Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Asia Engineering & Technology / Earth Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 6.859 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
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
Environmental Geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178,311
147,029
0.825
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Earth and Environmental Sciences [Univ. of Adelaide]
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,878
45,100
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Tectonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,470
17,813
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
atmospheric chemistry
emissions
satellite remote sensing
air quality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,504
46,867
0.674
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,429
57,304
0.876
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Lithospheric Geochemistry
Cenozoic evolution of Tibetan Plateaau and adjacent region through magmatic study
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,834
24,519
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Functional Nano & Porous Materials for Adsorptive & Catalytic Applications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,363
38,438
0.734
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Plate tectonics
Convergent margin
Subduction zone
Collisional orogen
Chemical geodynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,916
17,292
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
atmospheric
aerosol
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,181
13,497
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Seismology
geophysics
earth science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,554
25,145
0.577
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Geochemistry
Petrology
LA-ICP-MS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,121
20,107
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Igneous Petrogenesis
Hard-Rock Geochemistry
Asian Magmatism & Tectonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,680
17,129
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Environmental Geoseciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,368
21,718
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Geological Time-Scale
Plate Tectonics
Paleogeography
Ophiolites
Stratigraphy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,226
8,119
0.202
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Planetary science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,196
15,290
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Geochemistry
Atmospheric Chemistry
Aerosol Chemistry
Geoscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,095
12,964
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Petrology & Geochemistry of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks
Ocean ridges
Subduction Zones
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,999
15,866
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Structural Geology
Tectonics
Marine Geology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,500
17,685
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Seismology
Geophysics
Geoscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,400
12,072
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
structural geology
microstructural geology
EBSD
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,114
20,361
0.597
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sediments. Fractured rocks. Complex fluids. Energy GeoEngineering. Geotechnical Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,442
14,142
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
geotechnical engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,703
17,842
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Quaternary geology
marine geology
sedimentology
river deltas
Anthropocene
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,508
11,156
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Global environmental change
climate change
paleoecology
human-environment interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,301
12,991
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
GIScience
Geographical Information Science
Spatial optimization
Cellular automata
Agent-based modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,168
13,968
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,051
14
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Min Liu
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178,311
147,029
0.825
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,013
85
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
M Santosh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,878
45,100
0.507
Earth and Environmental Sciences [Univ. of Adelaide]
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,929
161
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Paul Tapponnier
China Earthquake Administration
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,470
17,813
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,063
168
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Qiang Zhang
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,504
46,867
0.674
atmospheric chemistry
emissions
satellite remote sensing
air quality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,675
74
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Pallab Maulik
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,429
57,304
0.876
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,969
193
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Zhidan Zhao / 赵志丹
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,834
24,519
0.384
Lithospheric Geochemistry
Cenozoic evolution of Tibetan Plateaau and adjacent region through magmatic study
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,584
289
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Qiang Gao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,363
38,438
0.734
Functional Nano & Porous Materials for Adsorptive & Catalytic Applications
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,321
324
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Yong-Fei Zheng 郑永飞|Zheng Yongfei, Zheng YF
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,916
17,292
0.346
Plate tectonics
Convergent margin
Subduction zone
Collisional orogen
Chemical geodynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,642
137
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Teruyuki Nakajima
University of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,181
13,497
0.292
atmospheric
aerosol
climate change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,834
47
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Li Zhao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,554
25,145
0.577
Seismology
geophysics
earth science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,069
464
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Yongsheng Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,121
20,107
0.489
Geochemistry
Petrology
LA-ICP-MS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,318
55
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Sun Lin Chung
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,680
17,129
0.421
Igneous Petrogenesis
Hard-Rock Geochemistry
Asian Magmatism & Tectonics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,491
482
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Yi Yang
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,368
21,718
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,576
126
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Alan G Smith
University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,226
8,119
0.202
Geological Time-Scale
Plate Tectonics
Paleogeography
Ophiolites
Stratigraphy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,598
58
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ip Wing Huen
National Central University
Taoyuan, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,196
15,290
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,895
197
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Kimitaka Kawamura
Chubu University
Kasugai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,095
12,964
0.340
Geochemistry
Atmospheric Chemistry
Aerosol Chemistry
Geoscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,975
539
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Yaoling Niu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,999
15,866
0.418
Petrology & Geochemistry of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks
Ocean ridges
Subduction Zones
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,978
578
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Li Sanzhong
Ocean University of China
Qingdao, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,500
17,685
0.485
Structural Geology
Tectonics
Marine Geology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,616
232
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Dapeng Zhao
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,400
12,072
0.351
Seismology
Geophysics
Geoscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,864
653
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Bo Zhang
Peking University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,114
20,361
0.597
structural geology
microstructural geology
EBSD
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,430
55
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
J Carlos Santamarina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,442
14,142
0.450
Sediments. Fractured rocks. Complex fluids. Energy GeoEngineering. Geotechnical Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,194
197
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Charles Ww Ng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,703
17,842
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,709
315
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Yoshiki Saito 斎藤文紀 齋藤文紀 Yoshi|斎藤文紀, 齋藤文紀, Yoshi Saito
Shimane University
Matsue, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,508
11,156
0.378
Quaternary geology
marine geology
sedimentology
river deltas
Anthropocene
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,953
212
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jed O Kaplan
University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,301
12,991
0.443
Global environmental change
climate change
paleoecology
human-environment interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,094
875
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Xia Li
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,168
13,968
0.479
GIScience
Geographical Information Science
Spatial optimization
Cellular automata
Agent-based modelling