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Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
kpu.edu.a
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
490
331
0.676
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Fiber-reinforced concrete
newly generated construction materials
utilizing plastic and rubber wastes in mortar/concrete
fini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
430
426
0.991
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
345
330
0.957
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Hydrogeology
hydrogeochemistry
groundwater modelling
isotop
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
300
291
0.970
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Information Societ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219
204
0.932
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Education
English Language Teaching
Language and Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
190
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Analysis and Partial Differential Equation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
196
196
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Pharmaceutic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181
181
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Nutrition
public healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
100
0.820
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Information Technolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
119
0.992
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Global Environmental Change
Climate Change
Air Pollution
Water Managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
83
0.692
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Life cycle Assessment
Social Life Cycle Organizational Assessment
Organizational life Cycl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
118
0.992
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Biochemistry
molecular biology
public health and nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
95
0.812
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Water Resources
Environmental Flow Assessment
Water Quality
Natural Resources Managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
116
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Women and Reproductive Healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
75
0.676
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
medical science and cancer researc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
68
0.840
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Applied Mathematic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
65
0.844
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Photocatalysis
Wastewater Treatments
Thermodynamics
Surface and Colloid Chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
74
0.987
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Water
Environmental Science
Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
72
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Air Quality
Water Quality Analysis
Wastewater managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
68
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Spectroscopy methods and chromatography method
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
61
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ring theory
graph theory
combinator
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
48
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Applied Statistics
Time series
Drought forecasting
Computational Statistic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
56
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Power system and power system stabilit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
46
0.885
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Solid Waste Management
Wastewater Treatment and Management
Climate Change
EI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
51
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
965,543
24
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Laila Popalzai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
490
331
0.676
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,019,342
28
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sifatullah Bahij
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
430
426
0.991
Fiber-reinforced concrete
newly generated construction materials
utilizing plastic and rubber wastes in mortar/concrete
fini
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,111,045
36
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Shah Jahan Shayan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
345
330
0.957
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,171,154
40
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Abdulhalim Zaryab
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
300
291
0.970
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,320,305
66
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Mohammad Hadi Hedayati
Kabul University
Kabul, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219
204
0.932
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,393,768
75
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Abdullah Noori
Kabul University
Kabul, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
190
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,375,214
74
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ghulamullah Saeedi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
196
196
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,416,813
79
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Amina Ahmady
Kabul University
Kabul, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181
181
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,621,331
114
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ziauddin Azimi
Kabul University
Kabul, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
100
0.820
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,628,304
119
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mohammad Yahya Akhlaqi
Kabul University
Kabul, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
119
0.992
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,630,192
120
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Habibullah Habib
Kabul University
Kabul, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
83
0.692
Global Environmental Change
Climate Change
Air Pollution
Water Managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,632,352
121
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Wäfäürähmän Wäfä
Kabul University
Kabul, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
118
0.992
Life cycle Assessment
Social Life Cycle Organizational Assessment
Organizational life Cycl
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,642,405
122
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ziauddin Azimi
Kabul University
Kabul, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
95
0.812
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,644,681
123
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Mohammad Haroon Hairan
Kabul University
Kabul, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
116
1.000
Water Resources
Environmental Flow Assessment
Water Quality
Natural Resources Managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,669,168
129
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Nooria Atta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
75
0.676
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,818,965
161
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sultan ahmad halimi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
68
0.840
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,842,053
167
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Mohammad Yar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
65
0.844
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,852,084
172
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jawed Qaderi
Kabul University
Kabul, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
74
0.987
Photocatalysis
Wastewater Treatments
Thermodynamics
Surface and Colloid Chemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,868,797
177
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Mohammad Hamid Hamdard
Kabul University
Kabul, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
72
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,894,370
185
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Fazalrahman Afghan
Kabul University
Kabul, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
68
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,940,647
195
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Nangyallai Azizi
Kabul University
Kabul, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
61
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,950,825
201
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Mohammad Hassan Mudaber
Kabul Education University
Khushal Khan Mena, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
48
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,975,571
205
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Reza Rezaiy
Kabul Education University
Khushal Khan Mena, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
56
1.000
Applied Statistics
Time series
Drought forecasting
Computational Statistic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,008,355
223
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Zakirhussain Farhad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
46
0.885
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,012,260
225
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Kawoon Sahak
Kabul University
Kabul, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
51
1.000
Solid Waste Management
Wastewater Treatment and Management
Climate Change
EI