Citation Rankings
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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 :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
Total
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,337
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
72,222
42,383
0.587
Geography
Remote Sensing
Land Cover
Urban Systems
Global Sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,009
325
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,572
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
44,517
21,346
0.480
Environmental health
human mobility
healthy cities
social justice
GIScience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,574
763
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,650
150
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Mahla Etemadi
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Mashhad, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,594
23,917
0.867
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,998
158
82
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
27,322
8,719
0.319
global production networks
global value chains
East Asian development & state transformation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,530
184
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Brenda Yeoh
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,026
10,124
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,469
1,487
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
19,595
12,306
0.628
lake optics
water color remote sensing
biogeochemistry of CDOM
lake thermodynamics
lake ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,718
316
168
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
17,349
9,495
0.547
Geomorphology
rivers
soil erosion
sediment transport
carbon cycle
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,085
2,762
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,838
1,248
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,911
3,016
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Zongming Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,283
8,628
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,473
3,474
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,956
711
177
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,149
3,553
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Yanxu Liu
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,839
9,852
0.909
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,466
3,824
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,467
3,871
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Wenbin Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,122
7,330
0.724
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,003
4,246
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,291
4,518
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Shiming Ding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,901
6,638
0.746
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,623
4,853
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
116,629
337
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120,439
1,013
223
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,662
820
418
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Tracey Skelton
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,030
2,413
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,964
5,160
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Li Yurui
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,013
6,675
0.833
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
124,529
5,238
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
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