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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 151 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
Dark Energy
Modified Gravity
Hubble constant tensio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,620
9,496
0.894
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Molecular Biology
Bacterial pathogenesis
antimicrobial
nanoscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,754
2,691
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Surface modification of metal oxides and their environmental application for removing water contaminant
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,946
1,765
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
cryptography and wireless network security
in particular
authentication and encryption scheme
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,868
3,971
0.816
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Mathematical Biology
Mathematical Modeling
Cancer Dynamics
Ecological Modeling
Infectious Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,255
3,948
0.928
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
MMCs
Thermal Spray Coatings
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,970
1,859
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,337
1,472
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES
BIO COMPOSITE
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,855
2,343
0.821
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Machining
Manufacturing
Modeling
Artificial Intelligence
Characterizatio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,447
1,716
0.701
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Statistical Mechanics
Nonlinear Dynamic
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,343
510
0.218
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Statistical Mechanics
Stochastic Processes
Nonequilibrium statistical physics
Janus particles
Active matter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,097
909
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Metamorphic petrology
tectonics
geochronolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,883
1,032
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
RNA biology
Parasitology
Biochemistry
Molecular Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,820
500
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Igneous Petrology
geochemistry
mineralog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,797
858
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Finance
Econometrics
Micro Economics
Macro Economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,791
975
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,703
1,186
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Structural Geology
Tectonics
Precambrian Geolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,603
849
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Microbial interaction
Biofilm
Metabolomics
Synthetic microbial communities
Bio-contro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,532
1,080
0.705
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Flood Inundation modelling
Fluvial Geomorphology
Hydrolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,516
725
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Climate Researc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,457
1,157
0.794
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Organic Chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,445
424
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,359
401
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Collective cell migration
Drosophila border cell migration
Cytoskeleto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,237
372
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
cryptography
visual cryptography
security notions
secret sharing
cryptanalysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,229
667
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Inorganic Chemistry
Coordination Chemistry
Magneto Chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,103
646
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,583
1,268
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Supriya Pan
Presidency University Kolkata
Bangalore, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,620
9,496
0.894
Dark Energy
Modified Gravity
Hubble constant tensio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
138,983
2,117
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Adhar Manna
Presidency University Kolkata
Bangalore, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,754
2,691
0.347
Molecular Biology
Bacterial pathogenesis
antimicrobial
nanoscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
219,056
4,061
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Uday Chand Ghosh
Presidency University Kolkata
Bangalore, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,946
1,765
0.357
Surface modification of metal oxides and their environmental application for removing water contaminant
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
222,291
4,150
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Marimuthu Karuppiah
Presidency University Kolkata
Bangalore, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,868
3,971
0.816
cryptography and wireless network security
in particular
authentication and encryption scheme
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
251,965
5,018
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Subhas Khajanchi
Presidency University Kolkata
Bangalore, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,255
3,948
0.928
Mathematical Biology
Mathematical Modeling
Cancer Dynamics
Ecological Modeling
Infectious Disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
268,224
5,536
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ramesh
Presidency University Kolkata
Bangalore, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,970
1,859
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
311,333
6,920
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ritaban Chatterjee
Presidency University Kolkata
Bangalore, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,337
1,472
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
353,717
8,382
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Arpitha GR
Presidency University Kolkata
Bangalore, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,855
2,343
0.821
POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES
BIO COMPOSITE
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
398,971
9,969
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
S Ramesh
Presidency University Kolkata
Bangalore, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,447
1,716
0.701
Machining
Manufacturing
Modeling
Artificial Intelligence
Characterizatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
412,137
10,481
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Muktish Acharyya
Presidency University Kolkata
Bangalore, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,343
510
0.218
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
446,811
11,790
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Pulak Kumar Ghosh
Presidency University Kolkata
Bangalore, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,097
909
0.433
Statistical Mechanics
Stochastic Processes
Nonequilibrium statistical physics
Janus particles
Active matter
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
481,875
13,080
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Sankar Bose
Presidency University Kolkata
Bangalore, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,883
1,032
0.548
Metamorphic petrology
tectonics
geochronolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
493,351
13,515
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Chandrama Mukherjee
Presidency University Kolkata
Bangalore, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,820
500
0.275
RNA biology
Parasitology
Biochemistry
Molecular Biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
497,591
13,678
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Arijit Ray
Presidency University Kolkata
Bangalore, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,797
858
0.477
Igneous Petrology
geochemistry
mineralog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
498,726
13,727
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Srinivasan Palamalai
Presidency University Kolkata
Bangalore, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,791
975
0.544
Finance
Econometrics
Micro Economics
Macro Economic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
515,752
14,410
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Anjan Banerjee
Presidency University Kolkata
Bangalore, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,703
1,186
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
536,173
15,238
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Gautam Ghosh
Presidency University Kolkata
Bangalore, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,603
849
0.530
Structural Geology
Tectonics
Precambrian Geolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
551,813
15,891
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Avishek Banik
Presidency University Kolkata
Bangalore, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,532
1,080
0.705
Microbial interaction
Biofilm
Metabolomics
Synthetic microbial communities
Bio-contro
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
555,571
16,034
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Joy Sanyal
Presidency University Kolkata
Bangalore, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,516
725
0.478
Flood Inundation modelling
Fluvial Geomorphology
Hydrolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
569,235
16,609
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Soumendu Chatterjee
Presidency University Kolkata
Bangalore, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,457
1,157
0.794
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
572,232
16,711
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Anjoy Majhi
Presidency University Kolkata
Bangalore, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,445
424
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
593,744
17,613
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Joel Hemanthdean
Presidency University Kolkata
Bangalore, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,359
401
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
627,287
19,011
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Pralay Majumder
Presidency University Kolkata
Bangalore, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,237
372
0.301
Collective cell migration
Drosophila border cell migration
Cytoskeleto
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
629,534
19,101
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Avishek Adhikari
Presidency University Kolkata
Bangalore, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,229
667
0.543
cryptography
visual cryptography
security notions
secret sharing
cryptanalysi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
668,116
20,829
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Biplab Biswas
Presidency University Kolkata
Bangalore, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,103
646
0.586
Inorganic Chemistry
Coordination Chemistry
Magneto Chemistr