Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Europe Engineering & Technology / Environmental Science & Engineering Highly Cited Researchers 4.520 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
integrated assessment
climate change
environmental science
global change
sustainable development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199,007
105,062
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Climate
Climate Change
Paleoclimate
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154,642
40,970
0.265
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Global change
soils
carbon
climate change
mitigation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,549
73,294
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
climate change
energy economics
integrated assessment
technological change
sustainable development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,992
70,504
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Climate Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,844
36,261
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Climate Change
agriculture
mitigation
adaptation
atmospheric chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,151
37,197
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Environmental sciences
Geography
Land change science
Land system science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,045
39,650
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
climate
climate change
climate modeling
atmospheric sciences
geophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,631
47,598
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Polymer nanocomposites
Conducting Polymers
Sustainability
Environmental Engineering
Electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,894
67,711
0.665
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,837
42,795
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Environmental behaviour and effects of organic contaminants
passive sampling techniques
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,289
26,526
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
ecosystems
ecosystem services
biodiversity
ecology
ecological economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,014
31,317
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
ecology
global change
integrated assessment
biogeochemical cycles
biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,101
29,525
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Stories
climate
nature & health
sust and regen ag
good life
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,753
27,589
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Climate change
societal transformations
policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,417
54,331
0.684
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Environmental science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,058
19,101
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
climate change
land-climate dynamics
climate extremes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,912
52,087
0.669
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Macroecology
Niche Evolution
Climate Change Impact
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,431
38,908
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Climate change and health
planetary health
air pollution
sustainable food systems
health co-benefits of low carbon policies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,724
31,689
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Air Quality
Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,027
19,297
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
climate change
carbon cycle
nitrogen cycle
ocean acidification
oceanography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,393
33,473
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Environmental Science & Public Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,176
33,497
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
global carbon cycle
deforestation
climate change
forest fires
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,721
38,683
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Water-food-energy
water resources management
water footprint assessment
sustainable development
policy analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,581
33,142
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
land use change
global environmental change
geography
land use
land cover
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,631
34,351
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
853
13
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Detlef P. Van Vuuren
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199,007
105,062
0.528
integrated assessment
climate change
environmental science
global change
sustainable development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,380
103
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Philip Jones
University of East Anglia
Norwich, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154,642
40,970
0.265
Climate
Climate Change
Paleoclimate
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,839
150
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Pete Smith
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,549
73,294
0.549
Global change
soils
carbon
climate change
mitigation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,912
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Keywan Riahi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,992
70,504
0.538
climate change
energy economics
integrated assessment
technological change
sustainable development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,739
36
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Thomas F Stocker
Universität Bern
Bern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,844
36,261
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,935
20
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Frank Dentener
European Comission
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,151
37,197
0.354
Climate Change
agriculture
mitigation
adaptation
atmospheric chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,936
21
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Lambin Eric F
Université Catholique de Louvain
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,045
39,650
0.377
Environmental sciences
Geography
Land change science
Land system science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,958
235
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Piers Forster
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,631
47,598
0.455
climate
climate change
climate modeling
atmospheric sciences
geophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,108
246
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Zhanhu Guo
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,894
67,711
0.665
Polymer nanocomposites
Conducting Polymers
Sustainability
Environmental Engineering
Electronics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,240
43
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Reto Knutti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,837
42,795
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,827
312
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Kevin C Jones
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,289
26,526
0.291
Environmental behaviour and effects of organic contaminants
passive sampling techniques
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,075
88
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Dolf De Groot
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,014
31,317
0.356
ecosystems
ecosystem services
biodiversity
ecology
ecological economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,287
92
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Rik Leemans
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,101
29,525
0.347
ecology
global change
integrated assessment
biogeochemical cycles
biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,604
363
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jules Pretty
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,753
27,589
0.337
Stories
climate
nature & health
sust and regen ag
good life
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,865
397
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Joeri Rogelj
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,417
54,331
0.684
Climate change
societal transformations
policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,905
402
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Kevin Jones
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,058
19,101
0.242
Environmental science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,041
77
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sonia I Seneviratne
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,912
52,087
0.669
climate change
land-climate dynamics
climate extremes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,190
82
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Niklaus E. Zimmermann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,431
38,908
0.509
Macroecology
Niche Evolution
Climate Change Impact
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,488
456
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Andy Haines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,724
31,689
0.430
Climate change and health
planetary health
air pollution
sustainable food systems
health co-benefits of low carbon policies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,562
33
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Pandis Spyros
University of Patras
Patras, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,027
19,297
0.264
Air Quality
Climate Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,663
92
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Nicolas Gruber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,393
33,473
0.462
climate change
carbon cycle
nitrogen cycle
ocean acidification
oceanography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,683
479
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Davey Jones
Bangor University
Noakhali, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,176
33,497
0.464
Environmental Science & Public Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,746
116
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Guido Van Der Werf
VU University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,721
38,683
0.539
global carbon cycle
deforestation
climate change
forest fires
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,769
117
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Arjen Y Hoekstra
University of Twente
Enschede, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,581
33,142
0.463
Water-food-energy
water resources management
water footprint assessment
sustainable development
policy analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,043
125
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Peter Verburg
VU University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,631
34,351
0.493
land use change
global environmental change
geography
land use
land cover