The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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 :26
Life cycle assessment
carbon footprint
SDG performances
Environmental sustainability assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,997
6,935
0.771
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Environmental management
Life cycle assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,249
4,596
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
precipitation
climate change
climate change adaptation
flood risk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,144
5,153
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Air quality
exposure and health
impact assessment
policy measures
alternative fuels
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,995
3,966
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Blue Carbon
Climate change effects
Kelp forest ecology
Coastal eutrophication
Seaweed & Seagrass Ecophysiology.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,515
3,035
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
PFAS
Environmental Chemistry
Advanced Oxidation Process
Sonochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,379
6,618
0.897
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Risk assessment
regulation and risk governance of nanomaterials and emerging risks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,310
4,202
0.575
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Water
biomimetics
membrane Engineering
biomimetic
forward osmosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,277
3,714
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Value chain analysis
climate change mitigation
renewable energy
bioenergy
sustainable development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,205
4,115
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
microbial ecology
microbiology
environmental science
ecotoxicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,151
4,423
0.619
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Hydrogeophysics
Airborne EM
Inversion
IP
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,860
3,749
0.547
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Environmental Epidemiology
Biostatistics
Climate Change
Air pollution
Public Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,734
5,241
0.778
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Professor of policy analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,292
2,418
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
GIS
geography of health
wellbeing
environmental exposure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,838
3,639
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Air pollution
Greenness
Noise
Physical activity (Environmental health)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,925
3,994
0.811
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
water engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,047
2,415
0.597
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Wastewater
separation
membranes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,905
2,364
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Palaeolithic
Mesolithic
volcanic eruptions
vulnerability
evolutionary archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,891
2,513
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Environmental engineering
odor
corrosion
pollution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,791
1,913
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
air pollution modelling
climate modelling
health impact assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,789
2,381
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,702
3,523
0.952
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
organic pollutants
water and wastewater treatment
constructed wetlands
NBS
biofilm reactors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,702
2,833
0.765
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,655
2,166
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Soil Physics
Soil water vapor sorption
Soil amendment (Biochar)
Soil compaction
Soil Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,500
2,814
0.804
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Bioprocess technology
fermentation
microalgae
bioreactors
insect production
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,454
1,477
0.428
Alexis Laurent
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,997
6,935
0.771
Life cycle assessment
carbon footprint
SDG performances
Environmental sustainability assessment
Stig Irving Olsen
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,249
4,596
0.557
Environmental management
Life cycle assessment
Karsten Arnbjerg Nielsen
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,144
5,153
0.633
precipitation
climate change
climate change adaptation
flood risk
Steen Solvang Jensen
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,995
3,966
0.496
Air quality
exposure and health
impact assessment
policy measures
alternative fuels
Morten Foldager Pedersen
Roskilde University
Roskilde, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,515
3,035
0.404
Blue Carbon
Climate change effects
Kelp forest ecology
Coastal eutrophication
Seaweed & Seagrass Ecophysiology.
Zongsu Wei
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,379
6,618
0.897
PFAS
Environmental Chemistry
Advanced Oxidation Process
Sonochemistry
Steffen Foss Hansen
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,310
4,202
0.575
Risk assessment
regulation and risk governance of nanomaterials and emerging risks
Claus Hélix Nielsen
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,277
3,714
0.510
Water
biomimetics
membrane Engineering
biomimetic
forward osmosis
Simon Bolwig
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,205
4,115
0.571
Value chain analysis
climate change mitigation
renewable energy
bioenergy
sustainable development
Kristian Koefoed Brandt
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,151
4,423
0.619
microbial ecology
microbiology
environmental science
ecotoxicology
Anders Vest Christiansen
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,860
3,749
0.547
Hydrogeophysics
Airborne EM
Inversion
IP
Youn Hee Lim
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,734
5,241
0.778
Environmental Epidemiology
Biostatistics
Climate Change
Air pollution
Public Health
Mikael Skou Andersen
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,292
2,418
0.384
Professor of policy analysis
Clive Sabel
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,838
3,639
0.623
GIS
geography of health
wellbeing
environmental exposure
Tom Cole Hunter
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,925
3,994
0.811
Air pollution
Greenness
Noise
Physical activity (Environmental health)
Xavier Flores Alsina
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,047
2,415
0.597
Morten Lykkegaard Christensen
Aalborg University
Aalborg, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,905
2,364
0.605
Wastewater
separation
membranes
Felix Riede
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,891
2,513
0.646
Palaeolithic
Mesolithic
volcanic eruptions
vulnerability
evolutionary archaeology
Asbjørn Haaning Nielsen
Aalborg University
Aalborg, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,791
1,913
0.505
Environmental engineering
odor
corrosion
pollution
ulas im
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,789
2,381
0.628
air pollution modelling
climate modelling
health impact assessment
Chunxing Li
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,702
3,523
0.952
Pedro Carvalho
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,702
2,833
0.765
organic pollutants
water and wastewater treatment
constructed wetlands
NBS
biofilm reactors
Hussam Hassan Nour Eldin
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,655
2,166
0.593
Emmanuel Arthur
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,500
2,814
0.804
Soil Physics
Soil water vapor sorption
Soil amendment (Biochar)
Soil compaction
Soil Health
Niels Thomas Eriksen
Aalborg University
Aalborg, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,454
1,477
0.428
Bioprocess technology
fermentation
microalgae
bioreactors
insect production