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
serverless computing and edge applications
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,858
8,915
0.529
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Data Analytics
Optimization
Cloud Computing
Computer Networks
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,396
878
0.629
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
IoTCloud
HPC
Energy Efficiency
Serverless Computing
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
947
594
0.627
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Responsible Computing
Explainability of ML models
Interpretable AI
AI for Social Good
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
651
556
0.854
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Big Data Analytics
Deep learning
Machine Learning
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
460
451
0.980
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Machine Learning
Data Mining
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
478
413
0.864
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Analytical and Computational Methods
Fractional Differential equation
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
637
411
0.645
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Wireless Networks
Internet of Things
Data Security and Privacy
UAV
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
476
348
0.731
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Smart Home Security
Internet of Things
Data Privacy
Network & Information Security.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
400
297
0.743
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Data Mining
Machine Learning
Pattern Mining
Federated Learning
Edge Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
327
256
0.783
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Hardware Accelerators
VLSI Design
FPGA
Reconfigurable Computing
Hardware Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
272
243
0.893
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Distributed Computing
Microservices
Serverless Computing
Cloud Computing
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
291
238
0.818
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Machine Learning
Soft Computing
Computer Vision
Computational Science & Engineering
Computer Speech & Natural Language Tech
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
456
224
0.491
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Software Defined Networks
IoT
WSN
Image and video processing
deep learning
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238
221
0.929
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Machine Learning
Data Mining
Soft Computing
Soil Science
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
220
220
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Computer Vision
Responsible AI
Explainability
Deep Learning
Fuzzy Logic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193
183
0.948
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Image Processing
Computer Vision
Neural Networks
Machine Learning
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
174
146
0.839
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Evolutionary computation
Surrogate optimization
Reinforcement learning
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151
145
0.960
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Numerical methods
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Spectral Method
Applied PDEs.
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
134
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Multimodal Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Natural Language Processing
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
131
0.992
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Recommender Systems and Transfer learning
Data Science and Machine Learning
Computer Vision and Image Processing
Natural Lang
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
130
0.922
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
NLP
Sentiment Analysis
Data Mining
Information Management
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166
129
0.777
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Machine Learning
Social Network Analysis
Data Analytics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
103
0.990
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Data Security
Applied Cryptography
Blockchain Technology
Lightweight Cryptography
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
92
0.748
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Pairing based Cryptography
Attribute Based Encryption
Zero-Knowledge Protocol
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
69
0.476
Sreekanth Iiitk
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16,858
8,915
0.529
P Victer Paul
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,396
878
0.629
Data Analytics
Optimization
Cloud Computing
Computer Networks
Shajulin Benedict
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
947
594
0.627
IoTCloud
HPC
Energy Efficiency
Serverless Computing
Ebin Deni Raj
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
651
556
0.854
Responsible Computing
Explainability of ML models
Interpretable AI
AI for Social Good
Jv Bibal Benifa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
460
451
0.980
Big Data Analytics
Deep learning
Machine Learning
Keshab Nath
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
478
413
0.864
Machine Learning
Data Mining
T Bakkyaraj
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
637
411
0.645
Analytical and Computational Methods
Fractional Differential equation
Ragesh GK
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
476
348
0.731
Wireless Networks
Internet of Things
Data Security and Privacy
UAV
Arun Cyril Jose
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
400
297
0.743
Smart Home Security
Internet of Things
Data Privacy
Network & Information Security.
Jayakrushna Sahoo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
327
256
0.783
Data Mining
Machine Learning
Pattern Mining
Federated Learning
Edge Computing
Kala S
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
272
243
0.893
Hardware Accelerators
VLSI Design
FPGA
Reconfigurable Computing
Hardware Security
Christina Terese Joseph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
291
238
0.818
Distributed Computing
Microservices
Serverless Computing
Cloud Computing
Machine Learning
NK Narayanan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
456
224
0.491
Machine Learning
Soft Computing
Computer Vision
Computational Science & Engineering
Computer Speech & Natural Language Tech
Koppala Guravaiah
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238
221
0.929
Software Defined Networks
IoT
WSN
Image and video processing
deep learning
Suchithra Ms
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
220
220
1.000
Machine Learning
Data Mining
Soft Computing
Soil Science
Jeena Thomas
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193
183
0.948
Computer Vision
Responsible AI
Explainability
Deep Learning
Fuzzy Logic
Sivaiah Bellamkonda
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
174
146
0.839
Image Processing
Computer Vision
Neural Networks
Machine Learning
Susheel Kumar Joshi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151
145
0.960
Evolutionary computation
Surrogate optimization
Reinforcement learning
Avinash Kumar Mittal
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
134
1.000
Numerical methods
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Spectral Method
Applied PDEs.
Nikhil Kumar Ghanghor
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
131
0.992
Multimodal Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Natural Language Processing
Selvi Chandran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
130
0.922
Recommender Systems and Transfer learning
Data Science and Machine Learning
Computer Vision and Image Processing
Natural Lang
Konjengbam Anand
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166
129
0.777
NLP
Sentiment Analysis
Data Mining
Information Management
Cinu C Kiliroor
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
103
0.990
Machine Learning
Social Network Analysis
Data Analytics
Panchami V
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
92
0.748
Data Security
Applied Cryptography
Blockchain Technology
Lightweight Cryptography
A Balu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
69
0.476
Pairing based Cryptography
Attribute Based Encryption
Zero-Knowledge Protocol