Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Deltares Highly Cited Researchers CitationEngineering & Technology / Earth Sciences Rankings 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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
environmental biotechnology
geotechnical engineering
biogeochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,557
2,690
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
geochemie
hydrologie
watermanagement
bodemmanagement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,277
1,941
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
geologie
kustprocessen
geomorfologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,827
1,362
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Geophysics
Geomechanics
Geo-Energy
Hydrogeology
Geomatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,658
491
0.185
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
geotechnical engineering
geosynthetics
ground improvement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,484
1,565
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Inversion
Modeling
Hydrogeophysics
Near-surface geophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,341
1,340
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
sea-level change
sedimentology
deltas
geomechanics
quaternary geology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,860
1,079
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Geochemie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,716
446
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Geotechnical Engineering
Numerical and Constitutive Modeling in Geomechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
815
720
0.883
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
geotechniek
aardbevingen
verweking
offshore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
731
283
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
geotechniek
monitoring
dijken
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
726
365
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
geotechnical engineering
numerical modelling
soil settlement
material point method
dike stablity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
632
515
0.815
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
geologie
grondwater
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
589
254
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Geotechnical Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
538
299
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
geotechnics
communication
physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
524
70
0.134
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Geotechnics
Transportation
Optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
474
322
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Geotechnical engineering
offshore wind
offshore geotechnics
monopiles
numerical geotechnics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
391
253
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
geotechnical engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
390
284
0.728
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
offshore geotechnics
soil-structure interaction
moorings
marine salvage
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
339
112
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
geohydrologie
grondwaterkwaliteit
gebiedsgericht beheer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247
106
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
groundwater mechanics
geohydrology
multiscale finite elements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225
134
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Computational Modelling
Geoscience
Morphology
Sedimentology
Coastal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193
94
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Geotechnical engineering
flood risk
land reclamations
earthquake engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192
104
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Hydrogeology
groundwater
salt water intrusion
paleohydrogeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166
154
0.928
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Geophysics
hydrogeophysics
hydrogeology
optimisation
airborne geophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
97
0.990
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
152,491
3,698
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Wouter van der Star
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,557
2,690
0.410
environmental biotechnology
geotechnical engineering
biogeochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
231,144
5,223
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jasper Griffioen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,277
1,941
0.454
geochemie
hydrologie
watermanagement
bodemmanagement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
330,468
6,953
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
A Van Der Spek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,827
1,362
0.482
geologie
kustprocessen
geomorfologie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
347,487
7,237
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ipo Ritsema
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,658
491
0.185
Geophysics
Geomechanics
Geo-Energy
Hydrogeology
Geomatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
366,342
7,554
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Suzanne Van Eekelen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,484
1,565
0.630
geotechnical engineering
geosynthetics
ground improvement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
383,439
7,804
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Marios Karaoulis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,341
1,340
0.572
Inversion
Modeling
Hydrogeophysics
Near-surface geophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
453,639
8,880
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Marc Hijma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,860
1,079
0.580
sea-level change
sedimentology
deltas
geomechanics
quaternary geology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
479,416
9,284
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Hilde Passier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,716
446
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
739,417
12,895
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Mario Martinelli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
815
720
0.883
Geotechnical Engineering
Numerical and Constitutive Modeling in Geomechanics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
777,839
13,344
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Piet Meijers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
731
283
0.387
geotechniek
aardbevingen
verweking
offshore
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
780,174
13,376
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
André R. Koelewijn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
726
365
0.503
geotechniek
monitoring
dijken
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
826,929
13,987
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Alexander Rohe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
632
515
0.815
geotechnical engineering
numerical modelling
soil settlement
material point method
dike stablity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
850,029
14,281
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Robert Hoogendoorn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
589
254
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
878,408
14,666
107
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Bruno Zuada Coelho
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
538
299
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
886,656
14,752
108
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jurjen Van Deen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
524
70
0.134
geotechnics
communication
physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
923,108
15,305
114
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ana Laura Costa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
474
322
0.679
Geotechnics
Transportation
Optimization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,000,209
16,436
121
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ahmed Elkadi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
391
253
0.647
Geotechnical engineering
offshore wind
offshore geotechnics
monopiles
numerical geotechnics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,001,175
16,450
122
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jonathan Nuttall
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
390
284
0.728
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,056,763
17,227
129
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Dirk Luger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
339
112
0.330
offshore geotechnics
soil-structure interaction
moorings
marine salvage
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,184,773
18,972
143
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Annemieke Marsman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247
106
0.429
geohydrologie
grondwaterkwaliteit
gebiedsgericht beheer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,223,394
19,433
145
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
John Van Esch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225
134
0.596
groundwater mechanics
geohydrology
multiscale finite elements
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,287,374
20,227
148
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Helena Van Der Vegt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193
94
0.487
Computational Modelling
Geoscience
Morphology
Sedimentology
Coastal
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,289,515
20,245
149
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Geeralt Van Den Ham
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192
104
0.542
Geotechnical engineering
flood risk
land reclamations
earthquake engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,349,886
20,894
153
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Joeri Van Engelen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166
154
0.928
Hydrogeology
groundwater
salt water intrusion
paleohydrogeology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,566,927
23,083
162
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jude King
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
97
0.990
Geophysics
hydrogeophysics
hydrogeology
optimisation
airborne geophysics