Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Life University Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) 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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
plant ecophysiology
volatile organic compound emission
adaptation
stress biology
global change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,393
37,314
0.546
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
ecological economics
environmental governance
ecosystem services
resilience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,639
22,026
0.675
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
biokjemi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,192
17,727
0.464
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Nagyenergiás fizika
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,778
17,472
0.802
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
forest ecology and management
biodiversity
dendroecology
dendrochronology
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,463
13,313
0.809
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
photosynthesis
chlorophyll fluorescence
stress physiology
phenotyping
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,297
12,234
0.800
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,114
11,481
0.440
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
development economics
poverty
environment
climate
deforestation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,091
11,371
0.344
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Food Sustainability & Food Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,831
11,231
0.596
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,942
10,974
0.393
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
climate change
vulnerability
adaptation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,669
9,764
0.553
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,557
9,225
0.525
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
conservation biology
ecology
climate change
farmland
transdisciplinarity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,223
9,035
0.470
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
LPMO
biorefining
fermentation processes
seaweed processing
single cell protein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,687
8,389
0.535
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Genomics
molecular genetics
bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,814
8,316
0.400
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,249
8,112
0.230
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,695
7,715
0.525
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
microbiology of the nitrogen cycle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,037
7,237
0.425
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,840
7,173
0.559
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,905
6,929
0.498
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,175
6,649
0.546
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Meta-omics
Microbial Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,404
6,532
0.777
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Evolutionary biology
genome duplications
genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,696
6,330
0.728
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
poppy
stress ecophysiology
morphology and anatomy responses
vegetation ecology
spoil heaps
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,487
6,280
0.968
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
microbial ecology
ecophysiology
denitrification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,396
5,958
0.324
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,525
11
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ülo Niinemets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,393
37,314
0.546
plant ecophysiology
volatile organic compound emission
adaptation
stress biology
global change
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,300
48
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Erik Gómez Baggethun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,639
22,026
0.675
ecological economics
environmental governance
ecosystem services
resilience
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,255
63
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Vincent Eijsink
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,192
17,727
0.464
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,563
31
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Tamás Novák
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,778
17,472
0.802
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,026
26
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Miroslav Svoboda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,463
13,313
0.809
forest ecology and management
biodiversity
dendroecology
dendrochronology
climate change
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,013
61
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Hazem M Kalaji
Warsaw University of Life Sciences
Warszawa, Poland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,297
12,234
0.800
photosynthesis
chlorophyll fluorescence
stress physiology
phenotyping
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,530
132
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Erik Naesset
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,114
11,481
0.440
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,916
135
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Arild Angelsen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,091
11,371
0.344
development economics
poverty
environment
climate
deforestation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,461
28
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Rajeev Bhat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,831
11,231
0.596
Food Sustainability & Food Security
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,478
148
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jon E. Swenson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,942
10,974
0.393
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,087
186
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Siri Eriksen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,669
9,764
0.553
climate change
vulnerability
adaptation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,183
198
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Knut Rudi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,557
9,225
0.525
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,361
89
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Piotr Tryjanowski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,223
9,035
0.470
conservation biology
ecology
climate change
farmland
transdisciplinarity
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,822
234
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Svein Jarle Horn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,687
8,389
0.535
LPMO
biorefining
fermentation processes
seaweed processing
single cell protein
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,407
237
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Sigbjørn Lien
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,814
8,316
0.400
Genomics
molecular genetics
bioinformatics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,019
249
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ingolf Nes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,249
8,112
0.230
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,380
271
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Terje Gobakken
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,695
7,715
0.525
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,057
296
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Lars Bakken
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,037
7,237
0.425
microbiology of the nitrogen cycle
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,716
45
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Tiina NÞµges
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,840
7,173
0.559
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,485
316
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Lucy J Robertson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,905
6,929
0.498
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,869
51
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Peeter NÞµges
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,175
6,649
0.546
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,338
347
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Phil B Pope
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,404
6,532
0.777
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,079
364
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Simen R Sandve
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,696
6,330
0.728
Evolutionary biology
genome duplications
genomics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,712
74
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Milan Skalicky
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,487
6,280
0.968
poppy
stress ecophysiology
morphology and anatomy responses
vegetation ecology
spoil heaps
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,527
398
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Asa Frostegard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,396
5,958
0.324
microbial ecology
ecophysiology
denitrification