Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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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
engineering geology
fiber optic sensor
geotechnical monitoring
distributed strain/temperature sensing
soil mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,486
16,079
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Permian
mass extinction
brachiopods
conodonts
palaeobiogeography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,148
8,293
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Geological big data
Macroevolution
Paleoenvironment
Paleobiology
Stratigraphy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,517
5,997
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Groundwater & Soil Remediation
Fate and Transport
Nanoparticles
Organic Pollutants
Environmental Toxicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,291
6,057
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Geology
Sedimentology
Tectonics
Himalaya
Tibet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,901
5,292
0.670
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Molecular environmental geochemistry
soil remediation technology
surface mineralogy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,516
5,877
0.782
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Earth Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,241
3,167
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
geo-interface
geohazard
pipeline
fiber optic sensor
geotechnical monitoring
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,204
4,533
0.731
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Paleoclimate
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,533
3,696
0.815
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Mercury
Bioavailability
Food safety
Biogeochemistry
Rice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,086
3,451
0.845
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
sediment dynamics
coastal and estuarine processes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,734
1,763
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
isotope geochemistry
economic geology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,291
2,369
0.720
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,206
1,817
0.567
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Seismology
Geophysics
Geology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,144
2,113
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Precambrian Geology
Geochronology
Petrology
Tectonics
Tarim Craton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,639
1,681
0.637
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Experimental Geosciences
Mineral Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,402
1,177
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Sedimentary geology
paleoclimate
paleoceanography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,209
974
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Geomorphology
Cosmogenic burial dating
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,138
1,075
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Geochemistry
Isotope
Redox
Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,812
1,256
0.693
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Active Tectonics
Earthquake Hazard
Fault-related Folding
Geomorpholody
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,767
985
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Planetary Geochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,746
1,199
0.687
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Paleontology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,744
891
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Quaternary Geology
Sedimentary Provenance
Zircon Geochronology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,642
1,107
0.674
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Meteoritics
Mineralogy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,597
1,082
0.678
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Geothermics
heat flow and thermal structure
geothermal regime of sedimentary basins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,569
750
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,308
1,185
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Bin Shi
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,486
16,079
0.715
engineering geology
fiber optic sensor
geotechnical monitoring
distributed strain/temperature sensing
soil mechanics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,528
2,464
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Shuzhong Shen （沈树忠）|Shu-zhong Shen, S.Z. Shen
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,148
8,293
0.586
Permian
mass extinction
brachiopods
conodonts
palaeobiogeography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
101,258
4,164
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Junxuan Fan
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,517
5,997
0.630
Geological big data
Macroevolution
Paleoenvironment
Paleobiology
Stratigraphy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,086
4,300
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Yuanyuan Sun
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,291
6,057
0.652
Groundwater & Soil Remediation
Fate and Transport
Nanoparticles
Organic Pollutants
Environmental Toxicology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
124,907
5,255
115
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Xiumian Hu 胡修棉
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,901
5,292
0.670
Geology
Sedimentology
Tectonics
Himalaya
Tibet
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
132,013
5,581
121
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Wei Li
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,516
5,877
0.782
Molecular environmental geochemistry
soil remediation technology
surface mineralogy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
137,390
5,808
127
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Wenbin Zhu
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,241
3,167
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
161,355
6,973
151
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Hong Hu Zhu
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,204
4,533
0.731
geo-interface
geohazard
pipeline
fiber optic sensor
geotechnical monitoring
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
219,085
9,750
202
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Xiaojian Zhang
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,533
3,696
0.815
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
241,175
10,872
217
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Zhong Huan 钟寰
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,086
3,451
0.845
Mercury
Bioavailability
Food safety
Biogeochemistry
Rice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
261,499
11,891
233
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ya Ping Wang
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,734
1,763
0.472
sediment dynamics
coastal and estuarine processes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
291,382
13,326
253
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Li Weiqiang
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,291
2,369
0.720
isotope geochemistry
economic geology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
297,898
13,656
258
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Xiandong Liu
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,206
1,817
0.567
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
302,847
13,914
261
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Zhouchuan Huang
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,144
2,113
0.672
Seismology
Geophysics
Geology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
349,349
16,252
292
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Rongfeng Ge 葛荣峰
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,639
1,681
0.637
Precambrian Geology
Geochronology
Petrology
Tectonics
Tarim Craton
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
375,869
17,572
315
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Xiaozhi Yang
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,402
1,177
0.490
Experimental Geosciences
Mineral Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
400,328
18,754
329
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Xianghui Li
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,209
974
0.441
Sedimentary geology
paleoclimate
paleoceanography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
409,993
19,247
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
ZHIJUN ZHAO
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,138
1,075
0.503
Geomorphology
Cosmogenic burial dating
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
461,863
21,666
368
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Xi Chen
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,812
1,256
0.693
Geochemistry
Isotope
Redox
Evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
469,999
22,068
371
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Zhigang Li
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,767
985
0.557
Active Tectonics
Earthquake Hazard
Fault-related Folding
Geomorpholody
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
473,669
22,280
376
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Hejiu Hui|惠鹤九
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,746
1,199
0.687
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
474,101
22,308
377
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Baoyu Jiang
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,744
891
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
493,826
23,213
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Mengying He
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,642
1,107
0.674
Quaternary Geology
Sedimentary Provenance
Zircon Geochronology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
503,155
23,652
391
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Aicheng Zhang
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,597
1,082
0.678
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
509,215
23,925
394
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Shaowen Liu
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,569
750
0.478
Geothermics
heat flow and thermal structure
geothermal regime of sedimentary basins