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
Epidemiology
Disease Modelling
Burden of Diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,778
81,609
0.802
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Epidemiology
Public Health
Global Health
Rheumatology
HIV- AIDS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,430
79,969
0.925
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Equity in health
Economic Evaluation in health care
Health Technology Assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,926
52,637
0.958
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Health Policy & Management
Systematic Review & Meta-analysis
Global Prevalence of Diseases(HIV/AIDS
Infections
Depression &
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,631
47,482
0.976
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Stem Cell Therapy
Regenerative Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,053
41,532
0.965
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Medical Mycology
Clinical Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,053
27,873
0.959
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Physiology-Drug Design
neurobiology
Clinical trials-Translational Medicine-bio-nanomaterials
stem cells-Regenerative Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,849
23,668
0.952
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Mental health
Women health
Quality of life
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,325
17,185
0.806
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Health Information System and Technology
Digital health
Machine Learning
Patient safety
Registry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,876
18,258
0.967
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Gerontology
Mental Health
Cognition
Psychogeriatrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,932
14,205
0.951
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Community Mental Health
Social Medicine
addiction
sexual disorder
health program evaluation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,654
14,436
0.985
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Spine
Biomechanics
Neurosurgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,752
7,946
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Healthy Lifestyle
Health Education and Health Promotion
Addiction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,627
9,731
0.837
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Neuroscience
Neuroanatomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,128
6,083
0.666
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Epidemiology
Public Health
Palliative Care
Inequalities in Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,372
5,019
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Ophthalmology
Anterior Segment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,267
7,051
0.853
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Nutrition
Biochemistry
Obesity
Cardiovascular Diseases
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,621
5,324
0.699
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Ophthalmology
Retina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,083
4,145
0.681
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Endocrinology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,020
4,257
0.707
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Cochlear Implantation
Sleep Medicine
Endoscopic Surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,861
3,444
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Pharmacology
Melatonin
Oxidative Stress
Apoptosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,565
4,832
0.868
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Nutrition Sciences
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,534
3,623
0.655
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Cancer stem cells
Cancer biomarkers
Cancer Vaccine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,177
3,019
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Neurosurgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,065
2,868
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Smell
Rhinology
Nanomedicine
Cell therapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,059
4,073
0.805
Babak Eshrati
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,778
81,609
0.802
Epidemiology
Disease Modelling
Burden of Diseases
Arash Tehrani Banihashemi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,430
79,969
0.925
Epidemiology
Public Health
Global Health
Rheumatology
HIV- AIDS
Aziz Rezapour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,926
52,637
0.958
Equity in health
Economic Evaluation in health care
Health Technology Assessment
Ahmad Ghashghaee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,631
47,482
0.976
Health Policy & Management
Systematic Review & Meta-analysis
Global Prevalence of Diseases(HIV/AIDS
Infections
Depression &
Arash Sarveazad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,053
41,532
0.965
Stem Cell Therapy
Regenerative Medicine
Afsane Vaezi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,053
27,873
0.959
Medical Mycology
Clinical Microbiology
Hamidreza Pazoki Toroudi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,849
23,668
0.952
Physiology-Drug Design
neurobiology
Clinical trials-Translational Medicine-bio-nanomaterials
stem cells-Regenerative Medicine
Marzieh Nojomi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,325
17,185
0.806
Mental health
Women health
Quality of life
Abbas Sheikhtaheri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,876
18,258
0.967
Health Information System and Technology
Digital health
Machine Learning
Patient safety
Registry
Vahid Rashedi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,932
14,205
0.951
Gerontology
Mental Health
Cognition
Psychogeriatrics
Morteza Naserbakht
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,654
14,436
0.985
Community Mental Health
Social Medicine
addiction
sexual disorder
health program evaluation
Naser Asgari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,752
7,946
0.623
Spine
Biomechanics
Neurosurgery
Morteza Mansourian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,627
9,731
0.837
Healthy Lifestyle
Health Education and Health Promotion
Addiction
Mohammad Taghi Joghataei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,128
6,083
0.666
Mohsen Asadi Lari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,372
5,019
0.599
Epidemiology
Public Health
Palliative Care
Inequalities in Health
Ali M Sharifi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,267
7,051
0.853
Ophthalmology
Anterior Segment
Farzad Shidfar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,621
5,324
0.699
Nutrition
Biochemistry
Obesity
Cardiovascular Diseases
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Khalil Ghasemi Falavarjani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,083
4,145
0.681
Mohammad Ebrahim Khamseh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,020
4,257
0.707
Mohammad Farhadi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,861
3,444
0.588
Cochlear Implantation
Sleep Medicine
Endoscopic Surgery
Saeed Mehrzadi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,565
4,832
0.868
Pharmacology
Melatonin
Oxidative Stress
Apoptosis
Mohammadreza Vafa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,534
3,623
0.655
Nutrition Sciences
Epidemiology
Zahra Madjd
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,177
3,019
0.583
Cancer stem cells
Cancer biomarkers
Cancer Vaccine
Mahmood Ramakhashemi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,065
2,868
0.566
Seyed Kamran Kamrava
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,059
4,073
0.805
Smell
Rhinology
Nanomedicine
Cell therapy