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Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 142 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
Sunandan Baruah
Nanotechnolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,966
2,238
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
India
Saikat Sen
Pharmacy
Pharmacology
Traditional medicine
Diabete
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,199
3,083
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
India
Narayan Chandra Talukdar
Plant-microbe
Animal-microbe interaction
Ecosystem sustainability
Traditional Knowledge base
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,476
1,933
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
India
BG Unni
Biochemistry
Biotechnology
Molecular Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,314
680
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
India
Biplab Kumar Dey
Pharmaceutical Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
827
604
0.730
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
India
Manash Pratim Pathak
Obesity
Metabolic Syndrome
Natural Product
Regulatory Toxicolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
746
664
0.890
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
India
Manash Sarma
Molecular virology and cancer biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
645
264
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
India
Mala Dutta
Data Mining
Recommender System
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
618
590
0.955

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
India
Devabrata Saikia
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
459
354
0.771
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
India
Animesh Gogoi
Botany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
381
191
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
India
Suman Saha
Pharmaceutical Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
327
236
0.722
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
India
Dhrubajyoti Sarkar
Pharmacognosy
Natural Product
Pharmacolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
324
226
0.698
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
India
Niladry Sekhar Ghosh
organic chemistry
nanotechnology
natural products &g reen chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
306
278
0.908
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
India
Hirak Jyoti Das
Folk Music
Classical Music
Musical Instrument
History of Indian Musi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
279
173
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
India
Dhrubajyoti Gogoi
Bioinformatics
Drug Discovery
Pharmacophore
Network Pharmacology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
277
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
India
Saikat Deb
Transportation Planning
Service Quality Estimation
Qualitative and Quantitative data analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
261
229
0.877
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
India
Rajeev Sarmah
Biology
Micrbiology
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
India
Trinayan Deka
Natural products
Nanomedicine
Anti cancer
Drug Delivery
Drug Targeting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
248
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
India
Ruhit Jyoti Konwar
Carbon
Hydrogen storage
Fuel Cell
Renewable Energy Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
236
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
India
Arnob Bormudoi
Remote Sensing
GIS
Disaster Management
Floods
Erosion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
India
Diganto Sahu
Computer Science
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Cyber Security and Networkin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229
227
0.991
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
India
Faruk Alam
Synthetic Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
226
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
India
Anjan Kumar Sarma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
190
0.880
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
India
Nayan Talukdar
Medicinal plant
Anti-diabetic activit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214
166
0.776
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
181,976
India
3,068
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Sunandan Baruah
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,966
2,238
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
208,165
India
3,752
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Saikat Sen
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,199
3,083
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
300,090
India
6,546
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Narayan Chandra Talukdar
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,476
1,933
0.556
Plant-microbe
Animal-microbe interaction
Ecosystem sustainability
Traditional Knowledge base
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
604,227
India
18,042
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
BG Unni
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,314
680
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
769,948
India
25,771
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Biplab Kumar Dey
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
827
604
0.730
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
805,785
India
27,759
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Manash Pratim Pathak
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
746
664
0.890
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
856,312
India
30,615
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Manash Sarma
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
645
264
0.409
Molecular virology and cancer biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
868,001
India
31,287
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ananta Choudhury
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
623
399
0.640
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
870,588
India
31,411
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Mala Dutta
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
618
590
0.955
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
987,732
India
36,917
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Devabrata Saikia
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
459
354
0.771

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,064,796
India
40,409
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Animesh Gogoi
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
381
191
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,128,741
India
43,366
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Suman Saha
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
327
236
0.722
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,132,728
India
43,560
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Dhrubajyoti Sarkar
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
324
226
0.698
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,156,869
India
44,647
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Niladry Sekhar Ghosh
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
306
278
0.908
organic chemistry
nanotechnology
natural products &g reen chemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,199,896
India
46,841
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Hirak Jyoti Das
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
279
173
0.620
Folk Music
Classical Music
Musical Instrument
History of Indian Musi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,203,590
India
47,028
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Dhrubajyoti Gogoi
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
277
0
0.000
Bioinformatics
Drug Discovery
Pharmacophore
Network Pharmacology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,230,174
India
48,410
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Saikat Deb
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
261
229
0.877
Transportation Planning
Service Quality Estimation
Qualitative and Quantitative data analysi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,233,034
India
48,552
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Rajeev Sarmah
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260
0
0.000
Biology
Micrbiology
Bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,255,332
India
49,711
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Trinayan Deka
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
248
0
0.000
Natural products
Nanomedicine
Anti cancer
Drug Delivery
Drug Targeting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,279,160
India
50,995
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ruhit Jyoti Konwar
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
236
0
0.000
Carbon
Hydrogen storage
Fuel Cell
Renewable Energy Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,289,488
India
51,546
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Arnob Bormudoi
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231
0
0.000
Remote Sensing
GIS
Disaster Management
Floods
Erosion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,291,965
India
51,699
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Diganto Sahu
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229
227
0.991
Computer Science
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Cyber Security and Networkin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,300,171
India
52,145
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Faruk Alam
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
226
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,321,175
India
53,272
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Anjan Kumar Sarma
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
190
0.880
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,325,839
India
53,525
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Nayan Talukdar
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214
166
0.776
Medicinal plant
Anti-diabetic activit