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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
23,100
Country Rank
786
Institution Rank : 5
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/17147.png)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Yi-Gang Xu](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/3a/4600280.jpg)
Igneous petrology/geochemistry
Lithospheric mantle
Large igneous provinces
Big mantle Wedge
Earth's habitability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,885
14,595
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
23,419
Country Rank
203
Institution Rank : 28
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/3492.png)
![Hong Kong](/flags/hk.png)
![Charles Ww Ng](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/00/296457.jpg)
geotechnical engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,608
18,099
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
23,630
Country Rank
315
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8045.jpg)
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Yoshiki Saito 斎藤文紀 齋藤文紀 Yoshi|斎藤文紀, 齋藤文紀, Yoshi Saito](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/7c/409680.jpg)
Quaternary geology
marine geology
sedimentology
river deltas
Anthropocene
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,446
12,169
0.428
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
24,316
Country Rank
216
Institution Rank : 59
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11056.jpg)
![Hong Kong](/flags/hk.png)
![Jed O Kaplan](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c1/349448.jpg)
Global environmental change
climate change
paleoecology
human-environment interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,926
13,712
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
24,622
Country Rank
861
Institution Rank : 6
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/2109.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Xia Li](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/be/710114.jpg)
GIScience
Geographical Information Science
Spatial optimization
Cellular automata
Agent-based modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,685
14,330
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
25,227
Country Rank
347
Institution Rank : 2
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/17407.jpg)
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Ken Takai](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/bd/4405697.jpg)
Geobiology
Microbiology
Astrobiology
Origin of Life
Environmental Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,227
10,860
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
27,735
Country Rank
973
Institution Rank : 3
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/31378.png)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Zhidan Zhao (赵志丹)](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/8e/5291895.jpg)
Geochemistry
Geology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,552
13,758
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
27,750
Country Rank
975
Institution Rank : 2
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/17142.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Guodong Cheng](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Earth Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,542
11,198
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
28,196
Country Rank
177
Institution Rank : 4
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8168.jpg)
![Singapore](/flags/sg.png)
![Kok Kwang Phoon](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/60/362221.jpg)
Geotechnical Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,293
14,752
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
29,133
Country Rank
259
Institution Rank : 35
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/3492.png)
![Hong Kong](/flags/hk.png)
![Limin Zhang](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/01/410056.jpg)
Geotechnical engineering
landslides
earth and rockfill dams
pile foundations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,740
16,091
0.650
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
30,276
Country Rank
1,062
Institution Rank : 7
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1523.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Timothy Kusky](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/54/676368.jpg)
tectonics
structural geology
Precambrian
geoheritage
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,089
11,496
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
31,176
Country Rank
1,088
Institution Rank : 14
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8310.png)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Jian Lin](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/98/4398016.jpg)
geophysics earthquakes oceans tsunami marginal seas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,625
8,888
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
31,729
Country Rank
1,114
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/7992.png)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Shui-Long Shen](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/12/718018.jpg)
Geotechnical Engineering
Ground Improvement
Jet grouting
Tunnelling
Underground space
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,334
17,480
0.749
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
32,545
Country Rank
77
Institution Rank : 5
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/4915.png)
![Saudi Arabia](/flags/sa.png)
![Jack Dvorkin](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ba/547735.jpg)
earth sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,135
8,642
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
33,420
Country Rank
1,191
Institution Rank : 27
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6023.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Bin Shi](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/33/4988772.jpg)
engineering geology
fiber optic sensor
geotechnical monitoring
distributed strain/temperature sensing
soil mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,486
16,079
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
34,028
Country Rank
1,215
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/26117.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Bo Wang](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a5/4972792.jpg)
terrestrial ecosystem
evolution
insect
amber
taphonomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,191
12,558
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
34,034
Country Rank
1,219
Institution Rank : 4
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/31378.png)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Chengshan Wang|王 成善, C.S. Wang](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/22/4994086.jpg)
Sedimentology Tectonics
Paleoceanography
Paleoclimatology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,151
10,434
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
34,593
Country Rank
1,240
Institution Rank : 2
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1522.png)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Richard J. Goldfarb](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/64/909884.jpg)
Economic Geology
Geology
Geochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,936
9,882
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
36,097
Country Rank
1,300
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1480.png)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Runqiu Huang](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a5/4345825.jpg)
Geohazard
Engineering Geology
Environment Protection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,301
13,686
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
37,063
Country Rank
535
Institution Rank : 31
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8927.png)
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Eiji Ohtani](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ff/363938.jpg)
Earth and planetary science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,904
7,096
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
36,119
Country Rank
1,301
Institution Rank : 5
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/31378.png)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Hailiang Dong](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/af/1413694.jpg)
Geomicrobiology
mineral-microbe interactions
life in extreme environments
bioremediation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,291
11,315
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
37,195
Country Rank
1,351
Institution Rank : 13
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8975.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Xin Huang](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/3b/676722.jpg)
Structural dynamic analysis
blast load
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,851
17,657
0.847
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
37,497
Country Rank
1,361
Institution Rank : 6
