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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
programmin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,047
1,718
0.114
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Software Engineering
Data Science
Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
876
257
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
language
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
501
268
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Accounting Finance and Econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
251
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Youth and Women Entrepreneurship
Innovation in SMEs
Development and Entrepreneurshi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
32
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Service Quality
Marketing Strategies and Strategic Managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
43
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Information Systems Information Technology Elearning Technology transfe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
30
0.811
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Accounting and Financ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
15
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
strategic managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
8
0.400
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Applied mathematics
tribolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
16
0.889
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Internal Audits
Risks Management
Corporate Governance
Safety
Hygien
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
14
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Information technolog
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
1
0.071
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Technology Transfer
E-Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
8
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Cyber security
information technology
information systems
machine learning
information securit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
9
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Interactive systems
social behavior
New medi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
International Relations
Diplomacy
International Economics
Political Science
Economic Diplomacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
2
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Computer Science
Data Science
Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,435
16
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Shaka Kevin
Zetech University
Ruiru, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,047
1,718
0.114
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
751,368
801
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jeffrey Rowlings
Zetech University
Ruiru, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
876
257
0.293
Software Engineering
Data Science
Machine Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
953,926
1,190
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Chrispus Musambai
Zetech University
Ruiru, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
501
268
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,252,481
1,943
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Wicliffe Anyango
Zetech University
Ruiru, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
251
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,935,635
4,459
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Peter Kibas
Zetech University
Ruiru, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
32
0.516
Youth and Women Entrepreneurship
Innovation in SMEs
Development and Entrepreneurshi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,069,338
5,049
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Catherine Njoki Chege
Zetech University
Ruiru, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
43
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,125,177
5,335
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Alice Njuguna
Zetech University
Ruiru, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
30
0.811
Information Systems Information Technology Elearning Technology transfe
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,290,861
6,344
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Andrew Ndege Ndambiri
Zetech University
Ruiru, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
15
0.714
Accounting and Financ
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,304,977
6,439
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Gladys Gituku
Zetech University
Ruiru, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
8
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,325,216
6,550
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Samuel Macharia Karimi
Zetech University
Ruiru, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
16
0.889
Applied mathematics
tribolog
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,373,036
6,864
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Paul Nderitu Mwangi|Mwangi Paul Nderitu
Zetech University
Ruiru, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
14
1.000
Internal Audits
Risks Management
Corporate Governance
Safety
Hygien
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,382,947
6,951
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
John Marley254
Zetech University
Ruiru, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
1
0.071
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,394,469
7,041
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Alice Macharia
Zetech University
Ruiru, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
8
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,443,696
7,391
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Boniface Mwangi Wambui
Zetech University
Ruiru, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
9
1.000
Cyber security
information technology
information systems
machine learning
information securit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,513,275
7,936
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Simon Chege
Zetech University
Ruiru, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
Interactive systems
social behavior
New medi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,545,492
8,265
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Eric J. Irungu
Zetech University
Ruiru, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
2
0.500
International Relations
Diplomacy
International Economics
Political Science
Economic Diplomacy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,596,688
8,795
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Esther Mwangi
Zetech University
Ruiru, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
Computer Science
Data Science
Machine Learnin