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Highly Cited Researchers 1.152 Scientists Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) - 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.
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Experimental High Energy Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
249,938
99,443
0.398
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Molecular and nanoscale material
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,484
17,012
0.400
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Nano Material
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,888
13,533
0.485
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Drug design
Biomaterials
Bioengineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,544
10,972
0.534
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Combinatorial Alloy Design
Magnetic materials
Field ion Microscopy and Atom Probe Tomography
Amorphous and Nanocrystalline m
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,421
8,795
0.770
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
nanomaterials
hydrogen storag
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,300
8,753
0.376
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Cement chemistry and microstructure
concrete durabilit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,813
8,497
0.719
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
medical imagin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,046
8,134
0.899
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Physical sicneces Magnetic resonancne NMR EPR Imagin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,688
7,538
0.293
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Image processing
Deep Learning
Computer Vision
Medical Image Analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,658
7,120
0.930
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Solar Energy
Energy & Environment
Heat Transfe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,407
7,009
0.614
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Petroleum Engineering
Natural Gas Engineering
CCUS
Environmental Engineering
Nanotechnolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,564
6,706
0.783
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Deep Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Medical Image Analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,095
6,704
0.945
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,900
6,604
0.391
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Catalysi
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,758
6,495
0.299
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
CO2 Capture & Sequestration
Direct Air Capture
Gas Hydrates
Water Purification
Hydrogen Storag
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,287
6,307
0.559
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Computational Mechanics
moving boundary problems
multi-physics problem
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,128
5,654
0.619
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Thermochemical technologies
biomass conversion
waste plastics and solid wastes to fuels and chemical
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,055
5,653
0.702
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Thermoacoustic instability
Complex systems theor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,179
5,552
0.605
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Natural Language Processing
Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,736
5,305
0.788
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Foam concrete
Aerated concrete
Light weight aggregate concrete
Sustainable Building Technolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,759
5,045
0.517
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Hydrologic Modeling
Predictions in Ungauged Basins
Soft computing applications to thydrolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,066
4,872
0.440
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Additive Manufacturing
Fatigue & Fracture Mechanics
Impact Mechanics
FEA
Machine Learning Based Life Time Prediction of M
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,246
4,793
0.518
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Water and wastewater treatment
Reuse and recycle
Emerging contaminat removal
sanitatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,035
4,774
0.476
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Computational Thermo-Fluids
Convection-Energy Flow
Convection-Bifurcation
Finite Element
Microwave-Thermal Transpor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,575
4,758
0.411
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
692
14
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Prafulla Kumar Behera
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
249,938
99,443
0.398
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,599
190
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Pradeep T
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,484
17,012
0.400
Molecular and nanoscale material
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,060
268
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
BS Murty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,888
13,533
0.485
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,276
367
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mukesh Doble
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,544
10,972
0.534
Drug design
Biomaterials
Bioengineerin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,874
527
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
KG Pradeep
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,421
8,795
0.770
Combinatorial Alloy Design
Magnetic materials
Field ion Microscopy and Atom Probe Tomography
Amorphous and Nanocrystalline m
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,148
535
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ramaprabhu S
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,300
8,753
0.376
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,971
570
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Manu Santhanam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,813
8,497
0.719
Cement chemistry and microstructure
concrete durabilit
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,769
623
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ganapathy Krishnamurthi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,046
8,134
0.899
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,104
710
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Sankaran Subramanian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,688
7,538
0.293
Physical sicneces Magnetic resonancne NMR EPR Imagin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,473
802
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Varghese Alex
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,658
7,120
0.930
Image processing
Deep Learning
Computer Vision
Medical Image Analysi
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,703
830
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Reddy KS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,407
7,009
0.614
Solar Energy
Energy & Environment
Heat Transfe
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,295
896
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jitendra Sangwai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,564
6,706
0.783
Petroleum Engineering
Natural Gas Engineering
CCUS
Environmental Engineering
Nanotechnolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,333
897
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mahendra Khened
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,095
6,704
0.945
Deep Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Medical Image Analysi
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,590
920
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
M Michael Gromiha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,900
6,604
0.391
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,960
951
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Balasubramanian Viswanathan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,758
6,495
0.299
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,642
1,008
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Rajnish Kumar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,287
6,307
0.559
CO2 Capture & Sequestration
Direct Air Capture
Gas Hydrates
Water Purification
Hydrogen Storag
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,330
1,214
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sundararajan Natarajan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,128
5,654
0.619
Computational Mechanics
moving boundary problems
multi-physics problem
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,353
1,215
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Vinu Ravikrishnan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,055
5,653
0.702
Thermochemical technologies
biomass conversion
waste plastics and solid wastes to fuels and chemical
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,240
1,249
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sujith Ri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,179
5,552
0.605
Thermoacoustic instability
Complex systems theor
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,024
1,338
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Mitesh Khapra
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,736
5,305
0.788
Natural Language Processing
Machine Learnin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,613
1,444
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
K Ramamurthy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,759
5,045
0.517
Foam concrete
Aerated concrete
Light weight aggregate concrete
Sustainable Building Technolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,676
1,540
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
KP Sudheer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,066
4,872
0.440
Hydrologic Modeling
Predictions in Ungauged Basins
Soft computing applications to thydrolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95,663
1,571
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
R Jayaganthan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,246
4,793
0.518
Additive Manufacturing
Fatigue & Fracture Mechanics
Impact Mechanics
FEA
Machine Learning Based Life Time Prediction of M
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,156
1,585
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ligy Philip
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,035
4,774
0.476
Water and wastewater treatment
Reuse and recycle
Emerging contaminat removal
sanitatio
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,589
1,599
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Tanmay Basak
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,575
4,758
0.411
Computational Thermo-Fluids
Convection-Energy Flow
Convection-Bifurcation
Finite Element
Microwave-Thermal Transpor