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National Defence University, Pakistan Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Leadership & Strategy
HRM&D
T & D
Emotional Intelligence
Research & Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,745
1,255
0.719
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Global Affairs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
588
484
0.823
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Counter-Terrorism
Maritime Security
South Asia
Major Powers Competition
Rise of China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
398
261
0.656
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Public Policy
Peace and Conflict Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
346
335
0.968
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Hydro-politics
Peace and Conflict
Political Economy
Indus River Basin
Indus Waters Treaty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
273
168
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Consumer behavior
Marketing
Branding
CSR
Gig Economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
240
236
0.983
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Strategic Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238
151
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Busy Boards
Multiple Directorships
Board Behavior
Corporate Governance
Family Firms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
232
164
0.707
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Development Economics
Macroeconomics
International Economics
Industrial Economics
Energy Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207
162
0.783
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Artificial Intelligence
Human-Robot Interactions
Customer Experience
Consumer-brand Relationship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178
120
0.674
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Leadership
HRM
Project Management
Personality & Performance
Entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157
145
0.924
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
International Relations/Peace and Conflict Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130
79
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Strategic & Security Studies
South Asia
Energy Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
82
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Climate change
Geographical economics
Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs)
National Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
125
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Followership and Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
112
0.991
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Growth and Development
Economics of Innovation
Trade
Human Capital
Structural Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
65
0.985
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
South Asia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
54
0.982
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Security Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
36
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Arms Control
Military Doctrine
Military Strategy
Foreign Policies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
47
0.979
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Human Security
Post-conflict development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
44
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Violent and nonviolent movements in Pakistan and Afghanistan Borderland
Climate Change and Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
38
0.974
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Asia-Pacific
South Asia
Sino-Indian relations
Major Power Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
35
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Peace and Conflict studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
29
0.935
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Terrorism
Cybersecurity
UN Peacekeeping
Intelligence Studies
Criminology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
29
0.935
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Leadership
Emotional Intelligence
Human Resource Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
30
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
473,858
1,700
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Muhammad Zia Ur Rehman
National Defence University, Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,745
1,255
0.719
Leadership & Strategy
HRM&D
T & D
Emotional Intelligence
Research & Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
850,283
4,328
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Margalla Papers
National Defence University, Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
588
484
0.823
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
993,049
5,544
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Khuram Iqbal
National Defence University, Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
398
261
0.656
Counter-Terrorism
Maritime Security
South Asia
Major Powers Competition
Rise of China
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,047,747
6,009
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Muhammad Usman Asghar
National Defence University, Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
346
335
0.968
Public Policy
Peace and Conflict Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,143,124
6,977
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Abdul Rauf Iqbal
National Defence University, Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
273
168
0.615
Hydro-politics
Peace and Conflict
Political Economy
Indus River Basin
Indus Waters Treaty
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,195,523
7,650
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Zubair Nawaz
National Defence University, Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
240
236
0.983
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,199,989
7,707
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Zulfqar Khan
National Defence University, Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238
151
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,210,574
7,838
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Bilal Latif
National Defence University, Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
232
164
0.707
Busy Boards
Multiple Directorships
Board Behavior
Corporate Governance
Family Firms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,257,555
8,453
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ahsan Abbas
National Defence University, Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207
162
0.783
Development Economics
Macroeconomics
International Economics
Industrial Economics
Energy Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,321,175
9,223
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Arslan Rafi
National Defence University, Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178
120
0.674
Artificial Intelligence
Human-Robot Interactions
Customer Experience
Consumer-brand Relationship
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,373,475
9,853
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Shazia Hassan
National Defence University, Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157
145
0.924
Leadership
HRM
Project Management
Personality & Performance
Entrepreneurship
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,454,385
10,879
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Arshi Saleem Hashmi
National Defence University, Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130
79
0.608
International Relations/Peace and Conflict Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,464,058
11,010
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Asma Shakir Khawaja
National Defence University, Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
82
0.646
Strategic & Security Studies
South Asia
Energy Politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,468,367
11,056
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Mirza Nouman Ali Talib
National Defence University, Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
125
1.000
Climate change
Geographical economics
Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs)
National Security
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,510,087
11,592
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Wajeeha Ghias Lecturer
National Defence University, Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
112
0.991
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,714,587
14,301
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Abdul Rauf
National Defence University, Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
65
0.985
Growth and Development
Economics of Innovation
Trade
Human Capital
Structural Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,776,533
15,173
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ghulam Qumber
National Defence University, Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
54
0.982
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,803,145
15,503
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ehsan Mehmood Khan
National Defence University, Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
36
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,819,867
15,739
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Nasir Jammu
National Defence University, Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
47
0.979
Arms Control
Military Doctrine
Military Strategy
Foreign Policies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,844,816
16,050
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Asif Iqbal Dawar
National Defence University, Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
44
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,882,434
16,619
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Muhammad Irfan Mahsud
National Defence University, Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
38
0.974
Violent and nonviolent movements in Pakistan and Afghanistan Borderland
Climate Change and Security
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,910,848
17,025
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Asma Bilal
National Defence University, Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
35
1.000
Asia-Pacific
South Asia
Sino-Indian relations
Major Power Politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,947,397
17,562
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Shahid Ahmed Afridi
National Defence University, Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
29
0.935
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,947,666
17,568
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Fahad Nabeel
National Defence University, Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
29
0.935
Terrorism
Cybersecurity
UN Peacekeeping
Intelligence Studies
Criminology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,951,870
17,620
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Siddiqui, Saqib Anwar; Saddiqui, Saqib Anwar
National Defence University, Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
30
1.000
Leadership
Emotional Intelligence
Human Resource Management