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Highly Cited Researchers
Others Highly Cited Researchers 74 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
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
Research on inclusive education
disability
special needs educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,437
7,687
0.498
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,880
1,518
0.807
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Fluid Mechanics
Fluid Dynamics
Scientific Computin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,152
751
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Tafseer & Islamic Theolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
755
628
0.832
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Perovskites
Synthesis
DFT
Photovoltaics
Thermoelectri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
696
696
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Salinity stress
drought stress
Panicum antidotale
photosynthesis
Chlorophyll fluorescenc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
397
368
0.927
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Plant Anatomy and Physiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
377
375
0.995
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
chemical graph theory
discrete mathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
293
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Zoology
pest management
public healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
279
182
0.652
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Applied Linguist
Spatial Communication
Critical Discourse Analysis
Cross Cultural Communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
268
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Organic Synthesis
Natural Product Chemistry
Pharmaceutical Chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
263
143
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Nuclear Data and their Medical Application
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242
170
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Natural Language Processing
Deep Learning
Artificial Intelligenc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223
219
0.982
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
FinTech/Tourism
Qual/Quant/Mixed/ANN
Bibliometric analysis
Meta analysis/ethnography
fsQC
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
211
208
0.986
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Classroom management
students counselling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Plant Anatomy and Physiology
Microbiology
NanoScience and Its Applications In Plants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
micro emulsion and MO
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186
160
0.860
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Computational fluid dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Zoology
Parasitology
Entomology
Insect Pest Managmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
136
0.861
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
consumer behavior
brand management
Marketin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
145
0.942
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Applied Mathematics
Numerical
Bio Math
Fractional Calculu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
120
0.968
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
plant Ecology
Environmental science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Automata Theory
Graph Theor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
106
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Partition
Migration
Modern South Asia
Punjab
Chinese Studie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
71
0.826
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
70
0.886
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,847
83
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Abdul Hameed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,437
7,687
0.498
Research on inclusive education
disability
special needs educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
484,546
1,876
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sumaira Hussain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,880
1,518
0.807
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
654,728
2,990
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mohsin Kamran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,152
751
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
805,600
4,137
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Muhammad Waqas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
755
628
0.832
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
833,752
4,382
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ahmad Ayyaz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
696
696
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,054,902
6,372
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Muhammad Javed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
397
368
0.927
Salinity stress
drought stress
Panicum antidotale
photosynthesis
Chlorophyll fluorescenc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,076,239
6,605
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sahar Mumtaz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
377
375
0.995
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,186,333
7,814
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Muhammad Yasir Hayat Malik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
293
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,208,696
8,085
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Rabia Yaqoob
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
279
182
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,228,086
8,355
97
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Samina Bashir
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
268
0
0.000
Applied Linguist
Spatial Communication
Critical Discourse Analysis
Cross Cultural Communication
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,236,455
8,480
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sajid Mahmood
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
263
143
0.544
Organic Synthesis
Natural Product Chemistry
Pharmaceutical Chemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,275,544
9,005
108
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Nouman Amjed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242
170
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,314,807
9,434
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Shahbaz Hassan Wasti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223
219
0.982
Natural Language Processing
Deep Learning
Artificial Intelligenc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,341,848
9,731
116
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Muhammad Asif
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
211
208
0.986
FinTech/Tourism
Qual/Quant/Mixed/ANN
Bibliometric analysis
Meta analysis/ethnography
fsQC
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,355,899
9,895
119
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ayesha Saleem
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,395,300
10,388
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Rabia Ghaffar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191
0
0.000
Plant Anatomy and Physiology
Microbiology
NanoScience and Its Applications In Plants
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,407,795
10,541
125
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Muhammad Amjad Riaz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186
160
0.860
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,469,295
11,181
132
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Asad Rehman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,493,417
11,467
133
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Asma Ashraf
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
136
0.861
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,506,390
11,643
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Mehreen Khurram
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
145
0.942
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,617,108
12,997
144
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Muhammad Javid Iqbal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
120
0.968
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,671,028
13,642
148
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Tasveer Zahra Tariq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,694,509
13,917
151
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Muhammad Zeeshan Shafi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
106
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,796,660
15,168
163
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Muhammad Abrar Ahmad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
71
0.826
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,835,385
15,632
169
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Amina Shahzadi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
70
0.886