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Highly Cited Researchers 335 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.

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Total 335 scientists
* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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105,051
World Rank
Saudi Arabia
312
Country Rank
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1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
I Badhrees
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Medical and Health Sciences / Medical Physics
Elementary Particle Physics - High Energy Physics | Astrophysics | Medical Physics and Nuclear Physics

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    10,024
  • Last 6 Years
    6,734
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.672
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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179,820
World Rank
Saudi Arabia
630
Country Rank
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Logo
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Malak Abedalthagafi|Malak AlThagafi, Malak AlThgafi
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Medical and Health Sciences / Medical Genetics
Meningioma | Complex genetics | Cancer genetics | Neuropatholog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    6,095
  • Last 6 Years
    4,702
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.771
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Rankings

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241,163
World Rank
Saudi Arabia
947
Country Rank
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Logo
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Yizhou Wang
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Others
Energy storage | Energy harvesting | MXene

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,492
  • Last 6 Years
    4,453
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.991
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Rankings

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276,617
World Rank
Saudi Arabia
1,134
Country Rank
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Logo
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Abdulaziz Almalik
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Engineering & Technology / Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Drug Delivery | Nanomedicine | Bionanotechnology | biomaterial

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    3,860
  • Last 6 Years
    3,068
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.795
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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279,674
World Rank
Saudi Arabia
1,152
Country Rank
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Logo
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Tao Zhang
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Others
Fluid transport | Micro- and nano-flow | Lattice Boltzmann | Reservoir numerical simulation | Permeability characterizatio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    3,812
  • Last 6 Years
    2,952
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.774
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Rankings

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310,400
World Rank
Saudi Arabia
1,305
Country Rank
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Logo
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Hussein Shaman
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Engineering & Technology / Electrical & Electronic Engineering
RF/microwave components | HIS | antenna

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    3,375
  • Last 6 Years
    1,375
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.407
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Rankings

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311,439
World Rank
Saudi Arabia
1,308
Country Rank
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Logo
7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Bandar AlOtaibi
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Natural Sciences / Physics
Physics of semiconductors and nanostructured materials | photoelectrochemical water splitting | artificial photosynthesi

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    3,362
  • Last 6 Years
    2,415
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.718
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Rankings

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336,797
World Rank
Saudi Arabia
1,454
Country Rank
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Logo
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Zixiong Shi (史子雄）
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Others
Li-S batteries | Li metal anode | Electrolyt

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    3,057
  • Last 6 Years
    3,053
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.999
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Rankings

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338,073
World Rank
Saudi Arabia
1,460
Country Rank
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Logo
9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Abdulrahman Alarifi
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Internet Security | Network Security | Cloud Security | Big Data Analytics | Data Mining and Machine Learning

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    3,043
  • Last 6 Years
    1,949
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.640
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Rankings

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346,994
World Rank
Saudi Arabia
1,511
Country Rank
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Logo
10
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Ahmed H Al-Harbi
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Others

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,948
  • Last 6 Years
    1,032
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.350
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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351,978
World Rank
Saudi Arabia
1,541
Country Rank
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Logo
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Atteq Ur Rehman
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Others
Photovoltaics | Crystalline silicon solar cells | Si Thin-Film solar cells on foreign substrate

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,896
  • Last 6 Years
    2,597
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.897
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Rankings

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384,450
World Rank
Saudi Arabia
1,745
Country Rank
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Logo
12
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Samuel Horvath|Samuel Horváth
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Efficient Machine Learning | Federated Learning | Optimizatio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,590
  • Last 6 Years
    2,556
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.987
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Rankings

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386,032
World Rank
Saudi Arabia
1,751
Country Rank
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Logo
13
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Shynggys Zhumagali
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Engineering & Technology / Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Materials Science | Solar Cells | Perovskite | Silicon | Tande

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,576
  • Last 6 Years
    2,543
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.987
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Rankings

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390,219
World Rank
Saudi Arabia
1,782
Country Rank
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Logo
14
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Mengmeng Xu (Frost)|Mengmeng Xu
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
computer vision | video understanding and generatio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,540
  • Last 6 Years
    2,531
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.996
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Rankings

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416,162
World Rank
Saudi Arabia
1,965
Country Rank
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Logo
15
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Guocheng Qian|Gordon Qian
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
computer vision | generative modeling | 3

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,330
  • Last 6 Years
    2,324
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.997
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Rankings

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430,547
World Rank
Saudi Arabia
2,063
Country Rank
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Logo
16
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Mohammad Al-Amri
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Natural Sciences / Physics
Quantum optics/Informatic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,225
  • Last 6 Years
    956
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.430
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Rankings

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440,438
World Rank
Saudi Arabia
2,119
Country Rank
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Logo
17
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Sheng Zhou
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Others
MOF | membranes | gas separations | porous material

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,156
  • Last 6 Years
    2,055
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.953
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Rankings

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442,642
World Rank
Saudi Arabia
2,132
Country Rank
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Logo
18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Luis Gutiérrez-Arzaluz
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Others
UItrafast Laser Spectroscopy | Single-particle Microscopy | Persistent Luminescene | Nanotechnolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,141
  • Last 6 Years
    2,059
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.962
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Rankings

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459,486
World Rank
Saudi Arabia
2,256
Country Rank
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Logo
19
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Fuzong Xu
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Engineering & Technology / Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
perovskite materials and devices | tandem solar cell

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,031
  • Last 6 Years
    1,954
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.962
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Rankings

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464,687
World Rank
Saudi Arabia
2,297
Country Rank
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Logo
20
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Mohammad Hayal Alotaibi
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Others
Organic | Chemistry | Catalysis | Polymer | Forensi

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    1,999
  • Last 6 Years
    1,749
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.875
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Rankings

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468,749
World Rank
Saudi Arabia
2,330
Country Rank
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Logo
21
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Munir M Eldesouki
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Engineering & Technology / Electrical & Electronic Engineering
CMOS | Microelectronics | Photonics | RFI

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    1,975
  • Last 6 Years
    846
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.428
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Rankings

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471,378
World Rank
Saudi Arabia
2,344
Country Rank
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Logo
22
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Xingxing Chen
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Others
Polymer solar cells | OECT | Senso

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    1,959
  • Last 6 Years
    1,782
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.910
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Rankings

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471,535
World Rank
Saudi Arabia
2,346
Country Rank
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Logo
23
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Di Wang
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Others
Differential Privacy | Machine Unlearning | Knowledge Editin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    1,958
  • Last 6 Years
    1,871
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.956
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Rankings

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472,279
World Rank
Saudi Arabia
2,349
Country Rank
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Logo
24
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Ahmad Alnafessah
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Cloud Computing + Artificial Intelligence + Big Data + Apache Spark + Performance Engineerin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    1,954
  • Last 6 Years
    1,389
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.711
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Rankings

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474,797
World Rank
Saudi Arabia
2,366
Country Rank
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Logo
25
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Milica Predragovic
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Others

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    1,939
  • Last 6 Years
    1,920
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.990
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