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/31378.png)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![张金川(Zhang Jinchuan)](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/52/4994087.jpg)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,734
9,483
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
37,573
Country Rank
323
Institution Rank : 87
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1537.png)
![Hong Kong](/flags/hk.png)
![Teng Fong Wong 黃庭芳](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/12/409980.jpg)
Geosciences
Rock deformation and fluid flow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,673
6,798
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
37,934
Country Rank
153
Institution Rank : 37
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6195.png)
![Taiwan](/flags/tw.png)
![Ching Hua Lo](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Earth Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,559
7,604
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
23,100
![China](/flags/cn.png)
786
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/17147.png)
5
Yi-Gang Xu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,885
14,595
0.505
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/17147.png)
Igneous petrology/geochemistry
Lithospheric mantle
Large igneous provinces
Big mantle Wedge
Earth's habitability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
23,419
![Hong Kong](/flags/hk.png)
203
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/3492.png)
28
Charles Ww Ng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,608
18,099
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
23,630
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
315
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8045.jpg)
1
Yoshiki Saito 斎藤文紀 齋藤文紀 Yoshi|斎藤文紀, 齋藤文紀, Yoshi Saito
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,446
12,169
0.428
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8045.jpg)
Quaternary geology
marine geology
sedimentology
river deltas
Anthropocene
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
24,316
![Hong Kong](/flags/hk.png)
216
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11056.jpg)
59
Jed O Kaplan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,926
13,712
0.491
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11056.jpg)
Global environmental change
climate change
paleoecology
human-environment interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
24,622
![China](/flags/cn.png)
861
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/2109.jpg)
6
Xia Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,685
14,330
0.518
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/2109.jpg)
GIScience
Geographical Information Science
Spatial optimization
Cellular automata
Agent-based modelling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
25,227
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
347
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/17407.jpg)
2
Ken Takai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,227
10,860
0.399
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/17407.jpg)
Geobiology
Microbiology
Astrobiology
Origin of Life
Environmental Microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
27,735
![China](/flags/cn.png)
973
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/31378.png)
3
Zhidan Zhao (赵志丹)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,552
13,758
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
27,750
![China](/flags/cn.png)
975
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/17142.jpg)
2
Guodong Cheng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,542
11,198
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
28,196
![Singapore](/flags/sg.png)
177
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8168.jpg)
4
Kok Kwang Phoon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,293
14,752
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
29,133
![Hong Kong](/flags/hk.png)
259
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/3492.png)
35
Limin Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,740
16,091
0.650
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/3492.png)
Geotechnical engineering
landslides
earth and rockfill dams
pile foundations
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
30,276
![China](/flags/cn.png)
1,062
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1523.jpg)
7
Timothy Kusky
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,089
11,496
0.477
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1523.jpg)
tectonics
structural geology
Precambrian
geoheritage
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
31,176
![China](/flags/cn.png)
1,088
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8310.png)
14
Jian Lin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,625
8,888
0.376
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8310.png)
geophysics earthquakes oceans tsunami marginal seas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
31,729
![China](/flags/cn.png)
1,114
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/7992.png)
1
Shui-Long Shen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,334
17,480
0.749
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/7992.png)
Geotechnical Engineering
Ground Improvement
Jet grouting
Tunnelling
Underground space
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
32,545
![Saudi Arabia](/flags/sa.png)
77
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/4915.png)
5
Jack Dvorkin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,135
8,642
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
33,420
![China](/flags/cn.png)
1,191
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6023.jpg)
27
Bin Shi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,486
16,079
0.715
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6023.jpg)
engineering geology
fiber optic sensor
geotechnical monitoring
distributed strain/temperature sensing
soil mechanics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
34,028
![China](/flags/cn.png)
1,215
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/26117.jpg)
1
Bo Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,191
12,558
0.566
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/26117.jpg)
terrestrial ecosystem
evolution
insect
amber
taphonomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
34,034
![China](/flags/cn.png)
1,219
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/31378.png)
4
Chengshan Wang|王 成善, C.S. Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,151
10,434
0.471
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/31378.png)
Sedimentology Tectonics
Paleoceanography
Paleoclimatology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
34,593
![China](/flags/cn.png)
1,240
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1522.png)
2
Richard J. Goldfarb
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,936
9,882
0.450
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1522.png)
Economic Geology
Geology
Geochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
36,097
![China](/flags/cn.png)
1,300
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1480.png)
1
Runqiu Huang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,301
13,686
0.643
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1480.png)
Geohazard
Engineering Geology
Environment Protection
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
37,063
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
535
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8927.png)
31
Eiji Ohtani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,904
7,096
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
36,119
![China](/flags/cn.png)
1,301
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/31378.png)
5
Hailiang Dong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,291
11,315
0.531
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/31378.png)
Geomicrobiology
mineral-microbe interactions
life in extreme environments
bioremediation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
37,195
![China](/flags/cn.png)
1,351
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8975.jpg)
13
Xin Huang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,851
17,657
0.847
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8975.jpg)
Structural dynamic analysis
blast load
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
37,497
![China](/flags/cn.png)
1,361
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/31378.png)
6
张金川(Zhang Jinchuan)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,734
9,483
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
37,573
![Hong Kong](/flags/hk.png)
323
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1537.png)
87
Teng Fong Wong 黃庭芳
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,673
6,798
0.329
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1537.png)
Geosciences
Rock deformation and fluid flow
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
37,934
![Taiwan](/flags/tw.png)
153
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6195.png)
37
Ching Hua Lo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,559
7,604
0.370