The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,658
16,495
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,238
10,549
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Wastewater Technology
Algal Biotechnology
Biofuels
Bioremediation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,002
11,696
0.616
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
enviornmental science
enviornmental biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,190
8,416
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Environmental Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,706
7,983
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Environmental Engineerning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,338
4,286
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
climate change mitigation
poverty
global stocktake
policy analysis
sustainable development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,212
9,111
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Wastewater treatment technologies
Bioreactors
Membrane technology
Water reuse
Microbial fuel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,073
6,916
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Environmental Science and Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,042
14,159
0.883
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Exposome
Diet and Respiratory disease
Air pollution and Respiratory Health
and Climate and Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,394
11,856
0.770
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Climate change
sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,282
4,937
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
climate change
risk
biodiversity
health
sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,120
13,575
0.961
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
vulnerability
adaptation
climate change
development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,369
6,237
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Climate Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,047
7,510
0.680
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Environmental Science
Reproductive Toxicology
Endocrine Disruption
Hepatotoxicity
Drug Toxicity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,729
3,328
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Advanced Oxidation Processes
Ozone
UV
Electrolysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,028
2,976
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Climate Change
Livestock Systems
Pastoralism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,280
4,271
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
sustainability engineering
biogas
LCA
Future Technologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,126
6,549
0.718
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Adsorption
Water treatment
nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,509
4,071
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
High Voltage Engineering
Lightning
EMI/EMC
Environmental Science
Extreme Natural Events
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,486
5,302
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
climate
ecosystems
sustainable agriculture
Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,255
5,014
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Water quality management
Applied GIS for Water quality managementENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION
ENVIRONMEN
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,090
8,038
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Génie de l'Environnement
Génie des Procédés
Chimie de l'Environnement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,717
3,104
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Algal Biofuels
Biotechnology
Nutrient recovery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,532
4,050
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Environmental Engineering
Water Treatment
Desalination
Circular Economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,857
4,634
0.676
Mark New
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,658
16,495
0.354
Charlie Shackleton
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,238
10,549
0.435
Faizal Bux
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,002
11,696
0.616
Wastewater Technology
Algal Biotechnology
Biofuels
Bioremediation
Mazharuddin Khan
Addis Ababa University
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,190
8,416
0.463
enviornmental science
enviornmental biology
Wilkister Nyaora Moturi
Egerton University
Njoro, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,706
7,983
0.451
George Ekama
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,338
4,286
0.262
Environmental Engineerning
Harald Winkler
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,212
9,111
0.562
climate change mitigation
poverty
global stocktake
policy analysis
sustainable development
Ali Akbar Zinatizadeh
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,073
6,916
0.430
Wastewater treatment technologies
Bioreactors
Membrane technology
Water reuse
Microbial fuel
Adhena Ayaliew Werkneh
Mekelle University
Mekelle, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,042
14,159
0.883
Environmental Science and Technology
Mulubirhan Assefa Alemayohu
Mekelle University
Mekelle, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,394
11,856
0.770
Exposome
Diet and Respiratory disease
Air pollution and Respiratory Health
and Climate and Health
Barend Erasmus
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,282
4,937
0.323
Climate change
sustainability
Christopher Trisos
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,120
13,575
0.961
climate change
risk
biodiversity
health
sustainability
Gina Ziervogel
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,369
6,237
0.504
vulnerability
adaptation
climate change
development
Christopher Lennard
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,047
7,510
0.680
Mokhtar Ibrahim Yousef
Alexandria University
Alexandria, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,729
3,328
0.310
Environmental Science
Reproductive Toxicology
Endocrine Disruption
Hepatotoxicity
Drug Toxicity
Joon Wun Kang
Addis Ababa University
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,028
2,976
0.297
Advanced Oxidation Processes
Ozone
UV
Electrolysis
Polly Ericksen
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Addis Ababa, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,280
4,271
0.460
Climate Change
Livestock Systems
Pastoralism
Charles Mbohwa
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,126
6,549
0.718
sustainability engineering
biogas
LCA
Future Technologies
Maurice S. Onyango
Tshwane University of Technology
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,509
4,071
0.478
Adsorption
Water treatment
nanotechnology
Chandima Gomes
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,486
5,302
0.625
High Voltage Engineering
Lightning
EMI/EMC
Environmental Science
Extreme Natural Events
Emma Archer
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,255
5,014
0.607
climate
ecosystems
sustainable agriculture
Africa
Osayomwanbo Osarenotor
University of Benin
Benin City, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,090
8,038
0.994
Water quality management
Applied GIS for Water quality managementENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION
ENVIRONMEN
Hakim Lounici
Université de Bouira
Bouïra, Algeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,717
3,104
0.402
Génie de l'Environnement
Génie des Procédés
Chimie de l'Environnement
Ismail Rawat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,532
4,050
0.538
Algal Biofuels
Biotechnology
Nutrient recovery
Mohamed Chaker Ncibi
Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
Ben Guerir, Morocco
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,857
4,634
0.676
Environmental Engineering
Water Treatment
Desalination
Circular Economy