Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Netherlands Highly Cited Researchers Citation in Netherlands Rankings 2025
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
integrated assessment
climate change
environmental science
global change
sustainable development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,439
114,132
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,022
131,087
0.874
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Hydrology
vadose zone
contaminant transport
unsaturated flow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,229
29,676
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
organic geochemistry
microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,195
37,317
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
nanoscience
single-molecule biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,109
25,342
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
ecosystems
ecosystem services
biodiversity
ecology
ecological economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,744
36,432
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
ecology
global change
integrated assessment
biogeochemical cycles
biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,768
33,243
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Adsorption and Diffusion in Porous Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,987
29,149
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Water-food-energy
water resources management
water footprint assessment
sustainable development
policy analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,114
37,921
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Operating systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,953
8,556
0.122
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
global carbon cycle
deforestation
climate change
forest fires
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,676
41,666
0.598
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
land use change
global environmental change
geography
land use
land cover
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,097
38,559
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Polymer Chemistry and Biomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,863
16,992
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
energy
environmental science
engineering
renewable_energy
bioenergy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,905
25,396
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
materials science
chemistry
photovoltaics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,616
11,132
0.178
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Tissue engineering
Regenerative medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,865
19,369
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Biogeochemistry
Organic Geochemistry
Oceanography
Stable Isotopes
Geochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,511
23,783
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
astronomy
stellar dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,723
24,977
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
biofilms
biomaterials assocciated infections
antomicrobial resistance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,154
19,210
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Polar climate
ice sheet mass balance
Greenland
Antarctica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,415
29,601
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Biomedical image analysis
image guided interventions
imaging genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,916
22,122
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
astronomy
Gaia mission
astrometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,595
39,005
0.771
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
pattern recognition
artificial intelligence
machine learning
image processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,717
10,320
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Life cycle assessment
Industrial ecology
Sustainability assessment
Biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,156
25,704
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Cryo-EM
Electron Microscopy
Microbiology
Immunology
Tuberculosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,846
20,408
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
871
13
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Detlef P. Van Vuuren
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,439
114,132
0.590
integrated assessment
climate change
environmental science
global change
sustainable development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,418
28
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Max Welling
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,022
131,087
0.874
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,938
66
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Martinus Th Van Genuchten
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,229
29,676
0.287
Hydrology
vadose zone
contaminant transport
unsaturated flow
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,942
67
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jaap Sinninghe Damste
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,195
37,317
0.362
organic geochemistry
microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,798
83
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Cees Dekker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,109
25,342
0.281
nanoscience
single-molecule biophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,062
89
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Dolf De Groot
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,744
36,432
0.420
ecosystems
ecosystem services
biodiversity
ecology
ecological economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,278
92
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Rik Leemans
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,768
33,243
0.397
ecology
global change
integrated assessment
biogeochemical cycles
biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,664
112
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Rajamani Krishna
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,987
29,149
0.411
Adsorption and Diffusion in Porous Materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,792
117
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Arjen Y Hoekstra
University of Twente
Enschede, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,114
37,921
0.541
Water-food-energy
water resources management
water footprint assessment
sustainable development
policy analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,816
118
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Andrew Tanenbaum
VU University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,953
8,556
0.122
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,864
120
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Guido Van Der Werf
VU University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,676
41,666
0.598
global carbon cycle
deforestation
climate change
forest fires
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,081
125
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Peter Verburg
VU University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,097
38,559
0.566
land use change
global environmental change
geography
land use
land cover
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,413
140
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jan Feijen
University of Twente
Enschede, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,863
16,992
0.258
Polymer Chemistry and Biomaterials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,914
159
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
André Pc Faaij
University of Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,905
25,396
0.404
energy
environmental science
engineering
renewable_energy
bioenergy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,970
160
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jc Hummelen
University of Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,616
11,132
0.178
materials science
chemistry
photovoltaics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,482
168
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Clemens A Van Blitterswijk
Maastricht University
Maastricht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,865
19,369
0.324
Tissue engineering
Regenerative medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,562
171
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jack J Middelburg
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,511
23,783
0.400
Biogeochemistry
Organic Geochemistry
Oceanography
Stable Isotopes
Geochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,157
183
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Tim de Zeeuw
Leiden University
Leiden, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,723
24,977
0.440
astronomy
stellar dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,576
195
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Henny C. Van Der Mei
University of Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,154
19,210
0.348
biofilms
biomaterials assocciated infections
antomicrobial resistance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,017
202
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Michiel Van Den Broeke
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,415
29,601
0.554
Polar climate
ice sheet mass balance
Greenland
Antarctica
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,733
227
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Wiro Niessen
Erasmus University
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,916
22,122
0.434
Biomedical image analysis
image guided interventions
imaging genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,834
229
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Anthony GA Brown
Leiden University
Leiden, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,595
39,005
0.771
astronomy
Gaia mission
astrometry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,415
242
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Robert Pw Duin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,717
10,320
0.212
pattern recognition
artificial intelligence
machine learning
image processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,611
249
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Mark Aj Huijbregts
Radboud University
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,156
25,704
0.534
Life cycle assessment
Industrial ecology
Sustainability assessment
Biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,720
251
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Peter J Peters
Maastricht University
Maastricht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,846
20,408
0.427
Cryo-EM
Electron Microscopy
Microbiology
Immunology
Tuberculosis