Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 17 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
Microbial resource managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,782
4,306
0.553
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sport Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,419
3,923
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Food Engineering/Functional Foo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,577
2,584
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,979
2,573
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Génie logiciel
Internet des objets
smart city
processus collaboratifs
TIC
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,467
2,074
0.598
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Gen AI
Cupping Therapy
Sports Medicine
Sports and Health
Research Ethic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,789
2,781
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Machine Learning
Pattern recognition
Geometric computation
Pdf estimation
classificatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,432
508
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
veterinary bacteriology
antimicrobial resistance
vector borne disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,180
1,534
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Bacterial EcoGenomics & Evolutio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,033
1,055
0.519
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
métabolisme
cancer
diabète
obésité
microbiot
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,619
967
0.597
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Scheduling
multi-agent systems
metaheuristics
artificial intelligence
combinatorial optimizatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,451
1,143
0.788
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Fiance d'entreprise
marchés financier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,098
569
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Arabic NLP
Arabic Information Retrieval
Information Reliability
Knowledge Extractio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
995
460
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
écologie marin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
886
515
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
elearning
mimo communication systems
knowledge modelin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
831
382
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Resource managment
optimization
IoT and 5G
security and privacy
I
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
772
355
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Computer Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
547
231
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
139,260
22
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ameur Cherif
Université de la Manouba
Manouba, Tunisia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,782
4,306
0.553
Microbial resource managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
170,462
30
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mohamed Souhaiel Chelly
Université de la Manouba
Manouba, Tunisia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,419
3,923
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
236,843
57
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Nourhene Boudhrioua Mihoubi
Université de la Manouba
Manouba, Tunisia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,577
2,584
0.565
Food Engineering/Functional Foo
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
269,113
81
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Leila Azouz Saidane
Université de la Manouba
Manouba, Tunisia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,979
2,573
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
303,013
103
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Henda Hajjami Ben Ghezala
Université de la Manouba
Manouba, Tunisia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,467
2,074
0.598
Génie logiciel
Internet des objets
smart city
processus collaboratifs
TIC
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
362,253
126
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ismail Dergaa
Université de la Manouba
Manouba, Tunisia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,789
2,781
0.997
Gen AI
Cupping Therapy
Sports Medicine
Sports and Health
Research Ethic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
402,837
154
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Faouzi Ghorbel
Université de la Manouba
Manouba, Tunisia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,432
508
0.209
Machine Learning
Pattern recognition
Geometric computation
Pdf estimation
classificatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
436,473
182
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Lilia Messadi
Université de la Manouba
Manouba, Tunisia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,180
1,534
0.704
veterinary bacteriology
antimicrobial resistance
vector borne disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
458,775
197
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Faten Ghodhbane-Gtari
Université de la Manouba
Manouba, Tunisia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,033
1,055
0.519
Bacterial EcoGenomics & Evolutio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
534,909
258
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Kouidhi Soumaya
Université de la Manouba
Manouba, Tunisia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,619
967
0.597
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
572,747
295
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Olfa Belkahla-Driss
Université de la Manouba
Manouba, Tunisia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,451
1,143
0.788
Scheduling
multi-agent systems
metaheuristics
artificial intelligence
combinatorial optimizatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
671,990
380
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Matoussi Hamadi
Université de la Manouba
Manouba, Tunisia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,098
569
0.518
Fiance d'entreprise
marchés financier
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
707,601
402
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ibrahim Bounhas
Université de la Manouba
Manouba, Tunisia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
995
460
0.462
Arabic NLP
Arabic Information Retrieval
Information Reliability
Knowledge Extractio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
749,406
445
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Rym Zakhama Sraieb
Université de la Manouba
Manouba, Tunisia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
886
515
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
772,189
469
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Rafik Braham
Université de la Manouba
Manouba, Tunisia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
831
382
0.460
elearning
mimo communication systems
knowledge modelin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
798,065
500
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ines Korbi
Université de la Manouba
Manouba, Tunisia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
772
355
0.460
Resource managment
optimization
IoT and 5G
security and privacy
I
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
921,449
616
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Nadia Ben Azzouna
Université de la Manouba
Manouba, Tunisia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
547
231
0.422