Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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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
Ecologie humaine
Territory
Political geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,093
12,910
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Glaciology
High Mountains
Climate Change
Geomorphology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,699
9,456
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Professor of Societal Impacts of Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,478
12,742
0.729
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Geomorphology
Tectonics
Sedimentology
Geodynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,477
5,484
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
geography
political ecology
development
environment - (*pdfs of many publications available on Homepage*)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,959
7,605
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
geoHealth
global health
spatial ecology
geoprocessing
population genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,770
4,659
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
GIScience
Geographic Information Science
map generalization
computational movement analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,400
3,271
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Geographic Information Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,390
4,637
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Geography
Natural Resource Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,700
4,386
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Geographic Information Science
Cryosphere
Environmental Modelling
Uncertainty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,281
3,538
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Geomorphology
Geoheritage
Water Management
Landscape
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,146
4,276
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
GIScience
spatial cognition
geovisualization
cartography
geovisual analytics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,826
2,868
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Glaciology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,520
2,872
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Human Migration
Refugees
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,857
3,128
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Paleoclimate
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,817
3,829
0.658
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Biogeography
Entomology
Conservation
Taxonomy
Limnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,977
2,019
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Complex urban systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,558
1,427
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Glaciology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,231
1,518
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Geographic Information Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,091
973
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Regional Climate Modelling
advanced surface parametrization
lake modelling
extreme precipitation
hail
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,810
1,170
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
flood risk
complex risks
coupled human and natural systems
human-environment systems
geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,426
1,430
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Dendroclimatology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,313
1,802
0.779
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Human Geography
Development Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,929
699
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
International and regional environmental politics
Sustainable Development
Transboundary mountain governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,911
1,057
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
geographies of inequality
highly skilled migration
transnational migrant entrepreneurship
gender
international student mobil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,651
942
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,294
255
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Claude Raffestin
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,093
12,910
0.330
Geography
Ecologie humaine
Territory
Political geography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,876
352
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Wilfried Haeberli
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,699
9,456
0.289
Glaciology
High Mountains
Climate Change
Geomorphology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,225
865
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Julia K Steinberger
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,478
12,742
0.729
Professor of Societal Impacts of Climate Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,691
1,107
239
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sean D Willett
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,477
5,484
0.379
Geomorphology
Tectonics
Sedimentology
Geodynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,680
1,149
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Kull Christian A
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,959
7,605
0.545
geography
political ecology
development
environment - (*pdfs of many publications available on Homepage*)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,876
1,384
123
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Nicolas Ray
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,770
4,659
0.396
geoHealth
global health
spatial ecology
geoprocessing
population genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,515
1,561
209
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Robert Weibel
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,400
3,271
0.315
GIScience
Geographic Information Science
map generalization
computational movement analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,638
1,564
320
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Martin Raubal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,390
4,637
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,149
1,665
144
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Hans Hurni
Universität Bern
Bern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,700
4,386
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,616
1,926
259
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ross Purves
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,281
3,538
0.427
Geographic Information Science
Cryosphere
Environmental Modelling
Uncertainty
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120,790
1,949
171
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Reynard Emmanuel
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,146
4,276
0.525
Geomorphology
Geoheritage
Water Management
Landscape
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
146,232
2,313
300
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Sara Irina Fabrikant
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,826
2,868
0.420
GIScience
spatial cognition
geovisualization
cartography
geovisual analytics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
153,351
2,410
308
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Andreas Vieli
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,520
2,872
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
171,007
2,633
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Etienne Piguet
Université de Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,857
3,128
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
172,157
2,649
221
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Raphael Neukom
Universität Bern
Bern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,817
3,829
0.658
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
200,426
2,989
163
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Peter Nagel
Universität Basel
Basel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,977
2,019
0.406
Biogeography
Entomology
Conservation
Taxonomy
Limnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
272,619
3,811
344
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Céline Rozenblat
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,558
1,427
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
296,007
4,078
476
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Martin P Lüthi
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,231
1,518
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
307,195
4,202
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Patrick Laube
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,091
973
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
332,134
4,482
354
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Andrey Martynov
Universität Bern
Bern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,810
1,170
0.416
Regional Climate Modelling
advanced surface parametrization
lake modelling
extreme precipitation
hail
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
373,024
4,925
387
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Andreas Paul Zischg
Universität Bern
Bern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,426
1,430
0.589
flood risk
complex risks
coupled human and natural systems
human-environment systems
geography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
386,829
5,086
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jesper Björklund
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,313
1,802
0.779
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
441,917
5,692
653
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Müller Böker Ulrike
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,929
699
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
444,966
5,722
462
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Joerg Balsiger
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,911
1,057
0.553
International and regional environmental politics
Sustainable Development
Transboundary mountain governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
492,044
6,198
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Yvonne Riaño
Université de Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,651
942
0.571
geographies of inequality
highly skilled migration
transnational migrant entrepreneurship
gender
international student mobil