Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
Microplastics
Biochar
Emerging Contaminants
Remediation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,806
22,949
0.856
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Physical Chemistry
Chemical Kinetics
Surface Chemistry
Environmental Science
Environmental
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,886
9,243
0.778
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Fungal Systematics
Bioinformatics
Plant pathology
Microbial Genetics
Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,202
6,795
0.738
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Marine Biochemistry
Nutraceuticals
Functional Foods
Food Chemistry
Phytomedicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,555
2,891
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Immunology
dengue
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,426
2,928
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Biotechnology
Mycology
Bioremediation
Plant disease diagnostics
Molecular systematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,727
2,888
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Human Resource Management and Organizational Behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,989
3,183
0.798
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Internet of Things
Smart Homes
Data Analytics
Deep Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,521
3,266
0.928
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Sleep and Respiratory Medicine
Sleep and Respiratory Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,301
2,931
0.888
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Graphene
CNT
Synchrotron Radiation
Nanotechnology and Nanophysics
Surfaces and Interface Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,661
974
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
nanotechnology
materials science
agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,641
2,224
0.842
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Allergy
Immunology
Microbiome
Infectious Diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,413
2,098
0.869
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,319
727
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Raman Spectroscopy
SERS
nanoparticles
nano sensors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,275
722
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Bacteriology
molecular biology
Helicobacter
Leptospirosis
Fungal infections
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,212
1,392
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Functional Foods
Food Science
Nutrition
Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,113
1,572
0.744
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Accounting education
Integrated Reporting
EMA
Sustinable Innovation
Sustainability Accounting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,021
1,928
0.954
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Neurology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,693
522
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Mathematics
Numerical Methods
Partial Differential Equations
Transformations
Numerical Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,663
627
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Nanobiopolymers and nanobiomaterials
dye removal
bioplastics
food packaging
CO2 capture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,631
1,456
0.893
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Physical Inorganic Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,587
815
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Inorganic chemistry
Polymeric materials
Nanotechnology
Nanomedicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,518
1,169
0.770
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,513
749
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
community medicine
gender based violence
evaluation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,493
732
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Immunology
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,475
1,211
0.821
Meththika Vithanage
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,806
22,949
0.856
Microplastics
Biochar
Emerging Contaminants
Remediation
Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,886
9,243
0.778
Physical Chemistry
Chemical Kinetics
Surface Chemistry
Environmental Science
Environmental
Kasun M Thambugala
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,202
6,795
0.738
Fungal Systematics
Bioinformatics
Plant pathology
Microbial Genetics
Biotechnology
Isuru Wijesekara
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,555
2,891
0.520
Marine Biochemistry
Nutraceuticals
Functional Foods
Food Chemistry
Phytomedicine
Gathsaurie Neelika Malavige
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,426
2,928
0.540
Dhanushka Udayanga
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,727
2,888
0.611
Biotechnology
Mycology
Bioremediation
Plant disease diagnostics
Molecular systematics
Hhdnp Opatha
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,989
3,183
0.798
Human Resource Management and Organizational Behaviour
Bya Nathali Silva
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,521
3,266
0.928
Internet of Things
Smart Homes
Data Analytics
Deep Learning
Chamara Senaratna
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,301
2,931
0.888
Sleep and Respiratory Medicine
Sleep and Respiratory Epidemiology
AR Kumarasinghe
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,661
974
0.366
Graphene
CNT
Synchrotron Radiation
Nanotechnology and Nanophysics
Surfaces and Interface Physics
Nilwala Kottegoda
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,641
2,224
0.842
nanotechnology
materials science
agriculture
Kamal Chandima Jeewandara
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,413
2,098
0.869
Allergy
Immunology
Microbiome
Infectious Diseases
Er Jansz
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,319
727
0.313
Narayana Sirimuthu
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,275
722
0.317
Raman Spectroscopy
SERS
nanoparticles
nano sensors
Ssn Fernando
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,212
1,392
0.629
Bacteriology
molecular biology
Helicobacter
Leptospirosis
Fungal infections
Kkds Ranaweera
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,113
1,572
0.744
Functional Foods
Food Science
Nutrition
Biochemistry
Nuwan Gunarathne|A D N Gunarathne
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,021
1,928
0.954
Accounting education
Integrated Reporting
EMA
Sustinable Innovation
Sustainability Accounting
SB Gunatilake
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,693
522
0.308
Sunethra Weerakoon
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,663
627
0.377
Mathematics
Numerical Methods
Partial Differential Equations
Transformations
Numerical Analysis
Rohan S Dassanayake
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,631
1,456
0.893
Nanobiopolymers and nanobiomaterials
dye removal
bioplastics
food packaging
CO2 capture
Pradeep M Jayaweera
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,587
815
0.514
Imalka Munaweera
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,518
1,169
0.770
Inorganic chemistry
Polymeric materials
Nanotechnology
Nanomedicine
Sagarika Ekanayake
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,513
749
0.495
Kumudu Wijewardene
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,493
732
0.490
community medicine
gender based violence
evaluation
Gunasekara Tdcp
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,475
1,211
0.821