Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
BRICS Natural Sciences / Geography Highly Cited Researchers 1.451 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
Structural Geology
Tectonics
Accretionary Complex
Central Asian Orogenic Belt
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,467
23,828
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,298
7,467
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
land use and land cover change
biomass estimation
impervious surface
land degradation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,365
12,383
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Geografia Cultural
Geografia Urbana
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,986
6,365
0.265
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Geografia
Território
Região
Pensamento Descolonial
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,636
8,960
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
lake optics
water color remote sensing
biogeochemistry of CDOM
lake thermodynamics
lake ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,943
12,211
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Geografia
Geografia Humana
Geografia Agrária
Território
Questão Agrária
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,933
6,197
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Geografia Ambiental
Ecologia Política
Estudos Urbanos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,715
4,621
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
geografia urbana
geografia humana
urbanismo
planejamento
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,800
4,024
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Urban
Africa
SDGs
local government
global change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,754
6,907
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
microbial ecology
biogeography
climate
soils
biogeochemical cycles
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,782
6,869
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Remote Sensing
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,463
9,013
0.669
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
geography
ecosystem services
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,814
9,927
0.840
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
glaciology
paleoclimatology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,659
4,217
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
региональное и городское развитие
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,588
3,168
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Water Resource
Regional Economics
Environmental Science
Climate Change
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,303
2,750
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Remote Sensing
Land system
Global Change
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,137
7,399
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Geoecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,082
4,939
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
climate change and human responses
geomorphology
Quaternary science
hydrochemistry
environmental sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,405
2,779
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Global change ecology
vegetation remote sensing
climate change
phenology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,348
8,041
0.777
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Geomorfologia
Erosão dos Solos
Movimentos de Massa
Geoturismo
Geodiversidade
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,818
2,754
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
in-situ sampling
sediment pollution
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,425
6,056
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Global change
Carbon cycle
Urban ecosystem
Model
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,013
5,379
0.597
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
geografia
história
território
zona costeira
cartografia
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,013
2,227
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Geografia e Educação
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,844
1,248
0.141
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,796
342
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Wenjiao Xiao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,467
23,828
0.492
Structural Geology
Tectonics
Accretionary Complex
Central Asian Orogenic Belt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,542
58
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Bruce Hewitson
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,298
7,467
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,624
805
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Dengsheng Lu
Fujian Normal University
Fuzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,365
12,383
0.408
land use and land cover change
biomass estimation
impervious surface
land degradation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,203
269
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Roberto Lobato Corrêa
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,986
6,365
0.265
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,905
279
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Rogério Haesbaert
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,636
8,960
0.379
Geografia
Território
Região
Pensamento Descolonial
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,027
1,504
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
张运林 Yunlin Zhang|Yunlin Zhang, YL Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,943
12,211
0.583
lake optics
water color remote sensing
biogeochemistry of CDOM
lake thermodynamics
lake ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,794
422
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Bernardo Mançano Fernandes
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,933
6,197
0.327
Geografia
Geografia Humana
Geografia Agrária
Território
Questão Agrária
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,548
628
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Marcelo Lopes De Souza
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,715
4,621
0.294
Geografia Ambiental
Ecologia Política
Estudos Urbanos
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,340
700
215
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ana Fani Alessandri Carlos
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,800
4,024
0.272
geografia urbana
geografia humana
urbanismo
planejamento
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,580
214
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Susan Parnell
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,754
6,907
0.468
Urban
Africa
SDGs
local government
global change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,425
2,829
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jonathan Adams
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,782
6,869
0.498
microbial ecology
biogeography
climate
soils
biogeochemical cycles
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,506
2,929
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Zongming Wang
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,463
9,013
0.669
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,835
3,499
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Yanxu Liu
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,814
9,927
0.840
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,187
275
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Olga Solomina
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,659
4,217
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,758
277
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Наталья Зубаревич
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,588
3,168
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,360
3,697
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jianhua Xu, 徐建华
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,303
2,750
0.243
Water Resource
Regional Economics
Environmental Science
Climate Change
Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,921
3,762
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Wenbin Wu
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,137
7,399
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,445
310
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Stefan Siebert
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,082
4,939
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,277
4,105
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
David D Zhang 章典|Zhang Dian, Dian Zhang, David Dian Zhang
Guangzhou University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,405
2,779
0.267
climate change and human responses
geomorphology
Quaternary science
hydrochemistry
environmental sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,889
4,127
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Miaogen Shen
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,348
8,041
0.777
Global change ecology
vegetation remote sensing
climate change
phenology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
102,935
1,475
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Antonio Jose Teixeira Guerra
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,818
2,754
0.281
Geomorfologia
Erosão dos Solos
Movimentos de Massa
Geoturismo
Geodiversidade
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,835
4,625
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Shiming Ding
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,425
6,056
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
113,433
4,907
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Chi Zhang (张弛)
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,013
5,379
0.597
Global change
Carbon cycle
Urban ecosystem
Model
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
113,442
1,713
496
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Antonio Carlos Robert Moraes
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,013
2,227
0.247
geografia
história
território
zona costeira
cartografia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,887
1,767
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Rodrigo Coutinho Andrade
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,844
1,248
0.141