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Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 421 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
Türkiye
Mehmet Bulut
Çocuk ortopedis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,995
4,163
0.595
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Türkiye
Remzi Çevik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,028
1,844
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Türkiye
Recep Tekin
Febril nötropeni
Transplant Enfeksiyonları
Hastane infeksiyonları
Zoonozla
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,718
2,750
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Türkiye
Fuat Güzel
Adsorption
Activated carbon
Bio-waste management
water treatmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,326
1,882
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Türkiye
Ahmet Yalinkaya
Perinatolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,245
3,344
0.788
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Türkiye
Mehmet Zülküf Akdağ
Biophysic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,495
1,177
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Türkiye
Mustafa Abdullah Yılmaz
Natural product research
Screening of secondary metabolites
LC-MS/MS
GC-MS
High resolution Mas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,470
2,999
0.864
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Türkiye
Abidin Dağlı
eğitim yönetim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,039
1,857
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Türkiye
Suleyman Kizil
Medicinal Plants
Dye Plants
Bulb Plants
Plant Biotechnology
Plant Tissue Cultur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,029
1,208
0.399

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Türkiye
Erol Kilickap
Composites
Machining
Machine tools
Metal cuttin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,973
1,554
0.523
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Türkiye
İbrahim Kaya
Controller Desig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,867
1,087
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Türkiye
Kendal Yalçın
Hepatit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,800
1,174
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Türkiye
Aytekin Sır
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,605
763
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Türkiye
Ahmet Ali Sancaktutar
Urology & Pediatric Urolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,579
1,043
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Türkiye
Tamer Kutluca
Matematik Eğitim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,531
1,040
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Türkiye
Murat Aydemir
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,519
990
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Türkiye
Candan Hamamcı
Analytical chemistry
Energy
Environmental chemistry
spectroscop
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,487
660
0.265
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Türkiye
Ersin Kılınç
Nanobiotechnology
Biomaterial
Medical Device
Toxicology
Chemical Characterizatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,458
1,314
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Türkiye
Yusuf Selim Ocak
Quantum Sensing
2D Materials
Semiconductor
Thin film
Solar cell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,380
1,318
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Türkiye
Abdurrahman Önen
Çocukların genital
böbrek
üreter (idrar kanalları)
mesane ve üretra (işeme borusu) tedavileri ve ameliyatlar�
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,317
776
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Türkiye
Sadik Ozgur Degertekin
Optimization algorithms
Optimum design
Steel structure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,285
1,061
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Türkiye
Ömer Yavuz
Analytical chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,254
789
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Türkiye
Mehmet Boğa
Natural Product Chemistry
Antioxidant and Antialzheimer Activity
HPLC
Essential oil
Fatty aci
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,242
1,613
0.719
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Türkiye
Akın Baysal
Inorganic Chemistry
organaphosphorus Chemistry
Catalysis
Coordination Chemistry
Asymmetric Reductio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,229
636
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Türkiye
Ahmet Onay
Plant Biotechnology
Plant Cell
Tissue and Organ Cultur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,226
767
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
155,378
Türkiye
796
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Mehmet Bulut
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,995
4,163
0.595
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
180,999
Türkiye
1,037
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Remzi Çevik
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,028
1,844
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
229,467
Türkiye
1,550
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Recep Tekin
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,718
2,750
0.583
Febril nötropeni
Transplant Enfeksiyonları
Hastane infeksiyonları
Zoonozla
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
248,669
Türkiye
1,814
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Fuat Güzel
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,326
1,882
0.435
Adsorption
Activated carbon
Bio-waste management
water treatmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
253,038
Türkiye
1,863
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ahmet Yalinkaya
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,245
3,344
0.788
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
300,022
Türkiye
2,517
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Mehmet Zülküf Akdağ
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,495
1,177
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
301,836
Türkiye
2,550
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mustafa Abdullah Yılmaz
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,470
2,999
0.864
Natural product research
Screening of secondary metabolites
LC-MS/MS
GC-MS
High resolution Mas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
336,972
Türkiye
3,171
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Abidin Dağlı
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,039
1,857
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
337,909
Türkiye
3,187
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Suleyman Kizil
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,029
1,208
0.399
Medicinal Plants
Dye Plants
Bulb Plants
Plant Biotechnology
Plant Tissue Cultur
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
343,065
Türkiye
3,282
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Erol Kilickap
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,973
1,554
0.523

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
353,318
Türkiye
3,482
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
İbrahim Kaya
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,867
1,087
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
360,032
Türkiye
3,598
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Kendal Yalçın
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,800
1,174
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
381,222
Türkiye
4,016
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Aytekin Sır
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,605
763
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
384,168
Türkiye
4,076
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ahmet Ali Sancaktutar
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,579
1,043
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
389,717
Türkiye
4,181
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Tamer Kutluca
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,531
1,040
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
391,143
Türkiye
4,211
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Murat Aydemir
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,519
990
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
394,897
Türkiye
4,286
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Candan Hamamcı
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,487
660
0.265
Analytical chemistry
Energy
Environmental chemistry
spectroscop
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
398,401
Türkiye
4,347
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ersin Kılınç
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,458
1,314
0.535
Nanobiotechnology
Biomaterial
Medical Device
Toxicology
Chemical Characterizatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
408,047
Türkiye
4,538
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Yusuf Selim Ocak
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,380
1,318
0.554
Quantum Sensing
2D Materials
Semiconductor
Thin film
Solar cell
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
416,362
Türkiye
4,706
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Abdurrahman Önen
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,317
776
0.335
Çocukların genital
böbrek
üreter (idrar kanalları)
mesane ve üretra (işeme borusu) tedavileri ve ameliyatlar�
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
420,617
Türkiye
4,797
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sadik Ozgur Degertekin
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,285
1,061
0.464
Optimization algorithms
Optimum design
Steel structure
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
424,828
Türkiye
4,898
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ömer Yavuz
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,254
789
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
426,388
Türkiye
4,930
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Mehmet Boğa
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,242
1,613
0.719
Natural Product Chemistry
Antioxidant and Antialzheimer Activity
HPLC
Essential oil
Fatty aci
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
428,333
Türkiye
4,971
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Akın Baysal
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,229
636
0.285
Inorganic Chemistry
organaphosphorus Chemistry
Catalysis
Coordination Chemistry
Asymmetric Reductio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
428,725
Türkiye
4,981
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ahmet Onay
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,226
767
0.345