Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung 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 :176
Phycology
Ecophysiology
Palynology
Environmental Monitoring
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
703
637
0.906
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :177
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
692
557
0.805
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :178
Microbial genetics
Plant-microbe interaction
Fermentation process
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
691
609
0.881
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :179
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
688
488
0.709
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :180
Geothermal energy
Reservoir simulation
Thermal engineering
Ground source heat pump
Organic Rankine Cycle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
687
630
0.917
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :181
proteomics
immune cells
xenobiotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
681
661
0.971
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :182
hydrology
groundwater surface water interaction
reactive transport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
673
447
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :183
Bioinformatics
Systems Biology
Computational Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
668
665
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :184
Microbial ecology
antibiotics & antibiotic resistance
global change factors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
653
526
0.806
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :185
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
605
440
0.727
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :186
Hydrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
596
581
0.975
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :187
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental sciences
Ecotoxicology
Environmental Monitoring
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
596
487
0.817
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :188
Dehalogenation
Biochemical Reaction Mechanism
POPs Transformation and Remediation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
586
382
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :189
Energy transition
LCSA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
551
280
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :190
Energy Systems
Agent-based Modeling and Simulation
Electricity Markets
Game Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
549
424
0.772
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :191
Limnology
global change pressures
long-term research
systems ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
548
402
0.734
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :192
Ambiental
biorremediación
radiatrazadores
microbiología
biología molecular
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
541
523
0.967
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :193
Ecohydrology
Machine Learning
Extreme Events
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
522
511
0.979
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :194
Social Science
Actor-Network Theory
Youth
Pastoralism
Environmental Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
522
448
0.858
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :195
soil structure dynamics
plant roots
denitrification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
496
496
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :196
Environmental Microbiology
Microbiology ecology
Antimicrobial resistance
Single cell analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
496
492
0.992
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :197
Environmental microbiology
omics study
wastewater treatment
biotechnology
microalgae
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
479
469
0.979
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :198
Hydrological Modelling
Water Quality Modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
470
463
0.985
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :199
Environmental Modeling
GIS
Post-minig geomonitoring
Hydrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
457
430
0.941
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :200
GHGs emissions
carbon cycling
river water quality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
453
448
0.989
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
790,881
26,625
176
Ranking Based On Selection: 176
Susanne Dunker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
703
637
0.906
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
796,315
26,794
177
Ranking Based On Selection: 177
Clara Reino
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
692
557
0.805
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
796,759
26,810
178
Ranking Based On Selection: 178
Maria Letícia Bonatelli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
691
609
0.881
Microbial genetics
Plant-microbe interaction
Fermentation process
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
798,387
26,856
179
Ranking Based On Selection: 179
Ulf Mallast
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
688
488
0.709
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
798,750
26,870
180
Ranking Based On Selection: 180
Chaofan Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
687
630
0.917
Geothermal energy
Reservoir simulation
Thermal engineering
Ground source heat pump
Organic Rankine Cycle
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
801,755
26,952
181
Ranking Based On Selection: 181
Isabel Karkossa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
681
661
0.971
proteomics
immune cells
xenobiotics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
805,928
27,082
182
Ranking Based On Selection: 182
Michael Vieweg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
673
447
0.664
hydrology
groundwater surface water interaction
reactive transport
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
808,304
27,160
183
Ranking Based On Selection: 183
João Saraiva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
668
665
0.996
Bioinformatics
Systems Biology
Computational Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
815,975
27,374
184
Ranking Based On Selection: 184
Anja Worrich
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
653
526
0.806
Microbial ecology
antibiotics & antibiotic resistance
global change factors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
841,247
28,172
185
Ranking Based On Selection: 185
Christine Anlanger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
605
440
0.727
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
845,964
28,326
186
Ranking Based On Selection: 186
Larisa Tarasova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
596
581
0.975
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
846,044
28,330
187
Ranking Based On Selection: 187
Mehreen Iqbal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
596
487
0.817
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental sciences
Ecotoxicology
Environmental Monitoring
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
851,505
28,483
188
Ranking Based On Selection: 188
shangwei zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
586
382
0.652
Dehalogenation
Biochemical Reaction Mechanism
POPs Transformation and Remediation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
870,994
29,110
189
Ranking Based On Selection: 189
Kohlheb Norbert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
551
280
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
871,968
29,145
190
Ranking Based On Selection: 190
Danial Esmaeili Aliabadi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
549
424
0.772
Energy Systems
Agent-based Modeling and Simulation
Electricity Markets
Game Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
872,593
29,166
191
Ranking Based On Selection: 191
Ulrike Scharfenberger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
548
402
0.734
Limnology
global change pressures
long-term research
systems ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
876,473
29,302
192
Ranking Based On Selection: 192
Marta Pérez-Villanueva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
541
523
0.967
Ambiental
biorremediación
radiatrazadores
microbiología
biología molecular
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
887,298
29,643
193
Ranking Based On Selection: 193
Shijie Jiang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
522
511
0.979
Ecohydrology
Machine Learning
Extreme Events
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
887,403
29,649
194
Ranking Based On Selection: 194
David Kreuer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
522
448
0.858
Social Science
Actor-Network Theory
Youth
Pastoralism
Environmental Politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
904,246
30,261
195
Ranking Based On Selection: 195
Maik Lucas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
496
496
1.000
soil structure dynamics
plant roots
denitrification
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
904,276
30,265
196
Ranking Based On Selection: 196
Liu, Zishu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
496
492
0.992
Environmental Microbiology
Microbiology ecology
Antimicrobial resistance
Single cell analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
918,479
30,773
197
Ranking Based On Selection: 197
Minmin Pan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
479
469
0.979
Environmental microbiology
omics study
wastewater treatment
biotechnology
microalgae
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
926,089
31,015
198
Ranking Based On Selection: 198
Tam V. Nguyen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
470
463
0.985
Hydrological Modelling
Water Quality Modelling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
937,567
31,434
199
Ranking Based On Selection: 199
Yevheniia Anpilova / Анпілова Євгенія Сергїівна / Єс Анпілова / Yevgenia Anpilova / Ес Анпилова
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
457
430
0.941
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
941,024
31,562
200
Ranking Based On Selection: 200
Peifang Leng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
453
448
0.989