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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 17 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
Symmetry Analysis
Difference Equations
Lie Algebra
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
716
712
0.994
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Fixed point theory
functional analysi
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
185
185
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Numerical mathematics
PDE
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181
181
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mathematical Modeling
Partial Differential Equations
Ordinary Differential Equation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
174
0.989
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Green HRM
Entrepreneurship
AI Adaptation
Leadershi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
83
0.954
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Commutative Algebra
Algebraic Geometr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
49
0.636
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Graph Theory and Graph Labelin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
35
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Islamic studies
social science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
17
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Computational Mathematics
Deep Learning
Computer Visio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
38
1.000
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Quaternion
Fixed Point
Best Proximity Point
Fractal
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
27
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Linear Algebra & Functional Analysi
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
19
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Fuzzy logic
Deep learnin
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
19
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Cryptography
Post Quantum Cryptography
Quantum Computing
Lie Theor
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
10
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Analysis
Group Classification of PDE
Conservation Laws
Optimal System of Subalgebra
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
9
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Big Data
Cloud Computing
Deep Learning
Data Science
Data Analytic
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Islamic Jurisprudence and Private Law
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
0
0
0
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Computer network
Cloud Computing
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
0
0
0
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
819,947
4,225
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Akhtar Hussain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
716
712
0.994
Symmetry Analysis
Difference Equations
Lie Algebra
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,399,091
10,398
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Rizwan Anjum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
185
185
1.000
Fixed point theory
functional analysi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,410,597
10,545
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Taj Munir
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181
181
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,475,272
11,228
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sana Gul
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
174
0.989
Mathematical Modeling
Partial Differential Equations
Ordinary Differential Equation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,779,167
149
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Moh.Qasim Ayaz
Salam University
Kabul, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
83
0.954
Green HRM
Entrepreneurship
AI Adaptation
Leadershi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,837,443
15,626
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Afshan Sadiq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
49
0.636
Commutative Algebra
Algebraic Geometr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,849,836
15,750
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Muhammad Awais Umar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
35
0.467
Graph Theory and Graph Labelin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,027,918
231
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Misbahullah Abdulbaqi
Salam University
Kabul, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
17
0.347
Islamic studies
social science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,108,578
19,115
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Faiza Makhdoom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
38
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,214,853
20,735
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Muhammad Zahid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
27
1.000
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,307,097
22,292
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Muhammad Ahsan Khan
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
19
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,318,970
22,517
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Noreen Mustafa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
19
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,428,390
24,605
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Said Waqas Shah
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
10
1.000
Cryptography
Post Quantum Cryptography
Quantum Computing
Lie Theor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,447,422
24,981
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ali Raza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
9
1.000
Analysis
Group Classification of PDE
Conservation Laws
Optimal System of Subalgebra
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,478,703
474
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Naseer Ahmad Shinwari
Salam University
Kabul, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
Big Data
Cloud Computing
Deep Learning
Data Science
Data Analytic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,620,917
626
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Parwiz Stanekzai
Salam University
Kabul, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
0
0
0
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,620,917
626
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Said Rahim Manandoy
Salam University
Kabul, Afghanistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
0
0
0
Computer network
Cloud Computing