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 :101
GIScience
location modeling
spatial optimization
regional science
urban planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,009
7,417
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :102
Climate
Paleoclimate
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,978
13,099
0.656
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :103
Remote sensing
land change
vegetation dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,962
9,177
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :104
Ecological Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,959
15,393
0.771
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :105
Glacial Geomorphology
Glaciology
Glacial Erosion and Sedimentation
Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,763
10,133
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :106
Human Geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,682
7,903
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :107
Geography
Internet Studies
Digital Labour
Digital Economy
Economic Geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,670
13,860
0.705
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :108
water
environment
governance
privatization
political ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,664
8,313
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :109
comparative urbanism
economic and social governance
urban political economy
policy mobilities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,197
6,347
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :110
Cultural Geography
Human Geography
Political Geography
Affect
Non-Representational Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,047
10,212
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :111
Geography
Applied Ontology
Landscape
Ethnophysiography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,838
3,189
0.169
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :112
Geographic Information Science (GIS)
Land Change Science
Modelling
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,677
8,225
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :113
Biogeography
Earth Observation
Biomass
Biodiversity
Land Cover
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,607
10,820
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :114
Geografia
Geografia Humana
Geografia Agrária
Território
Questão Agrária
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,604
7,196
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :115
Climatology
Geostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,596
10,593
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :116
Human geography
geopolitics
urban geography
urban studies
history of cartography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,402
4,969
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :117
Health geography
social geography
cultural geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,302
6,462
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :118
Professor of Societal Impacts of Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,213
13,454
0.739
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :119
Geographical Information Science
Spatial Analysis
Uncertainty
Fuzzy Sets
Remote Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,211
4,368
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :120
hydrology
peatlands
biogeochemistry
geomorphology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,191
9,249
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :121
forest hydrology
deforestation
reforestation
erosion
cloud forest hydrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,117
5,895
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :122
Cultural Geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,978
5,056
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :123
Sustainable catchment management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,880
8,053
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :124
Geomorphology
rivers
soil erosion
sediment transport
carbon cycle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,714
9,843
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :125
Geogrpahy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,690
1,600
0.090
Alan T Murray
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,009
7,417
0.371
GIScience
location modeling
spatial optimization
regional science
urban planning
Dan Lunt
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,978
13,099
0.656
Chengquan Huang
University of Maryland
College Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,962
9,177
0.460
Remote sensing
land change
vegetation dynamics
Kuishuang Feng
University of Maryland
College Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,959
15,393
0.771
Neil F Glasser
Aberystwyth University
Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,763
10,133
0.513
Glacial Geomorphology
Glaciology
Glacial Erosion and Sedimentation
Climate Change
Rachel Pain
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,682
7,903
0.402
Mark Graham Of Internet Geography
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,670
13,860
0.705
Geography
Internet Studies
Digital Labour
Digital Economy
Economic Geography
Karen Bakker
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,664
8,313
0.423
water
environment
governance
privatization
political ecology
Kevin Ward
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,197
6,347
0.331
comparative urbanism
economic and social governance
urban political economy
policy mobilities
Ben Anderson
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,047
10,212
0.536
Cultural Geography
Human Geography
Political Geography
Affect
Non-Representational Theory
David M Mark
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,838
3,189
0.169
Geography
Applied Ontology
Landscape
Ethnophysiography
Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr
Clark University
Worcester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,677
8,225
0.440
Geographic Information Science (GIS)
Land Change Science
Modelling
Statistics
Richard Lucas
Aberystwyth University
Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,607
10,820
0.582
Biogeography
Earth Observation
Biomass
Biodiversity
Land Cover
Bernardo Mançano Fernandes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,604
7,196
0.387
Geografia
Geografia Humana
Geografia Agrária
Território
Questão Agrária
Christoph Beck
Universität Augsburg
Augsburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,596
10,593
0.570
John Rennie Short
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,402
4,969
0.270
Human geography
geopolitics
urban geography
urban studies
history of cartography
Robin Kearns
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,302
6,462
0.353
Health geography
social geography
cultural geography
Julia K Steinberger
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,213
13,454
0.739
Professor of Societal Impacts of Climate Change
Peter Fisher
University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,211
4,368
0.240
Geographical Information Science
Spatial Analysis
Uncertainty
Fuzzy Sets
Remote Sensing
Joseph Holden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,191
9,249
0.508
hydrology
peatlands
biogeochemistry
geomorphology
La Bruijnzeel
VU University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,117
5,895
0.325
forest hydrology
deforestation
reforestation
erosion
cloud forest hydrology
David Bell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,978
5,056
0.281
Paul Ja Withers
Bangor University
Bangor, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,880
8,053
0.450
Lu Xi Xi (吕喜玺)|Lu Xixi, Lu XX, Xixi Lu
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,714
9,843
0.556
Geomorphology
rivers
soil erosion
sediment transport
carbon cycle
Elizabeth Read
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,690
1,600
0.090