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 :76
Organic Geochemistry
Permafrost
Climate Change
Blue Carbon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
877
510
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :77
energy
climate change
international development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
827
233
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :78
Development
environmental management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
809
129
0.159
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :79
Environmental Sociology
Sociology of Science and Technology
Sociology of Data
Management
Environments and (Un)Sustainabiliti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
794
533
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :80
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
769
539
0.701
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :81
Smart cities
climate change planning
ex post evaluation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
737
532
0.722
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :82
Fish offspring ecophysiology/development/nutrition/stress/microbiology/immunology
genetics
nature/culture/climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
736
581
0.789
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :83
Nature Based Solutions
Sustainability
Precipitation
Flooding
Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
713
541
0.759
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :84
Paleoecology
Climate Change
Ecology
Arctic
Central Asia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
681
409
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :85
Air pollution
Cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
677
482
0.712
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :86
Environmental governance and due diligence
water and wastewater treatment
soil and groundwater remediation
environmental engi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
615
462
0.751
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :87
Water Sensitive Urban Design
Green Infrastructure
Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems
Flooding
Nature Restauration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
590
317
0.537
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :88
Chemical Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
451
449
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :89
Environmental Engineering
Wastewater Treatment
Environmental Microbiology
Petroleum Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
405
384
0.948
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :90
Microplastic Pollution
Environmental Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
392
392
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :91
Electrochemistry
Microbial food
Fermentation
Biotechnology
Wastewater recycling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
370
365
0.986
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :92
Environmental Economics
Energy and Transport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
366
346
0.945
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :93
Environmental Engineering
Wastewater Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
341
199
0.584
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :94
Research interest: Fermentation
Industrial process optimization
Biofuel
Wastewater treatment
Environmental engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
332
119
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :95
Greenland Ice Sheet
biological darkening
albedo
microbiology
genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
294
293
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :96
Climate change policy and science
carbon princing
institutional theory
sustainable development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
232
57
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :97
Pavement Mechanics
Finite Element Analysis
Inverse Analysis
Sensors
Pavement Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
210
187
0.890
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :98
LC-MS
Biochemistry
Metabolomics
Specialized Metabolism
Nucleotides
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206
206
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :99
Environmental Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200
200
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :100
Plant-pathogen interaction
Quantitative Genetics
Gene expression regulation
Evolution
Adaptation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
113
0.974
Robert Sparkes
Metropolitan University College
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
877
510
0.582
Organic Geochemistry
Permafrost
Climate Change
Blue Carbon
Gordon Mackenzie
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
827
233
0.282
energy
climate change
international development
Mogens Buch Hansen
Roskilde University
Roskilde, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
809
129
0.159
Development
environmental management
Ingmar Lippert
IT University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
794
533
0.671
Environmental Sociology
Sociology of Science and Technology
Sociology of Data
Management
Environments and (Un)Sustainabiliti
Rune Hjorth
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
769
539
0.701
Patrick Driscoll
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
737
532
0.722
Smart cities
climate change planning
ex post evaluation
Sebastian Nikitas Politis
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
736
581
0.789
Fish offspring ecophysiology/development/nutrition/stress/microbiology/immunology
genetics
nature/culture/climate change
Hjalte Jomo Danielsen Sørup
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
713
541
0.759
Nature Based Solutions
Sustainability
Precipitation
Flooding
Climate Change
Juliane Wischnewski
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
681
409
0.601
Paleoecology
Climate Change
Ecology
Arctic
Central Asia
Tahir Taj
Danish Cancer Society
Kopenhag, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
677
482
0.712
Paul D Mines
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
615
462
0.751
Environmental governance and due diligence
water and wastewater treatment
soil and groundwater remediation
environmental engi
Sara Lerer
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
590
317
0.537
Water Sensitive Urban Design
Green Infrastructure
Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems
Flooding
Nature Restauration
Konstantinos Asimakopoulos
Novo Nordisk A/S
Bagsvaerd, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
451
449
0.996
Chemical Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Energy
Sandeep Rellegadla
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
405
384
0.948
Environmental Engineering
Wastewater Treatment
Environmental Microbiology
Petroleum Microbiology
Lucian Iordachescu
Aalborg University
Aalborg, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
392
392
1.000
Microplastic Pollution
Environmental Engineering
Danfei Zeng
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
370
365
0.986
Electrochemistry
Microbial food
Fermentation
Biotechnology
Wastewater recycling
Shiyu Yan
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
366
346
0.945
Environmental Economics
Energy and Transport
A. Gizem Mutlu
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
341
199
0.584
Environmental Engineering
Wastewater Biotechnology
Xiaofeng Ye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
332
119
0.358
Research interest: Fermentation
Industrial process optimization
Biofuel
Wastewater treatment
Environmental engineering
Deep Purple Project
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
294
293
0.997
Greenland Ice Sheet
biological darkening
albedo
microbiology
genomics
Miriam Hinostroza
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
232
57
0.246
Climate change policy and science
carbon princing
institutional theory
sustainable development
Asmus Skar
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
210
187
0.890
Pavement Mechanics
Finite Element Analysis
Inverse Analysis
Sensors
Pavement Analysis
Henryk Straube
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206
206
1.000
LC-MS
Biochemistry
Metabolomics
Specialized Metabolism
Nucleotides
Johanna Pedersen
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200
200
1.000
Environmental Engineering
Parvathy Krishnan
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
113
0.974
Plant-pathogen interaction
Quantitative Genetics
Gene expression regulation
Evolution
Adaptation