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Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 60 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
India
KRS Sambasiva Rao
Biotechnolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,769
8,708
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
India
N Veeraiah
Glasses and Glass ceramics: Dielectrics
NLO studies
Photoluminescenc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,962
4,654
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
India
Machireddy Gnaneswara Reddy
Heat transfer
magnetohydrodynamics
boundary layer theory
applied cryptograph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,357
4,005
0.748
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
India
RVSS Nravikumar
Material Science
Nanomaterials
glasses
Solid State Spectroscopy
Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,441
2,063
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
India
V. Ravi Kumar
Glasses
Glassceramics
Nano Materials
Biomaterials
Dielectric Material
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,720
1,815
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
India
Vijayalakshmi Muvva
microbiology
biotechnology
antimicrobial compound
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,959
1,198
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
India
D. Krishna Rao
Glass Science
Ultrasonic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,622
1,102
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
India
Sudhakar Podha
Mycotoxin detection
Natural Produts
Green synthesis of Np
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,240
1,489
0.665
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
India
Maddireddy Srinivasa Reddy
Materials Science
Glass Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,028
765
0.377

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
India
Hari Babu B
Organic Synthesis
Natural products
Chemical Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,776
1,333
0.751
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
India
Venkata Prasuja N
Neurobiology of Disease - Stroke- Unfolded Protein Response/ER stres
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,620
617
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
India
Rosaiah Kanaparthi
Reliability
Statistical Inference
SQ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,599
631
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
India
KPR Rao
fixed point theor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,488
493
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
India
Sreehari Sastry Sreeramakavacham
liquid crystals
ultrasonics
Dielectrics
Glass Science
Solar Energ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,456
520
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
India
M Rami Reddy
Glass Science
Material Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,311
697
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
India
Prameela Rani Avula
Pharmaceutical Technolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,066
554
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
India
G Naga Raju
Glass science
Glasses and Ceramics
Nanomaterials
Bio-Materials
Materials Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,053
571
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
India
Alapati Krishna Satya
Phytochemistry
Aqua and human probiotic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
697
464
0.666
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
India
V Pushpa Manjari
Nanophosphors
Nanomaterial
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
690
324
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
India
Ammani Kandru
Microbial biotechnology
Medical Microbiology
Ethanobotan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
616
323
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
India
Kokkanti Mallikarjuna
Plant Molecular Biology
Plant biotechnolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
587
287
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
India
G Giridhar
Glass Science
Nanotechnology
Phosphor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
511
337
0.659
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
India
D Srinivasa Rao
Bioinformatics
Animal Cell Cultur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
508
248
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
India
PV Krishna
Fishery Science and Aquacultur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
505
286
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,468
India
312
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
KRS Sambasiva Rao
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,769
8,708
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,648
India
1,016
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
N Veeraiah
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,962
4,654
0.389
Glasses and Glass ceramics: Dielectrics
NLO studies
Photoluminescenc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
202,679
India
3,597
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Machireddy Gnaneswara Reddy
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,357
4,005
0.748
Heat transfer
magnetohydrodynamics
boundary layer theory
applied cryptograph
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
242,060
India
4,708
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
RVSS Nravikumar
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,441
2,063
0.465
Material Science
Nanomaterials
glasses
Solid State Spectroscopy
Machine Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
283,724
India
6,031
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
V. Ravi Kumar
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,720
1,815
0.488
Glasses
Glassceramics
Nano Materials
Biomaterials
Dielectric Material
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
343,666
India
8,011
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Vijayalakshmi Muvva
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,959
1,198
0.405
microbiology
biotechnology
antimicrobial compound
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
378,410
India
9,214
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
D. Krishna Rao
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,622
1,102
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
425,868
India
11,014
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sudhakar Podha
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,240
1,489
0.665
Mycotoxin detection
Natural Produts
Green synthesis of Np
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
457,416
India
12,160
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Maddireddy Srinivasa Reddy
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,028
765
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
501,376
India
13,834
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Hari Babu B
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,776
1,333
0.751
Organic Synthesis
Natural products
Chemical Biolog

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
532,543
India
15,077
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Venkata Prasuja N
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,620
617
0.381
Neurobiology of Disease - Stroke- Unfolded Protein Response/ER stres
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
536,944
India
15,274
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Rosaiah Kanaparthi
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,599
631
0.395
Reliability
Statistical Inference
SQ
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
561,910
India
16,291
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
KPR Rao
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,488
493
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
569,522
India
16,617
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sreehari Sastry Sreeramakavacham
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,456
520
0.357
liquid crystals
ultrasonics
Dielectrics
Glass Science
Solar Energ
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
606,352
India
18,154
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
M Rami Reddy
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,311
697
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
649,779
India
19,993
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
AVVS Swamy
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,161
494
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
680,444
India
21,381
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Prameela Rani Avula
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,066
554
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
684,933
India
21,587
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
G Naga Raju
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,053
571
0.542
Glass science
Glasses and Ceramics
Nanomaterials
Bio-Materials
Materials Scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
831,088
India
29,171
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Alapati Krishna Satya
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
697
464
0.666
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
834,770
India
29,364
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
V Pushpa Manjari
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
690
324
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
874,045
India
31,576
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ammani Kandru
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
616
323
0.524
Microbial biotechnology
Medical Microbiology
Ethanobotan
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
891,197
India
32,525
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Kokkanti Mallikarjuna
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
587
287
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
945,726
India
35,029
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
G Giridhar
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
511
337
0.659
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
948,282
India
35,158
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
D Srinivasa Rao
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
508
248
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
950,667
India
35,273
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
PV Krishna
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
505
286
0.566