Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Engineering & Technology / Environmental Science & Engineering Highly Cited Researchers 289 Scientists Citation in Netherlands 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
integrated assessment
climate change
environmental science
global change
sustainable development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199,007
105,062
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
ecosystems
ecosystem services
biodiversity
ecology
ecological economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,014
31,317
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
ecology
global change
integrated assessment
biogeochemical cycles
biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,101
29,525
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
global carbon cycle
deforestation
climate change
forest fires
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,721
38,683
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Water-food-energy
water resources management
water footprint assessment
sustainable development
policy analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,581
33,142
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
land use change
global environmental change
geography
land use
land cover
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,631
34,351
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
energy
environmental science
engineering
renewable_energy
bioenergy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,937
22,139
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Life cycle assessment
Industrial ecology
Sustainability assessment
Biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,344
23,662
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Environmental
Occupational Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,801
26,354
0.563
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Hydrology
Water Resources
Geosciences
Environmental Sciences
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,626
23,204
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Milieutechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,690
19,177
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,195
11,597
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
environmental politics
environmental sociology
environmental governance
global governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,150
9,717
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
environmental sciences
land use change
soil science
agriculture
geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,957
7,880
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Environmental Engineering
Wastewater Treatment
Anaerobic Treatment Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,520
11,011
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Climate Change
Climate Dynamics
Ice Sheets
Sea Level Rise
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,742
13,179
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
microbial ecology
environmental engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,799
10,273
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Environmental and developmental issues
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,251
11,203
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Spatial Ecology
Tipping Points
Complex Systems
Ecosystem Resilience
Self-organization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,751
8,040
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Water and Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,758
9,986
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Global Environmental Change
Land Use
Climate Change and mitigation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,569
17,037
0.871
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
multiphase flow and solute and colloid transport in porous media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,439
6,043
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Atmospheric chemistry
remote sensing
air pollution
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,350
9,493
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Climate Change
Ecological Economics
Sustainable Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,058
16,329
0.904
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
energy policy
institutional analysis
environmental politics
Q-methodology
environmental justice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,570
5,722
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
854
13
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Detlef P. Van Vuuren
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199,007
105,062
0.528
integrated assessment
climate change
environmental science
global change
sustainable development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,083
88
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Dolf De Groot
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,014
31,317
0.356
ecosystems
ecosystem services
biodiversity
ecology
ecological economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,296
92
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Rik Leemans
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,101
29,525
0.347
ecology
global change
integrated assessment
biogeochemical cycles
biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,758
116
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Guido Van Der Werf
VU University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,721
38,683
0.539
global carbon cycle
deforestation
climate change
forest fires
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,781
117
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Arjen Y Hoekstra
University of Twente
Enschede, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,581
33,142
0.463
Water-food-energy
water resources management
water footprint assessment
sustainable development
policy analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,043
125
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Peter Verburg
VU University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,631
34,351
0.493
land use change
global environmental change
geography
land use
land cover
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,948
157
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
André Pc Faaij
University of Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,937
22,139
0.346
energy
environmental science
engineering
renewable_energy
bioenergy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,502
245
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Mark Aj Huijbregts
Radboud University
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,344
23,662
0.480
Life cycle assessment
Industrial ecology
Sustainability assessment
Biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,388
270
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Roel Vermeulen
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,801
26,354
0.563
Environmental
Occupational Epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,778
340
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Marc Bierkens
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,626
23,204
0.557
Hydrology
Water Resources
Geosciences
Environmental Sciences
Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,179
404
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Piet Lens
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,690
19,177
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,821
584
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jeroen Guinee
Leiden University
Leiden, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,195
11,597
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,887
587
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Arthur Pj Mol
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,150
9,717
0.322
environmental politics
environmental sociology
environmental governance
global governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,123
591
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Tom A Veldkamp
University of Twente
Enschede, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,957
7,880
0.263
environmental sciences
land use change
soil science
agriculture
geography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,898
645
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jules Van Lier
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,520
11,011
0.386
Environmental Engineering
Wastewater Treatment
Anaerobic Treatment Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,438
714
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Roderik Van De Wal
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,742
13,179
0.493
Climate Change
Climate Dynamics
Ice Sheets
Sea Level Rise
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,568
925
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Robbert Kleerebezem
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,799
10,273
0.451
microbial ecology
environmental engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,798
957
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Joyeeta Gupta
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,251
11,203
0.503
Environmental and developmental issues
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,969
985
136
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Max Rietkerk
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,751
8,040
0.370
Spatial Ecology
Tipping Points
Complex Systems
Ecosystem Resilience
Self-organization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,271
1,136
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Fulco Ludwig
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,758
9,986
0.505
Water and Climate Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,801
1,151
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jonathan C. Doelman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,569
17,037
0.871
Global Environmental Change
Land Use
Climate Change and mitigation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,195
1,161
161
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
S Majid Hassanizadeh
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,439
6,043
0.311
multiphase flow and solute and colloid transport in porous media
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,783
1,248
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Folkert Boersma
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI)
Utrechtseweg, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,350
9,493
0.517
Atmospheric chemistry
remote sensing
air pollution
climate change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,820
1,271
142
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Yuli Shan (单钰理)
University of Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,058
16,329
0.904
Climate Change
Ecological Economics
Sustainable Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,661
1,422
132
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Maarten Wolsink
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,570
5,722
0.345
energy policy
institutional analysis
environmental politics
Q-methodology
environmental justice