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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 1.095 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
Anthropology
Public Health
Genomics
Anthropology of lif
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,100
38,015
0.622
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Plasma Physics
Dusty Plasm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,464
17,298
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Medical Mycolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,518
15,634
0.638
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
microbial enzyme
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,415
6,085
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Applied Mathematics
Cryptograph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,428
14,885
0.729
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Electronic Materials for Functional Device
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,565
8,915
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Chemistry
Nanotechnology
Nanomedicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,515
5,730
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Organic Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry
Material Chemistry
Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,235
8,610
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology
Plant Genomics
Plant Molecular Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,901
6,963
0.412
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Psychological well-being
Mindfulness
Spirituality
Healthy aging
Mental healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,573
9,283
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Modern Persian literature
Indo-Persian literatur
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,246
10,267
0.673
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
fixed point theor
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,061
6,059
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Neurodegeneratio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,884
2,264
0.163
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Cancer biology
inflammation
chromatin biology & epigenetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,804
4,733
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Molecular Oncolog
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,363
3,882
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Molecular Biology
Microbial Diversity
Genomics and Metagenomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,265
5,301
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Financ
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,726
3,554
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Reading articles/book
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,444
7,064
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
catalysis
Bioinorganic
chelating resins
solid phase extractio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,999
5,536
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Chest Medicin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,802
6,318
0.585
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Synthetic Medicinal Chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,451
6,647
0.636
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Plant Molecular Biology
Signal Transduction
Gene Expression
Signaling Networks in plants
Functional Genomic of Signaling co
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,227
4,917
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Environmental Sciences
Plant sciences
Agriculture
Carbon sequestratio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,235
3,243
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Energy Storage
Supercapacitors
Sodium Batteries
Magnesium Batterie
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,973
4,437
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,768
2,258
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,855
86
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Vipin Gupta
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,100
38,015
0.622
Anthropology
Public Health
Genomics
Anthropology of lif
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,663
213
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ruby Gupta
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,464
17,298
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,651
259
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Anuradha Chowdhary
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,518
15,634
0.638
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,066
300
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Rani Guipta
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,415
6,085
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,276
359
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Pandian Senthil Kumar
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,428
14,885
0.729
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,181
444
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Vinay Gupta
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,565
8,915
0.480
Electronic Materials for Functional Device
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,352
445
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Indrajit Roy
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,515
5,730
0.309
Chemistry
Nanotechnology
Nanomedicin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,202
502
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ramesh Chandra
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,235
8,610
0.500
Organic Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry
Material Chemistry
Biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,649
538
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Paramjit Khurana
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,901
6,963
0.412
Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology
Plant Genomics
Plant Molecular Biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,120
556
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ritu Sharma
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,573
9,283
0.560
Psychological well-being
Mindfulness
Spirituality
Healthy aging
Mental healt
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,701
658
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mukhtar Ahmed
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,246
10,267
0.673
Modern Persian literature
Indo-Persian literatur
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,694
758
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Rajesh Kumar
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,061
6,059
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,825
778
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Namita Agrawal
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,884
2,264
0.163
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,320
786
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Chaturvedi Mm
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,804
4,733
0.343
Cancer biology
inflammation
chromatin biology & epigenetic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,293
851
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Alok Chandra Bharti
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,363
3,882
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,463
988
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Rup Lal
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,265
5,301
0.432
Molecular Biology
Microbial Diversity
Genomics and Metagenomic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,163
1,070
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Amitabh Gupta
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,726
3,554
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,787
1,131
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Dileep K Singh
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,444
7,064
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,048
1,211
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Rakesh Kumar Sharma
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,999
5,536
0.503
catalysis
Bioinorganic
chelating resins
solid phase extractio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,064
1,243
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Vijayan Vk
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,802
6,318
0.585
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,779
1,305
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Rakesh Kumar
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,451
6,647
0.636
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
102,353
1,353
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Girdhar K Pandey|Girdhar Kumar Pandey
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,227
4,917
0.481
Plant Molecular Biology
Signal Transduction
Gene Expression
Signaling Networks in plants
Functional Genomic of Signaling co
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,974
1,605
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Rao KS
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,235
3,243
0.351
Environmental Sciences
Plant sciences
Agriculture
Carbon sequestratio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,752
1,674
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
SA Hashmi
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,973
4,437
0.494
Energy Storage
Supercapacitors
Sodium Batteries
Magnesium Batterie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
121,862
1,744
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Debajyoti Choudhury
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,768
2,258
0.258