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
Urban ecology
land use modelling
ecosystem services
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,944
23,350
0.650
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Platforms
experiments
creativity
marginality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,860
2,990
0.167
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
digital landscape ecology
urban ecosystem services
nature-based solutions
environmental justice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,770
11,733
0.744
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
urban remote sensing
urban geography
Earth observation
urbanization
remote sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,039
7,503
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
urban remote sensing
machine learning
pattern recognition
land-cover classification
change detection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,721
3,532
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Urban infrastructure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,158
2,331
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Urban Remote Sensing
Urban Geography
Urban Morphology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,355
3,000
0.689
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
urban geography
urban sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,119
1,893
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Urban Economics
Labor Economics
International Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,114
2,831
0.688
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Urban Ecology
Coupled Human and Natural Systems
Landscape Ecology
Biogeography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,717
2,307
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Urban Risk
Decision Support
Socio-economic Impacts
Disaster Vulnerability
Seismic Slope Stability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,597
1,736
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Urban Flooding
Flood Risk
Hydraulic Structures
Air-entrainment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,537
2,180
0.616
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Urban development
knowledge economy
evaluation
strategic urban planning
polycentric metropolitan development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,314
1,072
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Urban Development
Megacities
Myanmar
Thailand
Southeast Asia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,293
1,152
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Urban Forestry
Tree ecophysiology
Urban microclimate
Ecosystem services
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,083
2,553
0.828
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
urban ecology
invasion ecology
biodiversity
conservation biology
animal ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,031
2,051
0.677
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Urban Economics
Real Estate Economics
Green Investment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,028
1,785
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
urban metabolism
society-nature interaction
social metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,006
2,407
0.801
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Urban Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,961
2,341
0.791
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
urban remote sensing
urban climate
global mapping
hyperspectral remote sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,002
1,029
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Urban Politics
Urban And Regional Planning
Urban Studies
Sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,460
1,105
0.757
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Urban mesoscale and microscale modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,391
1,195
0.859
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
urban landscape ecology
pollinator biology
data analytics
causal inference
Bayesian modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,279
1,066
0.833
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Urban Production Systems
Sustainability in Manfacturing
Engineering Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,245
1,015
0.815
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Urban Planning
Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,016
231
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,409
755
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Dagmar Haase
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,944
23,350
0.650
Urban ecology
land use modelling
ecosystem services
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,538
2,097
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Gernot Grabher
HafenCity Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,860
2,990
0.167
Platforms
experiments
creativity
marginality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,302
2,492
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Nadja Kabisch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,770
11,733
0.744
digital landscape ecology
urban ecosystem services
nature-based solutions
environmental justice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,895
3,552
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Hannes Taubenböck
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,039
7,503
0.623
urban remote sensing
urban geography
Earth observation
urbanization
remote sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
134,658
5,716
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Mattia Marconcini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,721
3,532
0.457
urban remote sensing
machine learning
pattern recognition
land-cover classification
change detection
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
170,518
7,152
105
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Timothy Moss
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,158
2,331
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
238,334
9,545
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Michael Wurm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,355
3,000
0.689
Urban Remote Sensing
Urban Geography
Urban Morphology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
250,922
9,992
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sigrun Kabisch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,119
1,893
0.460
urban geography
urban sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
251,143
9,997
143
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Wolfgang Dauth
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,114
2,831
0.688
Urban Economics
Labor Economics
International Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
274,634
10,811
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Michael W Strohbach
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Braunschweig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,717
2,307
0.621
Urban Ecology
Coupled Human and Natural Systems
Landscape Ecology
Biogeography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
282,655
11,092
296
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Bijan Khazai
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,597
1,736
0.483
Urban Risk
Decision Support
Socio-economic Impacts
Disaster Vulnerability
Seismic Slope Stability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
286,675
11,228
457
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jorge Leandro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,537
2,180
0.616
Urban Flooding
Flood Risk
Hydraulic Structures
Air-entrainment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
303,146
11,764
480
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Thierstein Alain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,314
1,072
0.323
Urban development
knowledge economy
evaluation
strategic urban planning
polycentric metropolitan development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
304,717
11,808
198
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Frauke Kraas
Universität zu Köln
Köln, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,293
1,152
0.350
Urban Development
Megacities
Myanmar
Thailand
Southeast Asia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
321,942
12,376
512
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mohammad Asrafur Rahman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,083
2,553
0.828
Urban Forestry
Tree ecophysiology
Urban microclimate
Ecosystem services
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
326,449
12,560
199
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sascha Buchholz
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,031
2,051
0.677
urban ecology
invasion ecology
biodiversity
conservation biology
animal ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
326,724
12,569
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Claus Michelsen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,028
1,785
0.589
Urban Economics
Real Estate Economics
Green Investment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
328,707
12,649
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Peter-Paul Pichler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,006
2,407
0.801
urban metabolism
society-nature interaction
social metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
332,722
12,769
153
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Leonie K Fischer
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,961
2,341
0.791
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
448,477
16,421
162
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Wieke Heldens
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,002
1,029
0.514
urban remote sensing
urban climate
global mapping
hyperspectral remote sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
553,658
19,629
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Florian Koch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,460
1,105
0.757
Urban Politics
Urban And Regional Planning
Urban Studies
Sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
570,457
20,116
292
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Sebastian Schubert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,391
1,195
0.859
Urban mesoscale and microscale modelling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
599,900
20,981
254
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Douglas Sponsler
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,279
1,066
0.833
urban landscape ecology
pollinator biology
data analytics
causal inference
Bayesian modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
609,359
21,257
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Max Juraschek
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Braunschweig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,245
1,015
0.815
Urban Production Systems
Sustainability in Manfacturing
Engineering Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
682,685
23,476
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Heidi Sinning
Fachhochschule Erfurt
Erfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,016
231
0.227