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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 833 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
Applied Mathematics
Fluid Mechanic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,364
20,296
0.608
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Bioethics
Molecular Systematics
Agriculture Biotechnology
Medicinal Plants Ecology
Sustainabl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,603
15,418
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Plant Biodiversity
Applied Botany
Plant Taxonomy
Ethnobotany
Biodiese
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,085
14,851
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Applied Mathematics
Fluid Mechanics
Heat Transfer
Partial Differential Equation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,719
12,318
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Microbiology
Disease Burden
Anti-infective Therapeutics
Microbial Informatics
Epidemiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,243
19,054
0.990
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Environmental Health
Contaminants and Exposure
ecotoxicolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,019
11,157
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Environmental chemistry
Soil chemistry
Remediation
Waste management
Biocha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,169
11,099
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,450
11,064
0.716
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
First Pharmacological evaluation of local medicinal plant
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,374
8,575
0.558
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Plant Tissue Culture
Medicinal Plant Biotechnology
Bioprocess Technology
Green synthesis of nanoparticle
secondary metaboli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,795
10,397
0.754
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Microbiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,384
6,853
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Applied and Environmental Microbiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,253
7,002
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Molecular Biology
Genetics and Fisherie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,133
6,471
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Applied Economics
Energy Economics
Environmental Economics
Islamic Economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,801
9,265
0.858
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Energy Conversion
Storage and Efficient Device
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,681
5,735
0.537
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,497
7,984
0.761
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
polymer chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,579
6,222
0.650
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Fuzzy algebraic structure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,494
4,405
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Genetic Transformation
Medicinal Plant
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,219
5,092
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
New drug discovery
Pharmacognosy and pharmacology
Plant Biochemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,766
5,772
0.743
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Biological Inorganic Chemistry
Crystallograph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,725
5,108
0.661
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,650
5,308
0.694
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Atomic Physics
Laser Spectroscopy
LIBS
Synchrotron Radiation
Rydberg Atom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,269
2,443
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Fluid Mechanics
Entropy generation
Hybrid nanoflui
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,088
5,376
0.758
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Fluid Mechanics: Heat Transfer
Nanofluid
Melting heat Transfe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,073
3,852
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,496
18
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Sohail Nadeem Ti
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,364
20,296
0.608
Applied Mathematics
Fluid Mechanic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,677
35
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Zabta K Shinwari
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,603
15,418
0.602
Bioethics
Molecular Systematics
Agriculture Biotechnology
Medicinal Plants Ecology
Sustainabl
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,876
46
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mushtaq Ahmad
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,085
14,851
0.672
Plant Biodiversity
Applied Botany
Plant Taxonomy
Ethnobotany
Biodiese
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,371
58
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Masood Khan|M. Khan
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,719
12,318
0.625
Applied Mathematics
Fluid Mechanics
Heat Transfer
Partial Differential Equation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,828
61
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Sajjad Ahmad
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,243
19,054
0.990
Microbiology
Disease Burden
Anti-infective Therapeutics
Microbial Informatics
Epidemiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,586
62
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Riffat Naseem Malik
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,019
11,157
0.587
Environmental Health
Contaminants and Exposure
ecotoxicolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,495
71
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mahtab Ahmad
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,169
11,099
0.646
Environmental chemistry
Soil chemistry
Remediation
Waste management
Biocha
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,674
82
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Muhammad Zafar
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,450
11,064
0.716
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,031
84
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Muhammad Rashid Khan
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,374
8,575
0.558
First Pharmacological evaluation of local medicinal plant
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,385
97
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Bilal Haider Abbasi
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,795
10,397
0.754
Plant Tissue Culture
Medicinal Plant Biotechnology
Bioprocess Technology
Green synthesis of nanoparticle
secondary metaboli
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,130
104
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Fariha Hasan
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,384
6,853
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,056
107
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Aamer Ali Shah
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,253
7,002
0.528
Applied and Environmental Microbiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,613
129
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Muhammad Ali
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,133
6,471
0.533
Molecular Biology
Genetics and Fisherie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,071
151
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Muhammad Tariq Majeed
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,801
9,265
0.858
Applied Economics
Energy Economics
Environmental Economics
Islamic Economic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,324
154
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Javed Iqbal Saggu
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,681
5,735
0.537
Energy Conversion
Storage and Efficient Device
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,288
157
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Muhammad Zia
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,497
7,984
0.761
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,324
181
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Muhammad Siddiq
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,579
6,222
0.650
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,414
184
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Muhammad Shabir
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,494
4,405
0.464
Fuzzy algebraic structure
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,205
195
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Bushra Mirza
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,219
5,092
0.552
Genetic Transformation
Medicinal Plant
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
139,301
262
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ihsan Ul Haq
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,766
5,772
0.743
New drug discovery
Pharmacognosy and pharmacology
Plant Biochemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
140,128
264
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Muhammad Khawar Rauf
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,725
5,108
0.661
Biological Inorganic Chemistry
Crystallograph
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
141,592
268
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Tariq Mahmood
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,650
5,308
0.694
Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
149,461
281
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ma Baig
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,269
2,443
0.336
Atomic Physics
Laser Spectroscopy
LIBS
Synchrotron Radiation
Rydberg Atom
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
153,510
293
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Sohail Ahmad Khan
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,088
5,376
0.758
Fluid Mechanics
Entropy generation
Hybrid nanoflui
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
153,866
296
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Muhammad Farooq
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,073
3,852
0.545
Fluid Mechanics: Heat Transfer
Nanofluid
Melting heat Transfe