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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 461 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
Swarm Intelligence
Soft Computing
Optimization
Computational Intelligenc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,842
3,661
0.627
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Machine Learning
Twin Support Vector Machines
Optimization
financial Modelling
Image segmentation and retrieval
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,847
2,029
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Computational Intelligence
Real-Time Systems
Type-2 Fuzzy Sets and Systems
Machine Intelligenc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,679
3,110
0.845
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Numerical Methods and Analysis
Nonlinear Differential Equations
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Scientific Computation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,603
1,221
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Data Mining
Text Mining
Graph Mining
Social Network Analysis
Cyber Forensic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,788
1,550
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Mathematic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,744
1,529
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Protein Engineering
Antibody Engineering
Metalloproteins
Enzyme promiscuity
Drug Discover
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,628
1,503
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Cancer Biology and inflammatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,837
1,134
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Neuroinflammatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,776
577
0.325
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Fuzzy and Intuitionistic fuzzy metric spaces
Sequence Spaces
Type-2 fuzzy sets and systems
Summability
Approximatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,392
941
0.676
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
machine learning
computational linguistics
opinion mining
sentiment analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,264
1,124
0.889
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
molecular genetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,086
445
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Plant Molecular Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,082
668
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
social theory
education
identity politics
neoliberalism
social movement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,064
411
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Bioenergy
Value-added Chemicals
AMP
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
977
452
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Scientific Computing and Differential Equation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
960
385
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Chemical Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
950
409
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
dividend
share repurchase
operating performance
asset pricin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
899
715
0.795
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Graph Theor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
896
396
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
agricultural process engineering
post-harvest
biomechanical engineering
food packaging and shelf life
nanotechnolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
830
737
0.888
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Literature
Language
Education
LGBTQ
Human Right
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
704
548
0.778
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Genomic variation and imprinting. ICT in PBL pedagog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
691
580
0.839
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Total Quality Management
Operations Management
Lean Six Sigma
Entrepreneurshi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
676
562
0.831
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
leadership
followership
cognitive style
strategic decision making
ihsan/soul based leadershi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
672
575
0.856
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Teacher Knowledge (TPACK)
Instructional Technology
E-Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
670
466
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
187,044
3,206
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jagdish Chand Bansal
South Asian University
Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,842
3,661
0.627
Swarm Intelligence
Soft Computing
Optimization
Computational Intelligenc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
276,679
5,831
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Reshma Rastogi ( Nee Khemchandani)
South Asian University
Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,847
2,029
0.527
Machine Learning
Twin Support Vector Machines
Optimization
financial Modelling
Image segmentation and retrieval
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
287,590
6,193
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Pranab K Muhuri
South Asian University
Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,679
3,110
0.845
Computational Intelligence
Real-Time Systems
Type-2 Fuzzy Sets and Systems
Machine Intelligenc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
292,708
6,341
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ranjan Kumar Mohanty
South Asian University
Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,603
1,221
0.339
Numerical Methods and Analysis
Nonlinear Differential Equations
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Scientific Computation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
361,868
8,669
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Muhammad Abulaish
South Asian University
Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,788
1,550
0.556
Data Mining
Text Mining
Graph Mining
Social Network Analysis
Cyber Forensic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
366,540
8,821
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Kapil K Sharma
South Asian University
Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,744
1,529
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
379,115
9,268
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Rinkoo D Gupta
South Asian University
Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,628
1,503
0.572
Protein Engineering
Antibody Engineering
Metalloproteins
Enzyme promiscuity
Drug Discover
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
491,595
13,477
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Yuba Raj Pokharel
South Asian University
Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,837
1,134
0.617
Cancer Biology and inflammatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
503,152
13,951
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ravi Shankar Akundi
South Asian University
Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,776
577
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
586,715
17,389
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
QM Danish Lohani
South Asian University
Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,392
941
0.676
Fuzzy and Intuitionistic fuzzy metric spaces
Sequence Spaces
Type-2 fuzzy sets and systems
Summability
Approximatio
Smart Institutional Plan
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
620,681
18,751
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mohamad Hardyman Barawi
South Asian University
Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,264
1,124
0.889
machine learning
computational linguistics
opinion mining
sentiment analysi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
675,464
21,203
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Nirotpal Mrinal
South Asian University
Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,086
445
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
676,713
21,265
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ananda Mustafiz
South Asian University
Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,082
668
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
682,827
21,532
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ravi Kumar
South Asian University
Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,064
411
0.386
social theory
education
identity politics
neoliberalism
social movement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
713,757
22,969
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
AKR Gobinath
South Asian University
Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
977
452
0.463
Bioenergy
Value-added Chemicals
AMP
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
720,173
23,296
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Navnit Jha
South Asian University
Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
960
385
0.401
Scientific Computing and Differential Equation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
723,908
23,465
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Priti Saxena
South Asian University
Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
950
409
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
743,516
24,502
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Mohamad Jais
South Asian University
Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
899
715
0.795
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
744,907
24,558
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Deepa Sinha
South Asian University
Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
896
396
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
771,763
25,916
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Bernard Maringgal
South Asian University
Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
830
737
0.888
agricultural process engineering
post-harvest
biomechanical engineering
food packaging and shelf life
nanotechnolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
829,235
29,079
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Collin Jerome
South Asian University
Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
704
548
0.778
Literature
Language
Education
LGBTQ
Human Right
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
835,749
29,444
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ashley Edward Roy Soosay
South Asian University
Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
691
580
0.839
Genomic variation and imprinting. ICT in PBL pedagog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
843,507
29,913
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Sin Kit Yeng|Kit Yeng Sin
South Asian University
Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
676
562
0.831
Total Quality Management
Operations Management
Lean Six Sigma
Entrepreneurshi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
845,529
30,027
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Abdul Halim Busari
South Asian University
Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
672
575
0.856
leadership
followership
cognitive style
strategic decision making
ihsan/soul based leadershi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
846,651
30,096
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Fitri Suraya Mohamad
South Asian University
Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
670
466
0.696
Teacher Knowledge (TPACK)
Instructional Technology
E-Learnin