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Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 114 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
Malaysia
Neeraj Fuloria
Drug development
Synthesis
Phyto-Isolation
Structural-Elucidation
Pharmacological activit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,953
7,613
0.957
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Malaysia
Veerasamy Ravichandran
QSAR
Synthesis of Medicinal Compounds
Phytochemistry
Green Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles
Analytical Method Developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,166
3,600
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Malaysia
Shivkanya Fuloria
NATURAL PRODUCT
ISOLATIO
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,662
6,473
0.972
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Malaysia
Anthony Tee
Sustainable Tourism
Intangible Heritage
Heritage Tourism
Tourism Development and Plannin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,692
2,659
0.567
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Malaysia
K Marimuthu
Aquaculture fish breeding and seed production
fish immunology
fish nutrition
Fish toxicolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,971
2,244
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Malaysia
Sundram Karupiah
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,659
2,425
0.663
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Malaysia
Savinaya Kumar
Human Anatomy
Embryology
Histology and Evolutionary biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,493
1,654
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Malaysia
Muthuraman Arunachalam
Neuropathic pain
Cognitive Neuroscience
Neurovascular complication
Toxicolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,094
1,592
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Malaysia
Manickam Ravichandran
Cholera vaccine
Molecular diagnostics and Phage therap
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,067
1,213
0.396

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Malaysia
Venkata Suresh Babu Chinni
ncRNA
transcriptomics
nanoparticles
biosensor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,048
1,642
0.802
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Malaysia
Heera Rajandas
NGS data analysis
AI
biodiversity conservation
phage biology
BioA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,733
1,617
0.933
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Malaysia
Subhash J Bhore
Molecular Biology
Biotechnology
Biology
Biorisk Management
One Healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,602
985
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Malaysia
Mukesh Singh Sikarwar
Pharmacognosy
Phytochemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,344
577
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Malaysia
Christapher Parayil Varghese
Preclinical Evaluation of Herbal Drug
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,333
801
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Malaysia
Wihas Sosroseno
Immunolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,313
255
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Malaysia
Varatharajan Rajavel
Renal Pharmacolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,277
394
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Malaysia
Muralidharan Selvadurai
Analytical
Bioanalytical studies and PK studie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,222
508
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Malaysia
Dinesh Upadhyay
Pharmacy and Pharmacolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,058
358
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Malaysia
Sethuraman K Raman
Internal Medicine
Medical Education
Cardiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
889
278
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Malaysia
Haarindra Prasad
Nanotechnology
nanomaterials
nanoelectronics
nanobiotecnology
nanobiosensor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
772
398
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Malaysia
Adhikary Ak
Molecular Virology
Human Adenovirus
Nucleotide based therapy against human adenoviru
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
712
275
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Malaysia
Urmila Banik
Cancer models
Viral oncogenesis
Molecular characterization of HAd
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
696
332
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Malaysia
Sami RM Musallam
Finance
Accounting
and Corporate Governance
International financ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
663
560
0.845
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Malaysia
Galvin Sim Siang Lin
Restorative Dentistry
Endodontics
Dental materials
Curriculum and Pedagogy
Dental Educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
605
604
0.998
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Malaysia
Ugrappa Sridevi
Oral Medicine Forensic odontolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
506
368
0.727
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
135,537
Malaysia
452
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Neeraj Fuloria
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,953
7,613
0.957
Drug development
Synthesis
Phyto-Isolation
Structural-Elucidation
Pharmacological activit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
151,404
Malaysia
540
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Veerasamy Ravichandran
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,166
3,600
0.502
QSAR
Synthesis of Medicinal Compounds
Phytochemistry
Green Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles
Analytical Method Developmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
163,423
Malaysia
601
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Shivkanya Fuloria
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,662
6,473
0.972
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
230,673
Malaysia
1,001
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Anthony Tee
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,692
2,659
0.567
Sustainable Tourism
Intangible Heritage
Heritage Tourism
Tourism Development and Plannin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
268,740
Malaysia
1,247
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
K Marimuthu
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,971
2,244
0.565
Aquaculture fish breeding and seed production
fish immunology
fish nutrition
Fish toxicolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
288,419
Malaysia
1,403
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Sundram Karupiah
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,659
2,425
0.663
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
300,156
Malaysia
1,497
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Savinaya Kumar
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,493
1,654
0.474
Human Anatomy
Embryology
Histology and Evolutionary biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
332,203
Malaysia
1,732
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Muthuraman Arunachalam
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,094
1,592
0.515
Neuropathic pain
Cognitive Neuroscience
Neurovascular complication
Toxicolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
334,638
Malaysia
1,755
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Manickam Ravichandran
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,067
1,213
0.396
Cholera vaccine
Molecular diagnostics and Phage therap
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
455,118
Malaysia
2,824
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Venkata Suresh Babu Chinni
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,048
1,642
0.802

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
510,612
Malaysia
3,347
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Heera Rajandas
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,733
1,617
0.933
NGS data analysis
AI
biodiversity conservation
phage biology
BioA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
537,135
Malaysia
3,620
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Subhash J Bhore
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,602
985
0.615
Molecular Biology
Biotechnology
Biology
Biorisk Management
One Healt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
598,509
Malaysia
4,248
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mukesh Singh Sikarwar
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,344
577
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
601,405
Malaysia
4,287
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Christapher Parayil Varghese
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,333
801
0.601
Preclinical Evaluation of Herbal Drug
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
606,848
Malaysia
4,343
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Wihas Sosroseno
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,313
255
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
616,643
Malaysia
4,452
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Varatharajan Rajavel
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,277
394
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
632,451
Malaysia
4,620
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Muralidharan Selvadurai
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,222
508
0.416
Analytical
Bioanalytical studies and PK studie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
684,300
Malaysia
5,191
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Dinesh Upadhyay
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,058
358
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
747,117
Malaysia
5,837
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sethuraman K Raman
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
889
278
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
796,876
Malaysia
6,304
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Haarindra Prasad
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
772
398
0.516
Nanotechnology
nanomaterials
nanoelectronics
nanobiotecnology
nanobiosensor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
825,063
Malaysia
6,584
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Adhikary Ak
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
712
275
0.386
Molecular Virology
Human Adenovirus
Nucleotide based therapy against human adenoviru
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
832,850
Malaysia
6,651
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Urmila Banik
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
696
332
0.477
Cancer models
Viral oncogenesis
Molecular characterization of HAd
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
849,660
Malaysia
6,774
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Sami RM Musallam
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
663
560
0.845
Finance
Accounting
and Corporate Governance
International financ
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
881,470
Malaysia
7,047
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Galvin Sim Siang Lin
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
605
604
0.998
Restorative Dentistry
Endodontics
Dental materials
Curriculum and Pedagogy
Dental Educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
951,929
Malaysia
7,773
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ugrappa Sridevi
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
506
368
0.727