Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Khalifa University of Science and Technology Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) 2025
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Blockchain
NFTs
Digital Twins
Cloud-Edge Computing
Cybersecurity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,560
18,490
0.899
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Blockchain
Edge-Cloud Computing
IoT-Smart Cities
Metaverse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,043
17,181
0.857
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Water
Food Packaging
Electrocatalysts
Membrane Separation
Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,219
16,407
0.707
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Smart Grids
Distributed Generation
Microgrids
Distribution system operation and control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,255
14,649
0.469
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Cyber Physical Systems
IoT
VLSI CAD
MEMS CAD
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,392
13,880
0.472
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Corrosion inhibition
Green corrosion inhibitors
Green Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,284
12,886
0.902
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
electron microscopy
materials science
physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,923
12,575
0.743
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
solid mechanics
mechanics of materials
computational mechanics
damage mechanics
additive manufacturing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,942
10,767
0.675
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Graphene
2D Materials
Membrane separations
sustainable desalination
Research Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,822
10,118
0.683
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Intelligent systems
cyber security
Big data analytics
Service-oriented computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,394
9,684
0.381
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Operations research
Optimization
Combinatorial optimization
Mathematical Programming
Metaheuristics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,295
9,662
0.330
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Composites
impact
fracture
manufacturing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,371
9,325
0.458
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Energy
Reaction Engineering
Fuel Cell
Photocatalysis
Wastewater treatment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,025
9,324
0.846
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Ionic liquids
deep eutectic solvents
green engineering
water and wastewater treatment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,689
9,240
0.675
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Cancer Biology
Cell Biology
Gene Editing.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,960
8,974
0.391
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
water purification
wastewater treatment and reuse
water desalination
and nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,816
8,279
0.843
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
separation materials
resource recovery
atmospheric water generation
catalytic membrane
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,915
7,737
0.780
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Applied Biotechnology
Environmental biochemistry
Protein folding/structure & function
natural products
cancer biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,184
7,647
0.628
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Digital Supply Chain
Blockchain & IoT
Supply Chain & Logistics
Healthcare Systems Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,971
7,585
0.952
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
chemical engineering
applied thermodynamics
separation technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,421
7,076
0.679
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Photovoltaic
graphene
battery
Supercapacitor
carbon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,728
6,804
0.496
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Membranes
Wastewater treatment
Environmental science
Food Packaging
Waste to Energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,697
6,636
0.991
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Robotics
Mechatronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,865
6,549
0.472
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Nanomaterials
membrane
cloud seeding materials
capacitive deionization
water purification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,072
6,541
0.465
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
neuroimaging
cognitive neuroscience
brain mapping
biomedical engineering
scholarly communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,806
6,505
0.439
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,358
12
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Khaled Salah
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,560
18,490
0.899
Blockchain
NFTs
Digital Twins
Cloud-Edge Computing
Cybersecurity
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,926
15
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ibrar Yaqoob
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,043
17,181
0.857
Blockchain
Edge-Cloud Computing
IoT-Smart Cities
Metaverse
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,018
17
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Fawzi Banat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,219
16,407
0.707
Water
Food Packaging
Electrocatalysts
Membrane Separation
Biotechnology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,000
22
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ehab El-Saadany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,255
14,649
0.469
Smart Grids
Distributed Generation
Microgrids
Distribution system operation and control
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,636
24
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ibrahim (Abe) M Elfadel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,392
13,880
0.472
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,169
29
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Chandrabhan Verma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,284
12,886
0.902
Corrosion inhibition
Green corrosion inhibitors
Green Chemistry
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,035
31
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Dalaver H Anjum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,923
12,575
0.743
electron microscopy
materials science
physics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,381
40
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Rashid K Abu Al-Rub
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,942
10,767
0.675
solid mechanics
mechanics of materials
computational mechanics
damage mechanics
additive manufacturing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,379
42
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Hassan Arafat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,822
10,118
0.683
Graphene
2D Materials
Membrane separations
sustainable desalination
Research Management
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,472
44
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ernesto Damiani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,394
9,684
0.381
Intelligent systems
cyber security
Big data analytics
Service-oriented computing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,592
46
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Nenad Mladenovic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,295
9,662
0.330
Operations research
Optimization
Combinatorial optimization
Mathematical Programming
Metaheuristics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,573
48
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Wesley Cantwell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,371
9,325
0.458
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,586
49
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Chin Kui Cheng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,025
9,324
0.846
Energy
Reaction Engineering
Fuel Cell
Photocatalysis
Wastewater treatment
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,082
50
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Inas Alnashef
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,689
9,240
0.675
Ionic liquids
deep eutectic solvents
green engineering
water and wastewater treatment
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,769
52
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mohamed Rahmani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,960
8,974
0.391
Cancer Biology
Cell Biology
Gene Editing.
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,710
58
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Shadi Wajih Hasan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,816
8,279
0.843
water purification
wastewater treatment and reuse
water desalination
and nanotechnology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,203
59
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ludovic (Ludo) Dumee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,915
7,737
0.780
separation materials
resource recovery
atmospheric water generation
catalytic membrane
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,027
60
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Syed Salman Ashraf
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,184
7,647
0.628
Applied Biotechnology
Environmental biochemistry
Protein folding/structure & function
natural products
cancer biology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,592
62
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Raja Jayaraman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,971
7,585
0.952
Digital Supply Chain
Blockchain & IoT
Supply Chain & Logistics
Healthcare Systems Engineering
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,800
69
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Maaike Kroon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,421
7,076
0.679
chemical engineering
applied thermodynamics
separation technology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,905
75
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Vinay Gupta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,728
6,804
0.496
Photovoltaic
graphene
battery
Supercapacitor
carbon
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,056
80
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Rambabu K
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,697
6,636
0.991
Membranes
Wastewater treatment
Environmental science
Food Packaging
Waste to Energy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,105
82
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Lakmal Seneviratne
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,865
6,549
0.472
Robotics
Mechatronics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,226
83
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Linda Zou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,072
6,541
0.465
Nanomaterials
membrane
cloud seeding materials
capacitive deionization
water purification
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,688
84
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mohamed L Seghier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,806
6,505
0.439
neuroimaging
cognitive neuroscience
brain mapping
biomedical engineering
scholarly communication