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
Marine Geochemistry
Radiochemistry
Coastal Oceanography
EOAS-FSU
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,745
6,494
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Ocean Science
Geochemistry
Geology
Chemical Oceanography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,528
3,961
0.193
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Environmental chemistry
marine chemistry
chemical oceanography
EOAS-FSU
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,740
5,197
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Hydrocarbons in the Ocean
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,644
3,000
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Population and Community Ecology
Evolutionary Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,386
1,933
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
ocean modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,385
3,377
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Marine Biology-Ecology-Biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,433
4,361
0.678
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Physical Oceanography
Climate Dynamics
Meteorology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,453
1,060
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Benthic ecology
Deep-sea biology
Harpacticoida
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,199
776
0.149
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Marine megafauna
Marine turtles
Marine conservation biology
Movement ecology
eoas_fsu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,023
3,219
0.641
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Fish Conservation Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,815
1,616
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Isotope Geochemistry
Paleoceanography
Geobiology
Biogeochemistry
EOAS-FSU
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,964
3,268
0.824
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,890
2,134
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Ocean circulation
sea level variability
Atlantic Ocean
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,440
558
0.162
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Plankton Ecology
Marine Biogeochemistry
Biological Pump
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,053
2,207
0.723
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Stratigraphy
Isotope Geochemistry
Biogeochemistry
Paleoceanography
EOAS-FSU
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,922
1,485
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Marine Ecology
Aquaculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,860
2,619
0.916
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
oceanography
metal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,699
1,875
0.695
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Physical Oceanography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,427
1,663
0.685
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
numerical ocean modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,295
1,487
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Phytoplankton Productivity
carbon acquisition
ecosystem dynamics
Southern Ocean
biological carbon pump
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,144
1,239
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
physical oceanography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,998
1,408
0.705
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Marine & Fisheries Ecology
Population Dynamics
Statistical Ecology
Kelp Forest Ecosystems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,760
1,521
0.864
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Climate Dynamics
Boundary Layer Meterology
Coastal Ocean Dynamics
Ocean Waves and Currents
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,037
248
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Oceanography
Marine Geomorphology
Environmental Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
750
502
0.669
Bill Burnett
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,745
6,494
0.286
Marine Geochemistry
Radiochemistry
Coastal Oceanography
EOAS-FSU
Philip Froelich
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,528
3,961
0.193
Ocean Science
Geochemistry
Geology
Chemical Oceanography
William M Landing
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,740
5,197
0.378
Environmental chemistry
marine chemistry
chemical oceanography
EOAS-FSU
Ian R Macdonald
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,644
3,000
0.311
Hydrocarbons in the Ocean
Joel C Trexler
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,386
1,933
0.231
Population and Community Ecology
Evolutionary Ecology
Alan Wallcraft
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,385
3,377
0.403
Jeroen Ingels
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,433
4,361
0.678
Marine Biology-Ecology-Biodiversity
Allan J Clarke
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,453
1,060
0.194
Physical Oceanography
Climate Dynamics
Meteorology
David Thistle
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,199
776
0.149
Benthic ecology
Deep-sea biology
Harpacticoida
Mariana Fuentes
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,023
3,219
0.641
Marine megafauna
Marine turtles
Marine conservation biology
Movement ecology
eoas_fsu
Christopher Koenig
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,815
1,616
0.336
Fish Conservation Ecology
Jeremy D Owens
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,964
3,268
0.824
Isotope Geochemistry
Paleoceanography
Geobiology
Biogeochemistry
EOAS-FSU
R Dean Grubbs
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,890
2,134
0.549
Wilton Sturges
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,440
558
0.162
Ocean circulation
sea level variability
Atlantic Ocean
Michael R Stukel
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,053
2,207
0.723
Plankton Ecology
Marine Biogeochemistry
Biological Pump
Seth Young
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,922
1,485
0.508
Stratigraphy
Isotope Geochemistry
Biogeochemistry
Paleoceanography
EOAS-FSU
Rebecca Gentry
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,860
2,619
0.916
Marine Ecology
Aquaculture
Peter Morton
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,699
1,875
0.695
Alexandra Bozec
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,427
1,663
0.685
Physical Oceanography
Dmitry Dukhovskoy
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,295
1,487
0.648
numerical ocean modeling
Sven A Kranz
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,144
1,239
0.578
Phytoplankton Productivity
carbon acquisition
ecosystem dynamics
Southern Ocean
biological carbon pump
Xiaobiao Xu
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,998
1,408
0.705
physical oceanography
Daniel K Okamoto
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,760
1,521
0.864
Marine & Fisheries Ecology
Population Dynamics
Statistical Ecology
Kelp Forest Ecosystems
Stephen Van Gorder
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,037
248
0.239
Climate Dynamics
Boundary Layer Meterology
Coastal Ocean Dynamics
Ocean Waves and Currents
Mauricio Silva Aguilera
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
750
502
0.669
Oceanography
Marine Geomorphology
Environmental Modeling