Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 2.162 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 Rankings
Rankings
24,336
World Rank
2
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Economics & Econometrics / Economics
Public health | Health systems | Quality in health care | Health economics | Health managemen
Public health | Health systems | Quality in health care | Health economics | Health managemen
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Total30,016
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Last 6 Years22,788
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Last 6 Years / Total0.759
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
44,001
World Rank
4
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
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Total19,899
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Last 6 Years15,935
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Last 6 Years / Total0.801
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
59,750
World Rank
5
Country Rank
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering
Fluid Mechanics | Heat Transfer | Turbulence | Thermal/fluids Machinery | Energ
Fluid Mechanics | Heat Transfer | Turbulence | Thermal/fluids Machinery | Energ
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Total15,867
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Last 6 Years3,905
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Last 6 Years / Total0.246
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
64,905
World Rank
6
Country Rank
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
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Total14,891
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Last 6 Years2,345
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Last 6 Years / Total0.157
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
77,281
World Rank
7
Country Rank
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
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Total12,991
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Last 6 Years3,763
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Last 6 Years / Total0.290
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
96,393
World Rank
9
Country Rank
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Social Sciences / Transportation Science & Technology
Transportation engineering | Logistics | Multicriteria decision making | Rough set theory | SC
Transportation engineering | Logistics | Multicriteria decision making | Rough set theory | SC
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Total10,807
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Last 6 Years9,999
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Last 6 Years / Total0.925
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
101,786
World Rank
10
Country Rank
7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
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Total10,309
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Last 6 Years9,925
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Last 6 Years / Total0.963
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
140,116
World Rank
14
Country Rank
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Medical and Health Sciences / Family Medicine
Family medicine | Medical Informatics | Health managemen
Family medicine | Medical Informatics | Health managemen
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Total7,754
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Last 6 Years4,101
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Last 6 Years / Total0.529
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
176,071
World Rank
15
Country Rank
9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Engineering & Technology / Mechatronics Engineering
Motion Control | Power Electronics | Mechatronics | Sliding Mode Contro
Motion Control | Power Electronics | Mechatronics | Sliding Mode Contro
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Total6,231
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Last 6 Years1,218
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Last 6 Years / Total0.195
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
197,799
World Rank
16
Country Rank
10
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
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Total5,539
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Last 6 Years3,760
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Last 6 Years / Total0.679
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
206,820
World Rank
17
Country Rank
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Medical and Health Sciences / Forensic Medicine
forensic medicine | experimental medicine | biomedicin
forensic medicine | experimental medicine | biomedicin
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Total5,289
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Last 6 Years5,190
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Last 6 Years / Total0.981
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
250,332
World Rank
21
Country Rank
12
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Biomedical Engineering | Medical devices | Metrology | Artificial Intelligence | Health Informatic
Biomedical Engineering | Medical devices | Metrology | Artificial Intelligence | Health Informatic
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Total4,319
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Last 6 Years3,663
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Last 6 Years / Total0.848
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
250,387
World Rank
22
Country Rank
13
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
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Total4,319
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Last 6 Years842
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Last 6 Years / Total0.195
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
253,010
World Rank
23
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Engineering & Technology / Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Corrosion and materials protection | Electrochemical Engineerin
Corrosion and materials protection | Electrochemical Engineerin
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Total4,271
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Last 6 Years1,039
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Last 6 Years / Total0.243
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
257,071
World Rank
24
Country Rank
14
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Others
Medicinska mikrobiologija sa parazitologijom | dijagnostička mikrobiologija | bolničke infekcije
Medicinska mikrobiologija sa parazitologijom | dijagnostička mikrobiologija | bolničke infekcije
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Total4,197
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Last 6 Years3,367
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Last 6 Years / Total0.802
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
298,380
World Rank
27
Country Rank
15
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
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Total3,538
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Last 6 Years871
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Last 6 Years / Total0.246
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
302,135
World Rank
29
Country Rank
16
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
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Total3,487
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Last 6 Years1,096
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Last 6 Years / Total0.314
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
302,505
World Rank
30
Country Rank
17
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
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Total3,481
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Last 6 Years3,246
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Last 6 Years / Total0.932
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
315,784
World Rank
32
Country Rank
18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Engineering & Technology / Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Variable Structure System | Sliding Mode Control | Digital Signal Processin
Variable Structure System | Sliding Mode Control | Digital Signal Processin
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Total3,310
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Last 6 Years572
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Last 6 Years / Total0.173
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
320,517
World Rank
33
Country Rank
19
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
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Total3,250
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Last 6 Years2,504
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Last 6 Years / Total0.770
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
323,272
World Rank
34
Country Rank
20
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Social Sciences / Higher Education Studies
Pulmonary Diseases | Thoracic tumors | Bioethics | Reform Processes in Higher Educatio
Pulmonary Diseases | Thoracic tumors | Bioethics | Reform Processes in Higher Educatio
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Total3,216
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Last 6 Years2,174
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Last 6 Years / Total0.676
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
330,789
World Rank
36
Country Rank
21
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
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Total3,129
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Last 6 Years2,116
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Last 6 Years / Total0.676
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
350,348
World Rank
38
Country Rank
22
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Evolutionary microbiology | Metagenomics | Antimicrobial resistanc
Evolutionary microbiology | Metagenomics | Antimicrobial resistanc
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Total2,916
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Last 6 Years1,088
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Last 6 Years / Total0.373
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
403,007
World Rank
41
Country Rank
23
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Engineering & Technology / Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Distribution System State Estimation | High Performance Computation | Fault Locatio
Distribution System State Estimation | High Performance Computation | Fault Locatio
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Total2,436
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Last 6 Years1,064
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Last 6 Years / Total0.437
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
410,518
World Rank
43
Country Rank
24
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Economics & Econometrics / Economics
Strategic Marketing | B2B Marketing | International Marketing | Services Marketin
Strategic Marketing | B2B Marketing | International Marketing | Services Marketin
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Total2,375
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Last 6 Years1,992
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Last 6 Years / Total0.839
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