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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 79 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
Neurolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
215
85
0.395
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Neonatal Brain Injury
Hypoxic ischemic Encephalopathy
Long-term Outcomes
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
208
203
0.976
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202
65
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Nephrology
UT
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197
173
0.878
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Climate Change
Forest Ecology
GIS
Remote Sensing
Google Earth Engin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193
152
0.788
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Cell and Molecular Biology
Mitochondrial Bioenergetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183
139
0.760
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Machine Learning
Image Science
Visio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181
86
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Cardiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178
177
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178
154
0.865
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Molecular Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
129
0.733
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Nephrolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173
151
0.873
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Radiation Oncology
Nurse Practitione
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171
170
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Biostatistic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
170
170
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
motivation and mental health
achievement motivation
medical education
anatomy educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168
138
0.821
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Plastic Surgery
Head and Neck Reconstructio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166
75
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Biostatistics and Biomedical Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163
126
0.773
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Pharmacology/Ethnopharmacology
Endocrinology
Natural Products
Molecular Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
160
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Cancer Biology
Molecular Biology
Immunolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
159
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Biostatistician
Data Scientis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
139
0.880
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Clinical Trials
Orthopaedic Surger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157
156
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Orthopaedic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
148
0.961
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
nursin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153
146
0.954
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Hematopathology
Molecular Genetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
96
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Neurodegenerative disorders
Renal pathophysiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144
143
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143
141
0.986
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,331,986
315,403
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ramesh Shrestha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
215
85
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,347,027
317,325
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Nilesh Dankhara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
208
203
0.976
Neonatal Brain Injury
Hypoxic ischemic Encephalopathy
Long-term Outcomes
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrom
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,363,468
319,481
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Danon E Garrido
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202
65
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,375,159
321,074
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Yusuf Ali
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197
173
0.878
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,386,275
322,502
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Salit Chakma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193
152
0.788
Climate Change
Forest Ecology
GIS
Remote Sensing
Google Earth Engin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,414,257
326,139
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ngoc H Hoang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183
139
0.760
Cell and Molecular Biology
Mitochondrial Bioenergetic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,420,783
326,925
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Keith J Dillon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181
86
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,427,539
327,794
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Syed Sarmad Javaid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178
177
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,428,488
327,925
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Benjamin Walker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178
154
0.865
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,434,835
328,741
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Faidad Khan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
129
0.733
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,443,315
329,868
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
sriram sriperumbuduri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173
151
0.873
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,448,732
330,521
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Trey Woods|William Woods, William C Woods, William C Woods, III
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171
170
0.994
Radiation Oncology
Nurse Practitione
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,451,624
330,894
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Md Abu Yusuf Ansari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
170
170
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,458,983
331,862
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Tim Dasinger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168
138
0.821
motivation and mental health
achievement motivation
medical education
anatomy educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,466,319
332,820
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mark Domanski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166
75
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,474,954
333,895
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Phi Le
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163
126
0.773
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,480,137
334,555
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Manar Eissa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
160
0.994
Pharmacology/Ethnopharmacology
Endocrinology
Natural Products
Molecular Biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,486,507
335,364
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Shifa Khan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
159
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,490,741
335,898
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Md Mohiuddin Adnan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
139
0.880
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,493,119
336,169
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Priyanka V Nehete Bds, Mph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157
156
0.994
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Clinical Trials
Orthopaedic Surger
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,503,579
337,485
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Joseph Dynako
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
148
0.961
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,507,066
337,915
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Michelle Palokas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153
146
0.954
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,528,869
340,711
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Sarika Jain, Fcap
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
96
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,537,673
341,815
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Anukool A. Bhopatkar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144
143
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,541,530
342,277
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jane J. Border
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143
141
0.986