Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science Highly Cited Researchers Citation 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
Fuzzy algebraic structures
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,983
4,590
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
social media analytics
social computing
social network analysis
network science
data science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,425
2,110
0.870
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Applications of Machine Learning in Software Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,881
994
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
agents
modelling and simulation
environment modelling
Data Mining
machine learning and image processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
935
761
0.814
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Information Systems
Machine Learning
NLP
Computational Cryptography
Recommender Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
721
519
0.720
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Software testing
algorithm design and analysis
automata learning
learning-based testing
formal methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
554
368
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Finite Fields / Cryptography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
465
464
0.998
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Detection
Machine Learning
Scattering from Random Media
Metamaterials
plasmonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
463
249
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Social Network Analysis
Graph Machine Learning
Graph Neural Networks
Gen AI
Data Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
422
409
0.969
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Human Information Interaction and Multimedia Information Retrieval
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
408
363
0.890
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Machine Learning
Image Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
371
327
0.881
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Information Retrieval
Machine Learning
Natural Language Processing
Recommender Systems
Social
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
264
257
0.973
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Pattern Recognition
Computer Vision
Data Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260
254
0.977
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Application of Machine learning in IoT
Stochastic Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
243
242
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Intrusion Detection
Few-Shot Learning
Self-Supervise Learning
Deep Learning
IoT/IoV
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
224
223
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Information Security
Block ciphers
Mathematical Cryptography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
189
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Elliptic curve
Mathematical Cryptography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
187
182
0.973
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146
143
0.979
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Cyber Security
Machine Learning
IoT
Data Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
142
0.979
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Artificial Intellegence
Machine Learning
Computer Vision Image Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
131
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Computer Vision
AI
DL
Medical Image processing
Computational Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
113
0.942
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Internet of Things
Edge Computing
Machine Learning
Grid Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
115
0.966
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Machine Learning
Social Network Analysis
Data Science
Recommendation System
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
100
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Cybersecurity
cryptography
image encryption
data network security
and artificial intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
96
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Artificial Intelligence
Natural Language & Speech
Social Computing
Internet of Things
Data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
93
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,300
168
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Muhammad Shabir
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,983
4,590
0.511
Fuzzy algebraic structures
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
382,079
1,211
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Rabeeh Abbasi
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,425
2,110
0.870
social media analytics
social computing
social network analysis
network science
data science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
460,283
1,634
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Onaiza Maqbool
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,881
994
0.528
Applications of Machine Learning in Software Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
702,389
3,234
133
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ghazanfar Farooq Siddiqui ( GF Siddiqui)
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
935
761
0.814
agents
modelling and simulation
environment modelling
Data Mining
machine learning and image processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
794,354
3,920
148
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Khalid Saleem
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
721
519
0.720
Information Systems
Machine Learning
NLP
Computational Cryptography
Recommender Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
881,342
4,651
160
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Muddassar Azam Sindhu
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
554
368
0.664
Software testing
algorithm design and analysis
automata learning
learning-based testing
formal methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
947,340
5,193
179
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Dawood Shah
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
465
464
0.998
Finite Fields / Cryptography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
949,681
5,230
181
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Muhammad Arshad Fiaz
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
463
249
0.538
Detection
Machine Learning
Scattering from Random Media
Metamaterials
plasmonics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
986,504
5,549
191
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Anwar Said
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
422
409
0.969
Social Network Analysis
Graph Machine Learning
Graph Neural Networks
Gen AI
Data Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,000,440
5,676
195
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Umer Rashid
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
408
363
0.890
Human Information Interaction and Multimedia Information Retrieval
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,038,461
6,016
205
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Syed Muhammad Naqi
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
371
327
0.881
Machine Learning
Image Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,177,493
7,511
257
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Akmal Khattak
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
264
257
0.973
Information Retrieval
Machine Learning
Natural Language Processing
Recommender Systems
Social
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,183,828
7,588
259
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Tehreem Qasim
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260
254
0.977
Pattern Recognition
Computer Vision
Data Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,212,011
7,951
270
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Muhammad Almas Khan
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
243
242
0.996
Application of Machine learning in IoT
Stochastic Modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,246,388
8,406
281
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Safi Ullah
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
224
223
0.996
Intrusion Detection
Few-Shot Learning
Self-Supervise Learning
Deep Learning
IoT/IoV
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,318,063
9,271
303
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Adnan Javeed
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
189
1.000
Information Security
Block ciphers
Mathematical Cryptography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,323,182
9,341
307
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ijaz Khalid
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
187
182
0.973
Elliptic curve
Mathematical Cryptography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,429,222
10,634
361
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Maria Ajaz
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146
143
0.979
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,432,117
10,670
364
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Adeel Abbas
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
142
0.979
Cyber Security
Machine Learning
IoT
Data Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,474,433
11,219
385
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Najmul Hassan
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
131
1.000
Artificial Intellegence
Machine Learning
Computer Vision Image Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,511,826
11,690
398
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Saqib Iqbal
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
113
0.942
Computer Vision
AI
DL
Medical Image processing
Computational Modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,514,943
11,726
399
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Aroosa Hameed
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
115
0.966
Internet of Things
Edge Computing
Machine Learning
Grid Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,583,961
12,635
422
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Muhammad Ali Masood
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
100
1.000
Machine Learning
Social Network Analysis
Data Science
Recommendation System
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,600,837
12,865
427
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jameel Arif
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
96
1.000
Cybersecurity
cryptography
image encryption
data network security
and artificial intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,613,148
13,013
431
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Sadaf Hussain Janjua
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
93
1.000
Artificial Intelligence
Natural Language & Speech
Social Computing
Internet of Things
Data