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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 146 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
Discrete fractional calculus
fixed point theory
fractional calculus
dynamical systems an
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,262
23,194
0.821
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Artificial Intelligence
Data Science
Bioinformatics
Information Security
Healthcar
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,516
18,880
0.839
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Artificial Intelligence
Robotics
Control Theory & Applications
Reinforcement learnin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,068
13,732
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Machine Learning
Information Security
Data Mining
Health Informatic
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,528
14,325
0.817
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Large Language Models
Generative AI
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Robot Operating Syste
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,814
9,452
0.598
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Fixed point Theor
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,613
5,272
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
IFRS
Corporate Governance
Tax Evasion
Policy
Interdisciplinar
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,547
9,746
0.924
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Microgrid
Wireless Power Transfer
Energy Transition & Efficiency
EV & HEV
A
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,865
6,757
0.859
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Customer Engagement
Consumer Engagement
Brand Experience
Online Brand Communities
CS
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,446
6,784
0.911
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Applied Mathematics and Artificial Intelligenc
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,065
6,098
0.863
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Financ
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,460
4,406
0.682
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Applied Mathematics
Data Scienc
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,863
4,631
0.952
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Software Engineering
A
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,750
4,381
0.922
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Energy Policy
Climate Change
Renewable Energy
Sustainable Development
Decision Analysi
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,368
4,285
0.981
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Quality management
Service excellence
corporate social responsibility
corporate sustainabl
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,094
2,251
0.550
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Automatic Control
Sliding Mode
Networked Control Systems
Control Theory
Renewable Energ
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,808
3,628
0.953
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Composite Materials and Structures
Damage Tolerance
Optimization
Crushing
Oil and Ga
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,744
2,984
0.797
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Environmental Economics
Economic modeling
Energy Economics
Macroeconomic
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,160
2,882
0.912
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
LLMs
NL
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,094
2,709
0.876
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
group theory
functional analysis
Fractional Calculus
Modellin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,987
2,673
0.895
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Computational Intelligence
Mobile Edge Computing
Internet of Things
Cyber Securit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,878
2,326
0.808
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Entrepreneurship
Technology Adoption & Diffusion
Service Quality
Competitive Strategy and Strategic Positionin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,860
2,073
0.725
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Mat
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,755
2,204
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Materials and Structures
Composite and Piezoelectric Materials
Fluid Dynamics and Control
FE
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,754
2,540
0.922
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Cybersecurity
Network & Mobile Security
Security Maturity Models
Malware Analysis
IPS/ID
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,656
2,295
0.864
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,287
68
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Thabet Abdeljawad
Prince Sultan University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,262
23,194
0.821
Discrete fractional calculus
fixed point theory
fractional calculus
dynamical systems an
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,614
88
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Tanzila Saba
Prince Sultan University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,516
18,880
0.839
Artificial Intelligence
Data Science
Bioinformatics
Information Security
Healthcar
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,710
93
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ahmad Taher Azar
Prince Sultan University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,068
13,732
0.622
Artificial Intelligence
Robotics
Control Theory & Applications
Reinforcement learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,805
150
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Amjad Rehman
Prince Sultan University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,528
14,325
0.817
Machine Learning
Information Security
Data Mining
Health Informatic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,424
170
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Anis Koubâa
Prince Sultan University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,814
9,452
0.598
Large Language Models
Generative AI
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Robot Operating Syste
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,588
284
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Wasfi Shatanawi
Prince Sultan University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,613
5,272
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,278
287
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mohammad Nurunnabi
Prince Sultan University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,547
9,746
0.924
IFRS
Corporate Governance
Tax Evasion
Policy
Interdisciplinar
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,789
445
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Umashankar Subramaniam
Prince Sultan University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,865
6,757
0.859
Microgrid
Wireless Power Transfer
Energy Transition & Efficiency
EV & HEV
A
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
145,094
481
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jamid Ul Islam
Prince Sultan University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,446
6,784
0.911
Customer Engagement
Consumer Engagement
Brand Experience
Online Brand Communities
CS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
153,317
507
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jehad Alzabut
Prince Sultan University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,065
6,098
0.863
Applied Mathematics and Artificial Intelligenc
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
168,248
580
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Chaker Aloui
Prince Sultan University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,460
4,406
0.682
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
222,389
840
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Aziz Khan
Prince Sultan University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,863
4,631
0.952
Applied Mathematics
Data Scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
227,386
865
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mamdouh Alenezi
Prince Sultan University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,750
4,381
0.922
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
245,718
969
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Yasir Ahmed Solangi
Prince Sultan University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,368
4,285
0.981
Energy Policy
Climate Change
Renewable Energy
Sustainable Development
Decision Analysi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
260,951
1,054
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Muhammad Asif
Prince Sultan University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,094
2,251
0.550
Quality management
Service excellence
corporate social responsibility
corporate sustainabl
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
277,954
1,134
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Dhafer Almakhles
Prince Sultan University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,808
3,628
0.953
Automatic Control
Sliding Mode
Networked Control Systems
Control Theory
Renewable Energ
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
282,042
1,159
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Tamer A Sebaey
Prince Sultan University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,744
2,984
0.797
Composite Materials and Structures
Damage Tolerance
Optimization
Crushing
Oil and Ga
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
325,647
1,393
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Najia Saqib
Prince Sultan University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,160
2,882
0.912
Environmental Economics
Economic modeling
Energy Economics
Macroeconomic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
331,349
1,423
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Adel Ammar
Prince Sultan University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,094
2,709
0.876
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
LLMs
NL
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
340,934
1,473
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nabil Mlaiki
Prince Sultan University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,987
2,673
0.895
group theory
functional analysis
Fractional Calculus
Modellin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
351,290
1,527
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Basit Qureshi
Prince Sultan University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,878
2,326
0.808
Computational Intelligence
Mobile Edge Computing
Internet of Things
Cyber Securit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
353,060
1,536
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Abdul Rahim Abu Bakar
Prince Sultan University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,860
2,073
0.725
Entrepreneurship
Technology Adoption & Diffusion
Service Quality
Competitive Strategy and Strategic Positionin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
363,915
1,619
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Abodayeh
Prince Sultan University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,755
2,204
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
364,017
1,620
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Abdul Aabid
Prince Sultan University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,754
2,540
0.922
Materials and Structures
Composite and Piezoelectric Materials
Fluid Dynamics and Control
FE
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
374,509
1,679
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Iman Almomani
Prince Sultan University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,656
2,295
0.864
Cybersecurity
Network & Mobile Security
Security Maturity Models
Malware Analysis
IPS/ID