Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationNatural Sciences / Geography 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 :151
Geomorphology
Tectonics
Sedimentology
Geodynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,477
5,484
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :152
Health geography
unhealthy commodities
health inequalities
environmental justice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,432
7,291
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :153
biogeography
conservation biology
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,345
6,139
0.428
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :154
Remote sensing
GIS
pattern recognition
classification
image processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,220
3,539
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :155
Remote sensing
terrestrial lidar
forest structure
biomass
3D radiative transfer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,205
8,290
0.584
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :156
Geographic Information Science
Geospatial Analysis
Geo-simulations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,172
4,842
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :157
human geography
biodiversity conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,166
11,032
0.779
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :158
Urban
Africa
SDGs
local government
global change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,995
7,434
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :159
geography
political ecology
development
environment - (*pdfs of many publications available on Homepage*)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,959
7,605
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :160
regional studies
urban regeneration
neighbourhood effects
segregation
residential mobility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,958
7,888
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :161
Geomorphology
Aeolian Processes
Plant-Soil Interactions
Ecological Theory
Savannas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,923
6,768
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :162
Human Geography
Urban Geography
Cultural Geography
Affect
Subjectivity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,899
2,836
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :163
Climate-Migration-Conflict
Energy-Water-Food Nexus
Rural-Urban-Coastal Relations
Complexity-Stability-Sustainability
ABM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,836
9,207
0.665
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :164
Physical Geography
Climatology
GIS
Remote Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,639
9,743
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :165
urban education
urban social change and housing
gentrification
polarization
inequality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,619
3,146
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :166
immigration
health
migration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,527
5,312
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :167
Environmental Modelling
hydrology
global environmental change
biodiversity
ecosystem services
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,522
8,635
0.639
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :168
Marine ecology
marine conservation science
fisheries management
biogeography
marine aquaculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,504
6,857
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :169
Energy justice
Energy poverty
Urban studies
Just transitions
Political ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,497
9,594
0.711
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :170
Biogeography
Paleoclimatology
Dendrochronology
Archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,304
4,072
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :171
Urban economics and policy
local economic growth
evaluation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,285
4,303
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :172
ecology geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,258
3,412
0.257
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :173
microbial ecology
biogeography
climate
soils
biogeochemical cycles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,110
7,070
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :174
Climatology
paleoclimatology
dendrochronology
science and decision making
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,102
5,625
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :175
Geographical ecology
Community Ecology
Entomology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,032
6,064
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,690
1,107
239
Ranking Based On Selection: 151
Sean D Willett
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,477
5,484
0.379
Geomorphology
Tectonics
Sedimentology
Geodynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,947
5,226
165
Ranking Based On Selection: 152
Jamie Pearce
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,432
7,291
0.505
Health geography
unhealthy commodities
health inequalities
environmental justice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,426
26,096
269
Ranking Based On Selection: 153
Kenneth R Young
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,345
6,139
0.428
biogeography
conservation biology
climate change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,125
5,334
120
Ranking Based On Selection: 154
Paul M Mather
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,220
3,539
0.249
Remote sensing
GIS
pattern recognition
classification
image processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,221
5,346
454
Ranking Based On Selection: 155
Mathias Disney
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,205
8,290
0.584
Remote sensing
terrestrial lidar
forest structure
biomass
3D radiative transfer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,421
26,458
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 156
Jay Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,172
4,842
0.342
Geographic Information Science
Geospatial Analysis
Geo-simulations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,447
2,801
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 157
Rosemary Hill
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,166
11,032
0.779
human geography
biodiversity conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,438
214
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 158
Susan Parnell
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,995
7,434
0.531
Urban
Africa
SDGs
local government
global change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,679
1,149
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 159
Kull Christian A
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,959
7,605
0.545
geography
political ecology
development
environment - (*pdfs of many publications available on Homepage*)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,684
1,665
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 160
Maarten Van Ham
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,958
7,888
0.565
regional studies
urban regeneration
neighbourhood effects
segregation
residential mobility
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,916
27,032
511
Ranking Based On Selection: 161
Gregory Okin
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,923
6,768
0.486
Geomorphology
Aeolian Processes
Plant-Soil Interactions
Ecological Theory
Savannas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,047
5,485
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 162
Steve Pile
Open University UK
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,899
2,836
0.204
Human Geography
Urban Geography
Cultural Geography
Affect
Subjectivity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,419
2,836
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 163
Jürgen Scheffran
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,836
9,207
0.665
Climate-Migration-Conflict
Energy-Water-Food Nexus
Rural-Urban-Coastal Relations
Complexity-Stability-Sustainability
ABM
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,638
2,889
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 164
Jürgen Böhner
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,639
9,743
0.714
Physical Geography
Climatology
GIS
Remote Sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,784
5,632
258
Ranking Based On Selection: 165
chris hamnett
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,619
3,146
0.231
urban education
urban social change and housing
gentrification
polarization
inequality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,387
2,965
187
Ranking Based On Selection: 166
Bruce Newbold
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,527
5,312
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,409
5,669
262
Ranking Based On Selection: 167
Mark Mulligan
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,522
8,635
0.639
Environmental Modelling
hydrology
global environmental change
biodiversity
ecosystem services
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,548
28,029
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 168
Sarah E Lester
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,504
6,857
0.508
Marine ecology
marine conservation science
fisheries management
biogeography
marine aquaculture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,596
5,686
235
Ranking Based On Selection: 169
Stefan Bouzarovski
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,497
9,594
0.711
Energy justice
Energy poverty
Urban studies
Just transitions
Political ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,823
28,493
77
Ranking Based On Selection: 170
Henri D Grissino Mayer
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Knoxville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,304
4,072
0.306
Biogeography
Paleoclimatology
Dendrochronology
Archaeology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,931
5,795
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 171
Henry G Overman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,285
4,303
0.324
Urban economics and policy
local economic growth
evaluation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,082
3,094
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 172
JB Kirkpatrick
University of Tasmania
Hobart, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,258
3,412
0.257
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,085
2,762
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 173
Jonathan Adams
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,110
7,070
0.539
microbial ecology
biogeography
climate
soils
biogeochemical cycles
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,148
28,958
204
Ranking Based On Selection: 174
Connie Woodhouse
University of Arizona
Tucson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,102
5,625
0.429
Climatology
paleoclimatology
dendrochronology
science and decision making
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,637
29,119
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 175
Michael Kaspari
University of Oklahoma
Norman, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,032
6,064
0.465
Geographical ecology
Community Ecology
Entomology