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 Geography
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,380
143,196
0.856
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Environmental Geoseciences
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,290
22,964
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
GIScience
Geographical Information Science
Spatial optimization
Cellular automata
Agent-based modelling
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,685
14,330
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
sediment transport
Three Gorges Dam
Yangtze estuary
erosion and sedimentation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,546
5,200
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,951
1,438
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
OSL dating
Quaternary geochronology
Geomorphology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,538
1,284
0.835
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Environmental Geoseciences of Nanoparticles
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,154
1,095
0.949
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Paleoceanography
Paleoclimatology
Carbon cycle
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
762
687
0.902
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Marine geology and geophysics
coastal process
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
295
193
0.654
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Isotope geochemistry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
61
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
geo-information
computer vision
data mining
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
46
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Marine Biogeochemistry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
37
1.000
Min Liu
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,380
143,196
0.856
Yi Yang
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,290
22,964
0.600
Xia Li
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,685
14,330
0.518
GIScience
Geographical Information Science
Spatial optimization
Cellular automata
Agent-based modelling
Shilun Yang
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,546
5,200
0.450
sediment transport
Three Gorges Dam
Yangtze estuary
erosion and sedimentation
Jianjun Jia|Jian-Jun Jia, 贾 建军
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,951
1,438
0.487
Xiaomei Nian
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,538
1,284
0.835
OSL dating
Quaternary geochronology
Geomorphology
Tou Feiyun
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,154
1,095
0.949
Environmental Geoseciences of Nanoparticles
Ning Zhao 赵宁
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
762
687
0.902
Paleoceanography
Paleoclimatology
Carbon cycle
Shihao Liu
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
295
193
0.654
Marine geology and geophysics
coastal process
Sonali Haldankar/Pradhan
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
61
0.610
Dongliang Ma
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
46
1.000
geo-information
computer vision
data mining
Shipan Hossen|Hossen Shipan
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
37
1.000