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World Resources Institute (WRI) Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) 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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :26
Energy Policy
Production-Consumption Systems
Political Economy
Ecological Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
683
406
0.594
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Energy Economics - Industrial Organization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
902
375
0.416
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Agricultural Methane
Sustainable Food Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
460
371
0.807
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
transport
economics
environment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
472
273
0.578
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Remote Sensing
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
273
272
0.996
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
GESI
community forestry
forest policy
climate change
REDD+
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
300
260
0.867
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Computer Simulation
Techno-Economics Analysis
Electric Vehicle and Batteries
Rare Earths
Solar Energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
527
256
0.486
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Transportation Planning
Traffic Modeling
Emission from Transport
Road Safety
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
251
243
0.968
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
climate
land use change
peat governance
forest governance
political ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
266
241
0.906
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Energy
Biomass
Climate
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180
180
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
remote sensing
land cover change
climate variability
land system science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
185
177
0.957
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Climate Change
Resilience
Adaptation
Agriculture
Just Transition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172
169
0.983
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Oceanography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
127
0.876
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Environmental Economics and Policy
Energy Policy
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
101
0.771
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
urban planning
sustainability
transportation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
101
0.990
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Technology management
Energy transition
Sustainable and renewable energy
Environmental management
Water management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
98
0.676
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
transportation
electric vehicles
electric buses
transit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
90
0.989
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Urban History
Critical Theory
Racial Justice
Economic Development
Public Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
74
0.987
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Environment
Biodiversity
Communications
IT
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
63
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
conservation
tropical ecology
wildfire
public health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
58
0.921
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
renewable energy
energy access
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
54
0.982
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Gender
Climate Justice
Migration
Labour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
47
0.959
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Weather Forecasting
Agricultural modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
41
0.976
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
35
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
33
0.559
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
791,989
221,417
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Manu V. Mathai|Manu Mathai, Manu Verghese Mathai
World Resources Institute (WRI)
Washington, D.C., United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
683
406
0.594
Energy Policy
Production-Consumption Systems
Political Economy
Ecological Economics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
825,150
228,148
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Laura Malaguzzi Valeri
World Resources Institute (WRI)
Washington, D.C., United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
902
375
0.416
Energy Economics - Industrial Organization
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
830,153
229,128
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Swati Hegde
World Resources Institute (WRI)
Washington, D.C., United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
460
371
0.807
Agricultural Methane
Sustainable Food Systems
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
963,019
254,325
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Su Song
World Resources Institute (WRI)
Washington, D.C., United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
472
273
0.578
transport
economics
environment
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
965,691
254,744
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
John Brandt
World Resources Institute (WRI)
Washington, D.C., United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
273
272
0.996
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
985,424
258,312
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Cynthia Maharani
World Resources Institute (WRI)
Washington, D.C., United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
300
260
0.867
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
991,744
259,475
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Parveen Kumar
World Resources Institute (WRI)
Washington, D.C., United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
527
256
0.486
Computer Simulation
Techno-Economics Analysis
Electric Vehicle and Batteries
Rare Earths
Solar Energy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,016,284
263,694
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Ajinkya Sadashiv Mane
World Resources Institute (WRI)
Washington, D.C., United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
251
243
0.968
Transportation Planning
Traffic Modeling
Emission from Transport
Road Safety
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,019,868
264,298
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Willy Daeli
World Resources Institute (WRI)
Washington, D.C., United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
266
241
0.906
climate
land use change
peat governance
forest governance
political ecology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,154,498
286,702
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Wei Wang
World Resources Institute (WRI)
Washington, D.C., United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180
180
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,161,629
287,864
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Radost Stanimirova
World Resources Institute (WRI)
Washington, D.C., United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
185
177
0.957
remote sensing
land cover change
climate variability
land system science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,183,280
291,213
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Bhawna Anand Ahuja
World Resources Institute (WRI)
Washington, D.C., United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172
169
0.983
Climate Change
Resilience
Adaptation
Agriculture
Just Transition
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,315,509
311,470
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Armyanda Tussadiah
World Resources Institute (WRI)
Washington, D.C., United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
127
0.876
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,418,493
326,716
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
John Feldmann
World Resources Institute (WRI)
Washington, D.C., United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
101
0.771
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,420,109
326,917
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Leah Lazer
World Resources Institute (WRI)
Washington, D.C., United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
101
0.990
urban planning
sustainability
transportation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,431,300
328,535
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Behrouz Nouri
World Resources Institute (WRI)
Washington, D.C., United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
98
0.676
Technology management
Energy transition
Sustainable and renewable energy
Environmental management
Water management
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,470,749
334,140
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Ryan Sclar
World Resources Institute (WRI)
Washington, D.C., United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
90
0.989
transportation
electric vehicles
electric buses
transit
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,554,508
346,119
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Madeleine Galvin
World Resources Institute (WRI)
Washington, D.C., United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
74
0.987
Urban History
Critical Theory
Racial Justice
Economic Development
Public Finance
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,620,450
355,457
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
H Andry Rasamuel
World Resources Institute (WRI)
Washington, D.C., United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
63
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,651,071
359,677
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
James Maccarthy
World Resources Institute (WRI)
Washington, D.C., United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
58
0.921
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,679,318
363,556
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Lanvin Concessao
World Resources Institute (WRI)
Washington, D.C., United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
54
0.982
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,729,839
370,419
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Ananya Chakraborty
World Resources Institute (WRI)
Washington, D.C., United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
47
0.959
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,778,163
377,050
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Kirthiga Sm
World Resources Institute (WRI)
Washington, D.C., United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
41
0.976
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,833,038
384,352
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Alif Azadi Taufik
World Resources Institute (WRI)
Washington, D.C., United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
35
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,845,413
385,961
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Solomon Negusse
World Resources Institute (WRI)
Washington, D.C., United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
33
0.559