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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 184 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
Medical Physiology
Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetic Complications
Oxidative Stress
Clinical Studie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,372
10,638
0.935
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Neurobilogy of learning and memory and addictio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,480
3,280
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,325
3,265
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Medical Microbiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,147
4,881
0.948
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,672
4,129
0.884
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Nutrition
Nutritional Epidemiology
Obesity
Type 2 Diabete
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,630
4,435
0.958
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Medical Biotechnology Regenerative Medicine Drug Deliver
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,524
4,110
0.908
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Neurosciences
Learning & Memor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,749
1,928
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Biomaterials
3D printing
Bone scaffold
Knee
Materials Desig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,528
2,245
0.636
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Probiotics
Functional food
Food safety
Encapsulatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,172
2,964
0.934
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Voice disorders
Stuttering
Qualitative research
Scale development
QO
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,873
2,753
0.958
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Epidemiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,556
1,940
0.759
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Stress
Sex Differences
Psychopharmacology
Neurodegenerative Disorder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,521
1,880
0.746
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Food safety
Probiotics
Functional foo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,475
2,288
0.924
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Immunolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,456
2,347
0.956
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Clinical Biochemistry
Molecular genetics of cancer researc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,367
1,469
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
water
wastewater
air pollution
solid waste managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,198
1,733
0.788
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Immunolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,197
1,939
0.883
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Food and Drug Analysis
Toxicology
GC-MS and LC-MS
Separation and Microextraction
ORCID:0000-0001-7665-252
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,872
1,339
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Antimicrobial peptides
Anticancer peptides
Tumor targeting peptides
In silicon drug design
Immunoinformatic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,741
1,700
0.976
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,736
836
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
food microbiology
biotechnology
food scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,669
1,586
0.950
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Air pollution control
Air quality monitorin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,633
1,188
0.727
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Laboratory hematology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,573
1,060
0.674
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Nephrolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,509
661
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,584
548
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Habib Yaribeygi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,372
10,638
0.935
Medical Physiology
Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetic Complications
Oxidative Stress
Clinical Studie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
168,806
1,213
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ali Rashidy Pour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,480
3,280
0.506
Neurobilogy of learning and memory and addictio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
172,956
1,258
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Raheb Ghorbani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,325
3,265
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
211,950
1,697
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Majid Eslami
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,147
4,881
0.948
Medical Microbiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
232,314
1,955
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Hassan Babamohammadi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,672
4,129
0.884
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
234,285
1,977
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ahmad Jayedi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,630
4,435
0.958
Nutrition
Nutritional Epidemiology
Obesity
Type 2 Diabete
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
239,442
2,051
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mehdi Dadashpour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,524
4,110
0.908
Medical Biotechnology Regenerative Medicine Drug Deliver
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
283,382
2,659
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Abbas Ali Vafaei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,749
1,928
0.514
Neurosciences
Learning & Memor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
298,504
2,889
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Marjan Bahraminasab
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,528
2,245
0.636
Biomaterials
3D printing
Bone scaffold
Knee
Materials Desig
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
326,504
3,334
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nasim Khorshidian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,172
2,964
0.934
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
353,762
3,767
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Seyed Abolfazl Tohidast
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,873
2,753
0.958
Voice disorders
Stuttering
Qualitative research
Scale development
QO
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
387,939
4,387
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Majid Mirmohammadkhani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,556
1,940
0.759
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
391,997
4,460
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Nasroallah Moradi Kor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,521
1,880
0.746
Stress
Sex Differences
Psychopharmacology
Neurodegenerative Disorder
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
397,403
4,545
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Mojtaba Yousefi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,475
2,288
0.924
Food safety
Probiotics
Functional foo
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
399,782
4,592
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Bahman Yousefi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,456
2,347
0.956
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
410,908
4,795
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ahmad Reza Bandegi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,367
1,469
0.621
Clinical Biochemistry
Molecular genetics of cancer researc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
433,903
5,246
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Hassan Keramati
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,198
1,733
0.788
water
wastewater
air pollution
solid waste managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
434,039
5,251
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Dariush hmorad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,197
1,939
0.883
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
485,964
6,324
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Marzieh Kamankesh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,872
1,339
0.715
Food and Drug Analysis
Toxicology
GC-MS and LC-MS
Separation and Microextraction
ORCID:0000-0001-7665-252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
510,362
6,864
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Hamid Madanchi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,741
1,700
0.976
Antimicrobial peptides
Anticancer peptides
Tumor targeting peptides
In silicon drug design
Immunoinformatic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
511,458
6,889
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Abedin Vakili
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,736
836
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
524,652
7,162
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Anna Abdolshahi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,669
1,586
0.950
food microbiology
biotechnology
food scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
531,949
7,335
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Roohollah Rostami
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,633
1,188
0.727
Air pollution control
Air quality monitorin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
544,711
7,592
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Saeid Shahrabi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,573
1,060
0.674
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
559,335
7,919
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mohammad Reza Tamadon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,509
661
0.438