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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 2.745 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
Internal Medicine
Endocrinology
thyroid
diabetes mellitu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178,982
81,355
0.455
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Global Health
Burden of Disease
Premature Mortality
Cardiology
Neurolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,240
112,351
0.942
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
health economics
burden of disease
economic evaluation
health performance assessmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,700
83,343
0.819
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Molecular Imaging
Radiology
Medical Imaging
Biostatistics
Cancer Researc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,238
91,856
0.935
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Policy development
mental health and public health
training
research and implementatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,900
45,765
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Public Health
Optometry
Ophthalmology
Visual science
Diabetic retinopath
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,208
76,495
0.908
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ophthalmology
Retin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,026
62,011
0.827
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Clinical and pharmacoepidemiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,630
58,989
0.927
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Population Healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,506
56,258
0.996
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Cosmolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,119
30,844
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Clinical Epidemiology
Clinical Prediction Modeling
NCD
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,976
29,393
0.754
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
nutritio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,517
18,381
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Emergency Medicine
Medical Journalism
Clinical Decision Rules
Rhabdomyolysis
Trauma Managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,500
32,275
0.936
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Public Health
Drug abuse
Substance use disorder
Mental health service
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,161
29,881
0.929
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
epidemiology
diabetic
cardiovascular disease
metabolic syndrome
hypertensio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,143
23,597
0.734
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Stem cells
Tissue Engineering
MicroRN
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,294
15,780
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Drug design
Drug discovery
Drug analysis
COX
HI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,657
26,119
0.852
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Infection
Molecular Microbiology
nanomateria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,497
30,291
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,646
14,520
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
reproductive endocrinology
reproductive health
androgen excess
polycystic ovary syndrome
ovarian agein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,118
20,590
0.732
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Surgical Oncology
Cancer
Inflammation
Biostatistic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,533
27,429
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Bio-Medical Ethics
Medical Sciences
Microbiology
Global Health
Nano-Biotechnolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,939
22,314
0.932
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Community Medicine
Social Determinants of Health
SDH
Preventive Medicine
Community Healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,258
21,480
0.924
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Pulmonary medicine
Tobacco Control
Tuberculosi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,503
7,266
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Biochemical and Genetical aspects of Thyroid Cancer & Adipokine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,380
11,783
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,104
13
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Fereidoun Azizi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178,982
81,355
0.455
Internal Medicine
Endocrinology
thyroid
diabetes mellitu
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,438
23
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Seyed Sina Naghibi Irvani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,240
112,351
0.942
Global Health
Burden of Disease
Premature Mortality
Cardiology
Neurolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,318
31
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Nader Jahanmehr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,700
83,343
0.819
health economics
burden of disease
economic evaluation
health performance assessmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,548
35
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Arvin Haj Mirzaian|Arvin Hajmirzaian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,238
91,856
0.935
Molecular Imaging
Radiology
Medical Imaging
Biostatistics
Cancer Researc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,221
38
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Mohammad Taghi Yasamy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,900
45,765
0.515
Policy development
mental health and public health
training
research and implementatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,623
42
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Sare Safi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,208
76,495
0.908
Public Health
Optometry
Ophthalmology
Visual science
Diabetic retinopath
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,637
47
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Hamid Ahmadieh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,026
62,011
0.827
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,354
60
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Siamak Sabour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,630
58,989
0.927
Clinical and pharmacoepidemiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,939
73
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Mohsen Abbasi Kangevari|Mohsen Abbasi-Kangevari, Mohsen Abbasikangevari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,506
56,258
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,426
78
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Marzieh Farhang
Shahid Beheshti University
Tehran, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,119
30,844
0.603
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,144
118
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Davood Khalili
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,976
29,393
0.754
Clinical Epidemiology
Clinical Prediction Modeling
NCD
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,508
141
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Parvin Mirmiran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,517
18,381
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,522
142
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Saeed Safari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,500
32,275
0.936
Emergency Medicine
Medical Journalism
Clinical Decision Rules
Rhabdomyolysis
Trauma Managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,772
157
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Bahram Armoon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,161
29,881
0.929
Public Health
Drug abuse
Substance use disorder
Mental health service
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,787
158
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Farzad Hadaegh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,143
23,597
0.734
epidemiology
diabetic
cardiovascular disease
metabolic syndrome
hypertensio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,679
163
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Masoud Soleimani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,294
15,780
0.504
Stem cells
Tissue Engineering
MicroRN
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,454
169
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Afshin Zarghi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,657
26,119
0.852
Drug design
Drug discovery
Drug analysis
COX
HI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,646
171
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Mohammad Shahbaz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,497
30,291
0.993
Infection
Molecular Microbiology
nanomateria
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,672
178
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Mohammad Reza Zali
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,646
14,520
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,685
184
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Fahimeh Ramezani Tehrani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,118
20,590
0.732
reproductive endocrinology
reproductive health
androgen excess
polycystic ovary syndrome
ovarian agein
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,570
189
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Rajan Nikbakhsh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,533
27,429
0.996
Surgical Oncology
Cancer
Inflammation
Biostatistic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,885
227
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Bahare Salehi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,939
22,314
0.932
Bio-Medical Ethics
Medical Sciences
Microbiology
Global Health
Nano-Biotechnolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,200
237
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ali Asghar Kolahi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,258
21,480
0.924
Community Medicine
Social Determinants of Health
SDH
Preventive Medicine
Community Healt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,904
248
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Mohammad Reza Masjedi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,503
7,266
0.323
Pulmonary medicine
Tobacco Control
Tuberculosi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,706
262
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mehdi Hedayati
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,380
11,783
0.551
Biochemical and Genetical aspects of Thyroid Cancer & Adipokine