Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
BRICS Engineering & Technology / Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 776 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
hydrometeorology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,730
58,630
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Atmospheric aerosols
Amazonia
global climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,355
23,914
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
astronomy and astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,007
19,614
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
paleobotany
paleoecology & paleoclimatology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,288
47,738
0.863
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Atmospheric sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,431
24,686
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Astrophysics
cosmology
radio astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,507
29,848
0.756
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Science of Climate Change
Climate Modeling
Carbon Cycle
Geoengineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,564
15,509
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Atmospheric Chemistry
Inverse modeling
Emission Inventory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,805
27,386
0.889
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
climate science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,959
10,959
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Regional Climte
Numerical Modeling
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,039
12,091
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
climate change
climatology
Holocene climate
climate and water
extreme climate
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,212
8,416
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,910
9,665
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
climate
sea level
geoengineering
glaciology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,613
9,083
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Air pollution-PBL-weather interaction
Urban/Regional Air quality
Tropospheric ozone
Wildfire
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,497
15,650
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Atmospheric sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,146
10,830
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,255
10,378
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Atmospheric Sciences
Meteorology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,062
10,578
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
ENSO Dynamics
Asian Monsoon
Tibetan Plateau Meteorology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,888
9,965
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Earth Observation
Global Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,856
3,843
0.215
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Meteorologia
computação
clima
Meteorology
Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,788
4,398
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
remote sensing of wildfires
antarctic meteorology
air pollution impacts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,669
4,118
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,370
16,262
0.936
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Applied climatology
water cycle
carbon cycle
Amazonia
Cerrado
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,015
7,371
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Land
Atmosphere
Climate
Hydrology
Biogeochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,996
6,865
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Hydrology
Water Resources
Climate Change
Hydrometeorology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,981
11,903
0.701
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,015
52
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Qiang Zhang （张强）
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,730
58,630
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,800
57
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Paulo Artaxo
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,355
23,914
0.335
Atmospheric aerosols
Amazonia
global climate change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,363
24
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
TH Jarrett
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,007
19,614
0.344
astronomy and astrophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,780
253
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Li Xiangchuan
Chang'an University
Xi'an, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,288
47,738
0.863
paleobotany
paleoecology & paleoclimatology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,882
457
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jianping Huang
Lanzhou University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,431
24,686
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,005
44
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Yin-Zhe Ma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,507
29,848
0.756
Astrophysics
cosmology
radio astronomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,288
165
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Govindasamy Bala
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
Bangalore, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,564
15,509
0.491
Science of Climate Change
Climate Modeling
Carbon Cycle
Geoengineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,083
785
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Bo Zheng
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,805
27,386
0.889
Atmospheric Chemistry
Inverse modeling
Emission Inventory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,090
207
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
BN Goswami
Cotton University
Guwahati, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,959
10,959
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,537
1,039
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Feng Chen (陈锋)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,039
12,091
0.464
Regional Climte
Numerical Modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,966
1,092
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Guoyu Ren
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,212
8,416
0.334
climate change
climatology
Holocene climate
climate and water
extreme climate
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,519
93
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Markus Boettcher
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,910
9,665
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,939
1,222
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
John C Moore
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,613
9,083
0.385
climate
sea level
geoengineering
glaciology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,225
1,332
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Aijun Ding
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,497
15,650
0.696
Air pollution-PBL-weather interaction
Urban/Regional Air quality
Tropospheric ozone
Wildfire
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,027
296
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Sandeep Gupta
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,146
10,830
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,222
1,463
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Song Yang
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,255
10,378
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,360
1,742
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ma Yaoming
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,062
10,578
0.555
Atmospheric Sciences
Meteorology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,936
1,765
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Renhe Zhang
Fudan University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,888
9,965
0.528
ENSO Dynamics
Asian Monsoon
Tibetan Plateau Meteorology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,551
156
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Michel Verstraete
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,856
3,843
0.215
Earth Observation
Global Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,784
479
145
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Pedro Leite Da Silva Dias
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,788
4,398
0.247
Meteorologia
computação
clima
Meteorology
Climate Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,260
487
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Alberto Setzer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,669
4,118
0.233
remote sensing of wildfires
antarctic meteorology
air pollution impacts
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,391
161
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Roger Deane
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,370
16,262
0.936
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,740
525
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Marcos Heil Costa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,015
7,371
0.433
Applied climatology
water cycle
carbon cycle
Amazonia
Cerrado
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,822
2,089
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Yongjiu Dai
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,996
6,865
0.404
Land
Atmosphere
Climate
Hydrology
Biogeochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,876
2,091
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Qiuhong Tang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,981
11,903
0.701
Hydrology
Water Resources
Climate Change
Hydrometeorology