Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
King Fahd University of Petroleum Highly Cited Researchers CitationEngineering & Technology / Computer Science Rankings 2025
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
Software Engineering
Evidence-based software engineering
Software Security Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,443
5,059
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Cybersecurity
Bio-inspired Algorithms
D
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,631
6,961
0.807
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Artificial Intelligence in Petroleum Engineering
Petroleum Engineering
Geomechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,136
6,811
0.837
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Wireless communications
edge computing
networking
stochastic geometry
queueing theory.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,119
3,573
0.584
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Artificial Intelligence
Environmental Eng.
Groundwater Quality
Water Resources
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,411
5,353
0.989
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Wireless Sensor-Actor Networks
Topology Management
Network Failure Detection & Recovery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,820
1,219
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Machine Learning
Natural Language Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,815
4,811
0.999
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Software Engineering
Software Refactoring
Software Metrics
Empirical Software Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,169
2,835
0.680
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Data Mining
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Stock Market forecasting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,939
2,382
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,781
1,544
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Control
Instrumentation
Artificial Intelligence
Digital Signal processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,717
1,914
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
system identification
control systems
Renewable and Sustainable Energy
Optimization
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,639
3,502
0.962
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Machine dynamics & Vibrations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,473
1,298
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Reservoir Simulation
Petrophysics & Well Logging
Geomechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,194
2,993
0.937
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Evidence Based Software Engineering
Empirical Software Engineering
Global Software Development
Secure Software Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,656
2,111
0.795
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Logic Synthesis
VLSI Testing
Fault Tolerance
FPGAs
Deep Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,608
1,211
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Optimization
Pattern Recognition and Mathematical Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,403
405
0.169
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Wireless adhoc
sensor
actuator and robotic networks
Smart Grid Communications
Resource management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,311
1,438
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Applications of machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,105
633
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Cybersecurity
Trust Management
Digital Twins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,028
507
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Mat. Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,539
1,489
0.968
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Artificial Intelligence
Multimedia Computing
Arabic Computing
Content-Based Retrieval
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,522
553
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Wireless communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,454
923
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Pattern Recognition
Natural Language Processing
Machine Learning
Document Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,437
1,069
0.744
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Drilling Fluid
Filter cake properties and removal
Formation damage
Scale removal
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,238
1,143
0.923
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,800
293
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Mahmood Niazi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,443
5,059
0.536
Software Engineering
Evidence-based software engineering
Software Security Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,152
334
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
El Sayed M El Alfy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,631
6,961
0.807
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Cybersecurity
Bio-inspired Algorithms
D
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
125,119
362
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Abdulazeez Abdulraheem
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,136
6,811
0.837
Artificial Intelligence in Petroleum Engineering
Petroleum Engineering
Geomechanics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
169,192
543
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Hesham Elsawy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,119
3,573
0.584
Wireless communications
edge computing
networking
stochastic geometry
queueing theory.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
190,894
639
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Sani Isah Abba|S. I. Abba, Sani I. Abba
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,411
5,353
0.989
Artificial Intelligence
Environmental Eng.
Groundwater Quality
Water Resources
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
213,746
752
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
AA Abbasi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,820
1,219
0.253
Wireless Sensor-Actor Networks
Topology Management
Network Failure Detection & Recovery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
213,924
754
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Zaid Alyafeai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,815
4,811
0.999
Machine Learning
Natural Language Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
244,576
903
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Mohammad Alshayeb
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,169
2,835
0.680
Software Engineering
Software Refactoring
Software Metrics
Empirical Software Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
257,586
967
91
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Rafiul Hassan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,939
2,382
0.605
Data Mining
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Stock Market forecasting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
266,971
1,026
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sabri A Mahmoud
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,781
1,544
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
270,850
1,049
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Moustafa Elshafei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,717
1,914
0.515
Control
Instrumentation
Artificial Intelligence
Digital Signal processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
275,837
1,080
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Mujahed Al Dhaifallah
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,639
3,502
0.962
system identification
control systems
Renewable and Sustainable Energy
Optimization
Artificial Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
287,260
1,137
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Yehia Khulief
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,473
1,298
0.374
Machine dynamics & Vibrations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
308,309
1,230
110
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Zeeshan Tariq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,194
2,993
0.937
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Reservoir Simulation
Petrophysics & Well Logging
Geomechanics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
358,344
1,514
132
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Sajjad Mahmood
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,656
2,111
0.795
Evidence Based Software Engineering
Empirical Software Engineering
Global Software Development
Secure Software Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
363,686
1,542
135
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Aiman El Maleh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,608
1,211
0.464
Logic Synthesis
VLSI Testing
Fault Tolerance
FPGAs
Deep Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
387,321
1,672
142
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Khalid S Al Sultan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,403
405
0.169
Optimization
Pattern Recognition and Mathematical Modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
398,877
1,748
145
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Uthman Baroudi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,311
1,438
0.622
Wireless adhoc
sensor
actuator and robotic networks
Smart Grid Communications
Resource management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
427,360
1,943
157
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Radwan Abdel Aal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,105
633
0.301
Applications of machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
439,178
2,023
162
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Farag Azzedin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,028
507
0.250
Cybersecurity
Trust Management
Digital Twins
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
530,041
2,633
196
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ibrahim Alade
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,539
1,489
0.968
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
533,978
2,660
197
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Wasfi G Al Khatib
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,522
553
0.363
Artificial Intelligence
Multimedia Computing
Arabic Computing
Content-Based Retrieval
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
549,404
2,756
204
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Saad Al Ahmadi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,454
923
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
553,487
2,781
206
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Irfan Ahmad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,437
1,069
0.744
Pattern Recognition
Natural Language Processing
Machine Learning
Document Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
605,572
3,141
222
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Badr S Bageri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,238
1,143
0.923
Drilling Fluid
Filter cake properties and removal
Formation damage
Scale removal
Artificial Intelligence