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Highly Cited Researchers 425 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2026

See how widely and consistently research is cited with real-time citation rankings.
Covering 2.6 million scientists, this list evaluates both total and last 5 years’ citation counts to measure scientific influence and highlight Highly Cited Researchers.
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Total 425 scientists , Updates every 3 days
* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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20,447
World Rank
Pakistan
19
Country Rank
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Muhammad Awais
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Islamabad, Pakistan
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
absorption | material engineering | rare earths recycling | NdFe

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    35,861
  • Last 5 Years
    29,475
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.822
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Rankings

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236,593
World Rank
Pakistan
750
Country Rank
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Logo
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
M Farasat Shamir
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Islamabad, Pakistan
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
General Relativity | Differential Equations | Noether Symmetries | Modified Theories of Gravit

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,964
  • Last 5 Years
    4,155
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.837
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Rankings

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256,331
World Rank
Pakistan
838
Country Rank
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Logo
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Muhammad Atif Tahir
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Islamabad, Pakistan
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Machine Learning | Artificial Intelligenc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,554
  • Last 5 Years
    2,143
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.471
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Rankings

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257,139
World Rank
Pakistan
844
Country Rank
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Logo
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Muhammad Abbas
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Islamabad, Pakistan
Social Sciences / Psychology
Organizational Behavior | People Analytics | HRM | Generative AI | Leadershi

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,539
  • Last 5 Years
    3,436
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.757
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Rankings

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258,232
World Rank
Pakistan
846
Country Rank
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Logo
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Muhammad Ahsan Khan
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Islamabad, Pakistan
Others
Nutritio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,519
  • Last 5 Years
    2,089
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.462
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Rankings

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278,171
World Rank
Pakistan
960
Country Rank
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Logo
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Muhammad Asim
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Islamabad, Pakistan
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Cyber Security | IoT | AI in Cybersecurity | Blockchain | Edge/Fog Computin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,160
  • Last 5 Years
    3,675
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.883
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Rankings

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282,661
World Rank
Pakistan
978
Country Rank
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Logo
7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Muhammad Ahmad
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Islamabad, Pakistan
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Machine Learning | Computer Vision | Hyperspectral imagin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,084
  • Last 5 Years
    3,888
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.952
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Rankings

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325,692
World Rank
Pakistan
1,199
Country Rank
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Logo
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Rashid Lashari
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Islamabad, Pakistan
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Computer scienc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    3,465
  • Last 5 Years
    1,504
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.434
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Rankings

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366,538
World Rank
Pakistan
1,411
Country Rank
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Logo
9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Muhammad Usama
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Islamabad, Pakistan
Others

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,998
  • Last 5 Years
    2,932
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.978
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Rankings

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381,980
World Rank
Pakistan
1,508
Country Rank
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Logo
10
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
M. Asif Naeem
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Islamabad, Pakistan
Others
Data Science | Machine Learning | Deep Learning | Big Data | Real-time Data Warehousing

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,847
  • Last 5 Years
    1,860
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.653
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Rankings

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411,623
World Rank
Pakistan
1,704
Country Rank
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Logo
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Jawwad Ahmed Shamsi
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Islamabad, Pakistan
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Cloud Computing and Big Data | High Performance Computing | Security | Software Defined Networking | Deep Learnin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,582
  • Last 5 Years
    1,940
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.751
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Rankings

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441,144
World Rank
Pakistan
1,868
Country Rank
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Logo
12
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Muhammad Zohaib Iqbal
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Islamabad, Pakistan
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Applied AI | Artificial Intelligence | Software Engineering | Software Testin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,351
  • Last 5 Years
    915
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.389
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Rankings

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443,311
World Rank
Pakistan
1,882
Country Rank
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Logo
13
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Sufian Hameed
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Islamabad, Pakistan
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Computer Security | Network Security | BlockChain | SmartContracts | SmartCitie

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,334
  • Last 5 Years
    2,102
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.901
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Rankings

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449,598
World Rank
Pakistan
1,913
Country Rank
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Logo
14
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
M Aftab Ahmed
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Islamabad, Pakistan
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles | Power | Power Electronic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,290
  • Last 5 Years
    1,374
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.600
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Rankings

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457,866
World Rank
Pakistan
1,968
Country Rank
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Logo
15
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Mansoor Ali
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Islamabad, Pakistan
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Smart grids | Cyber physical systems | Machine learnings | Vehicle to grid

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,232
  • Last 5 Years
    2,178
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.976
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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460,866
World Rank
Pakistan
1,999
Country Rank
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Logo
16
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Muhammad Abdullah
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Islamabad, Pakistan
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Sustainable Transport | Travel Behavior | Traffic Simulation | Machine Learning | A

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,212
  • Last 5 Years
    2,199
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.994
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Rankings

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463,002
World Rank
Pakistan
2,009
Country Rank
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Logo
17
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Basharat Hussain
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Islamabad, Pakistan
Others
LLMs | Multimodality | RAG | DL | Autonomous Vehicle

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,198
  • Last 5 Years
    2,122
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.965
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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464,142
World Rank
Pakistan
2,018
Country Rank
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Logo
18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Asif Saeed
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Islamabad, Pakistan
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Corporate Finance | Sustainable Finance | Corporate Governance | CS

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,190
  • Last 5 Years
    2,184
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.997
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Rankings

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465,483
World Rank
Pakistan
2,028
Country Rank
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Logo
19
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Mirza Omer Beg
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Islamabad, Pakistan
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
Artificial Intelligence | Natural Language Processing | Computational Linguistics | Speech Processin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,181
  • Last 5 Years
    2,068
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.948
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Rankings

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485,673
World Rank
Pakistan
2,173
Country Rank
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Logo
20
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Muhammad Adnan
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Islamabad, Pakistan
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Super grids and Smart grids | Load flow balancing | Load forecasting | Power systems stability | UPF

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,054
  • Last 5 Years
    2,016
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.981
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Rankings

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486,378
World Rank
Pakistan
2,183
Country Rank
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Logo
21
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Waseem Shahzad
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Islamabad, Pakistan
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Machine Learning | Computational Intelligence | Data Science | Bioinformatics | Natural Languag

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,050
  • Last 5 Years
    1,264
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.617
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Rankings

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500,415
World Rank
Pakistan
2,278
Country Rank
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Logo
22
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Noshina Tariq
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Islamabad, Pakistan
Others
Cyber Security | AI | IoT | Wireless sensor networks | blockchain

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    1,966
  • Last 5 Years
    1,920
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.977
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Rankings

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519,335
World Rank
Pakistan
2,398
Country Rank
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Logo
23
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Akhtar Jamil
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Islamabad, Pakistan
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Deep Learning | Generative AI | Data Analytics | Pattern Recognitio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    1,860
  • Last 5 Years
    1,783
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.959
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Rankings

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524,007
World Rank
Pakistan
2,436
Country Rank
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Logo
24
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Hafeez Ur Rehman
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Islamabad, Pakistan
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence | Bioinformatics | Medical Image Analysis | Network Securit

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    1,835
  • Last 5 Years
    1,425
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.777
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Rankings

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526,965
World Rank
Pakistan
2,456
Country Rank
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Logo
25
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Muhammad Aleem
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Islamabad, Pakistan
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Parallel Computing | Cloud and Fog Computing | Scheduling and Resource Management | Cyber Securit

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    1,819
  • Last 5 Years
    1,672
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.919
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