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,038
2,003
0.983
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
optoelectronics
Nanoelectronics
Quantum electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,231
1,348
0.604
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Fuzzy Cognitive Maps
Machine Learning
Computer vision
Autonomous Vehicles
Deep Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,493
1,285
0.861
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Modeling and Simulation
Petri Nets
Quantitative Evaluation
Security and Privacy
Trustworthy Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,470
1,250
0.506
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Software Testing
Compiler Design
Software Engineering
Reverse Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,923
1,041
0.541
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Artificial Intelligence
Multi-agent systems
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,888
961
0.509
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Distributed Systems
High Performance Computing
System Software
Cloud and Grid Computing
Complex Event Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,988
958
0.321
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Image & Video Processing
Medical Image Processing
Computer Vision
Remote Sensing
Pattern Recognition.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,632
945
0.579
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Metaheuristics
Optimization
Rail Trnsportation Planning
Matheuristics
Data Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,433
845
0.590
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Data mining-Data analysis
Data envelopment analysis
Process & system management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
876
765
0.873
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Performance Evaluation
Distributed Systems
Cloud Computing
Modeling and Simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,321
648
0.491
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Computer Networks
Cyber Security
Signal and Data processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,654
646
0.391
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
801
573
0.715
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Optimization
Machine Learning
Structural Health Monitoring
Reliability
Emergency management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
618
553
0.895
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Machine Learning
Data Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
994
539
0.542
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Cybersecurity
Cyber Security
Multi-Valued Logic
Remote Sensing
Sound and Acoustics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,217
535
0.440
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Artificial Intelligence
Optimization
Networking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,444
526
0.364
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Computational Design
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Performance Based Design
Data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
525
517
0.985
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Signal Processing and Data Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
953
501
0.526
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Computer-Aided Engineering
Fracture Mechanics
Constitutive Modeling of Reinforced Concrete and Steel Structures
Earthquake En
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
547
494
0.903
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
data mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
646
477
0.738
Mohsen Fathollah Bayati
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,221
21,007
0.990
Data Envelopment Analysis
Supply Chain Management
Production and Operation Management
Knowledge Management
Mahmood Fathy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,971
6,363
0.532
Machine vision
Machine learning
Parallel and distributed systems
Intelligent transportation systems
Behrouz Minaei Bidgoli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,093
4,476
0.553
Data Mining
Natural Language Processing
Machine Learning
MH Korayem
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,889
3,560
0.517
Robotics
Nanorobotics
Mobile Robot
Armin Dadras Eslamlou|Armin Dadras
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,038
2,003
0.983
Earthquake Engineering
Civil Engineering
Shahram Mohammadnejad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,231
1,348
0.604
optoelectronics
Nanoelectronics
Quantum electronics
Abdollah Amirkhani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,493
1,285
0.861
Fuzzy Cognitive Maps
Machine Learning
Computer vision
Autonomous Vehicles
Deep Learning
Mohammad Abdollahi Azgomi|M Abdollahi Azgomi, M A Azgomi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,470
1,250
0.506
Modeling and Simulation
Petri Nets
Quantitative Evaluation
Security and Privacy
Trustworthy Computing
Saeed Parsa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,923
1,041
0.541
Software Testing
Compiler Design
Software Engineering
Reverse Engineering
Nasser Mozayani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,888
961
0.509
Artificial Intelligence
Multi-agent systems
Machine Learning
Mohsen Sharifi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,988
958
0.321
Distributed Systems
High Performance Computing
System Software
Cloud and Grid Computing
Complex Event Processing
Mohsen Soryani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,632
945
0.579
Image & Video Processing
Medical Image Processing
Computer Vision
Remote Sensing
Pattern Recognition.
Masoud Yaghini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,433
845
0.590
Metaheuristics
Optimization
Rail Trnsportation Planning
Matheuristics
Data Mining
Abdorrahman Haeri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
876
765
0.873
Data mining-Data analysis
Data envelopment analysis
Process & system management
Reza Entezari Maleki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,321
648
0.491
Performance Evaluation
Distributed Systems
Cloud Computing
Modeling and Simulation
Ahmad Akbari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,654
646
0.391
Computer Networks
Cyber Security
Signal and Data processing
Neda Farhoudi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
801
573
0.715
Seyed Mohammad Javadi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
618
553
0.895
Optimization
Machine Learning
Structural Health Monitoring
Reliability
Emergency management
Mohammad Reza Kangavari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
994
539
0.542
Machine Learning
Data Mining
Peyman Kabiri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,217
535
0.440
Cybersecurity
Cyber Security
Multi-Valued Logic
Remote Sensing
Sound and Acoustics
Morteza Analoui
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,444
526
0.364
Artificial Intelligence
Optimization
Networking
Morteza Rahbar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
525
517
0.985
Computational Design
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Performance Based Design
Data
MH Kahaei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
953
501
0.526
Signal Processing and Data Science
Vahid Broujerdian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
547
494
0.903
Computer-Aided Engineering
Fracture Mechanics
Constitutive Modeling of Reinforced Concrete and Steel Structures
Earthquake En
Javad Asadi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
646
477
0.738