Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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 :76
Land use change
ecosystem services
land degradation
disaster risk and urban resilience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,506
3,159
0.901
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :77
Remote sensing
GIS
Ecohydrology
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,456
1,773
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :78
landslide
Natural hazards
GIS
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,425
1,989
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :79
High spatial resolution remote sensing
image segmentation
semantic segmentation
GEOBIA
probabilistic graph model
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,409
3,029
0.889
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :80
phytoplankton
ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,352
2,636
0.786
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :81
Aquatic Microbial Ecology
Lake Eutrophication
Lake Salinization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,340
2,543
0.761
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :82
biogeochemistry
forest health
montane cloud forest
remote sensing
tropical forest
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,296
1,849
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :83
Hydropedology
Watershed Management
Nutrient Cycling
Land Use
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,283
1,991
0.606
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :84
Hydroecology
diatoms
assessment
river basin management
freshwater science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,279
2,432
0.742
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :85
3D
LiDAR
point cloud
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,258
2,809
0.862
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :86
Geography
Remote Sensing and GIS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,247
2,830
0.872
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :87
Environmental Policy
Environmental Assessment
Environmental Acoustics
Urban Environmental Quality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,232
910
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :88
geography
transport
economics
China
port
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,168
930
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :89
Application of GIS and remote sensing for environmental management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,024
2,593
0.857
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :90
Remote Sensing
RS for Aridland Ecology
Wetland Remote Sensing
Urban Remote Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,000
2,522
0.841
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :91
ICT
Serious Games
VR
ABM
Geo-AI
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,996
1,818
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :92
River management
Fluvial geomorphology
Geographic Information System
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,948
2,744
0.931
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :93
Geospatial approach based Forest fire modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,878
2,638
0.917
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :94
Geography
Hydrology
Geomorphology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,853
1,642
0.576
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :95
GEOGRAFI
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,805
2,061
0.735
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :96
Applied geography
urban planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,789
540
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :97
Geographic image analysis
remote sensing of snow
land use and land cover
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,787
1,875
0.673
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :98
tourism
city and region planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,765
818
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :99
Environmental Science
Earth Science
Physical Geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,762
915
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :100
social and cultural geography
urban studies
cultural economic geography
sustainability transition
China studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,731
1,954
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
275,977
12,618
93
Ranking Based On Selection: 76
Ruishan Chen
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,506
3,159
0.901
Land use change
ecosystem services
land degradation
disaster risk and urban resilience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
279,477
2,433
290
Ranking Based On Selection: 77
Tal Svoray
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Beer Sheva, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,456
1,773
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
281,587
12,877
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 78
shibiao bai
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,425
1,989
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
282,705
12,928
247
Ranking Based On Selection: 79
Xueliang Zhang 张学良
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,409
3,029
0.889
High spatial resolution remote sensing
image segmentation
semantic segmentation
GEOBIA
probabilistic graph model
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
286,816
13,113
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 80
|邓建明, JM Deng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,352
2,636
0.786
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
287,690
13,157
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 81
Xiangming Tang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,340
2,543
0.761
Aquatic Microbial Ecology
Lake Eutrophication
Lake Salinization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
291,047
1,769
304
Ranking Based On Selection: 82
Cho Ying Huang
National Taiwan University
Taipei City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,296
1,849
0.561
biogeochemistry
forest health
montane cloud forest
remote sensing
tropical forest
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
291,975
13,351
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 83
Qing Zhu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,283
1,991
0.606
Hydropedology
Watershed Management
Nutrient Cycling
Land Use
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
292,261
13,370
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 84
Naicheng Wu（吴乃成）
Ningbo University
Ningbo, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,279
2,432
0.742
Hydroecology
diatoms
assessment
river basin management
freshwater science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
293,854
13,449
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 85
wuming zhang
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,258
2,809
0.862
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
294,715
6,251
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 86
Praveen Kumar Rai
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,247
2,830
0.872
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
295,942
2,025
435
Ranking Based On Selection: 87
Kin Che Lam
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,232
910
0.282
Environmental Policy
Environmental Assessment
Environmental Acoustics
Urban Environmental Quality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
300,928
2,051
514
Ranking Based On Selection: 88
James Jixian Wang
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,168
930
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
312,779
39
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 89
Kabir Uddin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,024
2,593
0.857
Application of GIS and remote sensing for environmental management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
314,830
14,531
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 90
Alim Samat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,000
2,522
0.841
Remote Sensing
RS for Aridland Ecology
Wetland Remote Sensing
Urban Remote Sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
315,194
2,719
327
Ranking Based On Selection: 91
Eran Ben Elia
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Beer Sheva, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,996
1,818
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
319,476
1,970
676
Ranking Based On Selection: 92
Edward Park
Nanyang Technological University
Jurong West, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,948
2,744
0.931
River management
Fluvial geomorphology
Geographic Information System
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
325,727
7,198
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 93
Shruti Kanga
Central University of Punjab Bathinda
Bathinda, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,878
2,638
0.917
Geospatial approach based Forest fire modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
328,036
6,728
131
Ranking Based On Selection: 94
Hiroaki Kato
University of Tsukuba
Tsukuba, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,853
1,642
0.576
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
332,575
1,488
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 95
Wida Dial Husna
Universitas Lambung Mangkurat
Banjarmasin, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,805
2,061
0.735
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
334,248
2,864
349
Ranking Based On Selection: 96
Eliahu Stern
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Beer Sheva, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,789
540
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
334,383
15,503
282
Ranking Based On Selection: 97
Pengfeng Xiao
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,787
1,875
0.673
Geographic image analysis
remote sensing of snow
land use and land cover
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
336,561
2,884
356
Ranking Based On Selection: 98
Shaul Krakover
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Beer Sheva, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,765
818
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
336,851
2,125
356
Ranking Based On Selection: 99
Jehn Yih Juang
National Taiwan University
Taipei City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,762
915
0.331
Environmental Science
Earth Science
Physical Geography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
339,878
2,272
567
Ranking Based On Selection: 100
Junxi Qian
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,731
1,954
0.715
social and cultural geography
urban studies
cultural economic geography
sustainability transition
China studies