Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 242 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
Health Services Operations Managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,108
22,635
0.684
Get Full Access to Premium Data
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Blue Green Infrastructure
Activated Carbon
Waste
Carbon captur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,782
5,894
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Computer Science
Software Engineering
Formal Methods
History of Computing
Digital Cultur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,458
3,508
0.213
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Addictive Behaviors
Desire Thinking
Metacognition
Metacognitive Therap
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,618
9,917
0.678
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Construction Management
Construction Economics
Construction in Developing Countries
Project Managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,827
4,656
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
acupuncture
HIV
diabetes
complementary medicine
patient engagemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,953
4,563
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
ferroelectric piezoelectric photochemistry surface chemistry renewable energy storag
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,154
4,376
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Protein lipid interaction
membranes
drug delivery
peptide
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,456
2,520
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Manufacturing
atomic simulations
Thermal spray
digitalised coatings
Nano indentatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,356
5,719
0.777
Smart Institutional Plan
Powerful Insights + Smart Membership = Institutional Success
Unlock 360° Real-Time Institutional Analysis to identify your institution’s strengths and areas for improvement.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Construction Safety
Digital Construction
Circularity
Construction & Demolition Waste Managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,751
6,032
0.893
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
mental healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,635
2,687
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
genetic algorithms
applications of evolutionary computin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,259
658
0.105
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
addiction
smoking
nicotine
electronic cigarette
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,911
3,350
0.567
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Chemistry
Computational Modellin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,696
3,172
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Renewable and sustainable energy solutions
Environmental pollution control
Carbon-dioxide capture and utilisation
Net-zer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,470
2,123
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
UWB Systems
Wireless Communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,380
1,499
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
nanoparticles
microfluidics
high-throughput synthesi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,366
3,351
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
biomedical imagin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,115
2,197
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Refrigeration
air conditioning
heat pump
waste hea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,980
2,260
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Psychology
Feminism
Memory
Social remembering
visual method
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,356
2,055
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,163
1,918
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Geology
military history
military geoscience
palaeontolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,130
952
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Energy
Energy Conversion Technology
Refrigeration
Thermodynamics
Built Environmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,892
1,962
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Smart Networks and Services
B5G/6G
Programmable Network
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,823
1,955
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Solar Energy
Electrochemical Storag
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,723
1,462
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,700
1,847
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Mahdi Mahdavi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,108
22,635
0.684
Health Services Operations Managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,229
3,592
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Karl Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,782
5,894
0.284
Blue Green Infrastructure
Activated Carbon
Waste
Carbon captur
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,531
4,877
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jonathan P Bowen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,458
3,508
0.213
Computer Science
Software Engineering
Formal Methods
History of Computing
Digital Cultur
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,110
5,679
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Marcantonio M Spada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,618
9,917
0.678
Addictive Behaviors
Desire Thinking
Metacognition
Metacognitive Therap
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,046
6,092
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
George Ofori
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,827
4,656
0.337
Construction Management
Construction Economics
Construction in Developing Countries
Project Managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,358
8,743
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Nicola Robinson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,953
4,563
0.458
acupuncture
HIV
diabetes
complementary medicine
patient engagemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,965
9,474
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Steve Dunn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,154
4,376
0.478
ferroelectric piezoelectric photochemistry surface chemistry renewable energy storag
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
145,300
11,609
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
D Phoenix
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,456
2,520
0.338
Protein lipid interaction
membranes
drug delivery
peptide
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
147,387
11,749
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Saurav Goel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,356
5,719
0.777
Manufacturing
atomic simulations
Thermal spray
digitalised coatings
Nano indentatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
161,163
12,674
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ruoyu Jin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,751
6,032
0.893
Construction Safety
Digital Construction
Circularity
Construction & Demolition Waste Managemen
Smart Institutional Plan
Powerful Insights + Smart Membership = Institutional Success
Unlock 360° Real-Time Institutional Analysis to identify your institution’s strengths and areas for improvement.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
164,105
12,865
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Patrick Callaghan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,635
2,687
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
174,231
13,542
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Terence Fogarty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,259
658
0.105
genetic algorithms
applications of evolutionary computin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
184,574
14,273
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Lynne Dawkins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,911
3,350
0.567
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
191,373
14,734
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
John Buckeridge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,696
3,172
0.557
Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Chemistry
Computational Modellin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
199,150
15,260
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Basudeb Saha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,470
2,123
0.388
Renewable and sustainable energy solutions
Environmental pollution control
Carbon-dioxide capture and utilisation
Net-zer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
202,386
15,492
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mohammad Ghavami
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,380
1,499
0.279
UWB Systems
Wireless Communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
202,882
15,527
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Philip Howes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,366
3,351
0.624
nanoparticles
microfluidics
high-throughput synthesi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
212,564
16,196
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Enrico Grisan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,115
2,197
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
218,095
16,537
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
graeme maidment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,980
2,260
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
247,044
18,423
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Paula Reavey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,356
2,055
0.472
Psychology
Feminism
Memory
Social remembering
visual method
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
257,667
19,064
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ian Albery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,163
1,918
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
259,604
19,199
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Peter Doyle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,130
952
0.231
Geology
military history
military geoscience
palaeontolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
273,467
20,029
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Yunting Ge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,892
1,962
0.504
Energy
Energy Conversion Technology
Refrigeration
Thermodynamics
Built Environmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
277,748
20,297
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Tasos Dagiuklas|Anastasios Dagiuklas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,823
1,955
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
284,223
20,714
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Hari Mohan Upadhyaya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,723
1,462
0.393