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Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 113 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 Rankings

Rankings

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59,343
World Rank
India
619
Country Rank
CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    15,938
  • Last 6 Years
    4,863
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.305
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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66,352
World Rank
India
708
Country Rank
CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow Logo
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    14,641
  • Last 6 Years
    6,428
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.439
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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84,382
World Rank
India
1,013
Country Rank
CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow Logo
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences
natural product chemistr

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    12,078
  • Last 6 Years
    4,477
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.371
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Rankings

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128,667
World Rank
India
1,884
Country Rank
CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow Logo
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Drug Delivery and targeting using nanomaterials | Nanocrystal

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    8,376
  • Last 6 Years
    3,875
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.463
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Rankings

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141,839
World Rank
India
2,166
Country Rank
CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow Logo
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
Cell Death Research | Cancer | Apoptosi

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    7,660
  • Last 6 Years
    3,486
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.455
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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142,346
World Rank
India
2,174
Country Rank
CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow Logo
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacology
Neuro pharmacology and Toxicolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    7,636
  • Last 6 Years
    2,784
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.365
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Rankings

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146,244
World Rank
India
2,261
Country Rank
CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow Logo
7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
Genomics | reproductive biology | male infertility | sperm RN

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    7,446
  • Last 6 Years
    4,165
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.559
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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152,025
World Rank
India
2,384
Country Rank
CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow Logo
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    7,175
  • Last 6 Years
    1,989
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.277
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Rankings

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157,573
World Rank
India
2,506
Country Rank
CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow Logo
9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences
carbohydrate chemistry | drug design and development | combinatorial chemistr

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    6,934
  • Last 6 Years
    2,347
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.338
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Rankings

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175,176
World Rank
India
2,925
Country Rank
CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow Logo
10
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Others
Peptide based Drug developmen

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    6,256
  • Last 6 Years
    3,537
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.565
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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182,308
World Rank
India
3,083
Country Rank
CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow Logo
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    6,015
  • Last 6 Years
    1,930
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.321
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Rankings

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189,637
World Rank
India
3,269
Country Rank
CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow Logo
12
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences
Organic and Medicinal Chemistry | Baylis-Hillman reaction | Transition metal catalyzed reaction

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    5,779
  • Last 6 Years
    1,642
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.284
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Rankings

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193,615
World Rank
India
3,372
Country Rank
CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow Logo
13
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Others
Parasitology | Leishmaniasis | Immunobiology | Drug discover

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    5,656
  • Last 6 Years
    1,968
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.348
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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194,714
World Rank
India
3,400
Country Rank
CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow Logo
14
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    5,623
  • Last 6 Years
    2,485
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.442
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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204,264
World Rank
India
3,648
Country Rank
CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow Logo
15
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Pharmaceutics | Drug Delivery | Antigen/Vaccine Deliver

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    5,355
  • Last 6 Years
    2,609
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.487
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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209,018
World Rank
India
3,802
Country Rank
CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow Logo
16
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Others
Toxicity | genome variation & cance

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    5,229
  • Last 6 Years
    2,449
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.468
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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212,675
World Rank
India
3,906
Country Rank
CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow Logo
17
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
Computational Biology Bioinformatics & Chemoinformatic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    5,136
  • Last 6 Years
    2,490
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.485
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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212,706
World Rank
India
3,908
Country Rank
CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow Logo
18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Others
Metabolic Bone Disorders | Osteoporosis | Osteoarthritis | Obesity induced Bone Los

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    5,135
  • Last 6 Years
    2,828
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.551
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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214,119
World Rank
India
3,938
Country Rank
CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow Logo
19
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Drug discovery and development | protein evolutio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    5,101
  • Last 6 Years
    2,850
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.559
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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227,233
World Rank
India
4,296
Country Rank
CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow Logo
20
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Pharmacokinetics | Formulation | Metabolism | Bioanalysis | Drug Developmen

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,792
  • Last 6 Years
    2,909
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.607
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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231,792
World Rank
India
4,420
Country Rank
CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow Logo
21
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Life Science [Metabolic Syndrome & PKPD

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,690
  • Last 6 Years
    2,831
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.604
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Rankings

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237,831
World Rank
India
4,587
Country Rank
CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow Logo
22
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Others
Stress biolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,564
  • Last 6 Years
    1,949
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.427
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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240,866
World Rank
India
4,676
Country Rank
CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow Logo
23
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences
Biomeidcal research | Medicinal Chemistry | Drug Discovery | Natural products chemistry | Organic chemistr

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,499
  • Last 6 Years
    1,959
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.435
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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244,232
World Rank
India
4,798
Country Rank
CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow Logo
24
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences
Bio-Organic Chemistry | applied chemistry | medicinal chemistr

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,431
  • Last 6 Years
    1,600
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.361
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Rankings

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249,817
World Rank
India
4,961
Country Rank
CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow Logo
25
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Alzheimer's diseases | Parkinson's disease | Neurotoxicity | neuronal apoptosis | glial cells an

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,326
  • Last 6 Years
    2,372
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.548
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