The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Food Nanotechnology
Nanoencapsulation
Nanoemulsions
Nano-delivery systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,007
40,945
0.871
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Aquaculture
Immunomodulation
Fish Nutrition
Feed Additives
Prebiotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,023
15,734
0.873
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Crop Modeling
Crop Physiology and Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,764
4,585
0.523
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Sea food safety and preservation
bioactive compound extraction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,372
3,615
0.673
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Pedology
Loess-paleosols
Micropedology
Clay mineralogy
Soil Carbonate
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,211
2,671
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Land Use Planning
Spatial Optimization
Urban Modeling
Landscape Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,167
2,749
0.660
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Aquaculture
Immunonutrition
RNA Seq
Transcriptomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,772
3,276
0.869
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Aquatic Toxicology
Marine Biology
Aquatic Ecology
Environmental Pollution
Microplastic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,422
2,422
0.708
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
biodiversity
conservation genetics
molecular ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,077
1,753
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Emerging food technologies
Bioavailability
Smart Packaging
Nanomaterial Synthesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,068
2,598
0.847
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Renewable Nanomaterials
Production
Application
Commercialization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,970
2,111
0.711
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Frying Edible Coating
Oils and Fats
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,853
2,121
0.743
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Wood Industrial Processing
Recycling
Non-Wood Resources
Natural Adhesives
Biocomposite
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,719
1,479
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Aquaculture
Animal biology and physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,498
1,829
0.732
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Poultry physiology
Heat stress
Herbal plants and Feed additives
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,197
1,285
0.585
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Bioenergies
Biofuels
Biodiesel Process Intensification
Solar energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,018
1,457
0.722
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Food Engineering
Food Processing
Heat and Mass Transfer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,963
1,446
0.737
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
energy
fuel
vibration
signal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,918
1,657
0.864
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,911
605
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Aquatic Ecology
Aquaculture
Population Dynamic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,886
1,295
0.687
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
GIS
Remote sensing
Forestry
Natural resources
Spatial modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,795
1,102
0.614
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Farmers' Behavior
Agricultural Sustainability
Agricultural Technology Adoption
Socio-economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,769
1,474
0.833
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Post-harvest Technology
Biological Properties of Agricultural Materials
Drying of Agricultural Products
Artificial Neural Netw
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,717
1,384
0.806
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
interdisciplinary research in agroecosystem sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,642
1,252
0.762
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Plant Breeding
Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,552
1,182
0.762
Seid Mahdi Jafari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,007
40,945
0.871
Food Nanotechnology
Nanoencapsulation
Nanoemulsions
Nano-delivery systems
Seyed Hossein Hoseinifar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,023
15,734
0.873
Aquaculture
Immunomodulation
Fish Nutrition
Feed Additives
Prebiotics
Afshin Soltani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,764
4,585
0.523
Crop Modeling
Crop Physiology and Ecology
Mahdi Ojagh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,372
3,615
0.673
Sea food safety and preservation
bioactive compound extraction
Farhad Khormali
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,211
2,671
0.634
Pedology
Loess-paleosols
Micropedology
Clay mineralogy
Soil Carbonate
Abdolrassoul Salmanmahiny
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,167
2,749
0.660
Land Use Planning
Spatial Optimization
Urban Modeling
Landscape Ecology
Hamed Paknejad Kolangi Miandare
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,772
3,276
0.869
Aquaculture
Immunonutrition
RNA Seq
Transcriptomic
Aliakbar Hedayati|Seyed Aliakbar Hedayati, Seyed Ali Akbar Hedayati, Seyyed Aliakbar Hedayati
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,422
2,422
0.708
Aquatic Toxicology
Marine Biology
Aquatic Ecology
Environmental Pollution
Microplastic
Hamid Reza Rezaei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,077
1,753
0.570
biodiversity
conservation genetics
molecular ecology
Sahar Akhavanmahdavi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,068
2,598
0.847
Emerging food technologies
Bioavailability
Smart Packaging
Nanomaterial Synthesis
Hossein Yousefi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,970
2,111
0.711
Renewable Nanomaterials
Production
Application
Commercialization
Habibollah Mirzaei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,853
2,121
0.743
Frying Edible Coating
Oils and Fats
Taghi Tabarsa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,719
1,479
0.544
Wood Industrial Processing
Recycling
Non-Wood Resources
Natural Adhesives
Biocomposite
Abdolmajid Hajimoradloo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,498
1,829
0.732
Aquaculture
Animal biology and physiology
Seyed Reza Hashemi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,197
1,285
0.585
Poultry physiology
Heat stress
Herbal plants and Feed additives
Ahmad Abbaszadeh Mayvan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,018
1,457
0.722
Bioenergies
Biofuels
Biodiesel Process Intensification
Solar energy
Aman Mohammad Ziaiifar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,963
1,446
0.737
Food Engineering
Food Processing
Heat and Mass Transfer
Ahmad Taghizadeh Alisaraei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,918
1,657
0.864
Saeid Navabpour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,911
605
0.317
Rasoul Ghorbani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,886
1,295
0.687
Aquatic Ecology
Aquaculture
Population Dynamic
Shaban Shataee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,795
1,102
0.614
GIS
Remote sensing
Forestry
Natural resources
Spatial modeling
Gholamhossein Abdollahzadeh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,769
1,474
0.833
Farmers' Behavior
Agricultural Sustainability
Agricultural Technology Adoption
Socio-economic
Mohsen Azadbakht
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,717
1,384
0.806
Post-harvest Technology
Biological Properties of Agricultural Materials
Drying of Agricultural Products
Artificial Neural Netw
Mohammad sharif sharifzadeh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,642
1,252
0.762
interdisciplinary research in agroecosystem sustainability
Sanaz Ramezanpour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,552
1,182
0.762
Plant Breeding
Molecular Biology