Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Engineering & Technology / Earth Sciences Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
Biogeochemistry
Organic Geochemistry
Oceanography
Stable Isotopes
Geochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,511
23,783
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Tectonics
Sedimentary basins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,765
8,773
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
mantle dynamics
tectonics
geodesy
seismology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,771
10,218
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Tectonics
geodynamics
plate tectonics
paleomagnetism
paleogeography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,857
12,127
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Paleoceanography
Paleoclimate
Geochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,835
8,511
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Rock and fault mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,562
7,416
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Tectonophysics
Geodynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,986
3,582
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
paleomagnetism
rock magnetism
geomagnetism
environmental magnetism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,197
4,780
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
seismology
inverse theory
mineral physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,133
3,727
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Quaternary Geology
Palaeogeography
Sedimentology
Rhine delta
North Sea Basin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,114
5,402
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Climate
Planetary atmospheres
Clouds
Exoplanets
Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,272
4,839
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Geology
Geochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,163
3,614
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Geosciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,666
2,666
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Quaternary Geology
palaeoclimate
palaeoecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,518
3,517
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,323
2,267
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Paleoclimate
Paleoceanography
Palynology
Mediterranean
Polar regions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,914
3,385
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Geology
Tectonics
Analogue modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,852
2,531
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Geosciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,360
3,735
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
geocomputation
geoinformatics
hydrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,934
3,138
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Geodynamics of plate boundaries
lithosphere scale deformation processes and the expressions of these processes in observations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,705
2,385
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Earth Sciences
Sedimentology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,345
1,331
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Earth Sciences-Geology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,135
1,405
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,949
1,238
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Sedimentology
Estuaries
River morphology
bedforms
turbidites
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,815
1,433
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Experimental Biogeochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,484
1,853
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,562
171
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jack J Middelburg
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,511
23,783
0.400
Biogeochemistry
Organic Geochemistry
Oceanography
Stable Isotopes
Geochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,498
523
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sierd Cloetingh
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,765
8,773
0.276
Tectonics
Sedimentary basins
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,614
692
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Wim Spakman
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,771
10,218
0.382
mantle dynamics
tectonics
geodesy
seismology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,879
1,174
164
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Douwe Van Hinsbergen
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,857
12,127
0.643
Tectonics
geodynamics
plate tectonics
paleomagnetism
paleogeography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,197
1,349
183
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Gert Jan Reichart
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,835
8,511
0.506
Paleoceanography
Paleoclimate
Geochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,339
1,386
187
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Christopher James Spiers
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,562
7,416
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,519
1,708
229
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mjr Wortel
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,986
3,582
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,631
1,814
241
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Mj Dekkers
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,197
4,780
0.362
paleomagnetism
rock magnetism
geomagnetism
environmental magnetism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,059
2,460
319
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Trampert Jeannot
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,133
3,727
0.368
seismology
inverse theory
mineral physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,270
2,465
321
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Kim Cohen
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,114
5,402
0.534
Quaternary Geology
Palaeogeography
Sedimentology
Rhine delta
North Sea Basin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,395
2,694
347
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Remco De Kok
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,272
4,839
0.522
Climate
Planetary atmospheres
Clouds
Exoplanets
Spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,833
2,730
350
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Paul Mason
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,163
3,614
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,894
2,894
363
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Postma G
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,666
2,666
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,152
2,944
369
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Wim Hoek
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,518
3,517
0.413
Quaternary Geology
palaeoclimate
palaeoecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
139,506
3,422
410
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Reinoud Vissers
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,323
2,267
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
148,194
3,612
428
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Francesca Sangiorgi
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,914
3,385
0.490
Paleoclimate
Paleoceanography
Palynology
Mediterranean
Polar regions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
149,622
3,648
432
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Dimitrios Sokoutis
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,852
2,531
0.369
Geology
Tectonics
Analogue modelling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
161,526
3,902
470
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
André Niemeijer
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,360
3,735
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
173,280
4,111
489
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Derek Karssenberg
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,934
3,138
0.529
geocomputation
geoinformatics
hydrology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
180,219
4,272
508
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Rob Govers
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,705
2,385
0.418
Geodynamics of plate boundaries
lithosphere scale deformation processes and the expressions of these processes in observations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
191,996
4,498
538
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Poppe L De Boer
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,345
1,331
0.249
Earth Sciences
Sedimentology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
199,609
4,654
554
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Herman LM Van Roermund
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,135
1,405
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
255,349
5,649
649
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Arie Van Den Berg
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,949
1,238
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
263,200
5,784
657
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Janrik Van Den Berg
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,815
1,433
0.376
Sedimentology
Estuaries
River morphology
bedforms
turbidites
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
284,633
6,180
698
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Thilo Behrends
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,484
1,853
0.532
Experimental Biogeochemistry