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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 212 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
Artificial intelligence
Metaheuristics
Engineering Optimization
Text mining
Data Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,583
34,681
0.975
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Natural Language processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,817
537
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Human Resources Management
Knowledge Management
wome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,686
852
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Large Scale Assessment
Achievement
Teaching effectivenes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,525
780
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Business Administration
International Businesses Management
Organizational Behavior
& Marketin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,516
757
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Strategic Management
Innovation & Creativity
Human Resources
Total Qualit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,441
745
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Network Security
Machin Learning
IoT
Botnet
DN
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,406
1,203
0.856
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Neural Networks
Image Processing
Information Retreiva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,121
778
0.694
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Customer satisfaction
Service quality
Islamic marketing
E-Marketin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,026
850
0.828
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Metaheuristics
Combinatorial Optimization
Operational Research
Deep Learning
Data Analytic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
984
725
0.737
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Accounting
Finance
Market Based Accounting Research
Financial Statement Analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
895
530
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Gifted Education
Teaching Thinking
Creativity
Emotional Intelligenc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
866
337
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Applied Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
Discourse Analysis
TESL
CAL
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
841
803
0.955
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Artificial Intelligence
Pattern Recognition
Optimization Algorithms
Data Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
824
661
0.802
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Human Resource Management
OCB
E-Commerc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
700
683
0.976
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Accounting-Accounting Information System
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
699
692
0.990
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Cybersecurity
Diagiatal Forensic
Optimization
Feature Selection
Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
695
680
0.978
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Crisis Management
Business Intelligence
Management Information syste
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
680
648
0.953
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
management
OR
HR
P
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
667
608
0.912
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Digital economics
Environmental Economic
Energy Economics
Fintech
Green Financ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
648
642
0.991
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
622
295
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
E-marketing
E-government
E-Business
ICT in developing Countrie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
610
427
0.700
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Mathematical AnalysisFuzzy MathematicsFuzzy OperatorsFuzzy LogicFuzzy AlgebraPure MathematicsFuzz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
579
520
0.898
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Management Information System
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
578
483
0.836
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
information retrieval
Supply Chain
IT Outsourcing
Software Reengineering
Securit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
559
220
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,534
5
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Laith Abualigah
Amman Arab University
Amman, Jordan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,583
34,681
0.975
Artificial intelligence
Metaheuristics
Engineering Optimization
Text mining
Data Scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
494,713
494
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Riyad Al Shalabi
Amman Arab University
Amman, Jordan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,817
537
0.296
Natural Language processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
520,064
548
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ikhlas Altarawneh
Amman Arab University
Amman, Jordan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,686
852
0.505
Human Resources Management
Knowledge Management
wome
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
554,296
621
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Faisal Abdelfattah
Amman Arab University
Amman, Jordan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,525
780
0.511
Large Scale Assessment
Achievement
Teaching effectivenes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
556,384
629
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Hamza S Khraim
Amman Arab University
Amman, Jordan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,516
757
0.499
Business Administration
International Businesses Management
Organizational Behavior
& Marketin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
573,988
672
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Hasan Ali Al Zu Bi
Amman Arab University
Amman, Jordan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,441
745
0.517
Strategic Management
Innovation & Creativity
Human Resources
Total Qualit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
582,411
695
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Kamal Alieyan
Amman Arab University
Amman, Jordan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,406
1,203
0.856
Network Security
Machin Learning
IoT
Botnet
DN
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
663,218
905
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Mohammed A Otair
Amman Arab University
Amman, Jordan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,121
778
0.694
Neural Networks
Image Processing
Information Retreiva
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
695,361
1,004
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ahmad Salih Alnaser
Amman Arab University
Amman, Jordan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,026
850
0.828
Customer satisfaction
Service quality
Islamic marketing
E-Marketin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
710,349
1,047
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ghaith M Jaradat
Amman Arab University
Amman, Jordan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
984
725
0.737
Metaheuristics
Combinatorial Optimization
Operational Research
Deep Learning
Data Analytic
Smart Institutional Plan
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
744,579
1,154
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mohammad Fawzi Shubita
Amman Arab University
Amman, Jordan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
895
530
0.592
Accounting
Finance
Market Based Accounting Research
Financial Statement Analysi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
756,516
1,195
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Fathi Jarwan
Amman Arab University
Amman, Jordan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
866
337
0.389
Gifted Education
Teaching Thinking
Creativity
Emotional Intelligenc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
766,468
1,240
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Khaleel Bader Al Bataineh
Amman Arab University
Amman, Jordan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
841
803
0.955
Applied Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
Discourse Analysis
TESL
CAL
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
773,716
1,268
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Husam Al Hamad
Amman Arab University
Amman, Jordan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
824
661
0.802
Artificial Intelligence
Pattern Recognition
Optimization Algorithms
Data Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
830,540
1,442
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ghaith Abdullraheem Ali Alsheikh
Amman Arab University
Amman, Jordan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
700
683
0.976
Human Resource Management
OCB
E-Commerc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
831,033
1,446
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Baker Akram Falah Jarah
Amman Arab University
Amman, Jordan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
699
692
0.990
Accounting-Accounting Information System
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
833,056
1,457
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Rami Sihwail
Amman Arab University
Amman, Jordan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
695
680
0.978
Cybersecurity
Diagiatal Forensic
Optimization
Feature Selection
Machine Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
840,751
1,493
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Amineh Khaddam
Amman Arab University
Amman, Jordan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
680
648
0.953
Crisis Management
Business Intelligence
Management Information syste
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
847,538
1,522
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Alhareth Abu Hussien
Amman Arab University
Amman, Jordan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
667
608
0.912
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
857,468
1,563
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Omar Mohammad Al Kasasbeh
Amman Arab University
Amman, Jordan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
648
642
0.991
Digital economics
Environmental Economic
Energy Economics
Fintech
Green Financ
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
872,153
1,614
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Khalaf Taani
Amman Arab University
Amman, Jordan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
622
295
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
878,764
1,643
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Raed Kanaan
Amman Arab University
Amman, Jordan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
610
427
0.700
E-marketing
E-government
E-Business
ICT in developing Countrie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
897,607
1,702
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Yousef Al-Qudah
Amman Arab University
Amman, Jordan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
579
520
0.898
Mathematical AnalysisFuzzy MathematicsFuzzy OperatorsFuzzy LogicFuzzy AlgebraPure MathematicsFuzz
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
898,333
1,706
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Mufleh Al Jarrah
Amman Arab University
Amman, Jordan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
578
483
0.836
Management Information System
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
911,350
1,747
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mohammad Othman Nassar
Amman Arab University
Amman, Jordan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
559
220
0.394
information retrieval
Supply Chain
IT Outsourcing
Software Reengineering
Securit