The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the 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
Botany
Microbiology
Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,647
2,004
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Research & Consultancy
Operations Research
Operations Management
Productivity & Competitiveness
Comparative Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,867
901
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Drug Metabolism and Biochemical Toxicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,401
852
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Information and Communication Technology Applications
Information Literacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
849
291
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Management and Marketing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
839
586
0.698
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Strategic Management
Digital Marketing
Entrepreneurship and Organizational Behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
834
502
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Strategic/ General Management
Entrepreneurship and Digital marketing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
834
502
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Redox Biochemistry
Oxidative Stress
Fatty Liver Disease
Antioxidant Therapy
Phytotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
805
641
0.796
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Lead-Free Solders
Composite Materials
Porous Ceramics
Immersion Corrosion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
801
741
0.925
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Microbiology
Antimicrobial resistance
Food safety
Research Culture
Researcher Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
678
486
0.717
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Analytical Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
562
187
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
energy
thermofliud
automobile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
537
396
0.737
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Plant Breeding and Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
448
284
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Antimicrobial Resistance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
430
224
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Sociolinguistics
gender
second language learning and teaching
stylistics
applied linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
414
283
0.684
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Human Resources
Organizational Behavior
Entrepreneurial Development
Management
Research and Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
412
400
0.971
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Communication and Media Research
Communication and New Media
Development Communication
Media Literacy Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
404
238
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Accounting and finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
387
248
0.641
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Mathematics Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
368
217
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Library Management
Cataloguing and Classification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
358
157
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Animal Production
Monogastrics
Polygastric
plant extracts
Essential oils
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
342
339
0.991
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Medical Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
337
139
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Industrial instrumentation and control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
318
162
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Heath Economics
Econometrics and Development Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
301
203
0.674
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Food Microbiology
Bio-enrichment
Microbial Ecology
Fermented foods
Food Safety
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
14
1.000
Babalola Aponjolosun
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,647
2,004
0.232
Botany
Microbiology
Biotechnology
Ezekiel Oluwadare Adeleye
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,867
901
0.483
Research & Consultancy
Operations Research
Operations Management
Productivity & Competitiveness
Comparative Management
Ebenezer Tunde Olayinka
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,401
852
0.608
Drug Metabolism and Biochemical Toxicology
Aa Ojedokun|Ayoku A. Ojedokun
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
849
291
0.343
Information and Communication Technology Applications
Information Literacy
Bo Ibojo
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
839
586
0.698
PA Akanbi
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
834
502
0.602
Strategic Management
Digital Marketing
Entrepreneurship and Organizational Behaviour
Paul A. Akanbi
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
834
502
0.602
Strategic/ General Management
Entrepreneurship and Digital marketing
Ayokanmi Ore
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
805
641
0.796
Redox Biochemistry
Oxidative Stress
Fatty Liver Disease
Antioxidant Therapy
Phytotherapy
Temitope T. Dele-Afolabi
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
801
741
0.925
Lead-Free Solders
Composite Materials
Porous Ceramics
Immersion Corrosion
Yinka Somorin
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
678
486
0.717
Microbiology
Antimicrobial resistance
Food safety
Research Culture
Researcher Development
Go Adediran
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
562
187
0.333
Samuel Oluyemi|IPADEOLA samuel oluyemi
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
537
396
0.737
Adebayo, Moses Adeolu
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
448
284
0.634
Veronica Ogunleye
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
430
224
0.521
Abolaji Samuel Mustapha
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
414
283
0.684
Sociolinguistics
gender
second language learning and teaching
stylistics
applied linguistics
O. Obiekwe
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
412
400
0.971
Human Resources
Organizational Behavior
Entrepreneurial Development
Management
Research and Development
Oluwole Folaranmi Alabi
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
404
238
0.589
Communication and Media Research
Communication and New Media
Development Communication
Media Literacy Education
Khafilat Temitope Olayiwola
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
387
248
0.641
GR Olosunde
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
368
217
0.590
Beatrice Ayodeji Fabunmi
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
358
157
0.439
Library Management
Cataloguing and Classification
Tolulope Oreoluwa Faniyi
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
342
339
0.991
Animal Production
Monogastrics
Polygastric
plant extracts
Essential oils
Alice Funmilola Kolade
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
337
139
0.412
Medical Microbiology
A Olatunbosun
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
318
162
0.509
Industrial instrumentation and control
Ia Joseph
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
301
203
0.674
Heath Economics
Econometrics and Development Economics
Afolake Olanbiwoninu
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
14
1.000
Food Microbiology
Bio-enrichment
Microbial Ecology
Fermented foods
Food Safety