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Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 1.085 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
Iraq
Ahmed Hashim
nanocomposites
medical physics
polymers
biomaterials
applications of nanocomposite
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,136
8,773
0.866
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Iraq
Ahmed Kadhim Hussein
Heat transfer
CFD
Nanotechnology
Clean Energy
Aerodynami
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,429
6,918
0.821
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Iraq
Ayad Alkaim
Environmental water treatment
applications of nanomaterials
synthesis of nanomaterial
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,419
4,090
0.755
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Iraq
Samaher Al Janabi
Intelligent Data Analysis
Machine Intelligence
Computational Intelligence
Data and Artificial Intelligence (DART)
Smart Sys
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,344
4,131
0.773
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Iraq
Aseel Aljeboree
Environmental chemistry
water treatment
surface chemistry
nanomaterial
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,001
3,186
0.796
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Iraq
Hamad Rahman Jappor
Condensed matter physics
Density functional theory
Heterostructure
Nanocrystals
2D materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,825
3,611
0.944
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Iraq
Falah H Hussein
Photochemical reactions
Wastewater treatments
CNTs
Nanotechnolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,988
1,572
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Iraq
Aseel Hadi
materials
ceramics
nanocomposite
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,379
2,071
0.871
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Iraq
Ahmed Al Azawei
E-learning
Technology Acceptance
E-learning Adoption
Data mining
Adaptive system
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,228
1,832
0.822

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Iraq
Sattar B. Sadkhan
Cryptology and Information Security
Wireless Digital Communication
Cognitive Radio
Soft Computin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,024
1,580
0.781
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Iraq
Ali Kadhum Idrees
IoT/Sensor Networks
Edge/Fog computing
Data Science
Machine/Deep Learning
Healthcare Applicatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,848
1,658
0.897
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Iraq
Mohammed M Obeid
Energy storage
Carbon
Computational materials science
Batterie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,740
1,694
0.974
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Iraq
Mahmoud Hussein Hadwan
Biochemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,648
1,366
0.829
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Iraq
Jaafar Hadi Abboud
Laser surface treatments of different steels grades
cast irons Titaniu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,607
437
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Iraq
Abbas Noor Al Sharify
Engineering Chemistry
Pharmaceutica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,573
1,081
0.687
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Iraq
Ahmed A Hussein
Parallel programming
Video and Image Processin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,545
1,163
0.753
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Iraq
Huda Jasim M Altameme
Plant taxonomy
Plant anatomy
General plan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,428
634
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Iraq
Mohammed Salah Nasr
Construction materials
Concrete durability
Concrete Technolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,400
1,391
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Iraq
Fatima Aljanabi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,378
1,106
0.803
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Iraq
Khalid Haneen Abass
Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,373
1,285
0.936
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Iraq
Salam Hadi Hussain
CFD
Numerical Heat Transfer
Entropy
Porous
Heatline
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,352
879
0.650
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Iraq
Ali H Al Marzoqi
Molecular Biology
Genetics
Bioinformatics
Biotechnology
Medical Microbiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,313
924
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Iraq
Alaa H Al Charrakh
Microbiology
Antimicrobial resistance
Pathogenic bacteriolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,276
765
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Iraq
Jasim Mohammed Salman Al Shammary
biodiversity
water quality
algae
pollution
aquatic ecolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,256
816
0.650
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Iraq
Ammar Yasir Ali
Structural Engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,224
868
0.709
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,457
Iraq
24
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ahmed Hashim
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,136
8,773
0.866
nanocomposites
medical physics
polymers
biomaterials
applications of nanocomposite
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
127,309
Iraq
30
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ahmed Kadhim Hussein
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,429
6,918
0.821
Heat transfer
CFD
Nanotechnology
Clean Energy
Aerodynami
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
201,329
Iraq
59
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ayad Alkaim
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,419
4,090
0.755
Environmental water treatment
applications of nanomaterials
synthesis of nanomaterial
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
204,043
Iraq
61
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Samaher Al Janabi
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,344
4,131
0.773
Intelligent Data Analysis
Machine Intelligence
Computational Intelligence
Data and Artificial Intelligence (DART)
Smart Sys
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
267,344
Iraq
93
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Aseel Aljeboree
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,001
3,186
0.796
Environmental chemistry
water treatment
surface chemistry
nanomaterial
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
278,047
Iraq
101
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Hamad Rahman Jappor
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,825
3,611
0.944
Condensed matter physics
Density functional theory
Heterostructure
Nanocrystals
2D materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
342,221
Iraq
137
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Falah H Hussein
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,988
1,572
0.526
Photochemical reactions
Wastewater treatments
CNTs
Nanotechnolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
408,709
Iraq
187
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Aseel Hadi
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,379
2,071
0.871
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
428,999
Iraq
204
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ahmed Al Azawei
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,228
1,832
0.822
E-learning
Technology Acceptance
E-learning Adoption
Data mining
Adaptive system
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
459,540
Iraq
234
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sattar B. Sadkhan
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,024
1,580
0.781
Cryptology and Information Security
Wireless Digital Communication
Cognitive Radio
Soft Computin

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
489,534
Iraq
273
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ali Kadhum Idrees
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,848
1,658
0.897
IoT/Sensor Networks
Edge/Fog computing
Data Science
Machine/Deep Learning
Healthcare Applicatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
509,956
Iraq
296
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Mohammed M Obeid
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,740
1,694
0.974
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
528,299
Iraq
314
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mahmoud Hussein Hadwan
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,648
1,366
0.829
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
536,853
Iraq
325
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jaafar Hadi Abboud
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,607
437
0.272
Laser surface treatments of different steels grades
cast irons Titaniu
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
544,073
Iraq
335
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Abbas Noor Al Sharify
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,573
1,081
0.687
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
550,350
Iraq
343
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ahmed A Hussein
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,545
1,163
0.753
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
577,800
Iraq
380
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Huda Jasim M Altameme
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,428
634
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
584,609
Iraq
391
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Mohammed Salah Nasr
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,400
1,391
0.994
Construction materials
Concrete durability
Concrete Technolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
590,191
Iraq
395
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Fatima Aljanabi
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,378
1,106
0.803
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
591,431
Iraq
397
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Khalid Haneen Abass
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,373
1,285
0.936
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
596,958
Iraq
412
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Salam Hadi Hussain
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,352
879
0.650
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
607,335
Iraq
422
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ali H Al Marzoqi
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,313
924
0.704
Molecular Biology
Genetics
Bioinformatics
Biotechnology
Medical Microbiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
617,470
Iraq
438
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Alaa H Al Charrakh
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,276
765
0.600
Microbiology
Antimicrobial resistance
Pathogenic bacteriolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
623,063
Iraq
449
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jasim Mohammed Salman Al Shammary
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,256
816
0.650
biodiversity
water quality
algae
pollution
aquatic ecolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
632,436
Iraq
462
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ammar Yasir Ali
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,224
868
0.709