Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
asia Highly Cited Researchers CitationEngineering & Technology / Earth Sciences Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
Environmental Geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171,547
147,291
0.859
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Earth and Environmental Sciences [Univ. of Adelaide]
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,555
48,832
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Tectonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,311
19,778
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
atmospheric chemistry
emissions
satellite remote sensing
air quality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,862
49,806
0.745
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Lithospheric Geochemistry
Cenozoic evolution of Tibetan Plateaau and adjacent region through magmatic study
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,009
28,060
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,201
56,562
0.924
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Functional Nano & Porous Materials for Adsorptive & Catalytic Applications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,007
38,920
0.794
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Plate tectonics
Convergent margin
Subduction zone
Collisional orogen
Chemical geodynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,634
19,664
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
atmospheric
aerosol
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,436
15,626
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Seismology
geophysics
earth science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,726
26,448
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Geological Time-Scale
Plate Tectonics
Paleogeography
Ophiolites
Stratigraphy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,802
8,906
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Igneous Petrogenesis
Asian Magmatism & Tectonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,647
19,326
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Planetary science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,315
17,896
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Environmental Geoseciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,099
23,681
0.606
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Geochemistry
Atmospheric Chemistry
Aerosol Chemistry
Geoscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,473
14,559
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Petrology & Geochemistry of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks
Ocean ridges
Subduction Zones
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,700
17,734
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Geochemistry
LA-ICP-MS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,229
18,247
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Structural Geology
Tectonics
Marine Geology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,074
18,930
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Seismology
Geophysics
Geoscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,571
13,501
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
structural geology
microstructural geology
EBSD
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,651
21,221
0.650
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Sediments. Fractured rocks. Complex fluids. Energy GeoEngineering. Geotechnical Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,564
15,709
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
geotechnical engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,312
18,764
0.640
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Quaternary geology
marine geology
sedimentology
river deltas
Anthropocene
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,836
12,504
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Global environmental change
climate change
paleoecology
human-environment interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,423
14,175
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
GIScience
Geographical Information Science
Spatial optimization
Cellular automata
Agent-based modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,340
14,940
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,078
15
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Min Liu
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171,547
147,291
0.859
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,116
86
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
M Santosh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,555
48,832
0.571
Earth and Environmental Sciences [Univ. of Adelaide]
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,877
156
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Paul Tapponnier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,311
19,778
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,227
167
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Qiang Zhang
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,862
49,806
0.745
atmospheric chemistry
emissions
satellite remote sensing
air quality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,029
189
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Zhidan Zhao / 赵志丹
China University of Geosciences, Beijing
Beijing, Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,009
28,060
0.453
Lithospheric Geochemistry
Cenozoic evolution of Tibetan Plateaau and adjacent region through magmatic study
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,210
81
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Pallab Maulik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,201
56,562
0.924
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,262
302
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Qiang Gao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,007
38,920
0.794
Functional Nano & Porous Materials for Adsorptive & Catalytic Applications
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,370
311
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Yong-Fei Zheng 郑永飞|Zheng Yongfei, Zheng YF
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,634
19,664
0.404
Plate tectonics
Convergent margin
Subduction zone
Collisional orogen
Chemical geodynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,514
136
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Teruyuki Nakajima
University of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,436
15,626
0.344
atmospheric
aerosol
climate change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,248
48
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Li Zhao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,726
26,448
0.634
Seismology
geophysics
earth science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,303
119
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Alan G Smith
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,802
8,906
0.224
Geological Time-Scale
Plate Tectonics
Paleogeography
Ophiolites
Stratigraphy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,395
55
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Sun Lin Chung
National Taiwan University
Taipei City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,647
19,326
0.487
Igneous Petrogenesis
Asian Magmatism & Tectonics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,582
57
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ip Wing Huen
National Central University
Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,315
17,896
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,713
476
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Yi Yang
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,099
23,681
0.606
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,708
198
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Kimitaka Kawamura
Chubu University
Kasugai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,473
14,559
0.389
Geochemistry
Atmospheric Chemistry
Aerosol Chemistry
Geoscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,282
525
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Yaoling Niu
China University of Geosciences, Beijing
Beijing, Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,700
17,734
0.483
Petrology & Geochemistry of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks
Ocean ridges
Subduction Zones
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,326
569
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Yongsheng Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,229
18,247
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,456
573
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Li Sanzhong
Ocean University of China
Qingdao, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,074
18,930
0.540
Structural Geology
Tectonics
Marine Geology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,677
235
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Dapeng Zhao
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,571
13,501
0.402
Seismology
Geophysics
Geoscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,468
650
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Bo Zhang
Peking University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,651
21,221
0.650
structural geology
microstructural geology
EBSD
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,593
55
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
J Carlos Santamarina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,564
15,709
0.514
Sediments. Fractured rocks. Complex fluids. Energy GeoEngineering. Geotechnical Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,155
199
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Charles Ww Ng
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,312
18,764
0.640
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,700
312
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Yoshiki Saito 斎藤文紀 齋藤文紀 Yoshi|斎藤文紀, 齋藤文紀, Yoshi Saito
Shimane University
Matsue, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,836
12,504
0.434
Quaternary geology
marine geology
sedimentology
river deltas
Anthropocene
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,232
212
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jed O Kaplan
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,423
14,175
0.499
Global environmental change
climate change
paleoecology
human-environment interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,362
859
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Xia Li
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,340
14,940
0.527
GIScience
Geographical Information Science
Spatial optimization
Cellular automata
Agent-based modelling