Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
Soil science
soil chemistry
heavy metals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,464
5,083
0.786
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Soil Remediation
Contaminated Sites
Extractive Metallurgy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,735
1,215
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Soil Dynamics
Dams
Ports
Pipelines
Constitutive models
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,440
1,132
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Soil Science
Pedology
Plant Nutrition
Geochemistry
Environmental Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,013
1,276
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Soil Science
Soil Spectroscopy
Soil Genesis
Closed Drainage systems
Problematic Soils
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,736
1,346
0.775
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
soil ecology
soil enzymes
soil microbial coommunities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,711
757
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Soil Ecology Soil Enzymes Soil nematodes Plant-Microbe interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,518
1,046
0.689
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Soil Dynamics
Soil Mechanics
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
Forensic Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,071
630
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Soil Dynamics
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
Engineering Seismology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
769
404
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
soil science
agronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
473
166
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Soil science
soil enzymes
soil management
soil ecology
soil fertility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
344
147
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
soil science
soil physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247
114
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
soil science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168
149
0.887
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
soil ecology
functionality
microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
79
0.718
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Soil Microbial Ecology
Restoration Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
94
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Soil Chemistry
Soil Fertility
Soil Mineralogy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
39
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Soil Dynamics
Experimental Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
Soil Rubber Mixtures
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
80
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Soil Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
63
0.887
Vasileios Antoniadis
University of Thessaly
Volos, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,464
5,083
0.786
Soil science
soil chemistry
heavy metals
Nymphodora Papassiopi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,735
1,215
0.444
Soil Remediation
Contaminated Sites
Extractive Metallurgy
Panos Dakoulas
University of Thessaly
Volos, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,440
1,132
0.464
Soil Dynamics
Dams
Ports
Pipelines
Constitutive models
D Gasparatos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,013
1,276
0.634
Soil Science
Pedology
Plant Nutrition
Geochemistry
Environmental Chemistry
Pantelis E Barouchas
University of Patras
Patras, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,736
1,346
0.775
Soil Science
Soil Spectroscopy
Soil Genesis
Closed Drainage systems
Problematic Soils
Em Papatheodorou
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,711
757
0.442
soil ecology
soil enzymes
soil microbial coommunities
Nikolaos Monokrousos
International Helenic University
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,518
1,046
0.689
Soil Ecology Soil Enzymes Soil nematodes Plant-Microbe interactions
Evangelia Garini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,071
630
0.588
Soil Dynamics
Soil Mechanics
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
Forensic Engineering
Nikolaos Klimis
Democritus University of Thrace
Komotini, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
769
404
0.525
Soil Dynamics
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
Engineering Seismology
Nikolaos Chouliaras
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
473
166
0.351
soil science
agronomy
Katsalirou Eirini
Ionian University
Corfu, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
344
147
0.427
Soil science
soil enzymes
soil management
soil ecology
soil fertility
Sofia Kostopoulou
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247
114
0.462
soil science
soil physics
Stefanos Stefanou
International Helenic University
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168
149
0.887
Pantelitsa Kapagianni
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
79
0.718
soil ecology
functionality
microbiology
Georgios Leventis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
94
1.000
Soil Microbial Ecology
Restoration Ecology
Nick Barbayiannis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
39
0.415
Soil Chemistry
Soil Fertility
Soil Mineralogy
Anastasios Kapouniaris
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
80
1.000
Soil Dynamics
Experimental Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
Soil Rubber Mixtures
Athanasios Balidakis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
63
0.887