Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
asia Natural Sciences / Geography Highly Cited Researchers 973 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
Geography
Remote Sensing
Land Cover
Urban Systems
Global Sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,258
42,458
0.550
* 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
48,467
23,828
0.492
* 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
46,273
20,409
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
geogeraphy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,629
26,267
0.858
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
land use and land cover change
biomass estimation
impervious surface
land degradation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,365
12,383
0.408
* 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
28,152
7,859
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
migration
transnationalism
gender
Asia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,096
9,480
0.363
* 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
20,943
12,211
0.583
* 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
18,348
9,080
0.495
* 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
13,782
6,869
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Remote Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,463
9,013
0.669
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Human Geography
GIScience
Geospatial Analysis
Spatial Modeling
Urban Geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,296
8,568
0.644
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
geography
ecosystem services
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,814
9,927
0.840
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Water Resource
Regional Economics
Environmental Science
Climate Change
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,303
2,750
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Human Geography
China's Urbanization
Land Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,147
3,147
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Remote Sensing
Land system
Global Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,137
7,399
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
climate change and human responses
geomorphology
Quaternary science
hydrochemistry
environmental sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,405
2,779
0.267
* 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
10,348
8,041
0.777
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Linguistics
Social Linguistics
Russian Language Teaching
Russian Literature
Cultural Studies
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,013
7,971
0.796
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
in-situ sampling
sediment pollution
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,425
6,056
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Global change
Carbon cycle
Urban ecosystem
Model
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,013
5,379
0.597
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Tropical Geoengineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,952
6,995
0.781
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,698
6,745
0.775
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
GIScience
Urban Remote Sensing
Nighttime Light Remote Sensing
LiDAR
Object-based Method
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,686
6,482
0.746
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Remote Sensing
GIS
Light pollution
Conservation Planning
Aeolian Geomorphology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,628
4,704
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,112
30
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Peng Gong
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,258
42,458
0.550
Geography
Remote Sensing
Land Cover
Urban Systems
Global Sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,799
342
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Wenjiao Xiao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,467
23,828
0.492
Structural Geology
Tectonics
Accretionary Complex
Central Asian Orogenic Belt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,620
93
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mei Po Kwan
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,273
20,409
0.441
Environmental health
human mobility
healthy cities
social justice
GIScience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,319
149
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mahla Etemadi
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Mashhad, Iran
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,629
26,267
0.858
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,648
805
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Dengsheng Lu
Fujian Normal University
Fuzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,365
12,383
0.408
land use and land cover change
biomass estimation
impervious surface
land degradation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,376
161
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Henry Wai Chung Yeung
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,152
7,859
0.279
global production networks
global value chains
East Asian development & state transformation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,476
182
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Brenda Yeoh
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,096
9,480
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,061
1,506
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
张运林 Yunlin Zhang|Yunlin Zhang, YL Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,943
12,211
0.583
lake optics
water color remote sensing
biogeochemistry of CDOM
lake thermodynamics
lake ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,851
313
166
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
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
18,348
9,080
0.495
Geomorphology
rivers
soil erosion
sediment transport
carbon cycle
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,511
2,834
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jonathan Adams
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,782
6,869
0.498
microbial ecology
biogeography
climate
soils
biogeochemical cycles
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,591
2,934
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Zongming Wang
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,463
9,013
0.669
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,714
1,181
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Yuji Murayama|村山祐司
University of Tsukuba
Tsukuba, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,296
8,568
0.644
Human Geography
GIScience
Geospatial Analysis
Spatial Modeling
Urban Geography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,934
3,504
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Yanxu Liu
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,814
9,927
0.840
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,462
3,701
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jianhua Xu, 徐建华
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,303
2,750
0.243
Water Resource
Regional Economics
Environmental Science
Climate Change
Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,919
730
181
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
George CS Lin
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,147
3,147
0.282
Human Geography
China's Urbanization
Land Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,022
3,766
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Wenbin Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,137
7,399
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,388
4,109
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
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
10,405
2,779
0.267
climate change and human responses
geomorphology
Quaternary science
hydrochemistry
environmental sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,002
4,131
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Miaogen Shen
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,348
8,041
0.777
Global change ecology
vegetation remote sensing
climate change
phenology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,722
588
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Maryam Moradi
Islamic Azad University Neishabour
Neyshabur, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,013
7,971
0.796
Linguistics
Social Linguistics
Russian Language Teaching
Russian Literature
Cultural Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,959
4,631
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Shiming Ding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,425
6,056
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
113,558
4,913
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Chi Zhang (张弛)
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,013
5,379
0.597
Global change
Carbon cycle
Urban ecosystem
Model
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,431
334
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Edy Tonnizam Mohamad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,952
6,995
0.781
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,218
5,148
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Li Yurui
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,698
6,745
0.775
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,388
5,155
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Bailang Yu
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,686
6,482
0.746
GIScience
Urban Remote Sensing
Nighttime Light Remote Sensing
LiDAR
Object-based Method
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,276
980
213
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Noam Levin
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,628
4,704
0.545
Remote Sensing
GIS
Light pollution
Conservation Planning
Aeolian Geomorphology