Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 58 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
Soil fertility and Chemistry
Soil conservation and erosion control
Soil classification and mapping
Land use and plannin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,265
1,916
0.846
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Biodiversity Conservation
Ecology
Tourism
Gender and Community Developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
848
209
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Cybersecurity
FinTech
Smart Healthcare
Smart Agriculture
Digital Transformation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
736
605
0.822
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Evolution and genetic diversity of antimicrobial drug resistant enteric bacterial pathogen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
455
412
0.905
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
M2M communication
Privacy and Security
Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
416
378
0.909
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
animal breeding & genetics
Genomics
Breeding programs
Immunogenetics
genetic conservatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
338
287
0.849
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Entomolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
323
282
0.873
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Privacy and Security
Biometrics Technology
Cybersecuirty
Artificial Intelligence and Data Minin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
291
265
0.911
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Quality of care
Nursing Education
Professional growth
Mentorin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
279
210
0.753
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Artificial intelligence
Machine Learning
Educational Informatic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
292
291
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Crop Science and Molecular Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198
123
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Space Weather
Ionospheric modeling
data assimialtion to ionospheric models
GBAS operations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Bacteriology
Mycology
and Virolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
174
0.989
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Cementitious materials
Materials' fabrication
Kinetics and Thermodynamics
Hydrogeochemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169
155
0.917
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Analytical Chemistry
Chemometrics
Materials Chemistry
Environmental Chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162
110
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Analytical Chemistry
Chemometrics
Materials Chemistry
Environmental Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Animal Science
Livestock production systems
Animal welfare & behavior
Poultry
Embryogenesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Management
Human Resources
Procurement
Educational Management
La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
89
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
148
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Social media
Knowledge Management
eLearning
Blended Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
126
0.992
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Dynamical Systems
Hamiltonian Systems
Disordered lattices
Numerical Methods/Analysis
Mathematic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
112
0.911
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Space radiation
aviation dosimetry
materials science
environmental radioactivity
climate chang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
89
0.840
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Microbiology
Mycology
Virology
Immunology
Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
106
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Natural products/Phytochemistry
and Organic Synthesis
Medicinal Chemistry and Drug discover
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
95
0.931
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Renewable energy integration
Application of AI in renewable energy systems
Next generation smart
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
103
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
417,931
70
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Malingumu Richard
Muni University
Arua, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,265
1,916
0.846
Soil fertility and Chemistry
Soil conservation and erosion control
Soil classification and mapping
Land use and plannin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
757,136
242
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Christine Dranzoa
Muni University
Arua, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
848
209
0.246
Biodiversity Conservation
Ecology
Tourism
Gender and Community Developmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
806,239
278
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ali Guma
Muni University
Arua, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
736
605
0.822
Cybersecurity
FinTech
Smart Healthcare
Smart Agriculture
Digital Transformation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
986,220
376
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Julius Tibyangye
Muni University
Arua, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
455
412
0.905
Evolution and genetic diversity of antimicrobial drug resistant enteric bacterial pathogen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,023,085
406
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Kennedy Edemacu
Muni University
Arua, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
416
378
0.909
M2M communication
Privacy and Security
Machine Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,108,834
489
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Robert Boyle Onzima
Muni University
Arua, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
338
287
0.849
animal breeding & genetics
Genomics
Breeding programs
Immunogenetics
genetic conservatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,127,809
512
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Robert Opoke
Muni University
Arua, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
323
282
0.873
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,173,131
555
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Taban Habibu
Muni University
Arua, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
291
265
0.911
Privacy and Security
Biometrics Technology
Cybersecuirty
Artificial Intelligence and Data Minin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,193,001
577
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Tracy Alexis Kakyo
Muni University
Arua, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
279
210
0.753
Quality of care
Nursing Education
Professional growth
Mentorin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,171,226
553
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nakayiza Hellen Raudha
Muni University
Arua, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
292
291
0.997
Artificial intelligence
Machine Learning
Educational Informatic
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,356,210
740
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Alex Abaca
Muni University
Arua, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198
123
0.621
Crop Science and Molecular Biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,412,323
812
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Patrick Mungufeni
Muni University
Arua, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178
0
0.000
Space Weather
Ionospheric modeling
data assimialtion to ionospheric models
GBAS operations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,415,842
822
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Godfrey Wokorach
Muni University
Arua, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
174
0.989
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,437,501
845
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Walter Ojok
Muni University
Arua, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169
155
0.917
Cementitious materials
Materials' fabrication
Kinetics and Thermodynamics
Hydrogeochemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,460,225
871
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Hakimu Nsubuga|Nsubuga Hakimu, PhD, Hakim Nsubuga
Muni University
Arua, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162
110
0.679
Analytical Chemistry
Chemometrics
Materials Chemistry
Environmental Chemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,464,518
875
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Hakimu Nsubuga
Muni University
Arua, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
0
0.000
Analytical Chemistry
Chemometrics
Materials Chemistry
Environmental Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,518,506
944
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Brian Tainika
Muni University
Arua, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
0
0.000
Animal Science
Livestock production systems
Animal welfare & behavior
Poultry
Embryogenesis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,531,810
962
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Epiphany Picho Odubuker
Muni University
Arua, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
89
0.631
Management
Human Resources
Procurement
Educational Management
La
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,504,897
924
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sandra Langi
Muni University
Arua, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
148
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,582,977
1,018
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Bosco Apparatus Buruga
Muni University
Arua, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
126
0.992
Social media
Knowledge Management
eLearning
Blended Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,599,790
1,043
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Bob Senyange
Muni University
Arua, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
112
0.911
Dynamical Systems
Hamiltonian Systems
Disordered lattices
Numerical Methods/Analysis
Mathematic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,673,896
1,118
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Bosco Oryema
Muni University
Arua, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
89
0.840
Space radiation
aviation dosimetry
materials science
environmental radioactivity
climate chang
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,671,962
1,113
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Benson Musinguzi
Muni University
Arua, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
106
1.000
Microbiology
Mycology
Virology
Immunology
Molecular Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,691,981
1,136
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Benson Oloya
Muni University
Arua, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
95
0.931
Natural products/Phytochemistry
and Organic Synthesis
Medicinal Chemistry and Drug discover
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,685,794
1,130
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Umaru Kalyankolo
Muni University
Arua, Uganda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
103
1.000
Renewable energy integration
Application of AI in renewable energy systems
Next generation smart