Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
Islamic Finance
Islamic Banking
Islamic Economics and Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,780
1,281
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Corporate Governance
Reputational Risk
CSR
TMTGD
Accounting Misconduct
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
978
767
0.784
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Diversity
Gender and Finance
Leadership
Governance
EDI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
270
269
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Finance
Financial Analytics
Islamic Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
111
0.991
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Risk Management
Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
86
0.989
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Finance
FinTech
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
60
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Corporate Finance
Corporate Risk
Corporate Governance
Corporate Social Responsibility
ESG
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
19
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Islamic Banking and Finance
Islamic Money and Capital Markets
Maqasid Shariah
Corporate Governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
18
0.947
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Economics
Islamic Economics
Islamic Banking
Takaful - Islamic Insurance
Shariah (Maqasid al-Shariah)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
12
0.857
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Islamic finance
financial inclusion
income inequality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
Muhammad Ayub
Riphah International University
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,780
1,281
0.461
Islamic Finance
Islamic Banking
Islamic Economics and Management
Ashiq Ali
Riphah International University
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
978
767
0.784
Corporate Governance
Reputational Risk
CSR
TMTGD
Accounting Misconduct
Syed Danial Hashmi
Riphah International University
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
270
269
0.996
Diversity
Gender and Finance
Leadership
Governance
EDI
Zeeshan Ghafoor
Riphah International University
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
111
0.991
Finance
Financial Analytics
Islamic Finance
Iftikhar Ahmad
Riphah International University
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
86
0.989
Risk Management
Finance
Shahid Iqbal
Riphah International University
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
60
1.000
Syed Hassan Jamil
Riphah International University
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
19
0.487
Corporate Finance
Corporate Risk
Corporate Governance
Corporate Social Responsibility
ESG
Rafiullah Sheikh
Riphah International University
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
18
0.947
Islamic Banking and Finance
Islamic Money and Capital Markets
Maqasid Shariah
Corporate Governance
Ikram Ullah
Riphah International University
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
12
0.857
Economics
Islamic Economics
Islamic Banking
Takaful - Islamic Insurance
Shariah (Maqasid al-Shariah)
Rashid Mansoor
Riphah International University
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
Islamic finance
financial inclusion
income inequality