Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Geography Highly Cited Researchers 110 Scientists Citation in Australia 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
Geographic Information Systems
Geographic Information Science
Geoinformatics
Spatial Data Mining
Natural Hazards
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,735
54,265
0.689
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
global futures
human geography
climate justice and adaptation
loss and resilience
environmental humanities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,344
18,406
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Geomorphology
Hydrology
Speleology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,543
10,249
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
remote sensing
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,298
12,369
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,515
7,169
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Coastal Management
Environmental Impact Assessment
Global Change
Sea-level Rise
Coastal Geomorphology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,341
7,959
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Asian Tectonics
Palaeogeography
Conodonts
Permian mass extinctions
Timescale calibration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,949
6,321
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Geography
Geology
Myth
Archaeology
Pacific
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,609
7,629
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
human geography
biodiversity conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,368
10,812
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
ecology geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,607
3,154
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Human Geography
Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,581
3,722
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Geography
migration
climate change
health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,306
8,303
0.806
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
geography human geography culture and nature archaeology landscape
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,477
3,397
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Human geography
qualitative research methods
super-rich
geographical education
cultural
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,448
3,111
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
GIS
geocomputation
biodiversity
terrain analysis
spatial phylogenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,378
4,142
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
geography
indigenous studies
social impact assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,251
2,727
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
politics of conservation and development
critical agrarian studies
peasant livelihoods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,151
4,230
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Resource Economics
Human Geography
Biological Conservation
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,075
5,717
0.708
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
sustainability
sustainable business models
sustainability reporting
purpose ecosystems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,307
4,573
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Human Geography
Urban and Regional Planning
Gender and Sexuality Studies
Disaster Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,287
3,613
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
human geography
transport geography
cities
environmental criminology
mobility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,070
4,559
0.645
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
UAV
Antarctica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,999
3,673
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
human geography
more-than-human theories
social practices
urban environments
health promotion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,949
3,201
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Urban Analytics
GIS
Cellular Automata
Spatial Big Data
Quantitative Human Geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,680
4,464
0.668
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
cultural geography
affect
mobilities
work
technologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,651
3,548
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,951
197
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Biswajeet Pradhan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,735
54,265
0.689
Geographic Information Systems
Geographic Information Science
Geoinformatics
Spatial Data Mining
Natural Hazards
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,658
972
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Petra Tschakert
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,344
18,406
0.607
global futures
human geography
climate justice and adaptation
loss and resilience
environmental humanities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,198
1,161
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Brian Finlayson
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,543
10,249
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,782
1,318
117
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Stuart Phinn
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,298
12,369
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,234
1,378
125
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
John Connell
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,515
7,169
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,595
1,577
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Nick Harvey
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,341
7,959
0.356
Coastal Management
Environmental Impact Assessment
Global Change
Sea-level Rise
Coastal Geomorphology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,029
2,336
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
I Metcalfe
University of New England Australia
Armidale, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,949
6,321
0.373
Asian Tectonics
Palaeogeography
Conodonts
Permian mass extinctions
Timescale calibration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,494
2,412
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Patrick D Nunn
University of the Sunshine Coast
Sippy Downs, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,609
7,629
0.459
Geography
Geology
Myth
Archaeology
Pacific
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,337
2,680
77
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Rosemary Hill
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,368
10,812
0.704
human geography
biodiversity conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,550
3,189
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
JB Kirkpatrick
University of Tasmania
Hobart, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,607
3,154
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,411
4,361
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Kevin Dunn
Western Sydney University
Penrith, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,581
3,722
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,332
4,500
368
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Celia McMichael
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,306
8,303
0.806
Geography
migration
climate change
health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,148
4,944
398
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Lesley Head
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,477
3,397
0.358
geography human geography culture and nature archaeology landscape
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
121,987
5,582
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Iain Hay
Flinders University
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,448
3,111
0.368
Human geography
qualitative research methods
super-rich
geographical education
cultural
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
123,115
5,629
387
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Shawn Laffan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,378
4,142
0.494
GIS
geocomputation
biodiversity
terrain analysis
spatial phylogenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
125,184
5,724
153
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Richard Howitt
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,251
2,727
0.331
geography
indigenous studies
social impact assessment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
126,834
5,797
461
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Wolfram H Dressler
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,151
4,230
0.519
politics of conservation and development
critical agrarian studies
peasant livelihoods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,162
5,873
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Kerstin Zander|Kerstin Zanders
Charles Darwin University
Casuarina, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,075
5,717
0.708
Resource Economics
Human Geography
Biological Conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,893
6,560
554
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Wendy Stubbs
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,307
4,573
0.626
sustainability
sustainable business models
sustainability reporting
purpose ecosystems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
143,326
6,582
98
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Andrew Gorman Murray
Western Sydney University
Penrith, Australia
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,287
3,613
0.496
Human Geography
Urban and Regional Planning
Gender and Sexuality Studies
Disaster Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
147,948
6,812
571
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jonathan Corcoran
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,070
4,559
0.645
human geography
transport geography
cities
environmental criminology
mobility
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
149,483
6,891
145
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Darren Turner
University of Tasmania
Hobart, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,999
3,673
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,626
6,945
135
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Cecily Maller
RMIT University
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,949
3,201
0.461
human geography
more-than-human theories
social practices
urban environments
health promotion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,997
7,217
601
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Yan Liu
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,680
4,464
0.668
Urban Analytics
GIS
Cellular Automata
Spatial Big Data
Quantitative Human Geography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
157,656
7,241
565
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
David Bissell
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,651
3,548
0.533
cultural geography
affect
mobilities
work
technologies