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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 652 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
Crop Physiology
Plant Stress Physiology. Seed Physiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,793
23,426
0.523
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Physical/Environmental Chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,211
14,813
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,323
15,069
0.595
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Freshwater Fisheries and Toxicolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,293
17,650
0.758
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Soil Microbiology & Biochemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,760
11,905
0.523
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Plant Stress Physiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,953
18,287
0.833
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Epidemiology and Control of Parasitic Diseases of Animals Using Conventional and Molecular Approache
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,289
15,405
0.724
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Environmental Chemistry
Waste Valorisation
Soil-Plant Relationship
Soil Constraint
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,090
18,286
0.867
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Soil and Water Chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,154
15,960
0.833
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Plant Nematolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,741
10,753
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Researche
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,411
10,220
0.663
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Agronomy
Stress Agronomy
Crop Production
Farming System
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,869
10,731
0.722
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Food Technology
non thermal processing
fruits and vegetable processin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,537
13,919
0.957
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Endocrinolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,415
4,459
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Beneficial Plant-Microbe Interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,612
9,553
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Agronomy
Allelopathy
Weed science
Crop physiology
Abiotic stres
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,550
6,413
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Analytical Chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,268
6,168
0.547
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
New therapeutic modalities for treatment of pathogenic metabolic disorders like diabetes mellitus
obesity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,230
8,383
0.746
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Environmental Geochemistry & Mineralogy
Trace elements
Nanominerals
Wastewater treatmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,926
9,366
0.857
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Endocrine Physiology and Pharmacology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,682
8,709
0.815
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Teaching and Research in Parasitology
Ethnopharmacology
Indigenous Knowledg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,889
3,205
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Seed physiology
agronomy
crop physiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,376
5,182
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Veterinary Patholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,717
4,096
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
crop improvement
abiotic stress tolerance
seed biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,721
4,581
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Food Science and Technolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,556
4,985
0.660
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,745
12
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Shahzad Maqsood Ahmed Basra
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,793
23,426
0.523
Crop Physiology
Plant Stress Physiology. Seed Physiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,354
30
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Haq Nawaz Bhatti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,211
14,813
0.565
Physical/Environmental Chemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,903
32
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Muhammad Asgher
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,323
15,069
0.595
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,793
43
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Muhammad Javed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,293
17,650
0.758
Freshwater Fisheries and Toxicolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,920
44
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Zahir Ahmad Zahir
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,760
11,905
0.523
Soil Microbiology & Biochemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,834
46
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Saddam Hussain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,953
18,287
0.833
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,529
48
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Muhammad Sajid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,289
15,405
0.724
Epidemiology and Control of Parasitic Diseases of Animals Using Conventional and Molecular Approache
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,066
50
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Nabeel Khan Niazi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,090
18,286
0.867
Environmental Chemistry
Waste Valorisation
Soil-Plant Relationship
Soil Constraint
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,691
59
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Muhammad Zia Ur Rehman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,154
15,960
0.833
Soil and Water Chemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,587
78
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sajid Aleem Khan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,741
10,753
0.683
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,271
80
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Muhammad Shahid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,411
10,220
0.663
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,169
86
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Shakeel Ahmad Anjum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,869
10,731
0.722
Agronomy
Stress Agronomy
Crop Production
Farming System
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,110
88
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Rana Muhammad Aadil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,537
13,919
0.957
Food Technology
non thermal processing
fruits and vegetable processin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,872
92
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Zia Ur Rahman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,415
4,459
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,939
99
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Muhammad Naveed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,612
9,553
0.702
Beneficial Plant-Microbe Interaction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,980
132
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Abdul Khaliq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,550
6,413
0.555
Agronomy
Allelopathy
Weed science
Crop physiology
Abiotic stres
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,612
139
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Muhammad Asif Hanif
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,268
6,168
0.547
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,948
141
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Kanwal Rehman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,230
8,383
0.746
New therapeutic modalities for treatment of pathogenic metabolic disorders like diabetes mellitus
obesity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,893
143
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Irshad Bibi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,926
9,366
0.857
Environmental Geochemistry & Mineralogy
Trace elements
Nanominerals
Wastewater treatmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,413
145
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Junaid Ali Khan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,682
8,709
0.815
Endocrine Physiology and Pharmacology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,424
163
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Zafar Iqbal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,889
3,205
0.324
Teaching and Research in Parasitology
Ethnopharmacology
Indigenous Knowledg
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,012
183
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Irfan Afzal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,376
5,182
0.553
Seed physiology
agronomy
crop physiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
121,567
205
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ahrar Khan|Khan, Ahrar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,717
4,096
0.470
Veterinary Patholog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
139,001
253
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Hafeez Ur Rehman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,721
4,581
0.593
crop improvement
abiotic stress tolerance
seed biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,229
262
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Muhammad Issa Khan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,556
4,985
0.660
Food Science and Technolog