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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,100
Country Rank
14
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/2109.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Min Liu](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Environmental Geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,380
143,196
0.856
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
4,105
Country Rank
88
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1522.png)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![M Santosh](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f3/676920.jpg)
Earth and Environmental Sciences [Univ. of Adelaide]
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,288
47,572
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
4,212
Country Rank
14
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6068.jpg)
![Taiwan](/flags/tw.png)
![Norden E Huang](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a9/409520.jpg)
data analysis
statistics
earth sciences
engineering
applied mathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,731
33,277
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,088
Country Rank
120
Institution Rank : 2
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/843.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Wang Jinsheng(王金生)](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b8/736368.jpg)
Groundwater
Hydrogeology
Hydrology
Earth Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,521
30,738
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,565
Country Rank
139
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/17153.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Junji Cao Or Jj Cao](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ed/4600269.jpg)
Aerosol
atmospheric environment
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,427
46,553
0.661
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,780
Country Rank
150
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/24012.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Paul Tapponnier](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/97/409215.jpg)
Tectonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,643
19,253
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
6,287
Country Rank
169
Institution Rank : 12
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9041.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Qiang Zhang](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
atmospheric chemistry
emissions
satellite remote sensing
air quality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,258
48,236
0.739
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
6,976
Country Rank
190
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/31378.png)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Zhidan Zhao / 赵志丹](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/bb/710104.jpg)
Lithospheric Geochemistry
Cenozoic evolution of Tibetan Plateaau and adjacent region through magmatic study
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,281
27,412
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
7,773
Country Rank
85
Institution Rank : 2
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8864.png)
![India](/flags/in.png)
![Pallab Maulik](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,163
52,598
0.920
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
10,269
Country Rank
299
Institution Rank : 8
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11353.png)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Yong-Fei Zheng 郑永飞|Zheng Yongfei, Zheng YF](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e9/710108.jpg)
Plate tectonics
Convergent margin
Subduction zone
Collisional orogen
Chemical geodynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,100
19,200
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
10,533
Country Rank
307
Institution Rank : 2
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1523.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Qiang Gao](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/32/710143.jpg)
Functional Nano & Porous Materials for Adsorptive & Catalytic Applications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,337
37,299
0.788
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
11,368
Country Rank
134
Institution Rank : 6
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11504.jpg)
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Teruyuki Nakajima](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/27/409651.jpg)
atmospheric
aerosol
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,040
15,260
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
11,952
Country Rank
148
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/17407.jpg)
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Toshio Yamagata; 山形俊男](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/fa/4407504.jpg)
Climate Dynamics
Physical Oceanography
Dynamic Meteorology
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,667
16,675
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
13,315
Country Rank
49
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28642.png)
![Taiwan](/flags/tw.png)
![Li Zhao](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ce/4630054.jpg)
Seismology
geophysics
earth science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,881
25,628
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
14,001
Country Rank
55
Institution Rank : 17
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6195.png)
![Taiwan](/flags/tw.png)
![Sun Lin Chung](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a3/409422.jpg)
Igneous Petrogenesis
Asian Magmatism & Tectonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,640
18,954
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
14,232
Country Rank
119
Institution Rank : 33
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11056.jpg)
![Hong Kong](/flags/hk.png)
![Alan G Smith](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/3f/293255.jpg)
Geological Time-Scale
Plate Tectonics
Paleogeography
Ophiolites
Stratigraphy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,245
8,550
0.218
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
14,603
Country Rank
58
Institution Rank : 4
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6068.jpg)
![Taiwan](/flags/tw.png)
![Ip Wing Huen](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Planetary science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,614
17,243
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
14,802
Country Rank
471
Institution Rank : 4
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/2109.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Yi Yang](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/5e/676540.jpg)
Environmental Geoseciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,290
22,964
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
15,554
Country Rank
197
Institution Rank : 2
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1581.png)
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Kimitaka Kawamura](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e2/346326.jpg)
Geochemistry
Atmospheric Chemistry
Aerosol Chemistry
Geoscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,057
14,170
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
16,098
Country Rank
510
Institution Rank : 2
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/31378.png)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Yaoling Niu](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d4/4345611.jpg)
Petrology & Geochemistry of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks
Ocean ridges
Subduction Zones
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,315
17,390
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
17,139
Country Rank
554
Institution Rank : 3
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1523.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Yongsheng Liu](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/80/676580.jpg)
Geochemistry
LA-ICP-MS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,874
17,892
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
17,356
Country Rank
562
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6532.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Li Sanzhong](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e3/676393.jpg)
Structural Geology
Tectonics
Marine Geology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,616
18,484
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
18,523
Country Rank
235
Institution Rank : 11
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8927.png)
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Dapeng Zhao](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/5c/296214.jpg)
Seismology
Geophysics
Geoscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,150
13,097
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
19,841
Country Rank
655
Institution Rank : 28
