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 :1
forests
global change
tropical ecology
carbon
biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,552
42,488
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
forest protection
mycology
entomology
biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,670
34,718
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Forest and agricultural ecosystems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,868
11,708
0.170
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
forest dynamics
succession
forest regeneration
tropical biology
forest ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,438
23,330
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
functional traits
ecology
community assembly
species coexistence
secondary forests
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,019
28,339
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
roots
agroforestry
ecosystem services
landscape
water
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,521
17,999
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Wood adhesives
Wood Chemistry
polymers from renewable resources
polymer chemistry
tannins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,086
19,868
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
forest atmosphere exchange
carbon fluxes
air pollution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,759
13,856
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
remote sensing
ecology
agriculture
forestry
epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,708
24,340
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
forest ecology
forest management
silviculture
sustainability
bioenergy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,077
17,666
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Ecology
statistics
biostatistics
art history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,616
16,579
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
climate change agriculture forestry savanna
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,372
17,918
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
forest ecology
biogeochemical cycling
climate change
sustainable natural resources management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,027
7,529
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Forest Ecology
Disturbance Ecology
Fire Ecology
Dendrochronology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,360
11,054
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Forest ecology
Forest Management
Ecological Restoration
Functional Biodiversity Research
Global Change Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,146
20,872
0.594
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Tropical Forest Ecology and Conservation Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,466
14,557
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Biogeochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,927
19,996
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
mixed forest dynamics
forest modelling
stress and climatic change impact
urban tree growth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,826
19,628
0.598
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Forest Ecology
Landscape Ecology
Disturbance Ecology
Coupled Human and Natural Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,712
7,914
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
dendroecology
drought
forest dieback
treeline
tree mortality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,544
21,769
0.690
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Forest ecology
forest production
forest soils
forest restoration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,364
7,682
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
teledeteccion incendios forestales
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,050
14,249
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Forest ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,529
7,180
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
forest
floresta
biomassa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,488
12,269
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Environmental Sciences
Natural Sciences
Ecology
Earth Sciences
forestry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,121
19,598
0.651
Oliver L Phillips
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,552
42,488
0.497
forests
global change
tropical ecology
carbon
biodiversity
Mike Wingfield
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,670
34,718
0.447
forest protection
mycology
entomology
biotechnology
John Aber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,868
11,708
0.170
Robin L Chazdon
University of the Sunshine Coast
Sippy Downs, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,438
23,330
0.482
forest dynamics
succession
forest regeneration
tropical biology
forest ecology
Lourens Poorter
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,019
28,339
0.590
functional traits
ecology
community assembly
species coexistence
secondary forests
Meine Van Noordwijk|Noordwijk, Meine van, van Noordwijk, Meine
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,521
17,999
0.387
roots
agroforestry
ecosystem services
landscape
water
A Pizzi
Université de Lorraine
Nancy, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,086
19,868
0.441
Wood adhesives
Wood Chemistry
polymers from renewable resources
polymer chemistry
tannins
J William Munger
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,759
13,856
0.332
forest atmosphere exchange
carbon fluxes
air pollution
Xiangming Xiao (萧向明)
University of Oklahoma
Norman, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,708
24,340
0.629
remote sensing
ecology
agriculture
forestry
epidemiology
Bart Muys
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,077
17,666
0.464
forest ecology
forest management
silviculture
sustainability
bioenergy
Aaron M Ellison
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,616
16,579
0.441
Ecology
statistics
biostatistics
art history
Bruce Morgan Campbell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,372
17,918
0.493
climate change agriculture forestry savanna
Kurt Pregitzer
University of Idaho
Moscow, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,027
7,529
0.209
forest ecology
biogeochemical cycling
climate change
sustainable natural resources management
Thomas W Swetnam
University of Arizona
Tucson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,360
11,054
0.313
Forest Ecology
Disturbance Ecology
Fire Ecology
Dendrochronology
Kris Verheyen
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,146
20,872
0.594
Forest ecology
Forest Management
Ecological Restoration
Functional Biodiversity Research
Global Change Research
Susan GW Laurance
James Cook University
Townsville, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,466
14,557
0.435
Tropical Forest Ecology and Conservation Science
Peter A Raymond
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,927
19,996
0.607
Hans Pretzsch
Technische Universität München
München, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,826
19,628
0.598
mixed forest dynamics
forest modelling
stress and climatic change impact
urban tree growth
Thomas A Spies
Oregon State University
Corvallis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,712
7,914
0.250
Forest Ecology
Landscape Ecology
Disturbance Ecology
Coupled Human and Natural Systems
J. Julio (Chechu) Camarero|Jesús Julio Camarero, J.J. Camarero
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,544
21,769
0.690
dendroecology
drought
forest dieback
treeline
tree mortality
Dan Binkley
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,364
7,682
0.245
Forest ecology
forest production
forest soils
forest restoration
Emilio Chuvieco
Universidad de Alcalá
Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,050
14,249
0.459
Charles D Canham
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,529
7,180
0.235
Niro Higuchi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,488
12,269
0.402
Luiz Aragao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,121
19,598
0.651
Environmental Sciences
Natural Sciences
Ecology
Earth Sciences
forestry