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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 14 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
Natural Resource Governance
Political Ecology
Environmental Justic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,259
1,041
0.461
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
language educatipon
language and power
language of instruction in multilingual societie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,188
298
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Molecular dynamics
Drug desing
Drug delivery
Molecular docking
Medicinal Chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
441
398
0.902
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Theology
Ethics
Anti-Corruption
Governance
Human Dignity and Human Flourishing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
273
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
98
0.907
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Language Supportive Pedagogy
Scince/Biology Education
Inquiry-based learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
63
0.926
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
adolescent HIV
mHealth
mental healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
29
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Finance
Banking
Risk Management
Microfinance Institutio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
51
0.962
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Pharmacognos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
41
0.932
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Natural Product Chemistry
Coordination Chemistry
Organic Spectroscopy
Biological Assay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
21
0.677
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Artificial Intelligence
Big Data Analytics
Metaverse Technology
Data Minin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
12
0.923
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Education
Sociology
and Counselling Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
11
0.917
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mathematics of real world system
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Biodiversity
Science education
Environmental science
Botany
Ecolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
425,132
115
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Faustin Maganga
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,259
1,041
0.461
Natural Resource Governance
Political Ecology
Environmental Justic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
643,616
226
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Casmir Rubagumya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,188
298
0.251
language educatipon
language and power
language of instruction in multilingual societie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,010,509
597
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Daniel M Shadrack
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
441
398
0.902
Molecular dynamics
Drug desing
Drug delivery
Molecular docking
Medicinal Chemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,218,487
891
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Alfred Sebahene
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
273
0
0.000
Theology
Ethics
Anti-Corruption
Governance
Human Dignity and Human Flourishing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,685,248
1,556
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Magreth Benedicto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
98
0.907
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,900,210
1,925
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Opanga David
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
63
0.926
Language Supportive Pedagogy
Scince/Biology Education
Inquiry-based learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,929,301
1,986
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Faraja Mpemba
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
29
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,003,448
2,116
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Danstun Ngonyani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
51
0.962
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,070,990
2,240
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Sartaz Begum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
41
0.932
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,187,764
2,481
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Dominic Sumary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
21
0.677
Natural Product Chemistry
Coordination Chemistry
Organic Spectroscopy
Biological Assay
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,395,112
3,070
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Matendo Didas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
12
0.923
Artificial Intelligence
Big Data Analytics
Metaverse Technology
Data Minin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,411,040
3,113
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Milka Venance Otieno|Milka Venance Musa Otieno, Milka Musa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
11
0.917
Education
Sociology
and Counselling Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,565,918
3,699
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Meseyeki Saiguran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
Mathematics of real world system
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,573,703
3,728
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Elias Mussa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
Biodiversity
Science education
Environmental science
Botany
Ecolog