Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 784 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
Applied Mathematics
Fluid Mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,541
19,495
0.599
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Bioethics
Molecular Systematics
Agriculture Biotechnology
Medicinal Plants Ecology
Sustainable
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,759
14,620
0.590
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Microbiology
Disease Burden
Anti-infective Therapeutics
Microbial Informatics
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,440
15,268
0.989
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Plant Biodiversity
Applied Botany
Plant Taxonomy
Ethnobotany
Biodiesel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,210
14,023
0.661
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Applied Mathematics
Fluid Mechanics
Heat Transfer
Partial Differential Equations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,040
11,658
0.612
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Environmental Health
Contaminants and Exposure
ecotoxicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,472
10,633
0.576
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Environmental chemistry
Soil chemistry
Remediation
Waste management
Biochar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,652
10,648
0.639
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,738
10,387
0.705
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Plant Tissue Culture
Medicinal Plant Biotechnology
Bioprocess Technology
Green synthesis of nanoparticle
secondary metabolis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,281
9,891
0.745
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Applied Economics
International Economics
Environmental Economics
Islamic Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,103
8,275
0.909
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
First Pharmacological evaluation of local medicinal plants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,914
8,125
0.545
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,000
7,486
0.749
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,892
6,674
0.518
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,924
6,440
0.498
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Molecular Biology
Genetics and Fisheries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,820
6,185
0.523
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
polymer chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,101
5,804
0.638
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
New drug discovery
Pharmacognosy and pharmacology
Plant Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,506
5,518
0.735
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Genetic Transformation
Medicinal Plants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,997
4,882
0.543
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Fluid Mechanics
Entropy generation
Hybrid nanofluid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,675
4,967
0.744
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,261
4,925
0.678
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
MATLAB Programming
Numerical Methods
Computational Fluid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,151
4,878
0.793
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Biological Inorganic Chemistry
Crystallography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,420
4,810
0.648
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Nanomedicine
Pharmaceutics
Nanotechnology
Tumor targeting
Drug delivery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,202
4,736
0.910
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Plant Sciences
Molecular Plant Biology
Plant Genetics
Stress Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,240
4,229
0.997
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Fuzzy algebraic structures
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,251
4,188
0.453
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,732
21
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Sohail Nadeem Ti
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,541
19,495
0.599
Applied Mathematics
Fluid Mechanics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,123
37
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Zabta K Shinwari
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,759
14,620
0.590
Bioethics
Molecular Systematics
Agriculture Biotechnology
Medicinal Plants Ecology
Sustainable
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,451
39
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Sajjad Ahmad
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,440
15,268
0.989
Microbiology
Disease Burden
Anti-infective Therapeutics
Microbial Informatics
Epidemiology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,460
44
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mushtaq Ahmad
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,210
14,023
0.661
Plant Biodiversity
Applied Botany
Plant Taxonomy
Ethnobotany
Biodiesel
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,107
58
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Masood Khan|M. Khan
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,040
11,658
0.612
Applied Mathematics
Fluid Mechanics
Heat Transfer
Partial Differential Equations
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,621
68
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Riffat Naseem Malik
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,472
10,633
0.576
Environmental Health
Contaminants and Exposure
ecotoxicology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,687
69
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mahtab Ahmad
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,652
10,648
0.639
Environmental chemistry
Soil chemistry
Remediation
Waste management
Biochar
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,701
72
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Muhammad Zafar
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,738
10,387
0.705
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,861
78
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Bilal Haider Abbasi
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,281
9,891
0.745
Plant Tissue Culture
Medicinal Plant Biotechnology
Bioprocess Technology
Green synthesis of nanoparticle
secondary metabolis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,096
113
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Muhammad Tariq Majeed
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,103
8,275
0.909
Applied Economics
International Economics
Environmental Economics
Islamic Economics
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,166
114
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Muhammad Rashid Khan
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,914
8,125
0.545
First Pharmacological evaluation of local medicinal plants
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,898
132
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Muhammad Zia
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,000
7,486
0.749
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,607
157
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Aamer Ali Shah
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,892
6,674
0.518
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,259
163
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Fariha Hasan
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,924
6,440
0.498
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,908
177
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Muhammad Ali
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,820
6,185
0.523
Molecular Biology
Genetics and Fisheries
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,804
204
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Muhammad Siddiq
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,101
5,804
0.638
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,538
212
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ihsan Ul Haq
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,506
5,518
0.735
New drug discovery
Pharmacognosy and pharmacology
Plant Biochemistry
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,945
267
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Bushra Mirza
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,997
4,882
0.543
Genetic Transformation
Medicinal Plants
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,549
273
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sohail Ahmad Khan
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,675
4,967
0.744
Fluid Mechanics
Entropy generation
Hybrid nanofluid
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,644
275
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Tariq Mahmood
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,261
4,925
0.678
Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,604
280
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Taimoor Salahuddin
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,151
4,878
0.793
MATLAB Programming
Numerical Methods
Computational Fluid
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,227
284
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Muhammad Khawar Rauf
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,420
4,810
0.648
Biological Inorganic Chemistry
Crystallography
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,485
304
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Fakhar Ud Din
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,202
4,736
0.910
Nanomedicine
Pharmaceutics
Nanotechnology
Tumor targeting
Drug delivery
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
102,886
341
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Baber Ali
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,240
4,229
0.997
Plant Sciences
Molecular Plant Biology
Plant Genetics
Stress Physiology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,656
365
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Muhammad Shabir
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,251
4,188
0.453
Fuzzy algebraic structures
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