Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 234 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025

The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
India
Lakshmanan Muthusamy
Nonlinear Dynamics
Solitons
Chaos
Theoretical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,551
5,789
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
India
T. Jayakumar
English Language
Literatures
Literary Criticism and Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,556
5,806
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
India
M Daniel
Nonlinear Dynamics of mesoscopic
soft condensed matter and molecular systems
Soliton and Chaos in Nonlinear Dynamical Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,473
4,130
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
India
Mallayan Palaniandavar
Bioinorganic Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,901
2,388
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
India
Kandasamy Ramamurthi
Thin films
crystal growth
nanoscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,594
3,410
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
India
Ganapathi A
PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,261
2,367
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
India
Ranjitha Kumari
Plant Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,554
2,872
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
India
Geraldine Pitchairaj
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,173
1,659
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
India
Kumpati Premkumar
Cancer Biology
Genetics
Nanomedicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,086
2,575
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
India
Ramesh Babu
Materials Science - Crystal Growth and Thin films
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,925
2,424
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
India
Govindaraju Archunan
Pheromone biology
Reproductive biology
Proteomics
Reproductive immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,921
2,439
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
India
Babu Rajendran Ramaswamy|Ramaswamy BR
Environmental Analytical Chemistry
Toxicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,917
2,462
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
India
Rengan Ramesh
Organometallic Chemistry
Catalysis
Bioinorganic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,884
2,252
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
India
Dhanasekaran Dharumadurai
Microbiome
actinobacteria
bioactive compounds
metagenomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,758
2,915
0.613
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
India
S Sivaramakrishnan
Agriculture Biotechnology/Nanotechnology/Environmental Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,541
2,932
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
India
Natarajaseenivasan Kalimuthusamy
Leptospirosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,398
2,023
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
India
Rajendran Rajaram
Toxic metal pollution
Bio-remediation
Molecular taxonomy and Marine Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,333
3,512
0.811
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
India
S. Loganathan
athletics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,246
2,668
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
India
Ramachandran C
socialwork
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,190
1,649
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
India
M Manickavasagam
Plant tissue culture
Plant Genetic Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,116
2,006
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
India
Ravikumar Vilwanathan
Cancer Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,047
2,690
0.665
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
India
Arumugam Sonachalam
Material Science
High Pressure
Low Temperature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,021
2,362
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
India
Rajasekar S
Nonlinear Dynamics
Quantum Mechanics
numerical Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,918
1,537
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
India
Perumal Santhanam
Marine Biology
Marine Planktonology
Aquaculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,772
2,450
0.650
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
India
Senthilvelan Murugaian
Integrable systems
Nonlinear Dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,582
1,501
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,760
India
365
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Lakshmanan Muthusamy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,551
5,789
0.296
Nonlinear Dynamics
Solitons
Chaos
Theoretical Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,215
India
585
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
T. Jayakumar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,556
5,806
0.373
English Language
Literatures
Literary Criticism and Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,672
India
590
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
M Daniel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,473
4,130
0.267
Nonlinear Dynamics of mesoscopic
soft condensed matter and molecular systems
Soliton and Chaos in Nonlinear Dynamical Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
101,676
India
1,324
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mallayan Palaniandavar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,901
2,388
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,856
India
2,036
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Kandasamy Ramamurthi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,594
3,410
0.449
Thin films
crystal growth
nanoscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
167,384
India
2,682
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ganapathi A
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,261
2,367
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
188,505
India
3,200
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ranjitha Kumari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,554
2,872
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
202,095
India
3,525
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Geraldine Pitchairaj
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,173
1,659
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
205,516
India
3,623
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Kumpati Premkumar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,086
2,575
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
211,956
India
3,809
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ramesh Babu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,925
2,424
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
212,112
India
3,815
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Govindaraju Archunan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,921
2,439
0.496
Pheromone biology
Reproductive biology
Proteomics
Reproductive immunology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
212,299
India
3,825
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Babu Rajendran Ramaswamy|Ramaswamy BR
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,917
2,462
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
213,629
India
3,858
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Rengan Ramesh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,884
2,252
0.461
Organometallic Chemistry
Catalysis
Bioinorganic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
219,017
India
3,998
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Dhanasekaran Dharumadurai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,758
2,915
0.613
Microbiome
actinobacteria
bioactive compounds
metagenomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
228,783
India
4,259
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
S Sivaramakrishnan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,541
2,932
0.646
Agriculture Biotechnology/Nanotechnology/Environmental Biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
235,663
India
4,460
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Natarajaseenivasan Kalimuthusamy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,398
2,023
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
238,935
India
4,547
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Rajendran Rajaram
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,333
3,512
0.811
Toxic metal pollution
Bio-remediation
Molecular taxonomy and Marine Biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
243,420
India
4,691
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
S. Loganathan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,246
2,668
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
246,462
India
4,783
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ramachandran C
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,190
1,649
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
250,531
India
4,899
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
M Manickavasagam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,116
2,006
0.487
Plant tissue culture
Plant Genetic Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
254,481
India
5,015
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ravikumar Vilwanathan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,047
2,690
0.665
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
255,937
India
5,066
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Arumugam Sonachalam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,021
2,362
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
261,901
India
5,237
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Rajasekar S
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,918
1,537
0.392
Nonlinear Dynamics
Quantum Mechanics
numerical Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
270,651
India
5,537
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Perumal Santhanam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,772
2,450
0.650
Marine Biology
Marine Planktonology
Aquaculture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
283,077
India
5,943
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Senthilvelan Murugaian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,582
1,501
0.419
Integrable systems
Nonlinear Dynamics