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Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 152 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
India
Rajvikram Madurai Elavarasan|Rajvikram M, Rajvikram M Elavarasan
Renewable Energy Integration
SDG 7 & Net Zero Emissions
Energy Transition
MCDA Methods
Solar P
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,188
10,119
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
India
Ramesh Kumar
Reliability
Stochastic Processes
Industrial system
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,940
4,483
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
India
Saravanan Subramani
IC Engines
Biodiesel
Combustion
Alternate fuel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,809
3,154
0.656
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
India
Prabhu Sukumaran
Machine Learning
Robotics
Optimization and Expert system
Design of Experiments
Nanomachinin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,662
2,477
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
India
R Muthucumaraswamy
Chemical Kinetics
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Radiative Heat transfer
MHD
vertical and oscill
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,748
788
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
India
Rajesh Rajasekaran Nithyanandam
Chemical and Allied Engineering
Reverse Osmosis
AOP
Food and Bioproducts Processing
Dryin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,414
1,105
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
India
Shivashankar
MANET
WSN
Routing Protocol
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,904
1,513
0.795
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
India
Subrata Chowdhury
IoT
Machine Learning
AI
Cloud Computing
Blockchai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,746
1,548
0.887
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
India
Mansi Verma
bioinformatics
genomics
bacterial taxonomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,468
746
0.508

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
India
Vandana Malhotra
Tuberculosis pathogenesis
Signaling networks and mechanisms of gene regulatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,164
305
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
India
R Kumutha
Geopolymer Concrete Composites
FRP Strengthening Techniqu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,128
605
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
India
Gnanasekar Jm
Data science
Data analytics
cloud computin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,121
329
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
India
Nalinkanth Veerabadran Ghone
Nano-Biomaterials
Tissue Engineering
Bioreactors
LbL assembly
Drug deliver
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,094
301
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
India
T Balusamy
Corrosion Science
Electrochemistry
Surface Engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,021
491
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
India
Richa Misra
Infectious Diseases
Tuberculosis
Microbiom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
953
544
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
India
Divya Baskaran
Supercritical CO2-Polymer
Wastegas treatment
Wastewater treatment
Artificial Neural Networ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,008
932
0.925
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
India
Muralidhar M
Electrical & Electronics Engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
834
717
0.860
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
India
Sathish Kumar Ga Ece
Network Security & Cryptograph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
797
478
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
India
M Chandra Sekhara Reddy
Heat Transfer
Nanofluid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
729
449
0.616
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
India
Suresh Vendoti
Hybrid Power Systems
Integrated Renewable Energy Systems
Energy Management
Optimization of Hybrid Energy systems and Energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
718
691
0.962
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
India
Ramesh Rajagopal
Machine design
Tribology
Vibration
Composite
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
712
400
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
India
Sampathkrishnan
spectroscop
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
691
442
0.640
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
India
Sampath Krishnan S
spectroscopy
crystal growth
material scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
689
449
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
India
K Chandramani Singh
Experimental Condensed Matter Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
650
283
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
India
K Pitchandi
Thermodynamic Optimization
Energy Modelin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
642
408
0.636
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
102,819
India
1,364
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Rajvikram Madurai Elavarasan|Rajvikram M, Rajvikram M Elavarasan
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,188
10,119
0.993
Renewable Energy Integration
SDG 7 & Net Zero Emissions
Energy Transition
MCDA Methods
Solar P
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,932
India
2,497
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ramesh Kumar
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,940
4,483
0.646
Reliability
Stochastic Processes
Industrial system
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
225,822
India
4,264
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Saravanan Subramani
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,809
3,154
0.656
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
232,392
India
4,444
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Prabhu Sukumaran
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,662
2,477
0.531
Machine Learning
Robotics
Optimization and Expert system
Design of Experiments
Nanomachinin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
366,164
India
8,806
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
R Muthucumaraswamy
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,748
788
0.287
Chemical Kinetics
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Radiative Heat transfer
MHD
vertical and oscill
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
404,454
India
10,200
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Rajesh Rajasekaran Nithyanandam
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,414
1,105
0.458
Chemical and Allied Engineering
Reverse Osmosis
AOP
Food and Bioproducts Processing
Dryin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
479,667
India
13,027
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Shivashankar
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,904
1,513
0.795
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
508,844
India
14,197
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Subrata Chowdhury
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,746
1,548
0.887
IoT
Machine Learning
AI
Cloud Computing
Blockchai
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
568,152
India
16,606
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Mansi Verma
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,468
746
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
650,568
India
20,064
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Vandana Malhotra
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,164
305
0.262
Tuberculosis pathogenesis
Signaling networks and mechanisms of gene regulatio

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
661,680
India
20,576
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
R Kumutha
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,128
605
0.536
Geopolymer Concrete Composites
FRP Strengthening Techniqu
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
664,033
India
20,695
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Gnanasekar Jm
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,121
329
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
672,753
India
21,089
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Nalinkanth Veerabadran Ghone
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,094
301
0.275
Nano-Biomaterials
Tissue Engineering
Bioreactors
LbL assembly
Drug deliver
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
697,861
India
22,234
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
T Balusamy
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,021
491
0.481
Corrosion Science
Electrochemistry
Surface Engineerin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
722,714
India
23,408
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Richa Misra
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
953
544
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
702,207
India
22,449
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Divya Baskaran
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,008
932
0.925
Supercritical CO2-Polymer
Wastegas treatment
Wastewater treatment
Artificial Neural Networ
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
770,088
India
25,826
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Muralidhar M
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
834
717
0.860
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
786,083
India
26,721
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Sathish Kumar Ga Ece
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
797
478
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
817,254
India
28,414
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
M Chandra Sekhara Reddy
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
729
449
0.616
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
822,367
India
28,710
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Suresh Vendoti
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
718
691
0.962
Hybrid Power Systems
Integrated Renewable Energy Systems
Energy Management
Optimization of Hybrid Energy systems and Energy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
825,467
India
28,895
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ramesh Rajagopal
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
712
400
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
835,871
India
29,454
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Sampathkrishnan
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
691
442
0.640
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
836,886
India
29,530
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Sampath Krishnan S
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
689
449
0.652
spectroscopy
crystal growth
material scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
857,353
India
30,699
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
K Chandramani Singh
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
650
283
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
861,566
India
30,937
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
K Pitchandi
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
642
408
0.636