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 :76
Economic geology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,606
1,202
0.748
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :77
Geochemistry
Magnesium isotopes
Nickel isotopes
Metamorphic geology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,597
1,145
0.717
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :78
photocatalysis
electrocatalysis
ferroelectrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,586
1,583
0.998
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :79
Petrology
Orogen
Continental crust
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,483
1,192
0.804
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :80
Geophysics
Geology
Tectonophysics
Magnetotellurics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,441
975
0.677
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :81
deep learning
machine learning
remote sensing
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,437
1,296
0.902
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :82
Rock and environmental magnetism
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,412
763
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :83
Well logging
Formation evaluation
Applied Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,387
729
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :84
Environmental Mineralogy
Geomicrobiology
Mineral-microbe interaction
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,385
1,282
0.926
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :85
Geomicrobiology
Precambrian Geology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,343
1,124
0.837
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :86
Metamorphic petrology
petrochronology
geochronology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,331
1,051
0.790
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :87
Economic Geology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,323
968
0.732
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :88
Microbial Biogeochemistry
Mineral-microbe interaction
Geobiology
Geomicrobiology
Groundwater
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,320
1,262
0.956
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :89
Economic Geology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,318
1,264
0.959
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :90
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,297
959
0.739
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :91
Economic Geology
Geobiology
Sedimentary Geochemistry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,277
779
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :92
Biogeochemistry
Geomicrobiology
Geogenic groundwater contamination
Environmental microbiology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,249
1,142
0.914
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :93
paleomagnetism
tectonics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,214
927
0.764
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :94
Structural geology
Tectonics
Geochronology
Thermochronology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,202
1,085
0.903
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :95
Environmental Microbiology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,167
1,055
0.904
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :96
Geology
AI4GeoScience
Mathematical Geosciences
Tectonics
Mineral Prospectivity Mapping
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,166
952
0.816
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :97
paleoclimate sedimentology paleogeomorphy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,139
953
0.837
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :98
Petrology
Geochemistry
Economic Geology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,136
934
0.822
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :99
sedimentary geology
paleoclimate
terrestrial environment
stable isotopes
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,117
1,000
0.895
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :100
Earth Science
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,108
671
0.606
Wenyan He
China University of Geosciences, Beijing
Beijing, Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,606
1,202
0.748
Shui-Jiong Wang
China University of Geosciences, Beijing
Beijing, Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,597
1,145
0.717
Geochemistry
Magnesium isotopes
Nickel isotopes
Metamorphic geology
Liu Lizhen
China University of Geosciences, Beijing
Beijing, Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,586
1,583
0.998
photocatalysis
electrocatalysis
ferroelectrics
Shi-Min Li
China University of Geosciences, Beijing
Beijing, Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,483
1,192
0.804
Petrology
Orogen
Continental crust
Letian Zhang
China University of Geosciences, Beijing
Beijing, Beijing, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,441
975
0.677
Geophysics
Geology
Tectonophysics
Magnetotellurics
Yuebin Wang (王跃宾)
China University of Geosciences, Beijing
Beijing, Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,437
1,296
0.902
deep learning
machine learning
remote sensing
Tao Yang
China University of Geosciences, Beijing
Beijing, Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,412
763
0.540
Rock and environmental magnetism
Liang Xiao
China University of Geosciences, Beijing
Beijing, Beijing, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,387
729
0.526
Well logging
Formation evaluation
Applied Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Qiang Zeng
China University of Geosciences, Beijing
Beijing, Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,385
1,282
0.926
Environmental Mineralogy
Geomicrobiology
Mineral-microbe interaction
Dongjie Tang
China University of Geosciences, Beijing
Beijing, Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,343
1,124
0.837
Geomicrobiology
Precambrian Geology
Huixia Ding
China University of Geosciences, Beijing
Beijing, Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,331
1,051
0.790
Metamorphic petrology
petrochronology
geochronology
Xiaobo Zhao
China University of Geosciences, Beijing
Beijing, Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,323
968
0.732
Yizhi Sheng
China University of Geosciences, Beijing
Beijing, Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,320
1,262
0.956
Microbial Biogeochemistry
Mineral-microbe interaction
Geobiology
Geomicrobiology
Groundwater
Hao-Cheng Yu 于皓丞
China University of Geosciences, Beijing
Beijing, Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,318
1,264
0.959
Dezhong Yang
China University of Geosciences, Beijing
Beijing, Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,297
959
0.739
Lingang Xu
China University of Geosciences, Beijing
Beijing, Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,277
779
0.610
Economic Geology
Geobiology
Sedimentary Geochemistry
Wei Xiu
China University of Geosciences, Beijing
Beijing, Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,249
1,142
0.914
Biogeochemistry
Geomicrobiology
Geogenic groundwater contamination
Environmental microbiology
Jun Meng
China University of Geosciences, Beijing
Beijing, Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,214
927
0.764
Liang Qiu (邱亮)|邱亮
China University of Geosciences, Beijing
Beijing, Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,202
1,085
0.903
Structural geology
Tectonics
Geochronology
Thermochronology
Tianjiao Dai
China University of Geosciences, Beijing
Beijing, Beijing, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,167
1,055
0.904
Zhenjie Zhang (张振杰)|Zhen-Jie Zhang, ZJ Zhang
China University of Geosciences, Beijing
Beijing, Beijing, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,166
952
0.816
Geology
AI4GeoScience
Mathematical Geosciences
Tectonics
Mineral Prospectivity Mapping
Laiming Zhang (张来明)
China University of Geosciences, Beijing
Beijing, Beijing, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,139
953
0.837
paleoclimate sedimentology paleogeomorphy
Zhiguo Cheng(程志国)
China University of Geosciences, Beijing
Beijing, Beijing, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,136
934
0.822
Petrology
Geochemistry
Economic Geology
Yuan Gao 高远
China University of Geosciences, Beijing
Beijing, Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,117
1,000
0.895
sedimentary geology
paleoclimate
terrestrial environment
stable isotopes
Liu Zhenjiang
China University of Geosciences, Beijing
Beijing, Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,108
671
0.606