Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 50 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
Electromagnetic
wireless communication
antenna
ultrasoni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,619
2,622
0.467
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Green Supply Chain
Industry 4.0
Blockchain
Halal supply chain
Food Securit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,606
2,656
0.737
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
B2B Marketing
Branding
Relationship Marketing
Innovation
Emerging Market
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,556
2,849
0.801
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
quality management
business excellence
sustainability
asset management
air qualit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,396
1,517
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
cross-cultural management
global virtual teams
cultural competency
expatriation
cross-cultura
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,285
1,457
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,248
1,046
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Auditing
Corporate Governance
International Accounting
Competition
Financial Reportin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,779
1,198
0.673
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Civil Engineering
Construction materials
Concrete
Timber
Polymer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,713
1,394
0.814
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Food Security
Food System Resilience
Agrifood supply chain managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,632
1,065
0.653
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Information Retrieval
Natural language Processing
Artificial Intelligence
Data Minin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,588
555
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Modern AI
Data analytics
Smart cities
Cloud Infrastructures
BioTec
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,548
1,081
0.698
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Engineering Dynamics
Vehicle Dynamics
Vibration
Acoustics
NV
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,408
459
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Human Capital Development -innovation
operations n Sustainability
Business Excellence and TQ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,312
1,121
0.854
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Internet of Things
AI
Analytics
Ubiquitous Computing
Innovatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,273
394
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
information technology
information systems
virtual community
virtual teams
health informatic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,116
617
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
marketin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,070
724
0.677
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Power Electronics
Energy
Smart gri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,002
507
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Consumer Protection Law
Privacy and ICT Law
Legal and Ethical Issues of Emerging ICT and Strategic HRM
Adoption of e-Governm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
922
621
0.674
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Corporate Valuation
Emerging Financial Markets
Corporate Governance
Earning Management
Sustainability Reportin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
849
456
0.537
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Academic Integrity
Cyber and AI Ethics
e-Cheating
STEM for Girls
UA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
846
685
0.810
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Asset pricing
Risk management
Econometric modeling
Valuation
Emerging financial market
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
714
311
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Engineering geology
Geotechnical Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Applied geomicrobiology
Geological Engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
691
598
0.865
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Finance
Economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
559
196
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Empirical Financ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
506
457
0.903
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
447
399
0.893
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
194,577
269
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Fareq Malek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,619
2,622
0.467
Electromagnetic
wireless communication
antenna
ultrasoni
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
292,932
478
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Balan Sundarakani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,606
2,656
0.737
Green Supply Chain
Industry 4.0
Blockchain
Halal supply chain
Food Securit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
296,472
494
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Munyaradzi W Nyadzayo|Munyaradzi Nyadzayo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,556
2,849
0.801
B2B Marketing
Branding
Relationship Marketing
Innovation
Emerging Market
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
308,336
515
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Boštjan Gomišček
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,396
1,517
0.447
quality management
business excellence
sustainability
asset management
air qualit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
317,175
530
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Norhayati Zakaria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,285
1,457
0.444
cross-cultural management
global virtual teams
cultural competency
expatriation
cross-cultura
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
426,875
758
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Arijit Sikdar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,248
1,046
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
503,069
916
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Khairul Anuar Kamarudin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,779
1,198
0.673
Auditing
Corporate Governance
International Accounting
Competition
Financial Reportin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
515,867
942
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Karol S Sikora
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,713
1,394
0.814
Civil Engineering
Construction materials
Concrete
Timber
Polymer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
532,169
979
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ioannis Manikas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,632
1,065
0.653
Food Security
Food System Resilience
Agrifood supply chain managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
541,555
1,002
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Farhad Oroumchian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,588
555
0.349
Information Retrieval
Natural language Processing
Artificial Intelligence
Data Minin
Smart Institutional Plan
Powerful Insights + Smart Membership = Institutional Success
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
550,326
1,013
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
May El Barachi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,548
1,081
0.698
Modern AI
Data analytics
Smart cities
Cloud Infrastructures
BioTec
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
583,460
1,081
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Khalid Hussain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,408
459
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
608,224
1,141
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Flevy Lasrado
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,312
1,121
0.854
Human Capital Development -innovation
operations n Sustainability
Business Excellence and TQ
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
619,016
1,167
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Mohamed Watfa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,273
394
0.310
Internet of Things
AI
Analytics
Ubiquitous Computing
Innovatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
666,159
1,281
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Shafiz Affendi Mohd Yusof
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,116
617
0.553
information technology
information systems
virtual community
virtual teams
health informatic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
681,366
1,315
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Vel Prakash
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,070
724
0.677
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
705,095
1,354
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Hsrajamani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,002
507
0.506
Power Electronics
Energy
Smart gri
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
735,159
1,421
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jawahitha Sarabdeen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
922
621
0.674
Consumer Protection Law
Privacy and ICT Law
Legal and Ethical Issues of Emerging ICT and Strategic HRM
Adoption of e-Governm
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
764,560
1,490
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Osama Al-Hares
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
849
456
0.537
Corporate Valuation
Emerging Financial Markets
Corporate Governance
Earning Management
Sustainability Reportin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
765,665
1,493
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Zeenath Reza Khan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
846
685
0.810
Academic Integrity
Cyber and AI Ethics
e-Cheating
STEM for Girls
UA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
825,219
1,609
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Kashif Saleem
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
714
311
0.436
Asset pricing
Risk management
Econometric modeling
Valuation
Emerging financial market
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
836,358
1,650
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Stephen Wilkinson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
691
598
0.865
Engineering geology
Geotechnical Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Applied geomicrobiology
Geological Engineerin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
912,847
1,796
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Naeem Muhammad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
559
196
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
953,472
1,886
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Burcu Kapar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
506
457
0.903
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,005,485
2,001
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Namrata Gupta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
447
399
0.893