Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Deltares Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
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
Estuarine Ecology
Benthos
Ecosystem modelling
Spatial Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,974
12,005
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
micro/nano plastic pollution and health
eco-epidemiology
mixture toxicity
ecosystem change and
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,005
14,319
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
climate adaptation
water management
environmental modelling
climate change
uncertainty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,467
9,548
0.766
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
ocean wave dynamics
climate and statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,758
2,190
0.186
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Hydrology
Water Resources
Forecasting
Climate Change
Flood risk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,471
8,147
0.710
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Morphodynamics
sediment transport
estuaries
tidal inlets
rivers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,176
5,507
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
fluid mechanics
sediment dynamics
cohesive sediment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,279
3,664
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,763
5,150
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Water management
Climate adaptation
hydrology
sea level rise
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,505
3,250
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
wetland hydrology
peatlands
carbon dynamics
land subsidence
flood risk management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,706
3,414
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
environmental biotechnology
geotechnical engineering
biogeochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,557
2,690
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Coastal morphology
Coastal Engineering
Coastal Hazards
Flood Risk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,815
3,764
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Hydrology
Water Resources
Forecasting
Predictive Uncertainty
Data Assimilation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,707
3,296
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
nature-based coastal defenses
coastal zone management
ecosystem-based adaptation
marshes and mangroves
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,564
3,824
0.687
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
water management
flood risk
landscape ecology
policy analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,378
1,925
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Coastal Morphology
Hydrodynamics
Sediment Transport
Morphodynamic Forward Modelling
Coastal Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,370
2,095
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
River restoration
Fish Ecology
Water Framework Directive
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,336
2,459
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Coastal Engineering
Coastal Structures
Hydraulic Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,698
2,069
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
geochemie
hydrologie
watermanagement
bodemmanagement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,277
1,941
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Coastal changes
Coastal Morphology
Sandy Beaches
port sedimentation
numerical modelling of coastal morphodynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,051
3,298
0.814
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
hydraulics
measuring techniques
asset management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,013
2,566
0.639
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
hydrogeology
groundwater
freshwater
coastal aquifers
numerical modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,012
2,112
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
soil and groundwater (bio)chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,942
1,127
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
River Morphology
Fluvial Morphology
Morphodynamics
Mathematical Modelling
River Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,919
1,702
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
environmental assessments
indicators
benthic ecology
eutrophication
science-policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,183
715
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,582
494
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Peter Mj Herman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,974
12,005
0.375
Estuarine Ecology
Benthos
Ecosystem modelling
Spatial Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,560
749
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Vethaak
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,005
14,319
0.573
micro/nano plastic pollution and health
eco-epidemiology
mixture toxicity
ecosystem change and
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,589
1,881
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Marjolijn Haasnoot
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,467
9,548
0.766
climate adaptation
water management
environmental modelling
climate change
uncertainty
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,993
2,004
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sofia Caires
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,758
2,190
0.186
ocean wave dynamics
climate and statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,433
2,067
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Hessel Winsemius
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,471
8,147
0.710
Hydrology
Water Resources
Forecasting
Climate Change
Flood risk
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,890
2,397
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Zheng Bing Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,176
5,507
0.541
Morphodynamics
sediment transport
estuaries
tidal inlets
rivers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,239
2,623
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Johan Winterwerp
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,279
3,664
0.395
fluid mechanics
sediment dynamics
cohesive sediment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,244
2,791
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
AR (Ap) Van Dongeren
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,763
5,150
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
132,237
3,248
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
jaap kwadijk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,505
3,250
0.433
Water management
Climate adaptation
hydrology
sea level rise
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
148,971
3,630
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Aljosja Hooijer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,706
3,414
0.509
wetland hydrology
peatlands
carbon dynamics
land subsidence
flood risk management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
152,491
3,698
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Wouter van der Star
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,557
2,690
0.410
environmental biotechnology
geotechnical engineering
biogeochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
172,213
4,088
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Robert McCall
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,815
3,764
0.647
Coastal morphology
Coastal Engineering
Coastal Hazards
Flood Risk
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
175,390
4,152
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Albrecht Weerts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,707
3,296
0.578
Hydrology
Water Resources
Forecasting
Predictive Uncertainty
Data Assimilation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
179,859
4,258
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Bregje K. van Wesenbeeck
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,564
3,824
0.687
nature-based coastal defenses
coastal zone management
ecosystem-based adaptation
marshes and mangroves
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
185,982
4,361
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Frans Klijn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,378
1,925
0.358
water management
flood risk
landscape ecology
policy analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
186,240
4,364
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Dirk-Jan Walstra
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,370
2,095
0.390
Coastal Morphology
Hydrodynamics
Sediment Transport
Morphodynamic Forward Modelling
Coastal Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
187,306
4,380
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Tom Buijse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,336
2,459
0.461
River restoration
Fish Ecology
Water Framework Directive
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
211,895
4,887
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Marcel van Gent
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,698
2,069
0.440
Coastal Engineering
Coastal Structures
Hydraulic Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
231,144
5,223
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jasper Griffioen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,277
1,941
0.454
geochemie
hydrologie
watermanagement
bodemmanagement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
243,099
5,429
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Arjen Luijendijk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,051
3,298
0.814
Coastal changes
Coastal Morphology
Sandy Beaches
port sedimentation
numerical modelling of coastal morphodynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
245,261
5,464
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Francois Clemens-Meyer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,013
2,566
0.639
hydraulics
measuring techniques
asset management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
245,328
5,468
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Gualbert Oude Essink
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,012
2,112
0.526
hydrogeology
groundwater
freshwater
coastal aquifers
numerical modelling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
249,348
5,534
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Pauline van Gaans
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,942
1,127
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
250,687
5,559
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Erik Mosselman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,919
1,702
0.434
River Morphology
Fluvial Morphology
Morphodynamics
Mathematical Modelling
River Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
299,731
6,458
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Theo Prins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,183
715
0.225
environmental assessments
indicators
benthic ecology
eutrophication
science-policy