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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 698 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
Epidemiology
Public Health
Biostatistics
Cancer Research
Communicable Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,987
101,778
0.808
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
epidemiologie
cancer
santé publique
prévention
taba
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,256
9,579
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Condensed Matter Physics
Computational Materials Science
First-principles Calculation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,677
6,604
0.619
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Chemical engineering
Deep eutectic solvents
molecular modeling
Drug design
Material
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,395
5,176
0.959
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Systems control
Power systems
Renewable energ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,253
2,146
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Matériaux Moléculaires
Complexes
Electrochimie
Chimie Pharmaceutiqu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,850
2,564
0.666
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Natural Hazard
GIS
RS
Geotech
applied geolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,806
3,197
0.840
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
smart grid
metaheuristiques
power systems
economic dispatch
optimal power flo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,050
1,369
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Deep and Machine Learning
Data Mining and Computational Intelligence
Medical Imaging and Signals
Bioinformati
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,931
2,412
0.823
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,780
977
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Renewable Energy
Artificial Intelligence
Embedded System
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,390
1,785
0.747
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Physiologie
Pharmacologie
Phytothérapi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,310
1,181
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
WSN IoT Fault Tolerance VANETs FANETs Security Nanonetwork
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,269
1,898
0.836
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Microbial Ecolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,178
1,957
0.899
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Biologie
Biochimie
enzymologie
produits naturel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,021
1,240
0.614
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
medicinal plantes
essential oi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,917
1,109
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Physics
Magnetism
Ferromagnetic Resonance
Thin films
Multilayers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,791
433
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
microbiologie
agricultur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,744
1,609
0.923
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
verres
céramiques
métaux
composites
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,721
647
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Traitement d'images
systèmes non linéaires
robotique
soft computin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,652
360
0.218
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
materials
ceramics
glasse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,615
813
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
physique
sciences des matériau
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,604
646
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Polymères - Sciences des Macromolécules-Relations structures propriétés des Macomolecule
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,562
875
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Microbiology
bioactive molecules
probiotics
endophyte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,526
837
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
electrochimie organiqu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,469
793
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,139
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Zoubida Zaidi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,987
101,778
0.808
Epidemiology
Public Health
Biostatistics
Cancer Research
Communicable Disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,848
9
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mokhtar Hamdi Cherif
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,256
9,579
0.672
epidemiologie
cancer
santé publique
prévention
taba
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,474
14
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Abdelmadjid Bouhemadou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,677
6,604
0.619
Condensed Matter Physics
Computational Materials Science
First-principles Calculation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
200,421
31
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Yacine Benguerba
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,395
5,176
0.959
Chemical engineering
Deep eutectic solvents
molecular modeling
Drug design
Material
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
250,936
50
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Fateh Krim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,253
2,146
0.505
Systems control
Power systems
Renewable energ
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
274,286
63
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Chafaa Salah
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,850
2,564
0.666
Matériaux Moléculaires
Complexes
Electrochimie
Chimie Pharmaceutiqu
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
276,949
64
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Rihab Hadji
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,806
3,197
0.840
Natural Hazard
GIS
RS
Geotech
applied geolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
333,986
100
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Tarek Bouktir
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,050
1,369
0.449
smart grid
metaheuristiques
power systems
economic dispatch
optimal power flo
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
344,763
108
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Abdelouahab Moussaoui
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,931
2,412
0.823
Deep and Machine Learning
Data Mining and Computational Intelligence
Medical Imaging and Signals
Bioinformati
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
359,950
119
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Chegaar M
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,780
977
0.351
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
404,230
170
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Abdelghani Harrag
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,390
1,785
0.747
Renewable Energy
Artificial Intelligence
Embedded System
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
414,610
176
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Seddik Khennouf
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,310
1,181
0.511
Physiologie
Pharmacologie
Phytothérapi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
420,119
182
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Zibouda Aliouat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,269
1,898
0.836
WSN IoT Fault Tolerance VANETs FANETs Security Nanonetwork
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
432,778
199
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Hafsa Cherif-Silini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,178
1,957
0.899
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
456,692
218
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Abderrahmane Baghiani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,021
1,240
0.614
Biologie
Biochimie
enzymologie
produits naturel
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
473,924
247
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Hocine Laouer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,917
1,109
0.579
medicinal plantes
essential oi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
496,698
280
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Abdelhamid Layadi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,791
433
0.242
Physics
Magnetism
Ferromagnetic Resonance
Thin films
Multilayers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
505,523
287
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Allaoua Silini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,744
1,609
0.923
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
510,142
295
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Bouaouadja Nourredine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,721
647
0.376
verres
céramiques
métaux
composites
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
523,981
316
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Khier Benmahammed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,652
360
0.218
Traitement d'images
systèmes non linéaires
robotique
soft computin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
531,493
325
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Hamidouche Mohamed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,615
813
0.503
materials
ceramics
glasse
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
533,806
330
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Layachi Louail
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,604
646
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
542,733
355
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Nacerddine Haddaoui
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,562
875
0.560
Polymères - Sciences des Macromolécules-Relations structures propriétés des Macomolecule
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
550,864
370
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Daoud Harzallah
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,526
837
0.548
Microbiology
bioactive molecules
probiotics
endophyte
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
564,091
396
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Saifi Issaadi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,469
793
0.540