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 :176
climatology
ecohydrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,998
5,685
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :177
Earth Observation
Thermal IR Remote Sensing
Biomass Burning
Wildfires & Air Quality
Field Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,992
6,587
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :178
Tornadoes
hurricanes
climate change
applied statistics
spatial statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,978
3,650
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :179
human geography
cartography
cyberspace
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,857
4,409
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :180
Sea level change
tsunamis
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,832
4,000
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :181
ice sheets
glaciers
subglacial bedforms
remote sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,812
6,758
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :182
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,758
4,002
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :183
urban studies
urban geography
urban governance
urban diversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,691
3,439
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :184
Biodiversity
Conservation
Ecology
Entomology
Global Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,511
5,014
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :185
Geographical Information Science
Spatial Inequality
Neighborhoods
Spatial Econometrics
Space-Time Exploratory Data Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,497
4,779
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :186
GIS
urban green infrastructure
air pollution
climate adaptation
health and wellbeing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,493
8,431
0.675
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :187
urban studies
human geography
urban planning
housing
gentrification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,491
6,132
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :188
Human Geography
GIScience
Geospatial Analysis
Spatial Modeling
Urban Geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,432
8,663
0.697
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :189
Geography
Spatial analysis
remote sensing
deforestation
land use / cover change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,403
5,490
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :190
conflict resolution
extractive industries
mining
oil
gas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,311
7,379
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :191
law and geography
property
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,307
4,824
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :192
Economic Geography
Global Production Networks
Cultural Political Economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,297
4,418
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :193
Remote Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,283
8,628
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :194
climate change
communication
imagery
framing
public engagement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,243
6,865
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :195
Department of Geography and Environment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,143
5,802
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :196
Geografia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,098
5,218
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :197
Island Biogeography
Macroecology
Ecoinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,095
10,667
0.882
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :198
Health Geography
Therapeutic landscapes
Informal/family caregiving
Home/community health care
Urban health/quality of life
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,093
6,475
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :199
Sustainable cities
Smart cities
Environmental governance
mobile methods
urban living labs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,008
7,284
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :200
Climate change
Paleoclimate
Dendroclimatology
Climate Modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,004
6,989
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,829
29,184
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 176
Thomas Giambelluca
University of Hawaii System
Honolulu, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,998
5,685
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,865
5,963
277
Ranking Based On Selection: 177
Martin Wooster
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,992
6,587
0.507
Earth Observation
Thermal IR Remote Sensing
Biomass Burning
Wildfires & Air Quality
Field Spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,980
29,237
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 178
James Brian Elsner
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,978
3,650
0.281
Tornadoes
hurricanes
climate change
applied statistics
spatial statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,814
6,047
248
Ranking Based On Selection: 179
Martin Dodge
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,857
4,409
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,967
6,057
630
Ranking Based On Selection: 180
David Smith
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,832
4,000
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,123
6,073
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 181
Chris R Stokes
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,812
6,758
0.527
ice sheets
glaciers
subglacial bedforms
remote sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,518
29,795
329
Ranking Based On Selection: 182
John Pickles
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,758
4,002
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,015
1,838
244
Ranking Based On Selection: 183
Ronald Van Kempen
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,691
3,439
0.271
urban studies
urban geography
urban governance
urban diversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,270
1,573
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 184
Robert Wilson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,511
5,014
0.401
Biodiversity
Conservation
Ecology
Entomology
Global Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,385
30,499
116
Ranking Based On Selection: 185
Sergio Rey
University of California Riverside
Riverside, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,497
4,779
0.382
Geographical Information Science
Spatial Inequality
Neighborhoods
Spatial Econometrics
Space-Time Exploratory Data Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,407
6,259
256
Ranking Based On Selection: 186
Sarah Lindley
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,493
8,431
0.675
GIS
urban green infrastructure
air pollution
climate adaptation
health and wellbeing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,426
6,263
204
Ranking Based On Selection: 187
Tom Slater
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,491
6,132
0.491
urban studies
human geography
urban planning
housing
gentrification
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,838
1,248
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 188
Yuji Murayama|村山祐司
University of Tsukuba
Tsukuba, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,432
8,663
0.697
Human Geography
GIScience
Geospatial Analysis
Spatial Modeling
Urban Geography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,051
205
77
Ranking Based On Selection: 189
Jean Francois Mas
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Mexico City, Mexico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,403
5,490
0.443
Geography
Spatial analysis
remote sensing
deforestation
land use / cover change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,722
30,988
586
Ranking Based On Selection: 190
Saleem Ali
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,311
7,379
0.599
conflict resolution
extractive industries
mining
oil
gas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,748
3,324
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 191
Nicholas Blomley
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,307
4,824
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,811
6,376
259
Ranking Based On Selection: 192
Martin Hess
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,297
4,418
0.359
Economic Geography
Global Production Networks
Cultural Political Economy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,911
3,016
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 193
Zongming Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,283
8,628
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,212
6,416
108
Ranking Based On Selection: 194
Saffron O Neill
University of Exeter
Exeter, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,243
6,865
0.561
climate change
communication
imagery
framing
public engagement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,964
31,410
339
Ranking Based On Selection: 195
Conghe Song
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,143
5,802
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,280
1,658
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 196
Juan Adolfo Chica Ruiz
Universidad de Cádiz
Cádiz, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,098
5,218
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,294
3,355
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 197
Patrick Weigelt
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,095
10,667
0.882
Island Biogeography
Macroecology
Ecoinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,311
3,381
206
Ranking Based On Selection: 198
Allison Williams
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,093
6,475
0.535
Health Geography
Therapeutic landscapes
Informal/family caregiving
Home/community health care
Urban health/quality of life
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,050
6,565
271
Ranking Based On Selection: 199
James Evans
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,008
7,284
0.607
Sustainable cities
Smart cities
Environmental governance
mobile methods
urban living labs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,083
1,096
106
Ranking Based On Selection: 200
Hans W Linderholm
University of Gothenburg
Göteborg, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,004
6,989
0.582
Climate change
Paleoclimate
Dendroclimatology
Climate Modelling