Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
Experimental Particle Physics: Detector
CMS data analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
284,144
118,799
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Trustworthy AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,517
5,449
0.836
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Theoretical condensed Matter Physics
2D materials
Quantum Liquids
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,354
2,732
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
String theory-Holography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,542
1,722
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Early Universe Cosmology
Inflation
High Energy Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,823
2,028
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Accelerator Physics
Beam Diagnostics
X-ray detector development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,284
1,009
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,172
2,078
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Standard model of particle physics and beyond
Search for new physics
QCD phenomenology
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Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,928
3,598
0.916
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Soft Matter
Biophysics
Statistical Physics
Casimir Effect
Active Matter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,318
891
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Galaxies
groups and clusters of galaxies
dark matter
astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,709
1,252
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Theoretical Cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,558
1,028
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Performance modelling and evaluation
computer networks wireless and wired
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,399
1,416
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Phenomenology of Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,290
2,242
0.979
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Computer Architecture
Computer Systems
Approximate Computing
Cloud Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,176
1,203
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
neuroscience
olfaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,986
1,974
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
cosmology
complex systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,941
875
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Critical Phenomena
Conformal Field Theory
Evolutionary Theory
Complex Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,921
392
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Cosmology
Philology of Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,804
1,030
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Machine Learning Theory
Statistics
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,734
1,692
0.976
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Early Universe Cosmology
High Energy Astrophysics
Black Hole Physics
Astroparticle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,727
1,640
0.950
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Systems/Cognitive Neuroscience
Brain Engineering
Brain Controlled Interfaces
AI-based Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,668
1,014
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Mathematics
Rings and module theory
Topology
Rings of continuous function
Math education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,453
637
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Photovoltaics
Water splitting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,346
701
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
String Theory
Quantum Field Theory
Holography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,289
719
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Computer Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,281
360
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
263
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Mohsen Khakzad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
284,144
118,799
0.418
Experimental Particle Physics: Detector
CMS data analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
157,542
1,049
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mohammad Sabokrou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,517
5,449
0.836
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Trustworthy AI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
161,695
1,092
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Reza Asgari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,354
2,732
0.430
Theoretical condensed Matter Physics
2D materials
Quantum Liquids
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
185,354
1,321
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mohsen Alishahiha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,542
1,722
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
212,209
1,647
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Hassan Firouzjahi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,823
2,028
0.420
Early Universe Cosmology
Inflation
High Energy Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
236,962
1,948
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Javad Rahighi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,284
1,009
0.236
Accelerator Physics
Beam Diagnostics
X-ray detector development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
242,852
2,030
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Fatemeh S Tabatabaei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,172
2,078
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
256,567
2,212
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Hamzeh Khanpour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,928
3,598
0.916
Standard model of particle physics and beyond
Search for new physics
QCD phenomenology
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
296,807
2,802
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ali Naji
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,318
891
0.269
Soft Matter
Biophysics
Statistical Physics
Casimir Effect
Active Matter
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
350,606
3,660
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Habib Khosroshahi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,709
1,252
0.462
Galaxies
groups and clusters of galaxies
dark matter
astronomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
366,805
3,942
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Amjad Ashoorioon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,558
1,028
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
385,293
4,275
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ahmad Khonsari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,399
1,416
0.590
Performance modelling and evaluation
computer networks wireless and wired
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
398,905
4,507
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mortaza Khatiri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,290
2,242
0.979
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
414,260
4,800
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Pejman Lotfi-Kamran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,176
1,203
0.553
Computer Architecture
Computer Systems
Approximate Computing
Cloud Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
442,762
5,362
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Shima T Moein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,986
1,974
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
450,207
5,505
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Seyed Mohammad Sadegh Movahed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,941
875
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
453,590
5,582
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Shahin Rouhani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,921
392
0.204
Critical Phenomena
Conformal Field Theory
Evolutionary Theory
Complex Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
473,603
6,006
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Mohammad Hossein Namjoo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,804
1,030
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
486,526
6,265
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Amir Najafi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,734
1,692
0.976
Machine Learning Theory
Statistics
Artificial Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
487,906
6,295
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Mohsen Khodadi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,727
1,640
0.950
Early Universe Cosmology
High Energy Astrophysics
Black Hole Physics
Astroparticle Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
499,692
6,560
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Reza Lashgari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,668
1,014
0.608
Systems/Cognitive Neuroscience
Brain Engineering
Brain Controlled Interfaces
AI-based Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
546,282
7,592
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Oas Karamzadeh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,453
637
0.438
Mathematics
Rings and module theory
Topology
Rings of continuous function
Math education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
572,736
8,220
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ali Dabirian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,346
701
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
587,917
8,576
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Hamid R Afshar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,289
719
0.558
String Theory
Quantum Field Theory
Holography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
590,214
8,620
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Omid Etesami
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,281
360
0.281