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 :1
Geography
Remote Sensing
Land Cover
Urban Systems
Global Sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,222
42,383
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Structural Geology
Tectonics
Accretionary Complex
Central Asian Orogenic Belt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,953
25,144
0.547
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Environmental health
human mobility
healthy cities
social justice
GIScience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,517
21,346
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
land use and land cover change
biomass estimation
impervious surface
land degradation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,225
13,772
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
geogeraphy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,594
23,917
0.867
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
global production networks
global value chains
East Asian development & state transformation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,322
8,719
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
migration
transnationalism
gender
Asia
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,026
10,124
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
lake optics
water color remote sensing
biogeochemistry of CDOM
lake thermodynamics
lake ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,595
12,306
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Geomorphology
rivers
soil erosion
sediment transport
carbon cycle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,349
9,495
0.547
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
microbial ecology
biogeography
climate
soils
biogeochemical cycles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,110
7,070
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Human Geography
GIScience
Geospatial Analysis
Spatial Modeling
Urban Geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,432
8,663
0.697
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Remote Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,283
8,628
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Water Resource
Regional Economics
Environmental Science
Climate Change
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,016
2,974
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Human Geography
China's Urbanization
Land Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,863
3,595
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
geography
ecosystem services
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,839
9,852
0.909
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
climate change and human responses
geomorphology
Quaternary science
hydrochemistry
environmental sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,213
3,197
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Remote Sensing
Land system
Global Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,122
7,330
0.724
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Global change ecology
vegetation remote sensing
climate change
phenology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,376
7,792
0.831
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
in-situ sampling
sediment pollution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,901
6,638
0.746
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Global change
Carbon cycle
Urban ecosystem
Model
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,472
5,564
0.657
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Tropical Geoengineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,407
7,262
0.864
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Remote Sensing
GIS
Light pollution
Conservation Planning
Aeolian Geomorphology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,167
4,886
0.598
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,030
2,413
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,013
6,675
0.833
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
GIScience
Urban Remote Sensing
Nighttime Light Remote Sensing
LiDAR
Object-based Method
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,923
6,516
0.822
Peng Gong
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,222
42,383
0.587
Geography
Remote Sensing
Land Cover
Urban Systems
Global Sustainability
Wenjiao Xiao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,953
25,144
0.547
Structural Geology
Tectonics
Accretionary Complex
Central Asian Orogenic Belt
Mei Po Kwan
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,517
21,346
0.480
Environmental health
human mobility
healthy cities
social justice
GIScience
Dengsheng Lu
Fujian Normal University
Fuzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,225
13,772
0.471
land use and land cover change
biomass estimation
impervious surface
land degradation
Mahla Etemadi
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Mashhad, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,594
23,917
0.867
Henry Wai Chung Yeung
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,322
8,719
0.319
global production networks
global value chains
East Asian development & state transformation
Brenda Yeoh
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,026
10,124
0.405
张运林 Yunlin Zhang|Yunlin Zhang, YL Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,595
12,306
0.628
lake optics
water color remote sensing
biogeochemistry of CDOM
lake thermodynamics
lake ecology
Lu Xi Xi (吕喜玺)|Lu Xixi, Lu XX, Xixi Lu
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,349
9,495
0.547
Geomorphology
rivers
soil erosion
sediment transport
carbon cycle
Jonathan Adams
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,110
7,070
0.539
microbial ecology
biogeography
climate
soils
biogeochemical cycles
Yuji Murayama|村山祐司
University of Tsukuba
Tsukuba, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,432
8,663
0.697
Human Geography
GIScience
Geospatial Analysis
Spatial Modeling
Urban Geography
Zongming Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,283
8,628
0.702
Jianhua Xu, 徐建华
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,016
2,974
0.270
Water Resource
Regional Economics
Environmental Science
Climate Change
Ecology
George CS Lin
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,863
3,595
0.331
Human Geography
China's Urbanization
Land Management
Yanxu Liu
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,839
9,852
0.909
David D Zhang 章典|Zhang Dian, Dian Zhang, David Dian Zhang
Guangzhou University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,213
3,197
0.313
climate change and human responses
geomorphology
Quaternary science
hydrochemistry
environmental sciences
Wenbin Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,122
7,330
0.724
Miaogen Shen
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,376
7,792
0.831
Global change ecology
vegetation remote sensing
climate change
phenology
Shiming Ding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,901
6,638
0.746
Chi Zhang (张弛)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,472
5,564
0.657
Global change
Carbon cycle
Urban ecosystem
Model
Edy Tonnizam Mohamad
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,407
7,262
0.864
Noam Levin
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,167
4,886
0.598
Remote Sensing
GIS
Light pollution
Conservation Planning
Aeolian Geomorphology
Tracey Skelton
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,030
2,413
0.300
Li Yurui
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,013
6,675
0.833
Bailang Yu
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,923
6,516
0.822
GIScience
Urban Remote Sensing
Nighttime Light Remote Sensing
LiDAR
Object-based Method