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
paleoclimate
environmental magnetism
provenance analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,843
3,818
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Hydrogeology
Isotopes
Groundwater recharge
Water resources
Unsaturated zone
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,997
1,997
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Nanomaterials
Photocatalysis
Charge carrier property
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,294
2,446
0.743
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Hydrology-agricultural water management-hydrometeorology-computor modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,971
2,333
0.785
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Loess behaviors and loess landslides
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,141
1,771
0.827
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
geology
paleoclimate
paleomagnetism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,465
1,150
0.785
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Geotechnical engineering
Heritage conservation
Natural hydraulic lime
Earthen plaster
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
67
1.000
Nie Junsheng
Lanzhou University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,843
3,818
0.653
paleoclimate
environmental magnetism
provenance analysis
Jinzhu Ma
Lanzhou University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,997
1,997
0.500
Hydrogeology
Isotopes
Groundwater recharge
Water resources
Unsaturated zone
Mingzheng Xie (谢明政)
Lanzhou University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,294
2,446
0.743
Nanomaterials
Photocatalysis
Charge carrier property
Baoqing Zhang
Lanzhou University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,971
2,333
0.785
Hydrology-agricultural water management-hydrometeorology-computor modeling
Fanyu Zhang 张帆宇
Lanzhou University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,141
1,771
0.827
Loess behaviors and loess landslides
Xin Wang 王鑫
Lanzhou University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,465
1,150
0.785
geology
paleoclimate
paleomagnetism
Quanquan Jia
Lanzhou University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
67
1.000
Geotechnical engineering
Heritage conservation
Natural hydraulic lime
Earthen plaster