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
Water Treatment
Environmental Science
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental Health
Environmental
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,339
24,577
0.567
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Desalination
water treatment
environmental engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,130
7,000
0.982
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
water
hydrology
soil
modeling
remote sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,825
4,748
0.439
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
water
water governance
water insecurity
water security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,003
3,953
0.988
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Water-Energy-Food Security
WEF Nexus
Hydrology
Pedostructure
Science to Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,013
3,685
0.613
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Energy
air quality
waste management and machinery design and development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,490
3,422
0.623
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Environmental science
Ecology
Marine science
Biological oceanography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,039
3,416
0.340
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
water treatment
urban aerosols
Saharan dust
electrocoagulation
membrane filtration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,142
3,220
0.395
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Environmental Sociology
Disaster
Emergency Management
Social Capital
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,930
3,215
0.818
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
environmental engineering
chemical engineering
bioengineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,955
3,206
0.811
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Climate Change Adaptation
Infrastructure Equity
Digital Twins
Resilience
Environmental Justice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,149
2,129
0.991
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
solar power generation
photovoltaic soiling mitigation
dust
air quality
aerosol
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,700
2,027
0.548
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Water Resources
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,188
1,960
0.615
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Modelling of Transport and Reacting Phenomena (Air Quality
Risk Assessment
Solar Thermochemical)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,110
1,958
0.630
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Pollen
forensics
coprolites
paleoenvironmental studies
archaeololgy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,142
1,853
0.302
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
WEF Nexus
Decision Support Tools
Stakeholder Engagement
Collective Action
Governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,096
1,812
0.865
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Bioprocess development Protein purification Process design and economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,093
1,276
0.209
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
environmental health
air pollution
asthma
water
children health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,669
1,163
0.697
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Geospatial Data Science
Human Dynamics
Disaster Resilience
Social-Environmental Sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,270
1,161
0.914
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
ice nucleation
climate
aerosol
cloud
freezing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,930
1,124
0.582
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Environmental Science
Atmospheric Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,814
1,108
0.611
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Water Resources
Hydrology
Geospatial Analysis
Infrastructure Resilience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,674
976
0.583
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,012
724
0.180
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Climate Change
Agriculture
Environment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,104
717
0.649
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
water resource economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,561
648
0.182
Virender Sharma
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,339
24,577
0.567
Water Treatment
Environmental Science
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental Health
Environmental
Khaled Elsaid
Texas A&M University at Qatar
Ar-Rayyan, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,130
7,000
0.982
Desalination
water treatment
environmental engineering
Mohanty Binayak P
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,825
4,748
0.439
water
hydrology
soil
modeling
remote sensing
Hwise Rcn
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,003
3,953
0.988
water
water governance
water insecurity
water security
Rabi Mohtar
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,013
3,685
0.613
Water-Energy-Food Security
WEF Nexus
Hydrology
Pedostructure
Science to Policy
Sergio Capareda
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,490
3,422
0.623
Energy
air quality
waste management and machinery design and development
Paul Montagna
Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,039
3,416
0.340
Environmental science
Ecology
Marine science
Biological oceanography
Shankar Chellam
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,142
3,220
0.395
water treatment
urban aerosols
Saharan dust
electrocoagulation
membrane filtration
Michelle Annette Meyer
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,930
3,215
0.818
Environmental Sociology
Disaster
Emergency Management
Social Capital
Eunsung Kan
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,955
3,206
0.811
environmental engineering
chemical engineering
bioengineering
Chao Fan
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,149
2,129
0.991
Climate Change Adaptation
Infrastructure Equity
Digital Twins
Resilience
Environmental Justice
Bing Guo
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,700
2,027
0.548
solar power generation
photovoltaic soiling mitigation
dust
air quality
aerosol
Walter Den
Texas A&M University San Antonio
San Antonio, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,188
1,960
0.615
Konstantinos E Kakosimos
Texas A&M University at Qatar
Ar-Rayyan, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,110
1,958
0.630
Modelling of Transport and Reacting Phenomena (Air Quality
Risk Assessment
Solar Thermochemical)
Vaughn Bryant
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,142
1,853
0.302
Pollen
forensics
coprolites
paleoenvironmental studies
archaeololgy
Bassel Daher
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,096
1,812
0.865
WEF Nexus
Decision Support Tools
Stakeholder Engagement
Collective Action
Governance
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Zivko L Nikolov
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,093
1,276
0.209
Bioprocess development Protein purification Process design and economics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Genny Carrillo
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,669
1,163
0.697
environmental health
air pollution
asthma
water
children health
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Heng Cai
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,270
1,161
0.914
Geospatial Data Science
Human Dynamics
Disaster Resilience
Social-Environmental Sustainability
Naruki Hiranuma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,930
1,124
0.582
ice nucleation
climate
aerosol
cloud
freezing
Erik Crosman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,814
1,108
0.611
Environmental Science
Atmospheric Science
Hua Zhang
Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,674
976
0.583
Water Resources
Hydrology
Geospatial Analysis
Infrastructure Resilience
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
James L Heilman
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,012
724
0.180
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Valentini A Pappa
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,104
717
0.649
Climate Change
Agriculture
Environment
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ron Griffin
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,561
648
0.182
water resource economics