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Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 402 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
Iran
Masoud Salavati Niasari
NANOMATERIALS
NANOSTRUCTURES
NANOPARTICLES
NANOCRYSTALS
NANOSUPERCONDUCTO
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,126
38,268
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Iran
Bagher Farhood
Cancer
Radiotherapy
Natural Products
Gel Dosimetry
Artificial Intelligence in Medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,313
11,250
0.914
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Iran
Ali Reza Ashrafi
Growth Hacking
Startup
Artificial Intelligence
Deep Technologies
International Trad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,890
3,028
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Iran
Mohsen Adib Hajbaghery
Nursing
Nursing Education
Quality of Nursing Care
Qualitative Studie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,897
4,768
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Iran
Mohsen Taghizadeh
Nutrition and etc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,723
6,376
0.731
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Iran
Hossein Naeimi
Synthesis
Catalyst
Schiff base
Heterocyclic compound
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,495
3,292
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Iran
Mohsen Behpour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,482
3,659
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Iran
Mohammad Arefi
Elasticity and Stress Analysis
Pressure Vessel Analysis
Nano and Micro Scale Problems
Functionally Graded Piezoelectric Mate
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,210
6,265
0.763
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Iran
Ali Ghorbanpour Arani
Nano mechanic
vibration
stability
FGM
Piezoelectri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,935
3,695
0.466

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Iran
Sayed Mehdi Ghoreishi
separation
electrochemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,651
3,626
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Iran
Gholamhossein Sodeifian
Supercritical Fluids. Polymer Science Nanotechnolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,488
5,761
0.888
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Iran
Fereshteh Meshkani
Heterogeneous catalysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,397
4,263
0.666
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Iran
Javad Safari
university of kasha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,935
2,808
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Iran
Mehdi Shabani Nooshabadi
Electrochemical Sensors
Conducting Polymer
Corrosion
Electrosynthesis
Energy Storag
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,802
4,782
0.824
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Iran
Ali Akbar Abbasian Arani
Fluid Flow and Convection Heat Transfer in Fluid and Nanoflui
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,789
3,897
0.673
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Iran
Javad Safaei Ghomi
Organic Chemistry
Nano catalysts
Heterocyclic Synthesi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,667
3,097
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Iran
Abbas Saadatmandi
Numerical Solution of Differential Equations
Numerical Analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,464
2,208
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Iran
Morteza Asghari
Chemical engineering
Membrane synthesis
Membrane Separation Processes
Membrane bioreactors
Molecular dynamics simulatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,056
3,816
0.755
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Iran
Mehdi Mohammadimehr
Micro and Nano Mechanics
Elasticity
FG material
Buckling-Vibration and Deflection
Active Contro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,684
3,380
0.722
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Iran
Mahmoud Abbasi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,657
3,428
0.736
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Iran
Saeid Amini
Ultrasonic
Machining
Manufacturing Proces
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,488
2,996
0.668
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Iran
Masood Hamadanian
nanomaterial
nanophotocatalyst
sollar cell
nano calculatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,447
2,092
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Iran
Ahmad Akbari
Membrane Technology
Nanofiltration
Wastewater Treatment
Dyein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,415
2,714
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Iran
Rouhullah Dehghani
Medicine
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Pharmacology
Toxicology and Pharmaceutic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,245
2,027
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Iran
Mahmoud Salami
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,058
2,759
0.680
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,914
Iran
55
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Masoud Salavati Niasari
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,126
38,268
0.579
NANOMATERIALS
NANOSTRUCTURES
NANOPARTICLES
NANOCRYSTALS
NANOSUPERCONDUCTO
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,081
Iran
487
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Bagher Farhood
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,313
11,250
0.914
Cancer
Radiotherapy
Natural Products
Gel Dosimetry
Artificial Intelligence in Medicin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106,339
Iran
663
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ali Reza Ashrafi
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,890
3,028
0.306
Growth Hacking
Startup
Artificial Intelligence
Deep Technologies
International Trad
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,893
Iran
769
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mohsen Adib Hajbaghery
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,897
4,768
0.536
Nursing
Nursing Education
Quality of Nursing Care
Qualitative Studie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,516
Iran
794
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Mohsen Taghizadeh
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,723
6,376
0.731
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
126,232
Iran
828
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Hossein Naeimi
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,495
3,292
0.388
Synthesis
Catalyst
Schiff base
Heterocyclic compound
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
126,432
Iran
830
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mohsen Behpour
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,482
3,659
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
131,076
Iran
864
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Mohammad Arefi
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,210
6,265
0.763
Elasticity and Stress Analysis
Pressure Vessel Analysis
Nano and Micro Scale Problems
Functionally Graded Piezoelectric Mate
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,124
Iran
901
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ali Ghorbanpour Arani
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,935
3,695
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
141,573
Iran
937
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sayed Mehdi Ghoreishi
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,651
3,626
0.474

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
168,259
Iran
1,206
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Gholamhossein Sodeifian
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,488
5,761
0.888
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
170,720
Iran
1,234
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Fereshteh Meshkani
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,397
4,263
0.666
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
184,131
Iran
1,370
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Javad Safari
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,935
2,808
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
188,332
Iran
1,419
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Mehdi Shabani Nooshabadi
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,802
4,782
0.824
Electrochemical Sensors
Conducting Polymer
Corrosion
Electrosynthesis
Energy Storag
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
188,732
Iran
1,422
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ali Akbar Abbasian Arani
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,789
3,897
0.673
Fluid Flow and Convection Heat Transfer in Fluid and Nanoflui
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
192,686
Iran
1,476
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Javad Safaei Ghomi
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,667
3,097
0.546
Organic Chemistry
Nano catalysts
Heterocyclic Synthesi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
199,692
Iran
1,552
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Abbas Saadatmandi
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,464
2,208
0.404
Numerical Solution of Differential Equations
Numerical Analysi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
215,309
Iran
1,739
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Morteza Asghari
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,056
3,816
0.755
Chemical engineering
Membrane synthesis
Membrane Separation Processes
Membrane bioreactors
Molecular dynamics simulatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
231,423
Iran
1,948
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Mehdi Mohammadimehr
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,684
3,380
0.722
Micro and Nano Mechanics
Elasticity
FG material
Buckling-Vibration and Deflection
Active Contro
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
232,606
Iran
1,960
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Mahmoud Abbasi
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,657
3,428
0.736
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
240,693
Iran
2,066
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Saeid Amini
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,488
2,996
0.668
Ultrasonic
Machining
Manufacturing Proces
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
242,639
Iran
2,095
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Masood Hamadanian
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,447
2,092
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
244,289
Iran
2,111
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ahmad Akbari
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,415
2,714
0.615
Membrane Technology
Nanofiltration
Wastewater Treatment
Dyein
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
253,487
Iran
2,241
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Rouhullah Dehghani
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,245
2,027
0.478
Medicine
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Pharmacology
Toxicology and Pharmaceutic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
264,083
Iran
2,378
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mahmoud Salami
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,058
2,759
0.680