Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Geography Highly Cited Researchers 519 Scientists Citation in United Kingdom Rankings - 2025
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
Sustainability
resilience
ecological economics
human geography
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,870
52,262
0.358
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
globalization
world cities
political geography
cities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,018
12,036
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Geography
Global health
Small-area studies
Non-communicable disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,388
38,136
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
geography
political-economy
political-ecology
cities
planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,680
18,735
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,544
11,311
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,562
16,192
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Island Biogeography
Conservation Biogeography
Ecological Biogeography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,045
13,065
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
historical geography
cultural geography
geography
human geography
mobilities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,461
14,049
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Tropical forest ecology
evolution
conservation
carbon cycling
global change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,076
18,016
0.486
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Migration
Rural Geography
the Mediterranean
Islands
Ageing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,858
12,001
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
dendroecology
paleoclimatology
mycology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,383
21,831
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Geochronology
paleoclimate
speleothems
environmental radioactivity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,317
14,555
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Disaster Risk Reduction
Climate Change Adaptation
Urban Political Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,193
17,394
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Renewable Energy
Place Attachment
Social Acceptance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,517
14,587
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Social Epidemiology
Population Health
Health Geography
Evaluation
Human Geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,375
14,050
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Glaciology
satellite remote sensing
sea level
oceanography
geodesy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,441
11,327
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
GIS
urban geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,267
6,060
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Biodiversity
Biogeography
Ecosystem Services
Climate Change
Social-ecological systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,845
8,660
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,056
6,769
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
arid geomorphology
late Quaternary
African environments
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,982
8,177
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Geography
Human Geography
Multilevel modelling
Health Geography
Quantitative Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,170
8,104
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Health Geography
Big Data
Inequalities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,011
11,514
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,539
4,943
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
GIScience
GIS
HCI
Citizen Science
environmental information
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,120
11,568
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Peatland ecology
carbon dynamics (tropical
temperate). Vegetation ecology
ecosystem services
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,254
11,602
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,658
132
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Neil Adger
University of Exeter
Exeter, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,870
52,262
0.358
Sustainability
resilience
ecological economics
human geography
climate change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,219
625
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Peter J Taylor
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,018
12,036
0.194
globalization
world cities
political geography
cities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,529
656
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Frédéric B Piel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,388
38,136
0.632
Geography
Global health
Small-area studies
Non-communicable disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,575
745
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Erik Swyngedouw
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,680
18,735
0.336
geography
political-economy
political-ecology
cities
planning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,397
1,001
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Gill Valentine
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,544
11,311
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,616
1,354
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Harriet Bulkeley
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,562
16,192
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,105
1,400
189
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Robert J Whittaker
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,045
13,065
0.343
Island Biogeography
Conservation Biogeography
Ecological Biogeography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,290
1,423
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Tim Cresswell
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,461
14,049
0.375
historical geography
cultural geography
geography
human geography
mobilities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,940
1,484
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Tim Baker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,076
18,016
0.486
Tropical forest ecology
evolution
conservation
carbon cycling
global change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,590
1,550
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Russell King
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,858
12,001
0.335
Migration
Rural Geography
the Mediterranean
Islands
Ageing
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,398
1,627
128
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ulf Buentgen
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,383
21,831
0.617
dendroecology
paleoclimatology
mycology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,881
1,668
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
David A. Richards
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,317
14,555
0.424
Geochronology
paleoclimate
speleothems
environmental radioactivity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,620
1,748
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mark Pelling
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,193
17,394
0.509
Disaster Risk Reduction
Climate Change Adaptation
Urban Political Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,102
2,116
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Patrick Devine Wright
University of Exeter
Exeter, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,517
14,587
0.494
Renewable Energy
Place Attachment
Social Acceptance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,094
2,188
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Steven Cummins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,375
14,050
0.495
Social Epidemiology
Population Health
Health Geography
Evaluation
Human Geography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,517
2,216
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jonathan Bamber
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,441
11,327
0.398
Glaciology
satellite remote sensing
sea level
oceanography
geodesy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,519
2,304
216
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Paul Longley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,267
6,060
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,392
2,384
122
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Terence P Dawson
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,845
8,660
0.323
Biodiversity
Biogeography
Ecosystem Services
Climate Change
Social-ecological systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,474
2,389
293
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Danny Dorling
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,056
6,769
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,678
2,419
298
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
David SG Thomas
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,982
8,177
0.303
arid geomorphology
late Quaternary
African environments
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,905
2,789
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Kelvyn Jones
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,170
8,104
0.335
Geography
Human Geography
Multilevel modelling
Health Geography
Quantitative Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,190
2,820
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Mark A Green *
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,011
11,514
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,208
2,917
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Burt T
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,539
4,943
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,357
3,016
277
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Muki Haklay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,120
11,568
0.500
GIScience
GIS
HCI
Citizen Science
environmental information
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,283
3,175
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Susan Page
University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,254
11,602
0.521
Peatland ecology
carbon dynamics (tropical
temperate). Vegetation ecology
ecosystem services