Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 334 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
Serbia
Mihajlo Jakovljevic
Health Economics
International Relations
Sustainability
Global South
Emerging Market
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,029
124,662
0.848
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Serbia
Nebojsa Arsenijevic
immunology
oncolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,768
7,921
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Serbia
Boris Furtula
mathematical chemistry
chemical graph theory
computer chemistry
chemoinformatics
chemometric
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,720
5,795
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Serbia
Nenad Filipovic
biomedical engineering
computer method
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,717
6,157
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Serbia
Miodrag Lukic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,588
3,566
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Serbia
Vladimir Stojanovic
Computer Science
Intelligent Control
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Robotic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,530
7,159
0.951
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Serbia
Slobodan Jankovic
Pharmacology
Medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,582
3,519
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Serbia
Zoran Marković
Chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,567
3,536
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Serbia
Vladimir Jurisic
Oncology
Hematology
Immunolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,207
2,941
0.565

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Serbia
Branislav Ranković
Mycology
Biotechnology
Botan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,855
2,539
0.523
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Serbia
Dragoslav Nikezic
physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,828
1,462
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Serbia
Nemanja Jovicic
Immunology
Histology
Hepatology
Diabete
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,560
4,080
0.895
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Serbia
Milan Stankovic
Plant science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,458
2,416
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Serbia
Milorad Bojic
energ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,422
1,220
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Serbia
Ljiljana Čomić
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,229
2,224
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Serbia
Zoran Kalinic
e-business
e-commerce
artifical intelligence
mobile communication
m-learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,019
3,545
0.882
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Serbia
Milos Djuran
Inorganic Chemistry
Coordination Chemistry
Bioinorganic Chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,905
1,448
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Serbia
Ivan Jovanovic
Immunology
Oncolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,746
1,872
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Serbia
Slobodan Mitrovic|Slobodan Mitrović, S. Mitrovic, S. Mitrović
Production and industrial engineering
Tribolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,517
1,486
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Serbia
Blaza Stojanovic
Tribology
Tribology in machine design
Aluminium metal matrix composites
Mechanical transsmiter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,507
2,350
0.670
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Serbia
Olgica Stefanovic
Antibacterial testing
mode of action
biofilm
synergis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,836
1,572
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Serbia
Miroslav Babic
tribolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,744
1,079
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Serbia
Miladin Stefanovic
production and industrial engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,679
1,272
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Serbia
Dejan Milenkovic
Computational chemistry
Qauntum chemistry
Density functional theory
Quantitative structur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,464
1,905
0.773
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Serbia
Svetlana Marković
physical organic chemistry
molecular modeling
reaction mechanisms
antioxidant activit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,402
961
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,613
Serbia
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Mihajlo Jakovljevic
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,029
124,662
0.848
Health Economics
International Relations
Sustainability
Global South
Emerging Market
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,586
Serbia
23
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Nebojsa Arsenijevic
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,768
7,921
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,981
Serbia
32
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Boris Furtula
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,720
5,795
0.541
mathematical chemistry
chemical graph theory
computer chemistry
chemoinformatics
chemometric
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,604
Serbia
37
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Nenad Filipovic
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,717
6,157
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,308
Serbia
38
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Miodrag Lukic
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,588
3,566
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
144,117
Serbia
57
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Vladimir Stojanovic
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,530
7,159
0.951
Computer Science
Intelligent Control
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Robotic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
165,908
Serbia
73
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Slobodan Jankovic
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,582
3,519
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
196,228
Serbia
119
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Zoran Marković
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,567
3,536
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
209,397
Serbia
136
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Vladimir Jurisic
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,207
2,941
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
223,954
Serbia
148
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Branislav Ranković
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,855
2,539
0.523

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
225,181
Serbia
152
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Dragoslav Nikezic
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,828
1,462
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
237,500
Serbia
167
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Nemanja Jovicic
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,560
4,080
0.895
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
242,351
Serbia
169
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Milan Stankovic
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,458
2,416
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
244,220
Serbia
174
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Milorad Bojic
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,422
1,220
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
254,560
Serbia
187
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ljiljana Čomić
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,229
2,224
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
266,558
Serbia
205
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Zoran Kalinic
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,019
3,545
0.882
e-business
e-commerce
artifical intelligence
mobile communication
m-learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
273,385
Serbia
214
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Milos Djuran
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,905
1,448
0.371
Inorganic Chemistry
Coordination Chemistry
Bioinorganic Chemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
283,391
Serbia
226
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ivan Jovanovic
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,746
1,872
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
299,096
Serbia
247
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Slobodan Mitrovic|Slobodan Mitrović, S. Mitrovic, S. Mitrović
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,517
1,486
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
299,830
Serbia
248
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Blaza Stojanovic
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,507
2,350
0.670
Tribology
Tribology in machine design
Aluminium metal matrix composites
Mechanical transsmiter
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
357,259
Serbia
327
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Olgica Stefanovic
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,836
1,572
0.554
Antibacterial testing
mode of action
biofilm
synergis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
366,859
Serbia
342
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Miroslav Babic
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,744
1,079
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
373,760
Serbia
351
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Miladin Stefanovic
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,679
1,272
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
398,498
Serbia
392
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Dejan Milenkovic
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,464
1,905
0.773
Computational chemistry
Qauntum chemistry
Density functional theory
Quantitative structur
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
406,201
Serbia
403
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Svetlana Marković
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,402
961
0.400
physical organic chemistry
molecular modeling
reaction mechanisms
antioxidant activit