Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Deltares Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
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 :51
geotechnical engineering
numerical modelling
soil settlement
material point method
dike stablity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
657
540
0.822
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :52
Environmental studies
water quality and transport modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
636
237
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :53
geologie
grondwater
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
603
266
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
air-water flow
pipe flow
pressure transients
control systems
renewable energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
602
312
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :55
Geotechnical Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
571
327
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :56
geotechnics
communication
physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
528
72
0.136
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :57
Civil engineering
geotechnical engineering
soil mechanics
geomechanics
constitutive modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
519
495
0.954
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :58
hydrology
real-time control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
505
335
0.663
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
Geotechnics
Transportation
Optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
488
336
0.689
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
coastal engineering
port development
morphology
sustainability
nature-based solutions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
486
404
0.831
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
River Morphology
River Engineering
Hydraulic Engineering
Hydraulics
morphology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
462
168
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :62
Coastal and estuarine sediment transport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
421
285
0.677
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
geotechnical engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
413
307
0.743
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :64
Coastal Engineering
Machine Learning
Numerical Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
412
319
0.774
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :65
Geotechnical engineering
offshore wind
offshore geotechnics
monopiles
numerical geotechnics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
408
270
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :66
water management
governance
policy analysis
marine spatial planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
400
109
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :67
Coastal Engineering
Nearshore Processes
coral reefs
coastal zone management
coastal adaptation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
397
341
0.859
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :68
Coastal engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
383
308
0.804
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :69
offshore geotechnics
soil-structure interaction
moorings
marine salvage
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
354
123
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :70
Coastal hydrodynamics and outfalls
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
343
138
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :71
Water management
hydrology
risk assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
342
125
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :72
coastal engineering
waves
wave and hydrodynamic modelling
wave energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330
151
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
Coastal engineering
tropical cyclones
compound flooding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
297
297
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
geohydrologie
grondwaterkwaliteit
gebiedsgericht beheer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246
105
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :75
groundwater mechanics
geohydrology
multiscale finite elements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231
140
0.606
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
830,887
14,039
97
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Alexander Rohe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
657
540
0.822
geotechnical engineering
numerical modelling
soil settlement
material point method
dike stablity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
841,914
14,157
101
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Jan Van Beek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
636
237
0.373
Environmental studies
water quality and transport modelling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
859,397
14,397
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Robert Hoogendoorn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
603
266
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
859,901
14,404
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Ivo Pothof
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
602
312
0.518
air-water flow
pipe flow
pressure transients
control systems
renewable energy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
876,682
14,629
106
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Bruno Zuada Coelho
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
571
327
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
901,528
14,928
110
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Jurjen Van Deen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
528
72
0.136
geotechnics
communication
physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
906,672
15,010
111
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Anderson Peccin Da Silva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
519
495
0.954
Civil engineering
geotechnical engineering
soil mechanics
geomechanics
constitutive modelling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
916,946
15,162
112
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Geert Prinsen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
505
335
0.663
hydrology
real-time control
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
930,895
15,368
115
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Ana Laura Costa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
488
336
0.689
Geotechnics
Transportation
Optimization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
932,379
15,391
116
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Wiebe de Boer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
486
404
0.831
coastal engineering
port development
morphology
sustainability
nature-based solutions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
953,549
15,690
118
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Mohamed Yossef
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
462
168
0.364
River Morphology
River Engineering
Hydraulic Engineering
Hydraulics
morphology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
990,407
16,194
121
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Katherine Cronin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
421
285
0.677
Coastal and estuarine sediment transport
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
998,073
16,317
122
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Jonathan Nuttall
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
413
307
0.743
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
999,002
16,338
123
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Joost Den Bieman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
412
319
0.774
Coastal Engineering
Machine Learning
Numerical Modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,003,069
16,396
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Ahmed Elkadi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
408
270
0.662
Geotechnical engineering
offshore wind
offshore geotechnics
monopiles
numerical geotechnics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,011,366
16,492
125
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Saskia Hommes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
400
109
0.273
water management
governance
policy analysis
marine spatial planning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,013,686
16,541
127
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Gundula Winter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
397
341
0.859
Coastal Engineering
Nearshore Processes
coral reefs
coastal zone management
coastal adaptation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,028,044
16,753
128
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Gio' S
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
383
308
0.804
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,059,447
17,169
130
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Dirk Luger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
354
123
0.347
offshore geotechnics
soil-structure interaction
moorings
marine salvage
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,071,992
17,345
133
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Robin Morelissen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
343
138
0.402
Coastal hydrodynamics and outfalls
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,073,183
17,365
135
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Karel Heynert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
342
125
0.365
Water management
hydrology
risk assessment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,087,165
17,563
138
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Joana Van Nieuwkoop
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330
151
0.458
coastal engineering
waves
wave and hydrodynamic modelling
wave energy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,128,405
18,133
140
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Tim Leijnse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
297
297
1.000
Coastal engineering
tropical cyclones
compound flooding
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,207,661
19,143
144
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Annemieke Marsman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246
105
0.427
geohydrologie
grondwaterkwaliteit
gebiedsgericht beheer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,233,534
19,462
146
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
John Van Esch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231
140
0.606
groundwater mechanics
geohydrology
multiscale finite elements