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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 40 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
Epidemiology
Environmental Health
systematic analyses
global burden of disease
Non Communicable Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160,348
131,326
0.819
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Public Health
Health System Policy
HR
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,140
3,678
0.716
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Process Systems Engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,518
1,444
0.951
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Food Extrusion
Food Science
Food Processing
Food Ingredients
Upcycled Food
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,106
909
0.822
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
969
751
0.775
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Radar
Radar Signal Processing
Remote Sensing
Synthetic Aperture Radar
InSA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
919
734
0.799
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Fluorescent Protein Engineering
Biosensors
Hydrogel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
804
646
0.803
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Thermoelectric materials
Spin Caloritronics
Magnetic Materials
Energy harvestin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
747
567
0.759
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
fuel cell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
739
617
0.835
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Environmental Engineering
Non-point source pollution
Nature-based Solution
Stormwater Managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
726
519
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Thermoelectric materials- Powder metallurgy
Luminescence Spectroscop
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
706
526
0.745
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
atmospheric scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
630
446
0.708
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
610
571
0.936
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Physics
Material Science
Magnetism
Thin films
Molecular magne
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
591
552
0.934
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Functional materials
Energy storage
Lithium-ion batteries
Nanomaterials
Metal oxide
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
571
411
0.720
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
CO2 solubility
CCUS
Hydrogen
Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
542
409
0.755
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
496
257
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Artificial Intelligence
Image Processing
Language Processing
Biomedical
Network
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
477
461
0.966
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Text Mining
Big Data
Social Network Analysis
Information Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
450
371
0.824
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
미디어
수용자
콘텐츠
정�
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
445
124
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Power Electronics
Battery System
Wireless Power Transfer Syste
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
433
343
0.792
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Heat Transfer
Solar Thermal Energy
Thermal Management Syste
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
413
405
0.981
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Biophysics
Machine learning
NEMS
Quantum device
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
403
337
0.836
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Horticulture
Pest management
Smart far
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
386
311
0.806
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Quantum Optics
Cavity Optomechanic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
385
145
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,356
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ejaz Khan
Health Services Academy
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160,348
131,326
0.819
Epidemiology
Environmental Health
systematic analyses
global burden of disease
Non Communicable Disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
212,056
505
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ramesh Kumar
Health Services Academy
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,140
3,678
0.716
Public Health
Health System Policy
HR
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
556,729
2,301
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jinwoo Park
Health Services Academy
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,518
1,444
0.951
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
668,898
3,083
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Bon-Jae Gu
Health Services Academy
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,106
909
0.822
Food Extrusion
Food Science
Food Processing
Food Ingredients
Upcycled Food
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
716,912
3,469
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Eun Young Kang
Health Services Academy
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
969
751
0.775
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
735,922
3,597
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Min-Seok Kang|Minseok Kang
Health Services Academy
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
919
734
0.799
Radar
Radar Signal Processing
Remote Sensing
Synthetic Aperture Radar
InSA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
783,101
3,949
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Namdoo Kim
Health Services Academy
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
804
646
0.803
Fluorescent Protein Engineering
Biosensors
Hydrogel
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
808,946
4,162
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Babu Madavali
Health Services Academy
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
747
567
0.759
Thermoelectric materials
Spin Caloritronics
Magnetic Materials
Energy harvestin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
812,630
4,188
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Han, Jaeyoung
Health Services Academy
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
739
617
0.835
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
818,922
4,244
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Franz Kevin F Geronimo
Health Services Academy
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
726
519
0.715
Environmental Engineering
Non-point source pollution
Nature-based Solution
Stormwater Managemen
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
828,597
4,324
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Peyala Dharmaiah
Health Services Academy
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
706
526
0.745
Thermoelectric materials- Powder metallurgy
Luminescence Spectroscop
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
868,430
4,677
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Hyunho Lee
Health Services Academy
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
630
446
0.708
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
879,570
4,784
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Balasaheb Daniyal Vanjare
Health Services Academy
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
610
571
0.936
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
891,067
4,901
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Kwanghyo Son
Health Services Academy
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
591
552
0.934
Physics
Material Science
Magnetism
Thin films
Molecular magne
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
904,040
5,027
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Chadrasekhar Loka
Health Services Academy
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
571
411
0.720
Functional materials
Energy storage
Lithium-ion batteries
Nanomaterials
Metal oxide
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
924,450
5,200
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jeon, Pil Rip|전 필립
Health Services Academy
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
542
409
0.755
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
961,755
5,537
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Hyun Na Kim
Health Services Academy
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
496
257
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
977,846
5,663
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Asif Mehmood
Health Services Academy
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
477
461
0.966
Artificial Intelligence
Image Processing
Language Processing
Biomedical
Network
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,002,249
5,865
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
김혜진 Erin Hea-Jin Kim
Health Services Academy
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
450
371
0.824
Text Mining
Big Data
Social Network Analysis
Information Scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,007,455
5,902
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
배진아
Health Services Academy
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
445
124
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,018,282
6,016
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sang-Won Lee
Health Services Academy
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
433
343
0.792
Power Electronics
Battery System
Wireless Power Transfer Syste
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,037,720
6,187
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Joong Bae Kim
Health Services Academy
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
413
405
0.981
Heat Transfer
Solar Thermal Energy
Thermal Management Syste
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,048,108
6,291
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Taegeun Song
Health Services Academy
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
403
337
0.836
Biophysics
Machine learning
NEMS
Quantum device
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,066,091
6,502
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Dong Sub Kim
Health Services Academy
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
386
311
0.806
Horticulture
Pest management
Smart far
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,067,666
6,519
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Hyojun Seok
Health Services Academy
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
385
145
0.377