Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Engineering & Technology / Earth Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 26 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the 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
Soils
Terrestrial Biogeochemistry
Soil Organic Matter
Soil Management
Sustainable Agriculture
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,711
17,026
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
near-surface geophysics
hydrogeophysics
environmental geophysics
biogeophysics
inverse methods
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,666
3,676
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Geoinformation
Modelling of Building and Landscapes
Spatio-Temporal Patterns in Agriculture
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,786
3,274
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,790
1,979
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Engineering geodesy
geodesy
mobile mapping
laser scanning
measurement technique
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,885
2,587
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,184
2,049
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
Remote Sensing
Plant Phenotyping
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,066
3,571
0.878
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Geoinformatik
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,063
1,256
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Sedimentology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,403
1,035
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,278
1,621
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
geology
mineralogy
geochemistry
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,468
873
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Radar meteorology
polarimetry
precipitation prediction
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,060
1,038
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Earth Rotation
Tides
Satellite Gravimetry
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,028
1,427
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Geodesy
Deformation Monitoring
Laser Scanning
Calibration
Mobile Mapping
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,352
776
0.574
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Tectonics
Geochronology
Structural Geology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
999
588
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
contaminant transport
hydrogeochmistry
fractured aquifers
groundwater modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
898
386
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Geomorphology
Slope instability and weathering
Sediment cascades and connectivity
Natural hazards
System theory
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
320
195
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
geochemistry
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
279
78
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Biomineralization
Analytical Geochemistry
Fossilization
Bioapatite
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
86
0.804
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Geographic Information Systems
Algorithms
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
61
0.984
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
geographic information systems
map labeling
algorithms
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
50
0.962
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Petrology
Taphonomy
Biogeochemistry
Aquatic geochemistry
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
46
0.902
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Sedimentology
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
37
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Geophysics
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
29
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Meteorology
hydrogeology
energy fluxes
land surface process
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
18
0.947
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,159
851
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Wulf Amelung
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,711
17,026
0.505
Soils
Terrestrial Biogeochemistry
Soil Organic Matter
Soil Management
Sustainable Agriculture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,488
4,554
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Andreas Kemna
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,666
3,676
0.380
near-surface geophysics
hydrogeophysics
environmental geophysics
biogeophysics
inverse methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
133,206
5,675
127
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Lutz Plümer
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,786
3,274
0.420
Geoinformation
Modelling of Building and Landscapes
Spatio-Temporal Patterns in Agriculture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
154,041
6,497
146
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Nikolaus Froitzheim
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,790
1,979
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
213,592
8,704
188
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Heiner Kuhlmann
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,885
2,587
0.530
Engineering geodesy
geodesy
mobile mapping
laser scanning
measurement technique
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
246,795
9,867
215
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Petra Friederichs
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,184
2,049
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
253,397
10,081
220
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ribana Roscher
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,066
3,571
0.878
Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
Remote Sensing
Plant Phenotyping
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
253,618
10,086
221
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Gerhard Gröger
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,063
1,256
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
295,869
11,532
247
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Tom McCann
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,403
1,035
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
305,294
11,841
249
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nicole Klein
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,278
1,621
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
383,683
14,409
288
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Frank Tomaschek
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,468
873
0.354
geology
mineralogy
geochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
438,575
16,150
314
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Silke Trömel
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,060
1,038
0.504
Radar meteorology
polarimetry
precipitation prediction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
443,442
16,298
318
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Michael Schindelegger
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,028
1,427
0.704
Earth Rotation
Tides
Satellite Gravimetry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
579,279
20,407
389
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Christoph Holst
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,352
776
0.574
Geodesy
Deformation Monitoring
Laser Scanning
Calibration
Mobile Mapping
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
687,066
23,662
431
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Daniel Rutte
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
999
588
0.589
Tectonics
Geochronology
Structural Geology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
725,396
24,753
446
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Barbara Reichert
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
898
386
0.430
contaminant transport
hydrogeochmistry
fractured aquifers
groundwater modelling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,111,305
38,071
682
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Karoline Messenzehl
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
320
195
0.609
Geomorphology
Slope instability and weathering
Sediment cascades and connectivity
Natural hazards
System theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,169,289
40,156
723
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Judith A Coggon
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
279
78
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,574,688
52,600
939
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Anna Gabriele Kral
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
86
0.804
Biomineralization
Analytical Geochemistry
Fossilization
Bioapatite
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,774,117
57,428
1,023
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Annika Bonerath
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
61
0.984
Geographic Information Systems
Algorithms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,831,161
58,686
1,048
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sven Gedicke
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
50
0.962
geographic information systems
map labeling
algorithms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,838,019
58,825
1,050
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Fabian Gäb
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
46
0.902
Petrology
Taphonomy
Biogeochemistry
Aquatic geochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,929,600
60,552
1,077
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Nagham Omar
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
37
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,992,630
61,720
1,098
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jonas K Limbrock
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
29
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,092,358
63,502
1,128
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Yen-Sen Lu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
18
0.947
Meteorology
hydrogeology
energy fluxes
land surface process