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
Polymer Chemistry
Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,287
1,136
0.883
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Nonlinear Analysis
Fixed Point Theory
Numerical Analysis for Ordinary and Fractional Differential Equations
Fractional Calcul
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
997
910
0.913
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Ethnobotany
Phytochemistry
Plant Biotechnology
Metabolomics
Chemometrics
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164
135
0.823
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Computational Physics
Condensed Matter Physics and Enviromental Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
153
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Natural Product Chemistry
Organic Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
147
0.967
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Fixed Point Theory
Functional Analysis
Nonlinear Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
60
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Fixed Point Theory
Optimizations
Operator Theory
Nonlinear Analysis
Variational Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
95
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Adsorption
Catalysis
Environmental Chemistry
Zero Dimensional Semiconductors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
67
0.985
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Material synthesis
characterization and applications
photocatalysis
Thin film
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
40
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Z-number Theory and Its Application
Fuzzy Decision Making
Dynamical Systems
Topological Data Analysis
Fuzzy Graph Theory
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
28
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Polymer Chemistry
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
26
0.929
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Geophysics
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
18
0.783
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Bioorganometallic Chemistry
Coordination Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
14
0.778
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Analytical Chemistry
Environmental Chemistry
Synthesis and Characterization
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
12
0.857
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Algebra
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
12
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Ecology and environmental biology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
0
0.000
Umar Ali
Sule Lamido University
Kafin Hausa, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,287
1,136
0.883
Polymer Chemistry
Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites
Idris Ahmed
Sule Lamido University
Kafin Hausa, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
997
910
0.913
Nonlinear Analysis
Fixed Point Theory
Numerical Analysis for Ordinary and Fractional Differential Equations
Fractional Calcul
Zakariya, Ali Muhammad|Ali Muhammad Zakariya, Ali M. Zakariya
Sule Lamido University
Kafin Hausa, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164
135
0.823
Ethnobotany
Phytochemistry
Plant Biotechnology
Metabolomics
Chemometrics
Idris Muhammad Chiromawa|MC Idris, Idris M.C.
Sule Lamido University
Kafin Hausa, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
153
0.994
Computational Physics
Condensed Matter Physics and Enviromental Physics
Am Danlami
Sule Lamido University
Kafin Hausa, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
147
0.967
Natural Product Chemistry
Organic Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry
Abba Auwalu
Sule Lamido University
Kafin Hausa, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
60
0.625
Fixed Point Theory
Functional Analysis
Nonlinear Analysis
Sani Salisu
Sule Lamido University
Kafin Hausa, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
95
1.000
Fixed Point Theory
Optimizations
Operator Theory
Nonlinear Analysis
Variational Analysis
Usman Saidu
Sule Lamido University
Kafin Hausa, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
67
0.985
Adsorption
Catalysis
Environmental Chemistry
Zero Dimensional Semiconductors
Yusuf Ibrahim
Sule Lamido University
Kafin Hausa, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
40
1.000
Material synthesis
characterization and applications
photocatalysis
Thin film
Mujahid Abdullahi
Sule Lamido University
Kafin Hausa, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
28
1.000
Z-number Theory and Its Application
Fuzzy Decision Making
Dynamical Systems
Topological Data Analysis
Fuzzy Graph Theory
Ali Garba Danjani
Sule Lamido University
Kafin Hausa, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
26
0.929
Abdullahi Mikailu
Sule Lamido University
Kafin Hausa, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
18
0.783
Tenimu A Abubakar
Sule Lamido University
Kafin Hausa, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
14
0.778
Bioorganometallic Chemistry
Coordination Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry
Shaibu Yusuf
Sule Lamido University
Kafin Hausa, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
12
0.857
Analytical Chemistry
Environmental Chemistry
Synthesis and Characterization
Abdulhakeem Olayiwola
Sule Lamido University
Kafin Hausa, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
12
1.000
Shamsu Ibrahim Ishaq
Sule Lamido University
Kafin Hausa, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
0
0.000
Ecology and environmental biology