Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 3.003 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
High Energy Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216,637
93,898
0.433
Get Full Access to Premium Data
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Particle Physics
CERN
Higgs
SUSY
Top quar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
212,702
92,069
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Preventive Cardiology
Clinical Cardiology
Guidelin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,264
105,501
0.842
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Nutrition Epidemiology
Preventive Cardiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,860
84,674
0.840
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Primordial/primary prevention of chronic non-communicable disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,517
51,301
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Burden of Diseas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,515
63,812
0.945
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,797
33,774
0.918
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sustainable Process Development
Process/Bioprocess Design
Process Simulation
Techno-Economi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,830
14,850
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Polymer Chemistry
Nanotechnology
Green Chemistry
Amino Acids Containing Polymer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,871
10,214
0.411
Is Your University Ready for the Future?
Compare your institution’s global, national, and city-level ranking with its 20 closest competitors and set strategic goals.
Gain insights from detailed performance analyses of scientists across 13 major disciplines, identify your strengths, improve weaknesses, and gain a competitive edge.. Check Your Free Sample Performance Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Health inequality
Health Policy Analysis
Social Healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,747
23,544
0.991
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sensors & Biosensors
Development of Nanomaterials for Energy Sources and Storage Device
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,474
9,691
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Green chemistry
MXene
Soft Robotics
Bioinspired/Biomimetic
Biomedicine/Nanomedicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,433
14,619
0.793
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Environmental Science
Environmental Engineering
Environmental Biotechnology
Process Modelin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,303
15,447
0.947
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Biomaterials
Nano Materials
Materials Science & Engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,876
7,278
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Nanotechnology in Drug Deliver
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,721
9,093
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
Clinical Educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,204
10,002
0.658
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Water Resource
Surface Water Hydrology
Droughts
Hydroinformatics
Earth System Modelin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,533
7,769
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Synthesis and catalytic application of Metal-organic Frameworks (MOFs)
Research interest
Supported Catalysts
Biomimetic Ox
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,273
4,950
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Electroanalytical Chemistry
Sensors and biosensors
Electrochemical studies of batteries and solar cel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,120
7,749
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Latent variable models
Meta Analysis
Psychometric analysis
Public healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,276
9,894
0.693
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Renal pathology
Nephropatholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,819
5,474
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
rail industry relativit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,764
5,476
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
systemic disease and oral manifestation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,006
8,923
0.686
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
nanotechnolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,116
6,036
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Catalysis
Synthesis
nanomaterials and nanocatalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,279
3,563
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
731
7
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Abideh Jafari
Isfahan University of Technology
Isfahan, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216,637
93,898
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
764
8
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Hamed Bakhshiansohi
Isfahan University of Technology
Isfahan, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
212,702
92,069
0.433
Particle Physics
CERN
Higgs
SUSY
Top quar
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,172
20
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Nizal Sarrafzadegan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,264
105,501
0.842
Preventive Cardiology
Clinical Cardiology
Guidelin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,330
30
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Noushin Mohammadifard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,860
84,674
0.840
Nutrition Epidemiology
Preventive Cardiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,845
42
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Roya Kelishadi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,517
51,301
0.629
Primordial/primary prevention of chronic non-communicable disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,668
52
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Mehran Shams Beyranvand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,515
63,812
0.945
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,545
126
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Yousefi Ha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,797
33,774
0.918
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,460
191
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Keikhosro Karimi
Isfahan University of Technology
Isfahan, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,830
14,850
0.553
Sustainable Process Development
Process/Bioprocess Design
Process Simulation
Techno-Economi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,802
214
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Shadpour Mallakpour
Isfahan University of Technology
Isfahan, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,871
10,214
0.411
Polymer Chemistry
Nanotechnology
Green Chemistry
Amino Acids Containing Polymer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,014
225
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mostafa Amini Rarani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,747
23,544
0.991
Health inequality
Health Policy Analysis
Social Healt
Is Your University Ready for the Future?
Compare your institution’s global, national, and city-level ranking with its 20 closest competitors and set strategic goals.
Gain insights from detailed performance analyses of scientists across 13 major disciplines, identify your strengths, improve weaknesses, and gain a competitive edge.. Check Your Free Sample Performance Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,567
230
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ali A Ensafi
Isfahan University of Technology
Isfahan, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,474
9,691
0.413
Sensors & Biosensors
Development of Nanomaterials for Energy Sources and Storage Device
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,409
298
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Siavash Iravani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,433
14,619
0.793
Green chemistry
MXene
Soft Robotics
Bioinspired/Biomimetic
Biomedicine/Nanomedicin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,021
330
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ali Fatehizadeh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,303
15,447
0.947
Environmental Science
Environmental Engineering
Environmental Biotechnology
Process Modelin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,067
346
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Mohammadhossein Fathi
Isfahan University of Technology
Isfahan, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,876
7,278
0.458
Biomaterials
Nano Materials
Materials Science & Engineerin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,925
352
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jaleh Varshosaz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,721
9,093
0.578
Nanotechnology in Drug Deliver
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,551
371
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Peyman Adibi Sedeh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,204
10,002
0.658
Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
Clinical Educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,428
390
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Saeid Eslamian
Isfahan University of Technology
Isfahan, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,533
7,769
0.535
Water Resource
Surface Water Hydrology
Droughts
Hydroinformatics
Earth System Modelin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,020
398
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Shahram Tangestaninejad
University of Isfahan
Isfahan, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,273
4,950
0.347
Synthesis and catalytic application of Metal-organic Frameworks (MOFs)
Research interest
Supported Catalysts
Biomimetic Ox
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,982
403
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Behzad Rezaei
Isfahan University of Technology
Isfahan, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,120
7,749
0.549
Electroanalytical Chemistry
Sensors and biosensors
Electrochemical studies of batteries and solar cel
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,996
397
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Awat Feizi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,276
9,894
0.693
Latent variable models
Meta Analysis
Psychometric analysis
Public healt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,811
413
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Hamid Nasri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,819
5,474
0.396
Renal pathology
Nephropatholog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,239
416
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Erfan Rezaee
University of Isfahan
Isfahan, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,764
5,476
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,385
447
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Mohammadreza Salehi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,006
8,923
0.686
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,627
444
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Fatemeh Davar
Isfahan University of Technology
Isfahan, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,116
6,036
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,925
486
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Iraj Mohammadpoor Baltork
University of Isfahan
Isfahan, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,279
3,563
0.290
Catalysis
Synthesis
nanomaterials and nanocatalysis