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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 77 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
Physiology/Biochemistry/ cell signalling in plants and cyanobacteria under stress/PS II Photochemistry/ oxidative stre
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,075
12,966
0.717
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Plant stress physiology
RNS
ROS & H2S signaling
Phytohormones
Plant molecular biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,060
13,160
0.771
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Gerontology
Natural products
Chronobiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,827
7,794
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Remote Sensing and GIS
Water Quality
Climate Change Impact Investigations
Land use/Land cove
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,045
10,813
0.829
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Biochemistry
Free radical & oxidative stress
toxicology
antimicrobials
cytotoxicit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,672
8,391
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Nanotechnology
Ion beams
Chaos & Fractals
Atmospheric & Ocean
Nano Medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,594
5,985
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
nanotechnology
drug delivery
catalysis
senso
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,524
3,872
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Agriculture
Crop Science
Plant Science
Plant Microbiome
Plant Healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,926
6,713
0.969
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS)
Laser Abletion
Photo-Acoustic
Laser Spectroscop
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,768
2,904
0.429
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Carbon Nanomaterials e.g. CNTs
Graphene & Quantum Dots
Renewable Energy
CO2 Capture and Conversio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,911
4,134
0.699
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Physics
Materials Science
Hydrogen Energy
Nanomaterials
High Entropy Alloy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,636
3,946
0.700
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Microbial & Mushroom Biotechnolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,128
3,374
0.817
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Physics
Liquid Crystals
Displays
Nano Materials
Solar Cell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,805
1,817
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision
Wavelet Transforms
Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,990
1,423
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Env. Biotechnology
Env. Microbiology
Emerging Contaminant
Remediatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,915
1,905
0.654
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Shock Wave
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,907
2,565
0.882
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Macro & Micro algal cultivation - Photobiology - Ecophysiology - Ecotoxicolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,907
1,593
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
Material Science
Multiferroics
Raman Spectroscop
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,856
933
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Diabetes
Cancer Biology
Natural Products
Free Radical Biology
Pharmaceutical Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,543
2,253
0.886
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Natural Product
Diabetes
Oxidative Stress
Cance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,432
2,301
0.946
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Nano Materials and structure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,075
147
0.071
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Nanoscience and technology applications
antipathogens
gas sensors
solar cells
pollution contro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,995
1,020
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Non viral delivery system
siRNA
shRNA
lung cancer
inflammation and tuberculosi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,913
1,331
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Organic Chemsitr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,892
637
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Experimental Mineralogy & Petrology
Impact Cratering Reseach and Geology of Bundelkhand crato
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,611
988
0.613
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,229
449
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Sheo Mohan Prasad
University of Allahabad
Allahabad, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,075
12,966
0.717
Physiology/Biochemistry/ cell signalling in plants and cyanobacteria under stress/PS II Photochemistry/ oxidative stre
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,224
501
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Vijay Pratap Singh
University of Allahabad
Allahabad, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,060
13,160
0.771
Plant stress physiology
RNS
ROS & H2S signaling
Phytohormones
Plant molecular biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,235
523
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Syed Ibrahim Rizvi
University of Allahabad
Allahabad, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,827
7,794
0.463
Gerontology
Natural products
Chronobiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,551
868
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sudhir Kumar Singh
University of Allahabad
Allahabad, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,045
10,813
0.829
Remote Sensing and GIS
Water Quality
Climate Change Impact Investigations
Land use/Land cove
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,244
905
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Abhay Pandey
University of Allahabad
Allahabad, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,672
8,391
0.662
Biochemistry
Free radical & oxidative stress
toxicology
antimicrobials
cytotoxicit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,808
916
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Pandey Avinash C
University of Allahabad
Allahabad, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,594
5,985
0.475
Nanotechnology
Ion beams
Chaos & Fractals
Atmospheric & Ocean
Nano Medicin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,617
1,494
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Vandana Singh
University of Allahabad
Allahabad, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,524
3,872
0.407
nanotechnology
drug delivery
catalysis
senso
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
155,360
2,449
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Neelam Yadav
University of Allahabad
Allahabad, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,926
6,713
0.969
Agriculture
Crop Science
Plant Science
Plant Microbiome
Plant Healt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
159,062
2,533
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Awadhesh Kumar Rai
University of Allahabad
Allahabad, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,768
2,904
0.429
Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS)
Laser Abletion
Photo-Acoustic
Laser Spectroscop
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
182,641
3,079
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ram Manohar Yadav
University of Allahabad
Allahabad, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,911
4,134
0.699
Carbon Nanomaterials e.g. CNTs
Graphene & Quantum Dots
Renewable Energy
CO2 Capture and Conversio
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
191,458
3,310
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Thakur Prasad Yadav
University of Allahabad
Allahabad, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,636
3,946
0.700
Physics
Materials Science
Hydrogen Energy
Nanomaterials
High Entropy Alloy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
257,110
5,158
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
MP Singh
University of Allahabad
Allahabad, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,128
3,374
0.817
Microbial & Mushroom Biotechnolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
276,224
5,787
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ravindra Dhar
University of Allahabad
Allahabad, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,805
1,817
0.478
Physics
Liquid Crystals
Displays
Nano Materials
Solar Cell
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
338,384
7,838
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ashish Khare
University of Allahabad
Allahabad, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,990
1,423
0.476
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision
Wavelet Transforms
Machine Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
345,370
8,067
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Kumar Suranjit Prasad
University of Allahabad
Allahabad, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,915
1,905
0.654
Env. Biotechnology
Env. Microbiology
Emerging Contaminant
Remediatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
346,116
8,091
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
RK Anand
University of Allahabad
Allahabad, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,907
2,565
0.882
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
346,158
8,092
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
K Suresh Kumar
University of Allahabad
Allahabad, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,907
1,593
0.548
Macro & Micro algal cultivation - Photobiology - Ecophysiology - Ecotoxicolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
351,131
8,285
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Manoj Kumar Singh
University of Allahabad
Allahabad, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,856
933
0.327
Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
Material Science
Multiferroics
Raman Spectroscop
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
384,698
9,454
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ramesh Kumar
University of Allahabad
Allahabad, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,543
2,253
0.886
Diabetes
Cancer Biology
Natural Products
Free Radical Biology
Pharmaceutical Biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
397,999
9,935
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Amit Kumar Singh
University of Allahabad
Allahabad, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,432
2,301
0.946
Natural Product
Diabetes
Oxidative Stress
Cance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
447,125
11,806
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Bal Krishna Agrawal
University of Allahabad
Allahabad, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,075
147
0.071
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
459,726
12,265
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Pratima Chauhan
University of Allahabad
Allahabad, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,995
1,020
0.511
Nanoscience and technology applications
antipathogens
gas sensors
solar cells
pollution contro
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
473,292
12,758
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Awadh B Yadav
University of Allahabad
Allahabad, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,913
1,331
0.696
Non viral delivery system
siRNA
shRNA
lung cancer
inflammation and tuberculosi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
477,030
12,907
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Vishnu Prabhakar Srivastava
University of Allahabad
Allahabad, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,892
637
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
530,905
15,006
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jayanta Kumar Pati
University of Allahabad
Allahabad, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,611
988
0.613
Experimental Mineralogy & Petrology
Impact Cratering Reseach and Geology of Bundelkhand crato