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Highly Cited Researchers 652 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
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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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Plant Stress Physiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,953
18,287
0.833
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
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
* Last 6 Years 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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Soil and Water Chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,154
15,960
0.833
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,323
15,069
0.595
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Physical/Environmental Chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,211
14,813
0.565
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
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
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Soil Microbiology & Biochemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,760
11,905
0.523
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Plant Nematolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,741
10,753
0.683
* Last 6 Years 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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Researche
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,411
10,220
0.663
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Beneficial Plant-Microbe Interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,612
9,553
0.702
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Environmental Geochemistry & Mineralogy
Trace elements
Nanominerals
Wastewater treatmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,926
9,366
0.857
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Endocrine Physiology and Pharmacology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,682
8,709
0.815
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Agronomy
Allelopathy
Weed science
Crop physiology
Abiotic stres
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,550
6,413
0.555
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Analytical Chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,268
6,168
0.547
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,140
5,663
0.793
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Plant Integrative Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,835
5,504
0.805
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Agronomy
Allelopathy
Environmental Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,038
5,461
0.776
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Photochemistry
Environmental Chemistry
Physical Chemistry
Materials Science
Energy Material
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,752
5,454
0.948
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Seed physiology
agronomy
crop physiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,376
5,182
0.553
* Last 6 Years 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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,614
15
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,991
25
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Saddam Hussain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,953
18,287
0.833
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,992
26
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,766
29
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,163
36
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Muhammad Zia Ur Rehman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,154
15,960
0.833
Soil and Water Chemistr
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,117
38
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,750
43
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Muhammad Asgher
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,323
15,069
0.595
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,225
44
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Haq Nawaz Bhatti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,211
14,813
0.565
Physical/Environmental Chemistr
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,163
51
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,806
64
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Zahir Ahmad Zahir
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,760
11,905
0.523
Soil Microbiology & Biochemistr
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,154
80
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sajid Aleem Khan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,741
10,753
0.683
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,236
82
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,617
86
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Muhammad Shahid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,411
10,220
0.663
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,144
99
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Muhammad Naveed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,612
9,553
0.702
Beneficial Plant-Microbe Interaction
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,228
105
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,463
117
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Junaid Ali Khan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,682
8,709
0.815
Endocrine Physiology and Pharmacology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,786
127
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,141
190
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,782
202
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Muhammad Asif Hanif
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,268
6,168
0.547
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,177
230
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Abdul Wakeel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,140
5,663
0.793
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,138
247
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Imran Khan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,835
5,504
0.805
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,908
249
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Sardar Alam Cheema
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,038
5,461
0.776
Agronomy
Allelopathy
Environmental Science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,037
252
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Muhammad Zahid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,752
5,454
0.948
Photochemistry
Environmental Chemistry
Physical Chemistry
Materials Science
Energy Material
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,612
278
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Irfan Afzal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,376
5,182
0.553
Seed physiology
agronomy
crop physiolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,987
294
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