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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 :1
Tunneling
Mechanical Rock Excavation
Rock Mechanics
Space Mining
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,883
5,628
0.634
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Geophysics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,199
4,982
0.445
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Nighttime Lights
Remote Sensing
Economic and Political Geography
Human-environment relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,633
4,965
0.650
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Hydrogeology
geomechanics
geohazards
marine geology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,783
4,415
0.567
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Rock physics
CCS
CCUS
Space Exploration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,188
4,039
0.493
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Geophysics
Seismology
Wave propagation
Fracture characterization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,538
3,232
0.258
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Sequence Stratigraphy
Carbonate Sedimentology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,402
2,830
0.211
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Computational seismology
wave propagation
full-waveform inversion
tomography
global seismology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,547
2,657
0.749
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Geotechnical Engineering
Geophysics
Tunnels
NDT methods
Laboratory testing of materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,889
2,605
0.902
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
geotechnical engineering
underground construction and tunneling
earth dams and levees
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,117
2,509
0.490
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
geolology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,257
1,774
0.284
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
engineering geology
geologic hazards
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,535
1,748
0.494
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Sedimentology
Seismic Geomorphology
Shale
Mars
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,024
1,713
0.426
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Applied Geomechanics in Petroleum Engineering
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,790
1,694
0.447
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Geochemistry
water-rock interaction
CO2 sequestration
hydrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,847
1,431
0.503
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Exploration Seismology
Seismic Processing
Inverse Problems
Full Waveform Inversion
Seismic Imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,692
1,391
0.377
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
sediment transport
river discharge
sedimentology
paleoclimate
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,038
1,344
0.442
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Geomechanics
Petrophysics
Unconventional Resources
Induced Seismicty
Fractured Medium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,852
1,271
0.446
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Geophysics
Exploration Seismology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,097
1,155
0.551
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Geotechnical engineering
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,446
1,059
0.732
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
geology
economic geology
mineralogy
igneous petrology
automated mineralogy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,329
895
0.673
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Geophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,628
798
0.304
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Geology & Geological Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,115
679
0.609
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
economic geology
mining geology
geochemistry
resources policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
698
565
0.809
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Geophysics
Exploration
Volcanoes
Humanitarian Geoscience
Archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
997
548
0.550
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,944
28,255
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jamal Rostami
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,883
5,628
0.634
Tunneling
Mechanical Rock Excavation
Rock Mechanics
Space Mining
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,818
32,650
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Yaoguo Li
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,199
4,982
0.445
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,167
32,773
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Tilottama Ghosh
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,633
4,965
0.650
Nighttime Lights
Remote Sensing
Economic and Political Geography
Human-environment relations
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,364
37,429
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Brandon Dugan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,783
4,415
0.567
Hydrogeology
geomechanics
geohazards
marine geology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,263
41,266
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Manika Prasad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,188
4,039
0.493
Rock physics
CCS
CCUS
Space Exploration
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
149,811
52,202
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ilya Tsvankin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,538
3,232
0.258
Geophysics
Seismology
Wave propagation
Fracture characterization
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
174,004
59,506
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
J Frederick Sarg
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,402
2,830
0.211
Sequence Stratigraphy
Carbonate Sedimentology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
186,647
63,303
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ebru Bozdag
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,547
2,657
0.749
Computational seismology
wave propagation
full-waveform inversion
tomography
global seismology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
190,610
64,523
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ahmadreza Hedayat
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,889
2,605
0.902
Geotechnical Engineering
Geophysics
Tunnels
NDT methods
Laboratory testing of materials
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
198,416
66,878
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Michael A Mooney
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,117
2,509
0.490
geotechnical engineering
underground construction and tunneling
earth dams and levees
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
282,003
91,421
119
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
A Keith Turner
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,257
1,774
0.284
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
286,011
92,513
123
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Paul Santi
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,535
1,748
0.494
engineering geology
geologic hazards
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
291,486
94,078
128
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Lesli Wood
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,024
1,713
0.426
Sedimentology
Seismic Geomorphology
Shale
Mars
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
294,583
95,004
131
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Hazim H Abass
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,790
1,694
0.447
Applied Geomechanics in Petroleum Engineering
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
343,283
108,800
146
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Alexis Navarre Sitchler
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,847
1,431
0.503
Geochemistry
water-rock interaction
CO2 sequestration
hydrology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
352,070
111,288
148
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Antoine Guitton
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,692
1,391
0.377
Exploration Seismology
Seismic Processing
Inverse Problems
Full Waveform Inversion
Seismic Imaging
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
362,725
114,310
150
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Piret Plink Bjorklund
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,038
1,344
0.442
sediment transport
river discharge
sedimentology
paleoclimate
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
380,548
119,256
157
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Azra N Tutuncu
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,852
1,271
0.446
Geomechanics
Petrophysics
Unconventional Resources
Induced Seismicty
Fractured Medium
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
411,595
127,803
167
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jeffrey Shragge
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,097
1,155
0.551
Geophysics
Exploration Seismology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
440,668
135,695
178
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Minsu Cha
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,446
1,059
0.732
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
498,809
151,197
196
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Katharina Pfaff
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,329
895
0.673
geology
economic geology
mineralogy
igneous petrology
automated mineralogy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
539,650
161,927
210
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Andreas Rueger
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,628
798
0.304
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
598,235
176,860
226
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Wendy Zhou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,115
679
0.609
Geology & Geological Engineering
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
665,268
193,122
239
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Elizabeth A Holley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
698
565
0.809
economic geology
mining geology
geochemistry
resources policy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
676,210
195,715
242
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Richard Krahenbuhl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
997
548
0.550
Geophysics
Exploration
Volcanoes
Humanitarian Geoscience
Archaeology