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Highly Cited Researchers 51 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
Green Nanotechnology
Material Science
Energy
Catalyst
Environmental science and engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,926
7,950
0.801
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Lie group analysis
Fractional differential equations
Geometric numerical integration
Fractional calculus
Applied mathematic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,895
3,112
0.799
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Fracture and Failure Analysis
Materials Characterization
Corrosion
Mechanical Propertie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,897
2,090
0.721
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Recommender System
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,938
1,013
0.523
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Movement Disorders Biomechanics
Quantitative Analysis of Movement
Pathological tremors
Personalized medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
972
657
0.676
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Nolinear functional analysis
Complex analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,044
562
0.538
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Natural Dyeing
Textile Finishing
Natural Fibers
Encapsulatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
666
511
0.767
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Wireless Communications
Cognitive Radio Network
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
727
506
0.696
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Precision Agriculture
Hyperspectral imaging
Machine vision
Image processin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
860
460
0.535
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Control Systems
Power Electronics
Microgrids
Wind turbines
Pt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
578
409
0.708
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Renewable Energy System
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
981
387
0.394
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Technical Textile
Biotextile
Nanofibers
Modelin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
557
381
0.684
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Civil engineering Geotechnical engineering Geopolymer Microbial sand stabilizatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
358
338
0.944
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
textile composites
smart textiles
E-textile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
329
275
0.836
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
tourism
urban and rural planing
development
regional plannin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
289
233
0.806
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Civil Engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
236
220
0.932
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Composite Materials
Natural Fiber Composites (Green Composites)
Low velocity impac
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246
218
0.886
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Energ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247
216
0.874
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Biomaterials
Tissue engineering
Medical textiles
nanofiber membrane
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
202
0.935
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Optics
Photonics
Magneto-Optics
Graphen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
323
201
0.622
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Tssue engineering
Polymer brushes
Cardiovascular grafts
Smart polymer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
302
194
0.642
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
wavelets
integral equations
partial differential equation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
293
170
0.580
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Alloy development
AHSS
Mg-RE alloys
High Temperature erosion/oxidation
Tribolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
306
168
0.549
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Fluid dynamics & convective heat transfer
Fluid-solid interaction
Cardiovascular & cerebral flows
Nanofluids
Bubble dynamic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
252
168
0.667
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
160
0.741
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,301
472
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Sahar Zinatloo Ajabshir
University of Bonab
Bonab, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,926
7,950
0.801
Green Nanotechnology
Material Science
Energy
Catalyst
Environmental science and engineerin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
160,367
1,689
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mir Sajjad Hashemi
University of Bonab
Bonab, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,895
3,112
0.799
Lie group analysis
Fractional differential equations
Geometric numerical integration
Fractional calculus
Applied mathematic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
245,427
3,006
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ma Mohtadi Bonab
University of Bonab
Bonab, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,897
2,090
0.721
Fracture and Failure Analysis
Materials Characterization
Corrosion
Mechanical Propertie
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
462,148
7,170
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mehdi Hosseinzadeh Aghdam
University of Bonab
Bonab, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,938
1,013
0.523
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Recommender System
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
618,048
10,822
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Fariborz Rahimi
University of Bonab
Bonab, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
972
657
0.676
Movement Disorders Biomechanics
Quantitative Analysis of Movement
Pathological tremors
Personalized medicin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
677,196
12,196
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Hossein Piri
University of Bonab
Bonab, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,044
562
0.538
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
715,314
13,123
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Meghdad Kamali Moghaddam
University of Bonab
Bonab, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
666
511
0.767
Natural Dyeing
Textile Finishing
Natural Fibers
Encapsulatio
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
719,289
13,198
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Abbas Ali Sharifi
University of Bonab
Bonab, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
727
506
0.696
Wireless Communications
Cognitive Radio Network
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
758,899
14,136
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Mostafa Khojastehnazhand
University of Bonab
Bonab, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
860
460
0.535
Precision Agriculture
Hyperspectral imaging
Machine vision
Image processin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
809,379
15,257
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sajjad Shoja-Majidabad
University of Bonab
Bonab, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
578
409
0.708
Control Systems
Power Electronics
Microgrids
Wind turbines
Pt
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
833,166
15,730
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mohammad Delghavi
University of Bonab
Bonab, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
981
387
0.394
Renewable Energy System
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
840,367
15,897
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Elham Naghashzargar
University of Bonab
Bonab, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
557
381
0.684
Technical Textile
Biotextile
Nanofibers
Modelin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
894,357
17,011
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ahmad Fahmi
University of Bonab
Bonab, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
358
338
0.944
Civil engineering Geotechnical engineering Geopolymer Microbial sand stabilizatio
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
990,306
18,883
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Meysam Moezzi
University of Bonab
Bonab, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
329
275
0.836
textile composites
smart textiles
E-textile
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,069,307
20,372
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ali Majnouni Toutakhane
University of Bonab
Bonab, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
289
233
0.806
tourism
urban and rural planing
development
regional plannin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,097,539
20,886
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Somayeh Mollaei
University of Bonab
Bonab, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
236
220
0.932
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,101,879
20,979
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Hadi Rezghi Maleki
University of Bonab
Bonab, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246
218
0.886
Composite Materials
Natural Fiber Composites (Green Composites)
Low velocity impac
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,106,477
21,078
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Tohid Adibi
University of Bonab
Bonab, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247
216
0.874
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Energ
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,140,129
21,729
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Javad Yekrang
University of Bonab
Bonab, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
202
0.935
Biomaterials
Tissue engineering
Medical textiles
nanofiber membrane
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,141,687
21,758
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Reza Abdi-Ghaleh
University of Bonab
Bonab, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
323
201
0.622
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,159,574
22,143
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Hakimeh Ghaleh
University of Bonab
Bonab, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
302
194
0.642
Tssue engineering
Polymer brushes
Cardiovascular grafts
Smart polymer
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,226,423
23,489
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
M Nosrati Sahlan
University of Bonab
Bonab, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
293
170
0.580
wavelets
integral equations
partial differential equation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,232,372
23,613
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Mohammad Emami
University of Bonab
Bonab, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
306
168
0.549
Alloy development
AHSS
Mg-RE alloys
High Temperature erosion/oxidation
Tribolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,232,656
23,623
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Vahid Farhangmehr
University of Bonab
Bonab, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
252
168
0.667
Fluid dynamics & convective heat transfer
Fluid-solid interaction
Cardiovascular & cerebral flows
Nanofluids
Bubble dynamic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,257,889
24,197
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Alireza Babaeian Amini
University of Bonab
Bonab, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
160
0.741