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Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 1.573 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
Türkiye
Mithat Kaya
Experimental high Energy physics
Detector Physics
Particle Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229,705
97,624
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Türkiye
Yusuf Yılmaz
Tıp
Gastroenteroloji
İç Hastalıklar�
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,750
22,624
0.815
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Türkiye
Haner Direskeneli
vasculitis
behcet's disease
takayasu arteritis
romatoloji
behçet hastalığ�
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,610
11,399
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Türkiye
Göksel Şener
hypertension
diabetes
Alzheimer's disease
urolithiasis
stem cell....
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,485
4,653
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Türkiye
Berrak Ç. Yeğen
Inflammation
gastrointestinal peptides
gastrointestinal motility
animal models
medical educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,185
3,267
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Türkiye
Feriha Ercan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,751
2,857
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Türkiye
Kaya Yılmaz
Social Studies Education
History Education
Curriculum and Instruction
Sosyal Bilgiler Eğitimi
Tarih Eğitim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,407
4,665
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Türkiye
Haldun Akoğlu
Research
Methodology
Medical Education
Emergency Medicine
Pharmaceutical Medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,313
7,446
0.896
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Türkiye
Halil Ekşi|Ekşi, Halil
Psikolojik Danışma
Değerler Eğitimi
Nitel Araştırm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,928
4,325
0.546

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Türkiye
Şükriye Güniz Küçükgüzel
Synthesis
heterocyclic compounds
Hepatit C
cance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,689
2,932
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Türkiye
Atif Koca
Energy
Electrochemical Technologies
Sensors
Catalysts
Hydrogen Energ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,131
2,723
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Türkiye
Ercan Öztemel
Artificial Intelligence
Industrial Engineering
industry 4.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,043
4,189
0.595
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Türkiye
Özlen Atuğ
Gastroenterolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,753
3,277
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Türkiye
Cenk Sayın
İçten Yanmalı Motorlar
Alternatif Yakıtla
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,712
2,907
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Türkiye
Mustafa Kemal Sayar
Psychiatr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,669
1,981
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Türkiye
Eren Özek
neonatoloj
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,602
3,159
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Türkiye
Haluk Rahmi Topcuoglu
Parallel Computing
Task Scheduling
Reliability
Evolutionary Computing
Dynamic Optimization Problems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,425
2,270
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Türkiye
Serap Turan
Pediatric Endocrinolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,411
3,529
0.550
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Türkiye
Safa Barış
Immune dysregulation
Severe eczema
Immunotherap
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,275
4,743
0.756
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Türkiye
Meral Yüksel
oxidative stress
experimental disease models
nutritional biochemistry
antioxidant
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,263
1,994
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Türkiye
Ahmet Oğuzhan Özen
Çocuk Alerjisi
Primer İmmün Yetmezlikle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,233
4,443
0.713
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Türkiye
Elif Karakoc-Aydiner
Pediatric Immunology and Allerg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,118
4,318
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Türkiye
Tülay Güran
Congenital adrenal and gonadal disorders
rare monogenic disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,070
3,332
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Türkiye
Oğuzhan Gündüz
Tissue Engineering
Biomaterials
3D Bioprinting
Regenerative Medicine
Drug Deliver
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,056
5,234
0.864
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Türkiye
Şule Çetinel
mesane
sindirim sistem
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,924
1,825
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
642
Türkiye
10
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Mithat Kaya
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229,705
97,624
0.425
Experimental high Energy physics
Detector Physics
Particle Physic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,028
Türkiye
91
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Yusuf Yılmaz
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,750
22,624
0.815
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,302
Türkiye
104
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Haner Direskeneli
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,610
11,399
0.463
vasculitis
behcet's disease
takayasu arteritis
romatoloji
behçet hastalığ�
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,230
Türkiye
191
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Göksel Şener
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,485
4,653
0.282
hypertension
diabetes
Alzheimer's disease
urolithiasis
stem cell....
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,147
Türkiye
266
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Berrak Ç. Yeğen
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,185
3,267
0.248
Inflammation
gastrointestinal peptides
gastrointestinal motility
animal models
medical educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
121,591
Türkiye
523
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Feriha Ercan
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,751
2,857
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
127,068
Türkiye
571
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Kaya Yılmaz
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,407
4,665
0.555
Social Studies Education
History Education
Curriculum and Instruction
Sosyal Bilgiler Eğitimi
Tarih Eğitim
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,709
Türkiye
584
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Haldun Akoğlu
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,313
7,446
0.896
Research
Methodology
Medical Education
Emergency Medicine
Pharmaceutical Medicin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
135,590
Türkiye
641
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Halil Ekşi|Ekşi, Halil
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,928
4,325
0.546
Psikolojik Danışma
Değerler Eğitimi
Nitel Araştırm
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
140,177
Türkiye
673
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Şükriye Güniz Küçükgüzel
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,689
2,932
0.381

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
151,837
Türkiye
762
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Atif Koca
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,131
2,723
0.382
Energy
Electrochemical Technologies
Sensors
Catalysts
Hydrogen Energ
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
153,833
Türkiye
785
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ercan Öztemel
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,043
4,189
0.595
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
160,693
Türkiye
849
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Özlen Atuğ
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,753
3,277
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
161,718
Türkiye
856
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Cenk Sayın
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,712
2,907
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
162,824
Türkiye
867
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mustafa Kemal Sayar
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,669
1,981
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
164,520
Türkiye
881
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Eren Özek
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,602
3,159
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
169,200
Türkiye
931
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Haluk Rahmi Topcuoglu
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,425
2,270
0.353
Parallel Computing
Task Scheduling
Reliability
Evolutionary Computing
Dynamic Optimization Problems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
169,575
Türkiye
932
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Serap Turan
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,411
3,529
0.550
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
173,237
Türkiye
966
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Safa Barış
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,275
4,743
0.756
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
173,617
Türkiye
968
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Meral Yüksel
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,263
1,994
0.318
oxidative stress
experimental disease models
nutritional biochemistry
antioxidant
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
174,464
Türkiye
977
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ahmet Oğuzhan Özen
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,233
4,443
0.713
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
177,728
Türkiye
1,010
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Elif Karakoc-Aydiner
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,118
4,318
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
179,169
Türkiye
1,023
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Tülay Güran
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,070
3,332
0.549
Congenital adrenal and gonadal disorders
rare monogenic disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
179,602
Türkiye
1,026
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Oğuzhan Gündüz
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,056
5,234
0.864
Tissue Engineering
Biomaterials
3D Bioprinting
Regenerative Medicine
Drug Deliver
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
183,671
Türkiye
1,075
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Şule Çetinel
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,924
1,825
0.308