Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
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
Experimental Particle Physics: Detector
CMS data analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278,253
113,032
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Theoretical condensed Matter Physics
2D materials
Quantum Liquids
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,261
2,642
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Trustworthy AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,228
5,166
0.829
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
String theory-Holography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,480
1,662
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Early Universe Cosmology
Inflation
High Energy Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,728
1,928
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Accelerator Physics
Beam Diagnostics
X-ray detector development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,246
974
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,037
1,952
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Standard model of particle physics and beyond
Search for new physics
QCD phenomenology
PDF for
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,779
3,452
0.913
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Soft Matter
Biophysics
Statistical Physics
Casimir Effect
Active Matter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,294
868
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Galaxies
groups and clusters of galaxies
dark matter
astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,648
1,198
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Theoretical Cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,511
974
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Performance modelling and evaluation
computer networks wireless and wired
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,295
1,313
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Phenomenology of Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,191
2,142
0.978
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Computer Architecture
Computer Systems
Approximate Computing
Cloud Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,134
1,159
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
neuroscience
olfaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,927
1,915
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
cosmology
complex systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,918
852
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Critical Phenomena
Conformal Field Theory
Evolutionary Theory
Complex Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,911
384
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Cosmology
Philology of Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,769
997
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Machine Learning Theory
Statistics
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,622
1,584
0.977
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Systems/Cognitive Neuroscience
Brain Engineering
Brain Controlled Interfaces
AI-based Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,597
942
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Early Universe Cosmology
High Energy Astrophysics
Black Hole Physics
Astroparticle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,579
1,492
0.945
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Mathematics
Rings and module theory
Topology
Rings of continuous function
Math education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,422
607
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Photovoltaics
Water splitting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,324
681
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
String Theory
Quantum Field Theory
Holography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,269
700
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Computer Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,268
348
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
266
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Mohsen Khakzad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278,253
113,032
0.406
Experimental Particle Physics: Detector
CMS data analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
159,908
1,057
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Reza Asgari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,261
2,642
0.422
Theoretical condensed Matter Physics
2D materials
Quantum Liquids
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
160,740
1,066
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mohammad Sabokrou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,228
5,166
0.829
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Trustworthy AI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
182,664
1,280
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mohsen Alishahiha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,480
1,662
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
210,620
1,610
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Hassan Firouzjahi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,728
1,928
0.408
Early Universe Cosmology
Inflation
High Energy Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
232,816
1,881
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Javad Rahighi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,246
974
0.229
Accelerator Physics
Beam Diagnostics
X-ray detector development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
243,923
2,033
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Fatemeh S Tabatabaei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,037
1,952
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
258,749
2,232
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Hamzeh Khanpour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,779
3,452
0.913
Standard model of particle physics and beyond
Search for new physics
QCD phenomenology
PDF for
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
291,240
2,690
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ali Naji
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,294
868
0.264
Soft Matter
Biophysics
Statistical Physics
Casimir Effect
Active Matter
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
348,529
3,623
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Habib Khosroshahi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,648
1,198
0.452
Galaxies
groups and clusters of galaxies
dark matter
astronomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
363,313
3,872
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Amjad Ashoorioon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,511
974
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
389,194
4,337
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ahmad Khonsari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,295
1,313
0.572
Performance modelling and evaluation
computer networks wireless and wired
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
402,746
4,563
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mortaza Khatiri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,191
2,142
0.978
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
410,614
4,711
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Pejman Lotfi-Kamran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,134
1,159
0.543
Computer Architecture
Computer Systems
Approximate Computing
Cloud Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
442,166
5,339
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Shima T Moein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,927
1,915
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
443,794
5,364
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Seyed Mohammad Sadegh Movahed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,918
852
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
445,073
5,386
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Shahin Rouhani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,911
384
0.201
Critical Phenomena
Conformal Field Theory
Evolutionary Theory
Complex Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
469,636
5,910
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Mohammad Hossein Namjoo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,769
997
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
497,920
6,526
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Amir Najafi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,622
1,584
0.977
Machine Learning Theory
Statistics
Artificial Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
503,213
6,639
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Reza Lashgari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,597
942
0.590
Systems/Cognitive Neuroscience
Brain Engineering
Brain Controlled Interfaces
AI-based Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
506,892
6,730
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Mohsen Khodadi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,579
1,492
0.945
Early Universe Cosmology
High Energy Astrophysics
Black Hole Physics
Astroparticle Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
542,347
7,513
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Oas Karamzadeh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,422
607
0.427
Mathematics
Rings and module theory
Topology
Rings of continuous function
Math education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
566,944
8,080
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ali Dabirian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,324
681
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
581,754
8,442
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Hamid R Afshar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,269
700
0.552
String Theory
Quantum Field Theory
Holography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
582,148
8,454
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Omid Etesami
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,268
348
0.274