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Highly Cited Researchers 698 Scientists Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) - 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.
* Last 6 Years 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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* Last 6 Years 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
* Last 6 Years 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
* Last 6 Years 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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Natural Hazard
GIS
RS
Geotech
applied geolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,806
3,197
0.840
* Last 6 Years 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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Systems control
Power systems
Renewable energ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,253
2,146
0.505
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Microbial Ecolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,178
1,957
0.899
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
WSN IoT Fault Tolerance VANETs FANETs Security Nanonetwork
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,269
1,898
0.836
* Last 6 Years 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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
microbiologie
agricultur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,744
1,609
0.923
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Biologie
Biochimie
enzymologie
produits naturel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,021
1,240
0.614
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Physiologie
Pharmacologie
Phytothérapi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,310
1,181
0.511
* Last 6 Years 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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Antennas
Dielectric Resonator Antenna
MIMO
Metamaterials
Chira
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,300
1,030
0.792
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,780
977
0.351
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Condensed Matter Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,409
905
0.642
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Solid State Physics
Electronic structure calculations
Magnetic materials
Thin films
Semiconductor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,013
891
0.880
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Polymères - Sciences des Macromolécules-Relations structures propriétés des Macomolecule
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,562
875
0.560
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Synthesis
Biochemistry
Phytochemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,287
841
0.653
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Microbiology
bioactive molecules
probiotics
endophyte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,526
837
0.548
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
materials
ceramics
glasse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,615
813
0.503
* Last 6 Years 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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
640
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,980
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,606
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,741
15
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
155,516
31
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
198,279
46
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
211,666
52
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
238,810
66
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Fateh Krim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,253
2,146
0.505
Systems control
Power systems
Renewable energ
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
261,720
78
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Hafsa Cherif-Silini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,178
1,957
0.899
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
269,735
84
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Zibouda Aliouat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,269
1,898
0.836
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
286,333
92
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
315,284
117
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Allaoua Silini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,744
1,609
0.923
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
363,394
159
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
394,926
186
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Abderrahmane Baghiani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,021
1,240
0.614
Biologie
Biochimie
enzymologie
produits naturel
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
410,753
207
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Seddik Khennouf
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,310
1,181
0.511
Physiologie
Pharmacologie
Phytothérapi
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
431,586
244
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
456,668
283
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Chemseddine Zebiri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,300
1,030
0.792
Antennas
Dielectric Resonator Antenna
MIMO
Metamaterials
Chira
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
474,444
315
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Chegaar M
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,780
977
0.351
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
501,568
351
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Messaoud Fatmi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,409
905
0.642
Condensed Matter Scienc
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
507,144
363
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nacir Guechi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,013
891
0.880
Solid State Physics
Electronic structure calculations
Magnetic materials
Thin films
Semiconductor
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
513,437
374
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
527,763
404
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Noureddine Charef
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,287
841
0.653
Synthesis
Biochemistry
Phytochemistr
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
529,397
408
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Daoud Harzallah
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,526
837
0.548
Microbiology
bioactive molecules
probiotics
endophyte
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
539,978
430
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Hamidouche Mohamed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,615
813
0.503
materials
ceramics
glasse
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
548,840
444
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Saifi Issaadi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,469
793
0.540