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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 317 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
Epidemiology
Global Burden of Diseases
Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Antimicrobial resistanc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,660
78,134
0.776
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Molecular Biology/ Physiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,720
16,619
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Human nutrition and dietetics
Food quality and safety
Epidemiology
Functional foo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,623
7,574
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Cancer Immunology
Cell & Molecular Biology
Biotechnolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,188
6,132
0.991
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Vehicle-to-everything (V2X)
Cybersecurity
Internet of Things
Smart Cit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,838
3,907
0.808
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Analytical Chemistry
HPLC-ICP-MS
Total Metal and Metal Speciation
Environmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,463
3,331
0.962
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Water and Wastewater Engineering
Solid Waste Management
EIA
and Noise Pollutio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,753
1,540
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Organic Chemistry
Phytochemistry
Cannabinoids
Nanomedicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,597
2,556
0.984
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
sedimentary geology
reservoir diagenesis
sequence stratigraphy
petroleum geolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,964
1,155
0.588
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
computational chemistry
drug design
nanotechnolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,854
1,412
0.762
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Industrial chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,664
208
0.125
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Bayesian inference
Statistical Modeling
Time series analysis
GB
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,628
1,618
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Electronic Circuits
Active Filters
Oscillators
Analog Integrated Circuit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,494
361
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Meat Science
Slaughter Menagement
Animal Welfare
Meat Processing
Biochemistry of Muscl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,453
967
0.666
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Soil Stabilization
Expansive Soil
Foundations
Tunnel Engineering
and Earth Da
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,447
1,440
0.995
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Cell biology
Nanotoxicit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,417
1,308
0.923
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
RNA Biology
Molecular Biology
Bioinformatics
Cancer Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,292
1,263
0.978
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Linear and Non-Linear Models
Bayesian
Wavelet
Quality Control Charts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,195
1,115
0.933
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Zoology -Parasitology (Fish Parasitology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,192
523
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Human Molecular Genetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,034
1,012
0.979
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Water Resource
Geophysics
Environmental Geology
Ecohydrolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,032
1,030
0.998
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Biotechnology
Molecular Biology
Parasitolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
999
240
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Cardiovascular Physiology
Gasotransmitters
Diabetes
calcium signaling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
993
902
0.908
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Communication System
Signal Processing
Microwave Imagin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
905
392
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
sociolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
896
284
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,375
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Karzan Abdulmuhsin Mohammad
Salahaddin University Erbil
Erbil, Iraq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,660
78,134
0.776
Epidemiology
Global Burden of Diseases
Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Antimicrobial resistanc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,482
11
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Pawan Faris
Salahaddin University Erbil
Erbil, Iraq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,720
16,619
0.994
Molecular Biology/ Physiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,168
35
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Yaseen Galali
Salahaddin University Erbil
Erbil, Iraq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,623
7,574
0.994
Human nutrition and dietetics
Food quality and safety
Epidemiology
Functional foo
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
176,547
49
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Treska Hassan
Salahaddin University Erbil
Erbil, Iraq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,188
6,132
0.991
Cancer Immunology
Cell & Molecular Biology
Biotechnolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
224,481
73
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Kayhan Zrar Ghafoor
Salahaddin University Erbil
Erbil, Iraq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,838
3,907
0.808
Vehicle-to-everything (V2X)
Cybersecurity
Internet of Things
Smart Cit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
302,848
116
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Bashdar Abuzed Sadee
Salahaddin University Erbil
Erbil, Iraq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,463
3,331
0.962
Analytical Chemistry
HPLC-ICP-MS
Total Metal and Metal Speciation
Environmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
365,581
152
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Shuokr Qarani Aziz
Salahaddin University Erbil
Erbil, Iraq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,753
1,540
0.559
Water and Wastewater Engineering
Solid Waste Management
EIA
and Noise Pollutio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
382,688
161
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Hawraz Ibrahim M Amin
Salahaddin University Erbil
Erbil, Iraq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,597
2,556
0.984
Organic Chemistry
Phytochemistry
Cannabinoids
Nanomedicin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
469,451
247
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Howri Mansurbeg
Salahaddin University Erbil
Erbil, Iraq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,964
1,155
0.588
sedimentary geology
reservoir diagenesis
sequence stratigraphy
petroleum geolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
488,478
272
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Hassan Hadi Abdallah
Salahaddin University Erbil
Erbil, Iraq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,854
1,412
0.762
computational chemistry
drug design
nanotechnolog
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
525,276
313
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Soad Najmaldin Mohialdin Khaffaf
Salahaddin University Erbil
Erbil, Iraq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,664
208
0.125
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
532,260
323
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Dler Hussein Kadir|DH Kadir
Salahaddin University Erbil
Erbil, Iraq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,628
1,618
0.994
Bayesian inference
Statistical Modeling
Time series analysis
GB
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
562,201
354
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Muhammed Abdulbaki Ibrahim
Salahaddin University Erbil
Erbil, Iraq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,494
361
0.242
Electronic Circuits
Active Filters
Oscillators
Analog Integrated Circuit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
571,678
366
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Azad Behnam Sabow
Salahaddin University Erbil
Erbil, Iraq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,453
967
0.666
Meat Science
Slaughter Menagement
Animal Welfare
Meat Processing
Biochemistry of Muscl
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
573,060
367
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Hawkar Hashim Ibrahim
Salahaddin University Erbil
Erbil, Iraq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,447
1,440
0.995
Soil Stabilization
Expansive Soil
Foundations
Tunnel Engineering
and Earth Da
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
580,305
382
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Falah Mohammad Aziz
Salahaddin University Erbil
Erbil, Iraq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,417
1,308
0.923
Cell biology
Nanotoxicit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
612,950
430
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Rozhgar A Khailany
Salahaddin University Erbil
Erbil, Iraq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,292
1,263
0.978
RNA Biology
Molecular Biology
Bioinformatics
Cancer Biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
641,004
478
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Taha Hussein Ali|Ali, Taha Hussein, Taha H. Ali, T. H. Ali
Salahaddin University Erbil
Erbil, Iraq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,195
1,115
0.933
Linear and Non-Linear Models
Bayesian
Wavelet
Quality Control Charts
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
642,099
480
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Shamall Mohammad Amin Abdullah
Salahaddin University Erbil
Erbil, Iraq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,192
523
0.439
Zoology -Parasitology (Fish Parasitology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
692,985
562
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Hazha Jamal Hidayat
Salahaddin University Erbil
Erbil, Iraq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,034
1,012
0.979
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
693,658
563
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Rebwar Nasir Dara
Salahaddin University Erbil
Erbil, Iraq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,032
1,030
0.998
Water Resource
Geophysics
Environmental Geology
Ecohydrolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
705,656
595
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Sarwat Ekram Mohammed Al Qassab
Salahaddin University Erbil
Erbil, Iraq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
999
240
0.240
Biotechnology
Molecular Biology
Parasitolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
707,470
598
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Mudhir Sabir Shekha
Salahaddin University Erbil
Erbil, Iraq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
993
902
0.908
Cardiovascular Physiology
Gasotransmitters
Diabetes
calcium signaling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
741,308
665
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Samah Mustafa
Salahaddin University Erbil
Erbil, Iraq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
905
392
0.433
Communication System
Signal Processing
Microwave Imagin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
744,970
669
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ziwar Zrar
Salahaddin University Erbil
Erbil, Iraq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
896
284
0.317