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 :1
Quantitative Ecology
Life History Theory
Population Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,788
14,261
0.721
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Fish Physiology
Fish Swimming
Energetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,764
5,616
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
aquatic ecology
climate change and resilience
trophic interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,454
4,946
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
aquatic ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,899
2,434
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,117
3,365
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Fish
Fisheries
Marine Ecology
Life History Theory
Biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,530
2,477
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Aquatic Ecology
Photosynthesis
Primary Production
Plant Physiology
Wetlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,811
2,587
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Population genetics
Environmental DNA
Evolutionary ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,679
2,798
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Fish behaviour
Recreational fisheries management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,444
3,055
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Fish diseases
Aquatic Animal Health
virology
epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,762
1,801
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Aquatic Ecosystem Modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,414
3,664
0.677
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
fisheries
governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,756
1,483
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Aquatic Microbial Ecology
Biological Carbon Pump
Marine Snow
Diatoms
Deep Sea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,583
2,356
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Fisheries
Maritime Spatial Planning
Impact Assessment
Soil Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,503
2,844
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Marine ecology
algae
seagrasses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,841
1,452
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Aquatic ecology
ecotoxicology
environmental chemistry
hazardous substances
marine litter / microplastic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,790
1,952
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
climate change
climate services
climate adaptation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,644
2,021
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
fish ecophysiology
metabolic rate
individual variation
respirometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,204
2,642
0.825
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Reef restoration
Fish migration
Marine habitat restoration
Hypoxia
Metabolic rate
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,156
2,111
0.669
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
RAS
Water quality
Biofiltration
Disinfection
Peracetic acid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,755
1,938
0.703
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Multispecies modelling
fisheries advice
Ecosystem approach to management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,755
1,064
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
NOM
Fluorescence
Water Recycling
Desalination
Aquaculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,601
1,406
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Fish
Physiology
Conservation
Ecology
Telemetry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,586
2,467
0.954
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
aquaculture
nutrition
bioenergetics
dissolved gases
physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,370
1,632
0.689
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Aquatic Ecosystem Modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,303
1,664
0.723
Mollie Brooks
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,788
14,261
0.721
Quantitative Ecology
Life History Theory
Population Ecology
John Fleng Steffensen
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,764
5,616
0.440
Fish Physiology
Fish Swimming
Energetics
Mariana Meerhoff
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,454
4,946
0.473
aquatic ecology
climate change and resilience
trophic interactions
Jens Borum
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,899
2,434
0.246
J Rasmus Nielsen
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,117
3,365
0.369
Henrik Gislason
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,530
2,477
0.329
Fish
Fisheries
Marine Ecology
Life History Theory
Biodiversity
Brian Sorrell
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,811
2,587
0.380
Aquatic Ecology
Photosynthesis
Primary Production
Plant Physiology
Wetlands
Dorte Bekkevold
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,679
2,798
0.419
Population genetics
Environmental DNA
Evolutionary ecology
Christian Skov
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,444
3,055
0.474
Fish behaviour
Recreational fisheries management
Niels Jørgen Olesen
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,762
1,801
0.313
Fish diseases
Aquatic Animal Health
virology
epidemiology
Dennis Trolle
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,414
3,664
0.677
Douglas Wilson
Aalborg University
Aalborg, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,756
1,483
0.312
Peter Stief
University of Southern Denmark
Tianjin, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,583
2,356
0.514
Aquatic Microbial Ecology
Biological Carbon Pump
Marine Snow
Diatoms
Deep Sea
Francois Bastardie
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,503
2,844
0.632
Fisheries
Maritime Spatial Planning
Impact Assessment
Soil Ecology
Søren Laurentius Nielsen
Roskilde University
Roskilde, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,841
1,452
0.378
Jakob Strand
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,790
1,952
0.515
Aquatic ecology
ecotoxicology
environmental chemistry
hazardous substances
marine litter / microplastic
Mark R Payne
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,644
2,021
0.555
climate change
climate services
climate adaptation
Tommy Norin
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,204
2,642
0.825
fish ecophysiology
metabolic rate
individual variation
respirometry
Jon C Svendsen
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,156
2,111
0.669
Reef restoration
Fish migration
Marine habitat restoration
Hypoxia
Metabolic rate
Lars Flemming Pedersen
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,755
1,938
0.703
RAS
Water quality
Biofiltration
Disinfection
Peracetic acid
Morten Vinther
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,755
1,064
0.386
Multispecies modelling
fisheries advice
Ecosystem approach to management
Adam Hambly
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,601
1,406
0.541
NOM
Fluorescence
Water Recycling
Desalination
Aquaculture
Kim Birnie Gauvin
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,586
2,467
0.954
Fish
Physiology
Conservation
Ecology
Telemetry
Peter Vilhelm Skov
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,370
1,632
0.689
aquaculture
nutrition
bioenergetics
dissolved gases
physiology
Anders Nielsen
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,303
1,664
0.723