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6774.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Bo Zhang](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
structural geology
microstructural geology
EBSD
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,744
20,351
0.641
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
21,984
Country Rank
55
Institution Rank : 25
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/4912.png)
![Saudi Arabia](/flags/sa.png)
![J Carlos Santamarina](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/bf/546453.jpg)
Sediments. Fractured rocks. Complex fluids. Energy GeoEngineering. Geotechnical Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,731
14,941
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,100
![China](/flags/cn.png)
14
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/2109.jpg)
1
Min Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,380
143,196
0.856
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
4,105
![China](/flags/cn.png)
88
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1522.png)
1
M Santosh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,288
47,572
0.564
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1522.png)
Earth and Environmental Sciences [Univ. of Adelaide]
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
4,212
![Taiwan](/flags/tw.png)
14
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6068.jpg)
1
Norden E Huang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,731
33,277
0.402
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6068.jpg)
data analysis
statistics
earth sciences
engineering
applied mathematics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
5,088
![China](/flags/cn.png)
120
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/843.jpg)
2
Wang Jinsheng(王金生)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,521
30,738
0.412
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/843.jpg)
Groundwater
Hydrogeology
Hydrology
Earth Sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
5,565
![China](/flags/cn.png)
139
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/17153.jpg)
1
Junji Cao Or Jj Cao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,427
46,553
0.661
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/17153.jpg)
Aerosol
atmospheric environment
climate change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
5,780
![China](/flags/cn.png)
150
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/24012.jpg)
1
Paul Tapponnier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,643
19,253
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
6,287
![China](/flags/cn.png)
169
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9041.jpg)
12
Qiang Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,258
48,236
0.739
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9041.jpg)
atmospheric chemistry
emissions
satellite remote sensing
air quality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
6,976
![China](/flags/cn.png)
190
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/31378.png)
1
Zhidan Zhao / 赵志丹
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,281
27,412
0.447
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/31378.png)
Lithospheric Geochemistry
Cenozoic evolution of Tibetan Plateaau and adjacent region through magmatic study
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
7,773
![India](/flags/in.png)
85
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8864.png)
2
Pallab Maulik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,163
52,598
0.920
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
10,269
![China](/flags/cn.png)
299
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11353.png)
8
Yong-Fei Zheng 郑永飞|Zheng Yongfei, Zheng YF
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,100
19,200
0.399
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11353.png)
Plate tectonics
Convergent margin
Subduction zone
Collisional orogen
Chemical geodynamics
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
10,533
![China](/flags/cn.png)
307
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1523.jpg)
2
Qiang Gao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,337
37,299
0.788
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1523.jpg)
Functional Nano & Porous Materials for Adsorptive & Catalytic Applications
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
11,368
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
134
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11504.jpg)
6
Teruyuki Nakajima
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,040
15,260
0.339
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11504.jpg)
atmospheric
aerosol
climate change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
11,952
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
148
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/17407.jpg)
1
Toshio Yamagata; 山形俊男
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,667
16,675
0.382
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/17407.jpg)
Climate Dynamics
Physical Oceanography
Dynamic Meteorology
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
13,315
![Taiwan](/flags/tw.png)
49
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28642.png)
1
Li Zhao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,881
25,628
0.627
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28642.png)
Seismology
geophysics
earth science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
14,001
![Taiwan](/flags/tw.png)
55
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6195.png)
17
Sun Lin Chung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,640
18,954
0.478
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6195.png)
Igneous Petrogenesis
Asian Magmatism & Tectonics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
14,232
![Hong Kong](/flags/hk.png)
119
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11056.jpg)
33
Alan G Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,245
8,550
0.218
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11056.jpg)
Geological Time-Scale
Plate Tectonics
Paleogeography
Ophiolites
Stratigraphy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
14,603
![Taiwan](/flags/tw.png)
58
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6068.jpg)
4
Ip Wing Huen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,614
17,243
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
14,802
![China](/flags/cn.png)
471
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/2109.jpg)
4
Yi Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,290
22,964
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
15,554
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
197
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1581.png)
2
Kimitaka Kawamura
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,057
14,170
0.382
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1581.png)
Geochemistry
Atmospheric Chemistry
Aerosol Chemistry
Geoscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
16,098
![China](/flags/cn.png)
510
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/31378.png)
2
Yaoling Niu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,315
17,390
0.479
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/31378.png)
Petrology & Geochemistry of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks
Ocean ridges
Subduction Zones
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
17,139
![China](/flags/cn.png)
554
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1523.jpg)
3
Yongsheng Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,874
17,892
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
17,356
![China](/flags/cn.png)
562
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6532.jpg)
1
Li Sanzhong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,616
18,484
0.534
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6532.jpg)
Structural Geology
Tectonics
Marine Geology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
18,523
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
235
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8927.png)
11
Dapeng Zhao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,150
13,097
0.395
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8927.png)
Seismology
Geophysics
Geoscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
19,841
![China](/flags/cn.png)
655
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6774.jpg)
28
Bo Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,744
20,351
0.641
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6774.jpg)
structural geology
microstructural geology
EBSD
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
21,984
![Saudi Arabia](/flags/sa.png)
55
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/4912.png)
25
J Carlos Santamarina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,731
14,941
0.503
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/4912.png)
Sediments. Fractured rocks. Complex fluids. Energy GeoEngineering. Geotechnical Engineering