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
Ecological and environmental economics and management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,086
21,824
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Environmental Economics
Energy Economics
Economics
Climate Change
Scientometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,869
16,546
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Environmental Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,977
11,259
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Environmental economics and policy
climate change
carbon pricing
renewable energy
CCS and CO2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,057
10,225
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Environmental Economics
Development Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,327
6,866
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
International economics
environmental economics
development economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,446
6,432
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Environmental Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,856
6,001
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ecological Economics
Environmental Economics
Sustainability Science
Environmental Geography
Socio-ecological systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,164
3,219
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Environmental Economics
Ecosystem Services
Environmental Valuation
Biodiversity
Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,442
3,132
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Macroeconomics
Empirical Macroeconomics
Energy Economics
Environmental Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,224
4,355
0.700
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Population Health
Geographic Information Systems
Environmental Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,851
3,444
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
market design
matching markets
auctions
networks
environmental economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,507
4,009
0.728
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Environmental Economics
Climate change
Circular economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,374
5,177
0.963
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Energy Economics
Environmental Economics
Economic History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,061
2,321
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Health Economics
Environmental Economics
Preference Elicitation
Behavioural Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,868
2,886
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Discrete choice modelling
environmental economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,805
2,059
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Environmental Economics
Environmental Valuation
Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,484
2,621
0.585
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Environmental economics
Ecosystem services
Development economics
Agricultural economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,397
1,846
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Environmental economics
ecological economics
conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,226
1,823
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Environmental Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,127
1,610
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Environmental Economics
Invasive species
Ecosystem services
Biodiversity
Sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,792
2,073
0.547
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
environmental economics
energy and climate policy
applied econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,554
1,890
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Applied economics
Environmental Economics
Natural Capital and Ecosystem SErvices management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,542
2,013
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
environmental economics
subjective wellbeing
happiness
ESM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,483
1,747
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
environmental economics
climate change
agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,321
2,370
0.714
R Kerry Turner
University of East Anglia
Norwich, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,086
21,824
0.316
Ecological and environmental economics and management
Richard Sj Tol
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,869
16,546
0.291
Environmental Economics
Energy Economics
Economics
Climate Change
Scientometrics
Ian J Bateman
University of Exeter
Exeter, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,977
11,259
0.296
Environmental Economics
Cameron Hepburn
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,057
10,225
0.599
Environmental economics and policy
climate change
carbon pricing
renewable energy
CCS and CO2
Matt Cole
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,327
6,866
0.421
Environmental Economics
Development Economics
Robert JR Elliott
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,446
6,432
0.517
International economics
environmental economics
development economics
Mike Christie
Aberystwyth University
Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,856
6,001
0.506
Environmental Economics
Douglas Macmillan
University of Kent
Canterbury, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,164
3,219
0.394
Ecological Economics
Environmental Economics
Sustainability Science
Environmental Geography
Socio-ecological systems
Alistair McVittie
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,442
3,132
0.486
Environmental Economics
Ecosystem Services
Environmental Valuation
Biodiversity
Climate Change
Kamiar Mohaddes
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,224
4,355
0.700
Macroeconomics
Empirical Macroeconomics
Energy Economics
Environmental Economics
Julii Brainard
University of East Anglia
Norwich, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,851
3,444
0.589
Population Health
Geographic Information Systems
Environmental Economics
Alexander Teytelboym
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,507
4,009
0.728
market design
matching markets
auctions
networks
environmental economics
Matthew A Winning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,374
5,177
0.963
Environmental Economics
Climate change
Circular economy
Roger Fouquet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,061
2,321
0.459
Energy Economics
Environmental Economics
Economic History
Verity Watson
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,868
2,886
0.593
Health Economics
Environmental Economics
Preference Elicitation
Behavioural Economics
Danny Campbell
University of Stirling
Stirling, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,805
2,059
0.429
Discrete choice modelling
environmental economics
Klaus Glenk
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,484
2,621
0.585
Environmental Economics
Environmental Valuation
Development
Jonathan P Atkins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,397
1,846
0.420
Environmental economics
Ecosystem services
Development economics
Agricultural economics
Neal Hockley
Bangor University
Noakhali, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,226
1,823
0.431
Environmental economics
ecological economics
conservation
Alberto Longo
Queen's University Belfast
Belfast, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,127
1,610
0.390
Environmental Economics
Julia Touza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,792
2,073
0.547
Environmental Economics
Invasive species
Ecosystem services
Biodiversity
Sustainability
Misato Sato
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,554
1,890
0.532
environmental economics
energy and climate policy
applied econometrics
SILVIA FERRINI
University of East Anglia
Norwich, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,542
2,013
0.568
Applied economics
Environmental Economics
Natural Capital and Ecosystem SErvices management
George MacKerron
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,483
1,747
0.502
environmental economics
subjective wellbeing
happiness
ESM
Vera Eory
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,321
2,370
0.714
environmental economics
climate change
agriculture