Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals 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
Corrosion
Corrosion Inhibitors
Green Chemistry
Electrochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,096
27,732
0.659
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
nanotechnology
materials science
optical materials
near-infrared materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,936
5,543
0.198
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Materials and Corrosion
Corrosion Inhibition
Computational and Theoretical Chemistry
Oilfield Corrosion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,138
18,521
0.682
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Thermofluids
Condensation
Nanofluids
Heat Transfer Devices
Thermal Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,498
25,173
0.950
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Power Systems and Renewable Energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,373
10,228
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
earth sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,355
8,845
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Mechanical Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,768
8,488
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Materials and Corrosion
Corrosion inhibition
Polymer composites/nanocomposites
Nanoscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,916
11,965
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Renewable Energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,057
10,606
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Thermal Systems
Desalination
Applied Mathematics
Heat Exchangers
Applied Thermodynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,445
9,666
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Laser Physics
Nanotechnology
Clean Water & Renewable Energy
Photo-catalysis
Oil Water Separation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,785
9,934
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Catalysis
Reaction Engineering
Refining and Petrochemicals
CO2 capture
Renewable energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,299
9,650
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Thermal Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,168
8,634
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Time-Delay Systems
Interconnected Systems
Robust Control
Networked Control Systems
Cloud Control Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,416
4,273
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Petroleum Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,494
12,900
0.890
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,396
8,576
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Solar desalination
waste heat recovery
nano particles
sensible heat storage
Latent heat energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,101
13,004
0.922
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
VLSI
Digital Design
Systems
Algorithms
Design Automation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,557
9,822
0.724
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Innovation
Renewable Energy
Sustainability
Energy Storage
Power Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,353
9,932
0.804
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Building materials
Cement/concrete
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,000
6,800
0.567
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Micropaleontology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,752
3,196
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Solar Thermal
Solar Photovoltaics
Energy in Buildings
Energy-Water Nexus
Energy Meteorology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,936
6,070
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Artificial Intelligence in Petroleum Engineering
Drilling Engineering
Cementing
Drilling Fluids
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,714
9,106
0.937
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Software Engineering
Evidence-based software engineering
Software Security Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,443
5,059
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Energy
Materials
and Environment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,311
3,956
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,155
36
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
MA Quraishi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,096
27,732
0.659
Corrosion
Corrosion Inhibitors
Green Chemistry
Electrochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,994
61
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Zhengwei Pan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,936
5,543
0.198
nanotechnology
materials science
optical materials
near-infrared materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,090
63
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ime Obot
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,138
18,521
0.682
Materials and Corrosion
Corrosion Inhibition
Computational and Theoretical Chemistry
Oilfield Corrosion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,036
66
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Hafiz Muhammad Ali
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,498
25,173
0.950
Thermofluids
Condensation
Nanofluids
Heat Transfer Devices
Thermal Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,609
81
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Mohammad Abido
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,373
10,228
0.438
Power Systems and Renewable Energy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,644
82
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jack Dvorkin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,355
8,845
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,472
94
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Bekir Yilbas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,768
8,488
0.409
Mechanical Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,810
102
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Saviour A Umoren
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,916
11,965
0.601
Materials and Corrosion
Corrosion inhibition
Polymer composites/nanocomposites
Nanoscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,604
124
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Shafiqur Rehman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,057
10,606
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,885
133
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Syed M Zubair
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,445
9,666
0.554
Thermal Systems
Desalination
Applied Mathematics
Heat Exchangers
Applied Thermodynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,402
143
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mohammed Ashraf Gondal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,785
9,934
0.592
Laser Physics
Nanotechnology
Clean Water & Renewable Energy
Photo-catalysis
Oil Water Separation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,488
149
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Mohammad M Hossain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,299
9,650
0.592
Catalysis
Reaction Engineering
Refining and Petrochemicals
CO2 capture
Renewable energy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,111
152
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ahmet Z Sahin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,168
8,634
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,632
164
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Magdisadek Mostafa Mahmoud
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,416
4,273
0.277
Time-Delay Systems
Interconnected Systems
Robust Control
Networked Control Systems
Cloud Control Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,497
172
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mohamed A Mahmoud
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,494
12,900
0.890
Petroleum Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,058
174
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Shamsad Ahmad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,396
8,576
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,803
181
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ravishankar Sathyamurthy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,101
13,004
0.922
Solar desalination
waste heat recovery
nano particles
sensible heat storage
Latent heat energy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,220
195
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Sadiq M Sait
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,557
9,822
0.724
VLSI
Digital Design
Systems
Algorithms
Design Automation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,579
209
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Fahad Al Sulaiman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,353
9,932
0.804
Innovation
Renewable Energy
Sustainability
Energy Storage
Power Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,326
218
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Maslehuddin M
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,000
6,800
0.567
Building materials
Cement/concrete
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,585
254
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Michael Kaminski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,752
3,196
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,228
279
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Mohammad Alghoul
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,936
6,070
0.611
Solar Thermal
Solar Photovoltaics
Energy in Buildings
Energy-Water Nexus
Energy Meteorology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
101,781
286
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Salaheldin Elkatatny
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,714
9,106
0.937
Artificial Intelligence in Petroleum Engineering
Drilling Engineering
Cementing
Drilling Fluids
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,112
293
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Mahmood Niazi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,443
5,059
0.536
Software Engineering
Evidence-based software engineering
Software Security Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106,884
304
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Basheer Chanbasha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,311
3,956
0.425
Energy
Materials
and Environment