Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Green/Climate Finance
Corporate Finance
Institutional Economics
Financial Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,688
3,670
0.995
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Green Finance
Institutional Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,193
1,142
0.957
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Organic Chemistry
Natural Products
NMR Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,157
1,061
0.917
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Polymer Synthesis
Nanoparticles
Electrospinning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
981
855
0.872
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Economics
development economics
gender studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
663
649
0.979
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Taxonomy
Ethnobotany
medicinal plants
biodiesal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
654
595
0.910
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Conservation Biology
Spatial Ecology
Species Distribution Modelling
Climate Change
HWC
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
639
567
0.887
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Teacher Education/Training and Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
617
539
0.874
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Decision Makings
Fuzzy Sets
Soft Sets
Fuzzy graph theory
Fuzzy algebras
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
609
579
0.951
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Molecular Biology ... Bioinformatics ... Biological evolution … Human nature relationship ... Urbanisation ... Governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
577
259
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
mobile wireless communication networks
green communication and big data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
451
384
0.851
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Drinking water treatment
Bio-remediation
Toxicology Studies using Fish Bio-marker
Heavy metals contamination in fresh water
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
431
343
0.796
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Data Security
User-Privacy
and Internet of Things(IoT)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
430
375
0.872
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Machine learning
Deep learning
Data Sciences
Big Data
Data Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
416
415
0.998
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Lie group methods for differential equations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
309
283
0.916
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
condensed matter physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
298
291
0.977
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Laser Matter Interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
284
233
0.820
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
269
266
0.989
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Information Security
Data Mining
Data Security and Privacy
Internet of Things (IoT)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195
187
0.959
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Coordination Complexes
Computational Chemistry
Crystal Structures
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168
126
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Botany
Ethnobotany
Mycology and plant Pathology
Fungal Molecular Genetics
Mushroom Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162
158
0.975
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Management Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
107
0.677
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Biotechnology & Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143
128
0.895
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Leadership
OB
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143
97
0.678
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Semigroup theory in Partial differential Equations AND Control theory
Decision making
Soft sets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
101
0.748
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
270,984
728
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Muhammad Asif Khan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,688
3,670
0.995
Green/Climate Finance
Corporate Finance
Institutional Economics
Financial Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
614,900
2,588
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Muhammad Atif Khan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,193
1,142
0.957
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Green Finance
Institutional Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
625,887
2,683
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Saqib Ali
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,157
1,061
0.917
Organic Chemistry
Natural Products
NMR Spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
685,253
3,098
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Muhammad Alamzeb
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
981
855
0.872
Polymer Synthesis
Nanoparticles
Electrospinning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
822,779
4,145
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Sabahat Akram
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
663
649
0.979
Economics
development economics
gender studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
827,283
4,178
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Maryam Akram Butt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
654
595
0.910
Taxonomy
Ethnobotany
medicinal plants
biodiesal
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
834,986
4,243
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Faraz Akrim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
639
567
0.887
Conservation Biology
Spatial Ecology
Species Distribution Modelling
Climate Change
HWC
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
846,568
4,346
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Makhdoom Ali Syed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
617
539
0.874
Teacher Education/Training and Research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
850,788
4,372
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Khizar Hayat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
609
579
0.951
Decision Makings
Fuzzy Sets
Soft Sets
Fuzzy graph theory
Fuzzy algebras
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
868,396
4,520
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Javeed Hussain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
577
259
0.449
Molecular Biology ... Bioinformatics ... Biological evolution … Human nature relationship ... Urbanisation ... Governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
959,852
5,323
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Asif Kabir
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
451
384
0.851
mobile wireless communication networks
green communication and big data
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
978,251
5,475
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Sajida Rasheed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
431
343
0.796
Drinking water treatment
Bio-remediation
Toxicology Studies using Fish Bio-marker
Heavy metals contamination in fresh water
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
979,058
5,486
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Dr-Zahid Mahmood
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
430
375
0.872
Data Security
User-Privacy
and Internet of Things(IoT)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
992,296
5,603
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Malik Waqar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
416
415
0.998
Machine learning
Deep learning
Data Sciences
Big Data
Data Mining
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,112,039
6,715
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Amanullah Dar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
309
283
0.916
Lie group methods for differential equations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,126,687
6,913
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Muhammad Javed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
298
291
0.977
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,147,107
7,156
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Mohsan Jelani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
284
233
0.820
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,169,535
7,421
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Misbah İrm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
269
266
0.989
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,305,473
9,128
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Umair Khadam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195
187
0.959
Information Security
Data Mining
Data Security and Privacy
Internet of Things (IoT)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,369,956
9,904
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Faisal Hayat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168
126
0.750
Coordination Complexes
Computational Chemistry
Crystal Structures
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,384,561
10,078
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Tariq Saiff Ullah
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162
158
0.975
Botany
Ethnobotany
Mycology and plant Pathology
Fungal Molecular Genetics
Mushroom Biochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,396,656
10,222
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ghulam Nabi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
107
0.677
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,438,644
10,754
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Amjed Hussain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143
128
0.895
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,439,410
10,770
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Zafar Iqbal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143
97
0.678
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,463,663
11,091
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
M Fahim Aslam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
101
0.748
Semigroup theory in Partial differential Equations AND Control theory
Decision making
Soft sets