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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 634 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
nutraceuticals and functional food
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,014
18,939
0.498
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
heavy ion collision
high energy physics
quark gluon plasma
radiation detection physics
instrumentatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,766
19,810
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Cancer Biology
Cardiovascular Research
Molecular Pharmacology
Molecular Toxicolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,831
17,332
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ecolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,498
6,543
0.257
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Environmental Pollution
Biodiversity
Climate Chang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,059
12,064
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Biochemistry
Stress Metabolism in Plants
Enzyme Technology
Bacterial Toxins
Microbiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,539
10,334
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Biocontrol
Sustainable Agriculture
Microbes-Plant Interaction
Fortified and Designer Food
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,602
11,855
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Medical Biotechnology
Biochemistry
Leishmania
Protein folding and aggregation
Biochemica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,861
8,309
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Nanoadsorbents
Catalysis
Green Chemistry
Renewable Energy and Biodiesel
River Water Monitorin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,307
8,377
0.458
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Photobiology and Molecular Microbiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,916
7,516
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Cell Physiology
(Cell Cycle regulation
Cell Signaling and Apoptosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,365
7,420
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Soil carbon stability
Carbon Credit
Regenerative Agriculture
Zero Emission
NR
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,827
11,753
0.793
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Bacteriophage therapy
Gastrointestinal Infections
Microbial Functional Genomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,103
5,641
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
PGPR-Sustainable Agriculture
Plant-microbes interaction
Bioremediation
Bioethanol Production
Plant microbiom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,527
8,784
0.701
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Enzyme Technology
Protein Bioinformatics
Microbial Biotechnolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,410
9,961
0.803
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mathematical and Statistical Modelling
Numerical Simulation
Water Resources Systems
Design of Hydraulic Structures
Computat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,339
4,100
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Agroecology
Land Restoration
Sustainable Agriculture
Food Security
Policy Research & UN-SDG
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,863
7,650
0.645
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Machnine learning
deep learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,410
5,818
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Clinical Biosensors
Bio-Instrumentation
Device Designs
Nanobioengineering
Material Engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,996
7,809
0.781
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Human Genetics
Neurogenetics
Cancer Genomics and Proteomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,936
5,702
0.574
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Waste management
Sustainable Agriculture
Ecotoxicolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,811
5,905
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ecology
Environment
Agricultur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,514
4,468
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Conducting Polymers
Nanocomposites
Sensors & Biosensors
Organic Electronics and Materials Chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,371
5,202
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Surgical Gastroentrology
Wound Healin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,099
3,712
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Pharmacology
Neuroscience
Mitochondrial medicine
Biomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,998
4,078
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,764
137
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Arvind Kumar
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,014
18,939
0.498
nutraceuticals and functional food
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,123
155
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Bhartendu Singh
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,766
19,810
0.587
heavy ion collision
high energy physics
quark gluon plasma
radiation detection physics
instrumentatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,107
168
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Subash Chandra Gupta
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,831
17,332
0.545
Cancer Biology
Cardiovascular Research
Molecular Pharmacology
Molecular Toxicolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,909
244
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
JS Singh
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,498
6,543
0.257
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,681
251
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Madhoolika Agrawal
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,059
12,064
0.481
Environmental Pollution
Biodiversity
Climate Chang
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,631
258
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Rama Shanker Dubey
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,539
10,334
0.421
Biochemistry
Stress Metabolism in Plants
Enzyme Technology
Bacterial Toxins
Microbiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,765
397
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
HB Singh
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,602
11,855
0.605
Biocontrol
Sustainable Agriculture
Microbes-Plant Interaction
Fortified and Designer Food
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,175
430
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Vikash Kumar Dubey|A Kumar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,861
8,309
0.441
Medical Biotechnology
Biochemistry
Leishmania
Protein folding and aggregation
Biochemica
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,157
453
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Yogesh C Sharma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,307
8,377
0.458
Nanoadsorbents
Catalysis
Green Chemistry
Renewable Energy and Biodiesel
River Water Monitorin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,614
466
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Rajeshwar P Sinha
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,916
7,516
0.420
Photobiology and Molecular Microbiolog
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,140
653
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Shail K Chaube
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,365
7,420
0.483
Cell Physiology
(Cell Cycle regulation
Cell Signaling and Apoptosis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,033
690
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ram Swaroop Meena
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,827
11,753
0.793
Soil carbon stability
Carbon Credit
Regenerative Agriculture
Zero Emission
NR
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,181
884
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Gopal Nath
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,103
5,641
0.431
Bacteriophage therapy
Gastrointestinal Infections
Microbial Functional Genomic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,411
947
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jay Prakash Verma
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,527
8,784
0.701
PGPR-Sustainable Agriculture
Plant-microbes interaction
Bioremediation
Bioethanol Production
Plant microbiom
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,337
963
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Pratyoosh Shukla
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,410
9,961
0.803
Enzyme Technology
Protein Bioinformatics
Microbial Biotechnolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,933
978
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
SK Gupta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,339
4,100
0.332
Mathematical and Statistical Modelling
Numerical Simulation
Water Resources Systems
Design of Hydraulic Structures
Computat
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,971
1,045
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
PC Abhilash
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,863
7,650
0.645
Agroecology
Land Restoration
Sustainable Agriculture
Food Security
Policy Research & UN-SDG
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,333
1,315
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Anil Pandey
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,410
5,818
0.559
Machnine learning
deep learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,169
1,401
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Pranjal Chandra
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,996
7,809
0.781
Clinical Biosensors
Bio-Instrumentation
Device Designs
Nanobioengineering
Material Engineerin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,872
1,418
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Parimal Das
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,936
5,702
0.574
Human Genetics
Neurogenetics
Cancer Genomics and Proteomic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,387
1,457
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Rajeev Pratap Singh
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,811
5,905
0.602
Waste management
Sustainable Agriculture
Ecotoxicolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,249
1,527
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Akhilesh Raghubanshi
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,514
4,468
0.470
Ecology
Environment
Agricultur
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
113,174
1,556
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Rajiv Prakash
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,371
5,202
0.555
Conducting Polymers
Nanocomposites
Sensors & Biosensors
Organic Electronics and Materials Chemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,071
1,640
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Vijay Shukla
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,099
3,712
0.408
Surgical Gastroentrology
Wound Healin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,508
1,670
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Sairam Krishnamurthy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,998
4,078
0.453
Pharmacology
Neuroscience
Mitochondrial medicine
Biomaterials