Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

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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
Iran
Ali M Ardekani
Cancer
Proteomics
Early Detection
Bioethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,361
1,881
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Iran
Gholamreza Ahmadian
Molecular Biology
Biotechnology
vaccine development
industrial Enzyme
cell surface display
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,637
2,857
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Iran
Massoud Houshmand
Mitochondrial Inheritance and Disease
and Rare Disorders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,613
3,161
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Iran
Alireza Zomorodipour
Recombinant protein
Gene therapy
Bacterial Genome Organization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,050
536
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Iran
Amir Mousavi
Plant Molecular Biology
Agricultural Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,958
1,798
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Iran
Hossein Shahbani Zahiri
Microbiology
Molecular biology
Metabolic Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,539
1,590
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Iran
Mehdi Shamsara
Stem cell
Cancer
Transgenic mouse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,711
1,228
0.718
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Iran
Mostafa Motallebi
Molecular Genetics
Plant Molecualar Biology
Host-Parasite Interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,630
621
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Iran
Ehsan Hashemi
Molecular Biology
Transgenic Mouse
Nanomedicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,546
1,245
0.805
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Bangladesh
Md. Salimullah
Genomics
Molecular Biology
Biotechnology
Drug design
Next Generation Sequencing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,564
947
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Iran
Mehdi Hosseini Mazinani
Genetics
Biology
Plant science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,520
720
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Iran
Zahra-Soheila Soheili
gene therapy
retinal cell biology
anti angiogenic drugs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,455
777
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Iran
Reza Zolfaghari Emameh
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,427
1,328
0.931
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Iran
Arash Javeri
Cancer biology
reprogramming
miRNA
stem cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
861
491
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Iran
Zahra Mohammadalipour
genetic
cancer
Autophagy
Cell signaling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
492
403
0.819
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Iran
Tahmineh Lohrasebi
Gene regulation
Medicinal plant
metabolite engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
396
265
0.669
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Iran
Azita Parvaneh Tafreshi
neuroscience
cell signaling
cell biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
328
116
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Bangladesh
Rubaiat Ahmed
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
283
147
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Iran
Vahid Tavakolpour
Molecular Biology
Immunobiology
Cancer Immunology
Autoimmunity
Inflammation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223
222
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Bangladesh
Usmahzabin Amin
Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
209
108
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Bangladesh
Ishtiaque Ahammad
Genomics
Metagenomics
Transcriptomics
Drug Discovery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
220
219
0.995
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Iran
Homa Bazireh
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Data Science
Multi-omics
Microbiome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
136
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Iran
Fathollah Ahmadpour
Molecular Genetic
Trauma
Personalized Medicine
Immonology
Drug Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
118
0.952
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Bangladesh
Md Moniruzzaman
Molecular Biology
Cancer Biology
Diabetes
Bio-active Compound
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
92
0.852
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Iran
Nafiseh Raji
molecular genetic
medical genetic
cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
325
147
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
121,501
Iran
741
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ali M Ardekani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,361
1,881
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
155,664
Iran
1,029
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Gholamreza Ahmadian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,637
2,857
0.430
Molecular Biology
Biotechnology
vaccine development
industrial Enzyme
cell surface display
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,277
Iran
1,034
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Massoud Houshmand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,613
3,161
0.478
Mitochondrial Inheritance and Disease
and Rare Disorders
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
320,458
Iran
3,158
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Alireza Zomorodipour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,050
536
0.176
Recombinant protein
Gene therapy
Bacterial Genome Organization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
328,621
Iran
3,281
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Amir Mousavi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,958
1,798
0.608
Plant Molecular Biology
Agricultural Biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
371,268
Iran
3,994
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Hossein Shahbani Zahiri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,539
1,590
0.626
Microbiology
Molecular biology
Metabolic Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
494,152
Iran
6,379
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mehdi Shamsara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,711
1,228
0.718
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
510,597
Iran
6,772
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Mostafa Motallebi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,630
621
0.381
Molecular Genetics
Plant Molecualar Biology
Host-Parasite Interaction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
528,506
Iran
7,127
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ehsan Hashemi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,546
1,245
0.805
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
524,680
Bangladesh
778
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Md. Salimullah
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,564
947
0.605
Genomics
Molecular Biology
Biotechnology
Drug design
Next Generation Sequencing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
534,390
Iran
7,278
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mehdi Hosseini Mazinani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,520
720
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
549,204
Iran
7,589
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Zahra-Soheila Soheili
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,455
777
0.534
gene therapy
retinal cell biology
anti angiogenic drugs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
555,841
Iran
7,739
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Reza Zolfaghari Emameh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,427
1,328
0.931
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
736,852
Iran
12,323
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Arash Javeri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
861
491
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
927,398
Iran
17,244
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Zahra Mohammadalipour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
492
403
0.819
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,014,957
Iran
19,006
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Tahmineh Lohrasebi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
396
265
0.669
Gene regulation
Medicinal plant
metabolite engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,089,662
Iran
20,597
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Azita Parvaneh Tafreshi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
328
116
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,149,281
Bangladesh
3,369
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Rubaiat Ahmed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
283
147
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,247,016
Iran
23,775
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Vahid Tavakolpour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223
222
0.996
Molecular Biology
Immunobiology
Cancer Immunology
Autoimmunity
Inflammation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,275,549
Bangladesh
4,292
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Usmahzabin Amin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
209
108
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,252,735
Bangladesh
4,108
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ishtiaque Ahammad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
220
219
0.995
Genomics
Metagenomics
Transcriptomics
Drug Discovery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,452,556
Iran
27,200
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Homa Bazireh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
136
0.993
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Data Science
Multi-omics
Microbiome
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,494,297
Iran
27,824
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Fathollah Ahmadpour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
118
0.952
Molecular Genetic
Trauma
Personalized Medicine
Immonology
Drug Design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,550,950
Bangladesh
6,428
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Md Moniruzzaman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
92
0.852
Molecular Biology
Cancer Biology
Diabetes
Bio-active Compound
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,093,143
Iran
20,668
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Nafiseh Raji
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
325
147
0.452