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
Geochronology
Geochemistry
Petrology
Chemical geodynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,605
43,967
0.429
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
geochemistry
subduction
ore deposits
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,494
25,646
0.518
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,737
24,522
0.465
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
volatile organic compounds
organic aerosols
soil-atmosphere exchange
health effects
smog chamber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,350
16,462
0.561
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Igneous petrology/geochemistry
Lithospheric mantle
Large igneous provinces
Big mantle Wedge
Earth's habitability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,885
14,595
0.505
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Mineralogy
Clay minerals
Mineral materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,503
14,395
0.543
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Mineralogy
Clay
矿物,粘土矿物,环境矿物学
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,978
10,654
0.593
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,688
10,278
0.550
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Mineralogy
environment
molecular modelling
Adsorption
catalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,612
9,624
0.763
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
矿物学、地球化学、矿物资源利用、环境矿物学、矿物材料学
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,778
7,606
0.515
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Geochronology
Stable Isotope
Geo-microanalyses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,068
7,384
0.525
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Geology and Geochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,254
6,190
0.604
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Isotope Geochemistry
Marine Sciences
Global Changes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,759
5,882
0.500
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Geochemistry
Economic Geology
Analytical chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,720
4,692
0.538
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Economic Geology
Geochemistry
Mineral Exploration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,203
4,591
0.637
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,711
4,564
0.524
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
geochemistry
economic geology
petrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,393
4,392
0.594
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Minerals
clay minerals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,873
3,936
0.670
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Global carbon cycle(风化碳汇)
Eutrophication mitigation(富营养化缓解)
Karst records(钙华)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,149
3,908
0.427
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Geology
Petrology and Tectonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,069
3,679
0.365
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,443
3,655
0.823
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Mineralogy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,599
3,452
0.751
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Atmospheric Chemistry
Indoor Air Chemistry
Multiphase Chemistry
Air Quality
Climate
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,839
3,296
0.681
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
geochemistry
environmental geochemistry
biogeochemical cycle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,085
3,245
0.794
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,276
2,951
0.406
Xian-Hua Li/李献华
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,605
43,967
0.429
Geochronology
Geochemistry
Petrology
Chemical geodynamics
Weidong Sun/孙卫东
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,494
25,646
0.518
geochemistry
subduction
ore deposits
climate change
Gan Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,737
24,522
0.465
Xinming Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,350
16,462
0.561
volatile organic compounds
organic aerosols
soil-atmosphere exchange
health effects
smog chamber
Yi-Gang Xu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,885
14,595
0.505
Igneous petrology/geochemistry
Lithospheric mantle
Large igneous provinces
Big mantle Wedge
Earth's habitability
Hongping He
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,503
14,395
0.543
Mineralogy
Clay minerals
Mineral materials
Jianxi Zhu / 朱建喜
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,978
10,654
0.593
Jiehua Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,688
10,278
0.550
Runliang Zhu / 朱润良
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,612
9,624
0.763
Mineralogy
environment
molecular modelling
Adsorption
catalysis
Yuan Peng (袁鹏)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,778
7,606
0.515
Xiaoping Xia/夏小平
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,068
7,384
0.525
Geochronology
Stable Isotope
Geo-microanalyses
Xiaoping Long
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,254
6,190
0.604
Wei Gangjian (韦刚健)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,759
5,882
0.500
Isotope Geochemistry
Marine Sciences
Global Changes
Jian-Feng Gao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,720
4,692
0.538
Geochemistry
Economic Geology
Analytical chemistry
Huayong Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,203
4,591
0.637
Economic Geology
Geochemistry
Mineral Exploration
Xiao-Long Huang|Xiaolong Huang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,711
4,564
0.524
Xian-Wu Bi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,393
4,392
0.594
geochemistry
economic geology
petrology
刘冬(Dong Liu)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,873
3,936
0.670
Zaihua Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,149
3,908
0.427
Global carbon cycle(风化碳汇)
Eutrophication mitigation(富营养化缓解)
Karst records(钙华)
Feng Guo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,069
3,679
0.365
Xiaoyong Bai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,443
3,655
0.823
Qi Tao / 陶奇
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,599
3,452
0.751
Sasho Gligorovski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,839
3,296
0.681
Atmospheric Chemistry
Indoor Air Chemistry
Multiphase Chemistry
Air Quality
Climate
Jiubin Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,085
3,245
0.794
geochemistry
environmental geochemistry
biogeochemical cycle
Xianzhi Peng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,276
2,951
0.406