Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 26 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
Islamic finance
Islamic Economics
Development Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,654
5,418
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Islamic finance
Islamic Microfinance
Securities Markets
Development Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,197
1,201
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Poverty
Water & Food Security
Development Strategies & Policies
Project & Portfolio Management
Capacity Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,152
817
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Portfolio management
banking regulations
Sustainable and Impact investing
Application of AI in finance
Social entreprenuresh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,129
1,575
0.740
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Islamic Economics
Islamic Finance
Risk Management
Islamic Micro-fiance and Poverty Alleviation
International Trade Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,878
911
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
monetary economics
macroeconomics
development economics
Islamic economic finance
applied econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,803
924
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
FPGA
Arithmetic
Data Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
923
94
0.102
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Finance
Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
748
296
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Development Economics
Economic Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
516
286
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
natural language processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
429
139
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Banque et Finance
Gouvernance d'Entreprise
Finance Islamique
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
392
167
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Economics
Islamic Finance
Financial Economics
Economic Development
Risk Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
378
206
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Macroeconomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
376
102
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Competitiveness
Islamic Economics
Digital Economy
Business Ethics
Sustainable Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
361
235
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Islamic finance
Islamic banking
Islamic capital markets
financial sector development
resilience and stability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
334
191
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Macroeconomics
international economics
Banking and Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
239
136
0.569
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Quantitative Methods
Development Economics
Policy Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
190
66
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Macroeconomics
International Finance
Islamic Finance
International trade
Econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151
116
0.768
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Economic Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
42
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Fintech
Digital Transformation
BPM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
47
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
economic development
poverty
structural transformation
Islamic Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
47
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
ECC
Security
Cryptography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
32
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Islamic finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
21
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Productivity
Economic Growth
Poverty
Financial Development
Islamic Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
29
0.547
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Credit Risk Management
Syndicated Finance
Islamic Finance
Portfolio Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
24
0.857
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,005
178
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Muhammad Umar Chapra
Islamic Development Bank
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,654
5,418
0.370
Islamic finance
Islamic Economics
Development Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
311,752
1,269
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mohammed Obaidullah
Islamic Development Bank
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,197
1,201
0.376
Islamic finance
Islamic Microfinance
Securities Markets
Development Finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
315,421
1,291
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Intizar Hussain
Islamic Development Bank
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,152
817
0.259
Poverty
Water & Food Security
Development Strategies & Policies
Project & Portfolio Management
Capacity Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
428,234
1,997
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Dawood Ashraf
Islamic Development Bank
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,129
1,575
0.740
Portfolio management
banking regulations
Sustainable and Impact investing
Application of AI in finance
Social entreprenuresh
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
468,102
2,265
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Abd Elrahman Elzahi Saaid Ali
Islamic Development Bank
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,878
911
0.485
Islamic Economics
Islamic Finance
Risk Management
Islamic Micro-fiance and Poverty Alleviation
International Trade Finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
481,358
2,370
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Muhamed Zulkhibri
Islamic Development Bank
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,803
924
0.512
monetary economics
macroeconomics
development economics
Islamic economic finance
applied econometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
715,686
4,036
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Altaf Abdul Gaffar
Islamic Development Bank
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
923
94
0.102
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
789,576
4,587
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Turkhan Ali Abdul Manap
Islamic Development Bank
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
748
296
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
916,551
5,487
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Elvin Afandi
Islamic Development Bank
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
516
286
0.554
Development Economics
Economic Sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
992,627
5,975
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Abdulbaquee Muhammad
Islamic Development Bank
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
429
139
0.324
natural language processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,029,102
6,158
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Boubakari Ake
Islamic Development Bank
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
392
167
0.426
Banque et Finance
Gouvernance d'Entreprise
Finance Islamique
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,043,544
6,248
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Hylmun Izhar
Islamic Development Bank
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
378
206
0.545
Economics
Islamic Finance
Financial Economics
Economic Development
Risk Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,045,880
6,269
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Golam Mortaza
Islamic Development Bank
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
376
102
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,061,880
6,383
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Houssem Eddine Bedoui, Mba,
Islamic Development Bank
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
361
235
0.651
Competitiveness
Islamic Economics
Digital Economy
Business Ethics
Sustainable Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,093,566
6,635
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Syed Faiq Najeeb
Islamic Development Bank
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
334
191
0.572
Islamic finance
Islamic banking
Islamic capital markets
financial sector development
resilience and stability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,234,844
8,400
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Khalifa Hassanain|Khalifa Mohamed Ali, Khalifa M. Ali Hassanain
Islamic Development Bank
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
239
136
0.569
Macroeconomics
international economics
Banking and Finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,333,385
9,080
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ousmane Seck
Islamic Development Bank
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
190
66
0.347
Quantitative Methods
Development Economics
Policy Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,432,001
9,616
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Tamsir Cham
Islamic Development Bank
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151
116
0.768
Macroeconomics
International Finance
Islamic Finance
International trade
Econometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,493,340
9,890
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Areef Suleman
Islamic Development Bank
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
42
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,516,144
9,998
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ben Khedher Anis
Islamic Development Bank
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
47
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,602,994
10,438
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ismaeel Ibrahim Naiya
Islamic Development Bank
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
47
0.470
economic development
poverty
structural transformation
Islamic Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,615,433
10,506
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Hilal Houssain
Islamic Development Bank
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
32
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,746,559
11,196
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Rami Abdelkafi
Islamic Development Bank
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
21
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,828,022
11,606
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Nosratollah Nafar
Islamic Development Bank
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
29
0.547
Productivity
Economic Growth
Poverty
Financial Development
Islamic Finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,005,813
12,483
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Muhammad Adeel Ashraf
Islamic Development Bank
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
24
0.857
Credit Risk Management
Syndicated Finance
Islamic Finance
Portfolio Management