Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 339 Scientists Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
74,973
World Rank
177
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Medicinal plants chemistry and biolog
Medicinal plants chemistry and biolog
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Total6,785
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Last 6 Years5,922
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Last 6 Years / Total0.873
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
242,676
World Rank
760
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Engineering & Technology / Petroleum Engineering
Petroleum and Environmental Biotechnology | Biofuels | Nano-Biotechnology | Biovalorization of Wastes | Sustainable Developmen
Petroleum and Environmental Biotechnology | Biofuels | Nano-Biotechnology | Biovalorization of Wastes | Sustainable Developmen
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Total3,344
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Last 6 Years2,162
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Last 6 Years / Total0.647
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
332,156
World Rank
1,175
Country Rank
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
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Total2,045
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Last 6 Years1,554
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Last 6 Years / Total0.760
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
345,257
World Rank
1,257
Country Rank
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Differential Evolution | Optimization | Computational Intelligence | Machine Learnin
Differential Evolution | Optimization | Computational Intelligence | Machine Learnin
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Total1,531
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Last 6 Years1,488
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Last 6 Years / Total0.972
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
385,223
World Rank
1,500
Country Rank
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Sports activity recognition | Human Computer Interaction | Smart Environments | Ubiquitous computin
Sports activity recognition | Human Computer Interaction | Smart Environments | Ubiquitous computin
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Total1,665
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Last 6 Years1,308
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Last 6 Years / Total0.786
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
390,741
World Rank
1,525
Country Rank
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
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Total1,361
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Last 6 Years1,286
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Last 6 Years / Total0.945
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
436,245
World Rank
1,797
Country Rank
7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
AI in Pharmaceutics | Design of Experiments | Drug delivery | Nanomedecine | Formulation Optimizatio
AI in Pharmaceutics | Design of Experiments | Drug delivery | Nanomedecine | Formulation Optimizatio
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Total1,132
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Last 6 Years1,120
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Last 6 Years / Total0.989
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
457,136
World Rank
1,897
Country Rank
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
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Total1,137
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Last 6 Years1,053
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Last 6 Years / Total0.926
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
501,729
World Rank
2,188
Country Rank
9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
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Total971
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Last 6 Years926
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Last 6 Years / Total0.954
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
510,081
World Rank
2,253
Country Rank
10
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
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Total2,248
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Last 6 Years904
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Last 6 Years / Total0.402
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
592,699
World Rank
2,918
Country Rank
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
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Total952
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Last 6 Years721
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Last 6 Years / Total0.757
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
631,971
World Rank
3,240
Country Rank
12
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
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Total679
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Last 6 Years649
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Last 6 Years / Total0.956
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
646,034
World Rank
3,360
Country Rank
13
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
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Total1,550
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Last 6 Years625
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Last 6 Years / Total0.403
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
659,984
World Rank
3,481
Country Rank
14
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Natural Products | Phytochemistry | Nutraceutical
Natural Products | Phytochemistry | Nutraceutical
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Total657
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Last 6 Years603
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Last 6 Years / Total0.918
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
682,670
World Rank
3,651
Country Rank
15
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
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Total632
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Last 6 Years569
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Last 6 Years / Total0.900
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
694,634
World Rank
3,758
Country Rank
16
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
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Total664
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Last 6 Years552
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Last 6 Years / Total0.831
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
719,083
World Rank
3,980
Country Rank
17
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Engineering & Technology / Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Electromagnetic Waves | Biomedical Applications | Flexible Wearable Antennas | EBG/AMC | Wideband and Multiband Antenna
Electromagnetic Waves | Biomedical Applications | Flexible Wearable Antennas | EBG/AMC | Wideband and Multiband Antenna
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Total541
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Last 6 Years520
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Last 6 Years / Total0.961
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
722,187
World Rank
4,003
Country Rank
18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
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Total542
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Last 6 Years516
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Last 6 Years / Total0.952
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
795,328
World Rank
4,645
Country Rank
19
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Data Management and Retrieval | Data Engineering and Integration | Data Science | Database | Data-warehous
Data Management and Retrieval | Data Engineering and Integration | Data Science | Database | Data-warehous
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Total918
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Last 6 Years434
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Last 6 Years / Total0.473
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
823,716
World Rank
4,899
Country Rank
20
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Social Sciences / Arts
Strategic Management | Production-Operations MGT | Supply Chain MGT | Higher Education | Sustainabilit
Strategic Management | Production-Operations MGT | Supply Chain MGT | Higher Education | Sustainabilit
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Total434
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Last 6 Years407
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Last 6 Years / Total0.938
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
878,103
World Rank
5,429
Country Rank
21
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Formulation of Drug delivery system
Formulation of Drug delivery system
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Total601
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Last 6 Years360
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Last 6 Years / Total0.599
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
881,520
World Rank
5,458
Country Rank
22
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
Plant Molecular Biology | Proteomics and Protien Engineerin
Plant Molecular Biology | Proteomics and Protien Engineerin
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Total1,052
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Last 6 Years357
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Last 6 Years / Total0.339
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
907,289
World Rank
5,748
Country Rank
23
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
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Total367
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Last 6 Years338
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Last 6 Years / Total0.921
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
927,799
World Rank
5,983
Country Rank
25
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry | Drug design | Biological Chemistr
Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry | Drug design | Biological Chemistr
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Total493
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Last 6 Years323
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Last 6 Years / Total0.655
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings
926,928
World Rank
5,968
Country Rank
24
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Pharmacognosy | Phytochemistry | Natural Products | Metabolomics | Chromatography and Mass Spectroscop
Pharmacognosy | Phytochemistry | Natural Products | Metabolomics | Chromatography and Mass Spectroscop
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Total336
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Last 6 Years324
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Last 6 Years / Total0.964
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