Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
Food Nanotechnology
Nanoencapsulation
Nanoemulsions
Nano-delivery systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,161
39,145
0.867
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Aquaculture
Immunomodulation
Fish Nutrition
Feed Additives
Prebiotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,375
15,110
0.870
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Crop Modeling
Crop Physiology and Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,688
4,513
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Food rheology
Drying
Food engineering
Infrared for food processing
Food science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,200
3,816
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Sea food safety and preservation
bioactive compound extraction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,274
3,532
0.670
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Food Chemistry
Food Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,742
3,858
0.814
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Food Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,256
3,353
0.788
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Pedology
Soil Survey and Land Evaluation
Carbon Biomineralization
Soil Health
Paleoclimate
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,158
2,624
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Land Use Planning
Spatial Optimization
Urban Modeling
Landscape Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,096
2,679
0.654
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Food Science & Technology
Edible Films & Coatings
Active Packaging
Functional Foods & Beverages
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,842
2,862
0.745
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Aquaculture
Immunonutrition
RNA Seq
Transcriptomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,687
3,194
0.866
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Cereal science and technology
Bakery products
Pasta
Gluten-free products
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,642
2,469
0.678
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Food science and technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,410
2,627
0.770
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Seafood
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,378
2,292
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Aquatic Toxicology
Marine Biology
Aquatic Ecology
Environmental Pollution
Microplastic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,356
2,359
0.703
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
biodiversity
conservation genetics
molecular ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,031
1,713
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Emerging food technologies
Bioavailability
Food Biopolymers
Nutraceutical
Food Rheology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,978
2,510
0.843
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Renewable Nanomaterials
Production
Application
Commercialization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,935
2,075
0.707
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Frying Edible Coating
Oils and Fats
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,802
2,076
0.741
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Wood Industrial Processing
Recycling
Non-Wood Resources
Natural Adhesives
Biocomposite
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,693
1,458
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Aquaculture
Animal biology and physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,464
1,797
0.729
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Nanoencapsulation
Molecular dynamic simulation
Biopolymers
Controlled release
Dairy science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,331
2,193
0.941
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Poultry physiology
Heat stress
Herbal plants and Feed additives
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,154
1,246
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Bioenergies
Biofuels
Biodiesel Process Intensification
Solar energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,972
1,413
0.717
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Food Engineering
Food Processing
Heat and Mass Transfer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,900
1,395
0.734
Seid Mahdi Jafari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,161
39,145
0.867
Food Nanotechnology
Nanoencapsulation
Nanoemulsions
Nano-delivery systems
Seyed Hossein Hoseinifar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,375
15,110
0.870
Aquaculture
Immunomodulation
Fish Nutrition
Feed Additives
Prebiotics
Afshin Soltani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,688
4,513
0.519
Crop Modeling
Crop Physiology and Ecology
Mahdi Kashaninejad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,200
3,816
0.615
Food rheology
Drying
Food engineering
Infrared for food processing
Food science
Mahdi Ojagh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,274
3,532
0.670
Sea food safety and preservation
bioactive compound extraction
Mohammad Ghorbani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,742
3,858
0.814
Food Chemistry
Food Analysis
Alireza Sadeghi Mahoonak
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,256
3,353
0.788
Farhad Khormali
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,158
2,624
0.631
Pedology
Soil Survey and Land Evaluation
Carbon Biomineralization
Soil Health
Paleoclimate
Abdolrassoul Salmanmahiny
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,096
2,679
0.654
Land Use Planning
Spatial Optimization
Urban Modeling
Landscape Ecology
Yahya Maghsoudlou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,842
2,862
0.745
Food Science & Technology
Edible Films & Coatings
Active Packaging
Functional Foods & Beverages
Hamed Paknejad Kolangi Miandare
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,687
3,194
0.866
Aquaculture
Immunonutrition
RNA Seq
Transcriptomic
Mehran Aalami
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,642
2,469
0.678
Cereal science and technology
Bakery products
Pasta
Gluten-free products
Morteza Khomeiri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,410
2,627
0.770
Food science and technology
Bahareh Shabanpour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,378
2,292
0.679
Aliakbar Hedayati|Seyed Aliakbar Hedayati, Seyed Ali Akbar Hedayati, Seyyed Aliakbar Hedayati
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,356
2,359
0.703
Aquatic Toxicology
Marine Biology
Aquatic Ecology
Environmental Pollution
Microplastic
Hamid Reza Rezaei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,031
1,713
0.565
biodiversity
conservation genetics
molecular ecology
Sahar Akhavanmahdavi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,978
2,510
0.843
Emerging food technologies
Bioavailability
Food Biopolymers
Nutraceutical
Food Rheology
Hossein Yousefi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,935
2,075
0.707
Renewable Nanomaterials
Production
Application
Commercialization
Habibollah Mirzaei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,802
2,076
0.741
Frying Edible Coating
Oils and Fats
Taghi Tabarsa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,693
1,458
0.541
Wood Industrial Processing
Recycling
Non-Wood Resources
Natural Adhesives
Biocomposite
Abdolmajid Hajimoradloo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,464
1,797
0.729
Aquaculture
Animal biology and physiology
Iman Katouzian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,331
2,193
0.941
Nanoencapsulation
Molecular dynamic simulation
Biopolymers
Controlled release
Dairy science
Seyed Reza Hashemi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,154
1,246
0.578
Poultry physiology
Heat stress
Herbal plants and Feed additives
Ahmad Abbaszadeh Mayvan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,972
1,413
0.717
Bioenergies
Biofuels
Biodiesel Process Intensification
Solar energy
Aman Mohammad Ziaiifar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,900
1,395
0.734
Food Engineering
Food Processing
Heat and Mass Transfer