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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 17 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
Mahatma Gandhi
Political Theory and Thought
Peac
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,145
1,502
0.478
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Cloud Computing
Mobile Ad-hoc Network
Network Securit
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
128
0.842
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Financ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
62
0.697
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Marketing Management
Agri Business Management
Entrepreneurships
Innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
70
0.886
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Psychological foundations of education
Curriculum Designing
Language Teaching
Special Educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
55
0.753
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Special Education
Intellectual Disabilities
Inclusive Education
Rights of Persons wit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
42
0.677
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Population and settlement Geograph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
22
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Fluid dynamic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
40
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Digital Libraries
ICT Applications
LIS Education and Training
Open Source Software
LIS Journal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
24
0.649
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Teacher Education
Curriculum
Curriculum framewor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
31
0.861
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Agriculture Economics
Public Economics
Development Issue
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
18
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Entrepreneurhi
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
16
0.640
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Political Science
Political Theory and Gandhian Studie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
4
0.160
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Repositories management
Research Data
Research Data Management
RDM Services
Research Dat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
17
0.810
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Animal Behaviour
conservation
wildlife
Fish Biology and Animal Ecolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
3
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Data Mining
Big Data
Consumer behaviou
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
3
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Managemen
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
3
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
328,540
7,513
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
B Arun Kumar
Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University
Rajasthan, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,145
1,502
0.478
Mahatma Gandhi
Political Theory and Thought
Peac
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,512,465
65,458
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Neeraj Arora
Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University
Rajasthan, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
128
0.842
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,779,930
86,452
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Anurodh Godha
Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University
Rajasthan, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
62
0.697
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,834,140
91,164
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Rakesh Kumar Gautam
Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University
Rajasthan, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
70
0.886
Marketing Management
Agri Business Management
Entrepreneurships
Innovation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,870,434
94,489
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Patanjali Mishra
Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University
Rajasthan, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
55
0.753
Psychological foundations of education
Curriculum Designing
Language Teaching
Special Educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,941,724
101,220
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Akhilesh Kumar
Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University
Rajasthan, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
42
0.677
Special Education
Intellectual Disabilities
Inclusive Education
Rights of Persons wit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,090,176
115,372
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Alok Chauhan
Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University
Rajasthan, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
22
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,101,061
116,413
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ravi Gupta
Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University
Rajasthan, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
40
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,132,266
119,470
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Vijendra Kumar
Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University
Rajasthan, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
24
0.649
Digital Libraries
ICT Applications
LIS Education and Training
Open Source Software
LIS Journal
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,139,311
120,161
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Bhupendra Singh
Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University
Rajasthan, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
31
0.861
Teacher Education
Curriculum
Curriculum framewor
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,188,570
124,962
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Surendra Kumar Kulshrestha
Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University
Rajasthan, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
18
0.581
Agriculture Economics
Public Economics
Development Issue
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,250,710
131,052
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Monika Talreja
Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University
Rajasthan, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
16
0.640
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,252,928
131,277
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Naresh Dadhich
Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University
Rajasthan, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
4
0.160
Political Science
Political Theory and Gandhian Studie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,295,281
135,672
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Prashant Shrivastava
Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University
Rajasthan, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
17
0.810
Repositories management
Research Data
Research Data Management
RDM Services
Research Dat
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,527,515
156,922
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Rajendra Rajawat
Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University
Rajasthan, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
3
0.600
Animal Behaviour
conservation
wildlife
Fish Biology and Animal Ecolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,544,759
158,547
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Deepak Jain
Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University
Rajasthan, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
3
0.750
Data Mining
Big Data
Consumer behaviou
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,544,759
158,547
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Vishwas Pandey
Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University
Rajasthan, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
3
0.750