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Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 270 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
Türkiye
Ali Akgül
Mathematics
fractional calculus
numerical methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,273
11,585
0.944
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Türkiye
Ayman Elsabagh
Agronomy
Crop Stress Physiology
Crop Productivity
Field Crops
crop scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,303
10,425
0.922
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Türkiye
Ömer Şahin
Fuel Cell
Nanomaterials
Boron technologies and Hydrogen production
Catalyst
Activated carbo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,967
4,988
0.716
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Türkiye
Cafer Saka
Chemistry Materials chemistry catalysis activated carbon adsorptio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,229
4,589
0.737
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Türkiye
Yılmaz Kaya
Data Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,711
2,621
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Türkiye
Mustafa Kahyaoğlu
Fen Eğitimi
Çevre Eğitimi
Öğrenme Stiller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,960
949
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Türkiye
Yüksel Kaya
Plant Breeding and Genetics
Cereals
Whea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,905
1,261
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Türkiye
Mustafa Kaya
Supercapacitor
Catalyst
Biotechnology
Biofuel
Hydroge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,924
1,758
0.914
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Türkiye
Orhan Baytar
activated carbon
adsorption
photocatalytic
green synthesis
nanoparticle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,895
1,687
0.890

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Türkiye
Rasim Tösten
Eğitim Bilimleri
Eğitim Yönetimi
Pozitif Psikolojik Sermay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,822
1,092
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Türkiye
Halil Coşkun Çelik
Mathematics Educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,724
731
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Türkiye
Mehmet Fırat Baran
Energy use in Agriculture
Environment and Energy
Agricultural Mechanisatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,700
1,251
0.736
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Türkiye
Mehmet Şahin
remote sensing
renewable energy
artificial neural network
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,638
954
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Türkiye
Erşan Arslan
Training science
training load monitoring
psychophysiology
sport performance
physical activit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,566
1,240
0.792
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Türkiye
Saba Samatya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,552
543
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Türkiye
Fatih Bayrak
Photovoltaic
Phase Change Materials
Nanoparticles
Thermodynamic
Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,510
1,232
0.816
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Türkiye
Sabit Horoz
material sciences
II-VI semiconductors
photovoltaic
hydrolysis
photocatalyti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,489
1,337
0.898
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Türkiye
Mehmet Arif Özyazıcı
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,488
898
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Türkiye
Seda İğret Araz
Applied Mathematics
Fractional Calculus
Optimal Control
Numerical Analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,481
1,472
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Türkiye
Mehmet Üyüklü
Physiology
Hemorheology
Flow properties of blood
RBC Aggregation
Deformabilit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,360
425
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Türkiye
Oğuz Başkan
soil physics
soil mechanics
geostatistic
soil moistur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,230
582
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Türkiye
Emine Karademir
Endüstri Bitkileri
Lif Bitkileri
Pamuk
Stres Fizyolojis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,219
659
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Türkiye
Mehmet Sait İzgi
Nanocatalysis
Green-Hydrogen Energy
Boron Technology-Crystallization
C
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,218
1,001
0.822
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Türkiye
Mahmut Kaya
Machine Learning
Pattern Recognition
Metric Learning
Deep Learning
Deep Metric Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,205
1,172
0.973
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Türkiye
Mustafa Arık
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,201
466
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,214
Türkiye
295
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ali Akgül
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,273
11,585
0.944
Mathematics
fractional calculus
numerical methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,887
Türkiye
348
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ayman Elsabagh
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,303
10,425
0.922
Agronomy
Crop Stress Physiology
Crop Productivity
Field Crops
crop scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,034
Türkiye
800
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ömer Şahin
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,967
4,988
0.716
Fuel Cell
Nanomaterials
Boron technologies and Hydrogen production
Catalyst
Activated carbo
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
175,085
Türkiye
978
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Cafer Saka
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,229
4,589
0.737
Chemistry Materials chemistry catalysis activated carbon adsorptio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
285,021
Türkiye
2,293
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Yılmaz Kaya
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,711
2,621
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
344,347
Türkiye
3,306
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Mustafa Kahyaoğlu
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,960
949
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
349,591
Türkiye
3,414
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Yüksel Kaya
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,905
1,261
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
475,484
Türkiye
6,058
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Mustafa Kaya
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,924
1,758
0.914
Supercapacitor
Catalyst
Biotechnology
Biofuel
Hydroge
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
480,481
Türkiye
6,167
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Orhan Baytar
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,895
1,687
0.890
activated carbon
adsorption
photocatalytic
green synthesis
nanoparticle
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
493,679
Türkiye
6,483
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Rasim Tösten
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,822
1,092
0.599
Eğitim Bilimleri
Eğitim Yönetimi
Pozitif Psikolojik Sermay

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
512,506
Türkiye
6,924
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Halil Coşkun Çelik
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,724
731
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
517,138
Türkiye
7,047
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Mehmet Fırat Baran
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,700
1,251
0.736
Energy use in Agriculture
Environment and Energy
Agricultural Mechanisatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
529,702
Türkiye
7,388
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mehmet Şahin
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,638
954
0.582
remote sensing
renewable energy
artificial neural network
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
544,888
Türkiye
7,796
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Erşan Arslan
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,566
1,240
0.792
Training science
training load monitoring
psychophysiology
sport performance
physical activit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
548,145
Türkiye
7,886
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Saba Samatya
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,552
543
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
557,690
Türkiye
8,151
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Fatih Bayrak
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,510
1,232
0.816
Photovoltaic
Phase Change Materials
Nanoparticles
Thermodynamic
Machine Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
562,426
Türkiye
8,272
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sabit Horoz
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,489
1,337
0.898
material sciences
II-VI semiconductors
photovoltaic
hydrolysis
photocatalyti
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
562,752
Türkiye
8,283
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Mehmet Arif Özyazıcı
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,488
898
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
564,243
Türkiye
8,320
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Seda İğret Araz
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,481
1,472
0.994
Applied Mathematics
Fractional Calculus
Optimal Control
Numerical Analysi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
594,312
Türkiye
9,127
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Mehmet Üyüklü
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,360
425
0.313
Physiology
Hemorheology
Flow properties of blood
RBC Aggregation
Deformabilit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
630,019
Türkiye
10,146
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Oğuz Başkan
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,230
582
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
633,323
Türkiye
10,231
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Emine Karademir
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,219
659
0.541
Endüstri Bitkileri
Lif Bitkileri
Pamuk
Stres Fizyolojis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
633,507
Türkiye
10,242
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Mehmet Sait İzgi
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,218
1,001
0.822
Nanocatalysis
Green-Hydrogen Energy
Boron Technology-Crystallization
C
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
637,316
Türkiye
10,372
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Mahmut Kaya
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,205
1,172
0.973
Machine Learning
Pattern Recognition
Metric Learning
Deep Learning
Deep Metric Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
638,725
Türkiye
10,417
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mustafa Arık
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,201
466
0.388