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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 32 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
Energy Storage Material
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,669
1,039
0.389
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Plant Biotechnology
Plant tissue culture
Plant Chromosom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,586
1,023
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mycology
Fungal diversity
Endophytic fungi and Fungal Biotechnolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,368
1,752
0.740
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mycology
Sec. Metabolites and Nanotechnolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
862
399
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
organic chemistry
chromon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
763
212
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Mycolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
579
373
0.644
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
Document Image Processin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
572
320
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Magnetism and magnetic materials
Non linear ultrasonics
Microwave materials
superconductin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
523
136
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Quantum information
Mathematical Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
481
320
0.665
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Life Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
465
199
0.428
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Botan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
420
265
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Proteomics
Plant-pathogen interaction
Plant biotic and abiotic stes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
328
142
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Plant Genetics and Biotechnology
Phytochemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
300
277
0.923
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Complex Analysis
Value Distribution Theory
Undergraduate Mathematics
Recreational Mathematic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
211
155
0.735
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mycology
Endophytes
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Mushroom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197
165
0.838
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192
127
0.661
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
fiber optic sensors
fiber Bragg grating
distributed fiber sensors
Raman distributed fiber sensor
Polarisation maintaining f
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165
98
0.594
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Microbiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163
150
0.920
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Organic chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
18
0.141
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
DNA DSB-Repair
Heat shock response
Targeted cancer chemotherap
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
109
0.901
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Cyanobacterial and Microalgal Biodiversity & Biotechnolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
41
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Wireless Sensor Network
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
43
0.606
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
NANOCHEMISTRY
NANOMATERIALS
GREEN CHEMISTR
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
64
0.970
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Phytoplankton Ecology
Bio-monitoring
Remote sensing
Botany
Phycolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
45
0.978
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
commerce
managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
16
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
371,622
8,968
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
G Hirankumar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,669
1,039
0.389
Energy Storage Material
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
380,831
9,282
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Biswajit Ghosh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,586
1,023
0.396
Plant Biotechnology
Plant tissue culture
Plant Chromosom
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
406,983
10,242
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
K Rajagopal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,368
1,752
0.740
Mycology
Fungal diversity
Endophytic fungi and Fungal Biotechnolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
754,169
25,003
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Kathiravan Botany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
862
399
0.463
Mycology
Sec. Metabolites and Nanotechnolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
796,819
27,301
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Chandrakanta Bandyopadhyay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
763
212
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
892,169
32,619
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Kumaresan S
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
579
373
0.644
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
896,587
32,844
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Chayan Halder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
572
320
0.559
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
Document Image Processin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
931,860
34,495
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Elankumaran Kannan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
523
136
0.260
Magnetism and magnetic materials
Non linear ultrasonics
Microwave materials
superconductin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
966,491
35,992
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Segar J
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
481
320
0.665
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
980,900
36,621
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Kalyanaraman Rajagopal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
465
199
0.428
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,022,765
38,542
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Avik Kumar Choudhury
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
420
265
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,126,199
43,294
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Subrata Kundu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
328
142
0.433
Proteomics
Plant-pathogen interaction
Plant biotic and abiotic stes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,163,865
45,028
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Tarun Halder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
300
277
0.923
Plant Genetics and Biotechnology
Phytochemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,331,208
53,918
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Bikash Chakraborty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
211
155
0.735
Complex Analysis
Value Distribution Theory
Undergraduate Mathematics
Recreational Mathematic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,365,701
55,944
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Thavamani Rajamani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197
165
0.838
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,379,592
56,801
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Saravanan P
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192
127
0.661
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,459,283
61,999
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Pandian Chelliah
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165
98
0.594
fiber optic sensors
fiber Bragg grating
distributed fiber sensors
Raman distributed fiber sensor
Polarisation maintaining f
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,464,406
62,362
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Avijit Chakraborty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163
150
0.920
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,591,112
71,563
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Kumar Ranabir Sur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
18
0.141
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,617,475
73,613
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Soumyadip Paul
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
109
0.901
DNA DSB-Repair
Heat shock response
Targeted cancer chemotherap
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,769,529
85,930
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Harisankar Dey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
41
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,872,225
95,027
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Karthik Soundarapandian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
43
0.606
Wireless Sensor Network
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,901,474
97,802
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Gopalakrishnan V
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
64
0.970
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,044,317
111,286
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Rohan Kr Biswas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
45
0.978
Phytoplankton Ecology
Bio-monitoring
Remote sensing
Botany
Phycolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,105,824
117,323
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Manivannan P
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
16
0.410