Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

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
India
Mukesh Meena
Plant-Microbial Interactions
Fungal Biology
Toxic Metabolites
Plant-Pathogen Interaction and
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,905
5,756
0.975
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
India
Tikam Chand Dakal
Genome & Computational Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,460
2,971
0.859
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
India
Mahendra Singh Dhaka
Thin film technology and device Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,344
2,738
0.819
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
India
Harish
Applied Phycology
Nanobiotechnology
Bioremediation
Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,051
2,546
0.834
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
India
Ashok Kumar
Entomology
Vector biology and vector control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,032
1,670
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
India
Siddharth Sharma
Organic Synthesis
Electrochemical Organic Synthesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,135
1,097
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
India
Avinash Marwal
Plant Molecular Virology
Host Virus Interactions
In Silico
Nano Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,936
1,636
0.845
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
India
Lakshmi Nambakkat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,587
791
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
India
Dinesh Kumar Yadav
Natural Products
Phytosynthesis
Nainophytochemistry
Green Chemistry
Chemoinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,553
747
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
India
Anuradha Purohit
II-VI compound semiconductor Thin Films
Doping & Chlorine treatment
Ceramics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,270
977
0.769
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
India
Ghanshyam Purohit
Atomic and Molecular Collisions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,173
520
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
India
Vivek Jain
Pharmacology & Toxicology
Neuropathic Pain
Neurodegenration & Neuroinflammation
Standardization of Herbal drugs & screening o
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,067
682
0.639
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
India
Himanshu
Thin films
Doping mechanism
Chlorine treatment
Cd-based thin film Solar cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
909
909
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
India
Rajesh Pandey
ionosphere
Atmosphere
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
815
361
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
India
Garima Joshi
Novel drug delivery
Nanomedicine
Nanotechnology
Drug Delivery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
763
435
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
India
Jaya Arora
Plant Biotechnology
secondary metabolites production
Natural Products
seed Biology and conservation
Bioactive peptides
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
716
661
0.923
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
India
Nusrat Sahiba
synthetic organic chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
601
601
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
India
Ayushi Sethiya
Synthetic organic chemistry
Medicinal chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
585
585
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
India
Jyoti Chaudhary
Polymer and Nano composites
Synthesis & Characterization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
541
466
0.861
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
India
Mangilal Chouhan
Synthetic Organic/Medicinal Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
528
212
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
India
Namita Ashish Singh
Food Safety
Applied Microbiology
Aflatoxin M1
Microbial Diversity
Nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
522
451
0.864
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
India
Deepak Suthar
Thin films
Solar cells
Semiconductor material
Liquid Crystal
OLED
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
470
470
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
India
Anjali Singh
Hydrogeology
Environmental Geochemistry
GIS
Remote Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
448
399
0.891
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
India
Hanwant Singh
Plant Stress Physiology
Plant Molecular Biology
duckweed Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
427
427
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
India
Nitish Rai
Aging
Neurobiology
Food science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
356
305
0.857
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
174,123
India
2,822
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Mukesh Meena
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,905
5,756
0.975
Plant-Microbial Interactions
Fungal Biology
Toxic Metabolites
Plant-Pathogen Interaction and
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
286,269
India
6,016
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Tikam Chand Dakal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,460
2,971
0.859
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
294,829
India
6,296
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mahendra Singh Dhaka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,344
2,738
0.819
Thin film technology and device Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
318,278
India
7,025
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Harish
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,051
2,546
0.834
Applied Phycology
Nanobiotechnology
Bioremediation
Biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
319,947
India
7,065
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ashok Kumar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,032
1,670
0.551
Entomology
Vector biology and vector control
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
420,218
India
10,543
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Siddharth Sharma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,135
1,097
0.514
Organic Synthesis
Electrochemical Organic Synthesis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
450,966
India
11,685
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Avinash Marwal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,936
1,636
0.845
Plant Molecular Virology
Host Virus Interactions
In Silico
Nano Biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
516,546
India
14,164
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Lakshmi Nambakkat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,587
791
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
523,813
India
14,464
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Dinesh Kumar Yadav
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,553
747
0.481
Natural Products
Phytosynthesis
Nainophytochemistry
Green Chemistry
Chemoinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
592,999
India
17,312
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Anuradha Purohit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,270
977
0.769
II-VI compound semiconductor Thin Films
Doping & Chlorine treatment
Ceramics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
621,265
India
18,496
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ghanshyam Purohit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,173
520
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
655,130
India
19,937
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Vivek Jain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,067
682
0.639
Pharmacology & Toxicology
Neuropathic Pain
Neurodegenration & Neuroinflammation
Standardization of Herbal drugs & screening o
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
712,605
India
22,584
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Himanshu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
909
909
1.000
Thin films
Doping mechanism
Chlorine treatment
Cd-based thin film Solar cells
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
752,052
India
24,518
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Rajesh Pandey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
815
361
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
774,864
India
25,703
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Garima Joshi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
763
435
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
796,634
India
26,918
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jaya Arora
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
716
661
0.923
Plant Biotechnology
secondary metabolites production
Natural Products
seed Biology and conservation
Bioactive peptides
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
854,983
India
30,270
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Nusrat Sahiba
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
601
601
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
863,548
India
30,801
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ayushi Sethiya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
585
585
1.000
Synthetic organic chemistry
Medicinal chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
888,844
India
32,347
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jyoti Chaudhary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
541
466
0.861
Polymer and Nano composites
Synthesis & Characterization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
897,283
India
32,835
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Mangilal Chouhan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
528
212
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
901,057
India
33,023
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Namita Ashish Singh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
522
451
0.864
Food Safety
Applied Microbiology
Aflatoxin M1
Microbial Diversity
Nanotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
942,940
India
34,955
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Deepak Suthar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
470
470
1.000
Thin films
Solar cells
Semiconductor material
Liquid Crystal
OLED
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
962,523
India
35,767
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Anjali Singh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
448
399
0.891
Hydrogeology
Environmental Geochemistry
GIS
Remote Sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
981,588
India
36,574
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Hanwant Singh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
427
427
1.000
Plant Stress Physiology
Plant Molecular Biology
duckweed Research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,054,766
India
39,953
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Nitish Rai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
356
305
0.857