Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth 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 :51
Remote Sensing
water colour
lakes
hydrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,384
1,336
0.965
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :52
Remote Sensing of Water Resources
Wetland Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,200
784
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :53
Remote sensing of atmosphere
Radiative transfer
Instrument calibration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,191
798
0.670
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
Species diversity
Conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,107
821
0.742
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :55
Microwave Remote Sensing
Water Vapor
Cloud
Precipitation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,099
945
0.860
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :56
Geosciences
Remote Sensing
Global Change
Coastal Threats
Natural Disasters
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,051
879
0.836
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :57
Remote sensing
Hydrology
Geomorphology
Landscape Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
974
693
0.711
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :58
Solar-Induce Chlorophyll Fluorescence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
930
909
0.977
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
Remote sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
895
575
0.642
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
remote sensing
wildfire
vegetation
geography
urbanization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
860
686
0.798
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
844
776
0.919
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :62
remote sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
816
795
0.974
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
Crop monitoring
big earth data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
812
804
0.990
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :64
remote sensing
image process
deep learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
784
773
0.986
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :65
Vegetation Dynamics
Sustainable development
Climate Change
Land degradation
Remote Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
773
770
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :66
land cover classification
scale
spatial statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
690
567
0.822
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :67
remote sensing
ecology
vegetation monitoring
carbon emissions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
686
683
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :68
remote sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
637
489
0.768
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :69
Disaster Geography
DRR
Remote Sensing
GIS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
582
580
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :70
remote sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
512
509
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :71
extreme climatic events
climate change and human health impacts
hydrology modeling
water resources
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
510
452
0.886
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :72
Climate Change
Terrestrial Responses
Change Attribution
Urbanization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
487
390
0.801
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
Biosphere-atmosphere interaction
Land cover change
Climate model
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
472
445
0.943
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
remote sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
435
292
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :75
Robotics
SLAM
Autonomous Driving
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
428
366
0.855
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
551,416
25,758
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Shenglei Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,384
1,336
0.965
Remote Sensing
water colour
lakes
hydrology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
601,142
27,881
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Shanlong Lu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,200
784
0.653
Remote Sensing of Water Resources
Wetland Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
603,803
27,989
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Donghui Li（李东辉）
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,191
798
0.670
Remote sensing of atmosphere
Radiative transfer
Instrument calibration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
629,857
29,051
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Liping Li (李利平)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,107
821
0.742
Species diversity
Conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
632,410
29,151
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Dabin Ji
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,099
945
0.860
Microwave Remote Sensing
Water Vapor
Cloud
Precipitation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
648,362
29,797
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Xiaoping Du
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,051
879
0.836
Geosciences
Remote Sensing
Global Change
Coastal Threats
Natural Disasters
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
675,634
30,943
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Yuanxu Ma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
974
693
0.711
Remote sensing
Hydrology
Geomorphology
Landscape Evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
692,186
31,613
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Shanshan Du
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
930
909
0.977
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
706,125
32,182
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Quanjun Jiao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
895
575
0.642
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
720,276
32,757
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Kunpeng Yi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
860
686
0.798
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
726,956
33,027
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Yuan Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
844
776
0.919
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
738,959
33,473
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Zunjian Bian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
816
795
0.974
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
740,701
33,550
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Tian Fuyou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
812
804
0.990
Crop monitoring
big earth data
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
753,114
34,064
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Yin Ranyu(尹然宇)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
784
773
0.986
remote sensing
image process
deep learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
758,132
34,231
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Barjeece Bashir
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
773
770
0.996
Vegetation Dynamics
Sustainable development
Climate Change
Land degradation
Remote Sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
797,248
35,821
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Yunwei Tang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
690
567
0.822
land cover classification
scale
spatial statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
799,189
35,892
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Jie Pei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
686
683
0.996
remote sensing
ecology
vegetation monitoring
carbon emissions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
824,325
36,949
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Ouyang Xiaoying
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
637
489
0.768
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
853,414
38,190
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Til Prasad Pangali Sharma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
582
580
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
893,248
39,984
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Nabil Bachagha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
512
509
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
894,506
40,052
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Jinping Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
510
452
0.886
extreme climatic events
climate change and human health impacts
hydrology modeling
water resources
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
911,945
40,764
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Danlu Cai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
487
390
0.801
Climate Change
Terrestrial Responses
Change Attribution
Urbanization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
924,451
41,276
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Ru Xu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
472
445
0.943
Biosphere-atmosphere interaction
Land cover change
Climate model
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
957,563
42,669
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Hao Zhang|Zhang Hao, 张浩
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
435
292
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
963,782
42,932
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Jun Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
428
366
0.855
Robotics
SLAM
Autonomous Driving