Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science Highly Cited Researchers 37 Scientists Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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.
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Fuzzy algebraic structures
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,161
4,078
0.445
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
social media analytics
social computing
social network analysis
network science
data science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,492
1,987
0.797
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Applications of Machine Learning in Software Engineering
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,918
883
0.460
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
agents
modelling and simulation
environment modelling
Data Mining
machine learning and image processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
965
777
0.805
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Information Systems
Machine Learning
NLP
Computational Cryptography
Recommender Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
748
505
0.675
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Finite Fields / Cryptography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
493
478
0.970
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Social Network Analysis
Graph Machine Learning
Graph Neural Networks
Gen AI
Data Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
439
399
0.909
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Human Information Interaction and Multimedia Information Retrieval
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
437
376
0.860
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Software testing
algorithm design and analysis
automata learning
learning-based testing
formal methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
568
355
0.625
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Machine Learning
Image Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
383
302
0.789
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Application of Machine learning in IoT
Stochastic Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
281
280
0.996
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Information Retrieval
Machine Learning
Natural Language Processing
Recommender Systems
Social
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
276
268
0.971
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Intrusion Detection
Few-Shot Learning
Self-Supervise Learning
Deep Learning
IoT/IoV
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
262
261
0.996
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Pattern Recognition
Computer Vision
Data Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
269
244
0.907
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Detection
Machine Learning
Scattering from Random Media
Metamaterials
plasmonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
477
224
0.470
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Elliptic curve
Mathematical Cryptography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199
194
0.975
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Information Security
Block ciphers
Mathematical Cryptography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195
191
0.979
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Internet of Things
Edge Computing
Machine Learning
Grid Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183
159
0.869
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Artificial Intellegence
Machine Learning
Computer Vision Image Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
155
0.994
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Cyber Security
Machine Learning
IoT
Data Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
153
0.981
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
153
0.981
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Computer Vision
AI
DL
Medical Image processing
Computational Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
117
0.921
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Machine Learning
Social Network Analysis
Data Science
Recommendation System
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
105
0.972
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Cybersecurity
cryptography
image encryption
data network security
and artificial intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
100
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Artificial Intelligence
Natural Language & Speech
Social Computing
Internet of Things
Data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
98
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,941
371
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Muhammad Shabir
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,161
4,078
0.445
Fuzzy algebraic structures
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
242,193
1,042
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Rabeeh Abbasi
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,492
1,987
0.797
social media analytics
social computing
social network analysis
network science
data science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
488,374
2,550
111
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Onaiza Maqbool
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,918
883
0.460
Applications of Machine Learning in Software Engineering
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
534,210
2,909
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ghazanfar Farooq Siddiqui ( GF Siddiqui)
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
965
777
0.805
agents
modelling and simulation
environment modelling
Data Mining
machine learning and image processing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
694,014
4,087
153
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Khalid Saleem
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
748
505
0.675
Information Systems
Machine Learning
NLP
Computational Cryptography
Recommender Systems
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
715,954
4,264
158
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Dawood Shah
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
493
478
0.970
Finite Fields / Cryptography
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
791,384
4,931
179
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Anwar Said
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
439
399
0.909
Social Network Analysis
Graph Machine Learning
Graph Neural Networks
Gen AI
Data Science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
816,960
5,126
182
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Umer Rashid
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
437
376
0.860
Human Information Interaction and Multimedia Information Retrieval
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
841,563
5,324
191
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Muddassar Azam Sindhu
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
568
355
0.625
Software testing
algorithm design and analysis
automata learning
learning-based testing
formal methods
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
913,844
5,984
212
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Syed Muhammad Naqi
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
383
302
0.789
Machine Learning
Image Processing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
949,161
6,319
222
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Muhammad Almas Khan
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
281
280
0.996
Application of Machine learning in IoT
Stochastic Modeling
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
969,320
6,515
227
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Akmal Khattak
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
276
268
0.971
Information Retrieval
Machine Learning
Natural Language Processing
Recommender Systems
Social
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
981,749
6,642
234
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Safi Ullah
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
262
261
0.996
Intrusion Detection
Few-Shot Learning
Self-Supervise Learning
Deep Learning
IoT/IoV
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,013,096
6,951
243
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Tehreem Qasim
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
269
244
0.907
Pattern Recognition
Computer Vision
Data Science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,052,322
7,395
265
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Muhammad Arshad Fiaz
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
477
224
0.470
Detection
Machine Learning
Scattering from Random Media
Metamaterials
plasmonics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,122,224
8,161
288
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ijaz Khalid
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199
194
0.975
Elliptic curve
Mathematical Cryptography
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,129,723
8,251
293
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Adnan Javeed
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195
191
0.979
Information Security
Block ciphers
Mathematical Cryptography
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,217,429
9,225
330
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Aroosa Hameed
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183
159
0.869
Internet of Things
Edge Computing
Machine Learning
Grid Computing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,230,409
9,369
341
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Najmul Hassan
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
155
0.994
Artificial Intellegence
Machine Learning
Computer Vision Image Processing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,236,427
9,449
343
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Adeel Abbas
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
153
0.981
Cyber Security
Machine Learning
IoT
Data Science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,236,427
9,449
343
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Maria Ajaz
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
153
0.981
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,363,463
10,936
391
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Saqib Iqbal
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
117
0.921
Computer Vision
AI
DL
Medical Image processing
Computational Modeling
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,413,832
11,545
403
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Muhammad Ali Masood
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
105
0.972
Machine Learning
Social Network Analysis
Data Science
Recommendation System
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,437,290
11,823
414
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jameel Arif
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
100
1.000
Cybersecurity
cryptography
image encryption
data network security
and artificial intelligence
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,446,592
11,928
418
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Sadaf Hussain Janjua
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
98
1.000
Artificial Intelligence
Natural Language & Speech
Social Computing
Internet of Things
Data