Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Engineering & Technology / Earth Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 296 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
Biogeochemistry
Organic Geochemistry
Oceanography
Stable Isotopes
Geochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,240
20,700
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Tectonics
Sedimentary basins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,077
7,628
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Geostatistics
Pedometrics
Spatial Uncertainty Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,561
15,492
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
mantle dynamics
tectonics
geodesy
seismology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,074
8,924
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Tectonics
geodynamics
plate tectonics
paleomagnetism
geology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,301
10,874
0.563
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Seismic interferometry
Seismic imaging
Wave physics
Imaging science
Seismology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,703
5,464
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Paleoceanography
Paleoclimate
Geochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,125
7,370
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Geology and Geochemistry
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,044
5,663
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Rock and fault mechanics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,826
6,497
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Biogeochemistry
Restoration Ecology
Wetland and River Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,654
4,890
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Tectonophysics
Geodynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,092
3,044
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Time scales
rates of processes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,997
4,253
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Geovisualization
Cartography
Geovisual analytics
Maps
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,648
2,914
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
paleomagnetism
rock magnetism
geomagnetism
environmental magnetism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,364
4,214
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Geodesy
Signal processing
Radar remote sensing
InSAR
Geophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,965
4,884
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
System Ecology
Plant Ecology
Biogeosciences
Tropical Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,471
4,610
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Quaternary geology
optical dating
landscape dynamics
geochronology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,417
4,702
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Quaternary Geology
Palaeogeography
Sedimentology
Rhine delta
North Sea Basin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,294
4,673
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
seismology
inverse theory
mineral physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,262
3,235
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Applied geophysics
Electromagnetic field theory
wave propagation
imaging science
inversion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,412
3,134
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Biogeochemistry
Permafrost
Arctic
Hydrology
Lateral transport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,401
5,570
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Climate
Planetary atmospheres
Clouds
Exoplanets
Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,392
4,164
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Geology
Geochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,308
3,190
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
remote sensing
time series data analysis
object based image analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,794
7,170
0.815
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Geosciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,766
2,303
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,629
173
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jack J Middelburg
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,240
20,700
0.344
Biogeochemistry
Organic Geochemistry
Oceanography
Stable Isotopes
Geochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,759
532
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sierd Cloetingh
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,077
7,628
0.238
Tectonics
Sedimentary basins
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,639
608
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Gerard Heuvelink
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,561
15,492
0.524
Geostatistics
Pedometrics
Spatial Uncertainty Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,911
698
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Wim Spakman
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,074
8,924
0.330
mantle dynamics
tectonics
geodesy
seismology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,600
1,172
165
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Douwe Van Hinsbergen
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,301
10,874
0.563
Tectonics
geodynamics
plate tectonics
paleomagnetism
geology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,542
1,220
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Kees Wapenaar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,703
5,464
0.292
Seismic interferometry
Seismic imaging
Wave physics
Imaging science
Seismology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,335
1,353
184
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Gert Jan Reichart
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,125
7,370
0.430
Paleoceanography
Paleoclimate
Geochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,619
1,360
98
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Gareth Davies
VU University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,044
5,663
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,518
1,387
188
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Christopher James Spiers
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,826
6,497
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,143
1,653
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Alfons Jp Smolders
Radboud University
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,654
4,890
0.334
Biogeochemistry
Restoration Ecology
Wetland and River Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,518
1,734
230
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mjr Wortel
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,092
3,044
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,079
1,744
135
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jan R Wijbrans
VU University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,997
4,253
0.304
Time scales
rates of processes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,286
1,785
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Menno Jan Kraak
University of Twente
Enschede, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,648
2,914
0.214
Geovisualization
Cartography
Geovisual analytics
Maps
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,172
1,826
243
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Mj Dekkers
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,364
4,214
0.315
paleomagnetism
rock magnetism
geomagnetism
environmental magnetism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,536
2,071
105
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Rf Hanssen
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,965
4,884
0.408
Geodesy
Signal processing
Radar remote sensing
InSAR
Geophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,782
2,176
176
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Elmar Veenendaal
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,471
4,610
0.402
System Ecology
Plant Ecology
Biogeosciences
Tropical Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,272
2,187
179
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jakob Wallinga
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,417
4,702
0.412
Quaternary geology
optical dating
landscape dynamics
geochronology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,485
2,473
321
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Kim Cohen
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,294
4,673
0.454
Quaternary Geology
Palaeogeography
Sedimentology
Rhine delta
North Sea Basin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,831
2,478
322
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Trampert Jeannot
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,262
3,235
0.315
seismology
inverse theory
mineral physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,994
2,710
150
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Evert Slob
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,412
3,134
0.333
Applied geophysics
Electromagnetic field theory
wave propagation
imaging science
inversion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,148
2,714
200
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jorien Vonk
VU University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,401
5,570
0.592
Biogeochemistry
Permafrost
Arctic
Hydrology
Lateral transport
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,252
2,716
347
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Remco De Kok
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,392
4,164
0.443
Climate
Planetary atmospheres
Clouds
Exoplanets
Spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,333
2,741
351
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Paul Mason
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,308
3,190
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
116,623
2,911
106
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Mariana Belgiu
University of Twente
Enschede, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,794
7,170
0.815
remote sensing
time series data analysis
object based image analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,067
2,924
364
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Postma G
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,766
2,303
0.263