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
Geochronology
Geochemistry
Petrology
Chemical geodynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,449
22,861
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Igneous Petrology
Economic Geology
Ore Deposits
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,033
18,539
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
petroleum engineering
hydraulic fracturing
formation damage
water injection
production engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,092
13,038
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
mineralogy
astrobiology
astrochemistry
petrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,100
9,967
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Geochronology
Isotope Geochemistry
LA-ICP-MS
Laser ablation ICP-MS
Petrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,507
16,210
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Petroleum biomarkers
chemometrics
stable isotopes
molecular archaeology
gas geochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,951
10,918
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Igneous petrology
Experimental Petrology
Geochemistry
Mineralogy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,696
8,120
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
element partitioning
planetary accretion
volcanic gases
experimental petrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,475
6,820
0.217
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Igneous petrology/geochemistry
Lithospheric mantle
Large igneous provinces
Big mantle Wedge
Earth's habitability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,512
14,194
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
petroleum engineering
reservoir engineering
enhanced oil recovery
reservoir simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,552
8,148
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Geochemistry
igneous petrology
platinum group element geochemistry
Re-Os isotopes
Molecular
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,444
10,424
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Petroleum Engineering
Reservoir Simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,360
11,781
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
coal petrology
fly ash petrology
coal geochemistry
coal maceral origins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,287
12,732
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
reservoir engineering
enhanced oil recovery
petroleum engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,032
7,463
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Petroleum Geology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,932
11,027
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Petroleum Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,054
12,873
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Earth Sciences
Geochemistry
Astrobiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,568
8,987
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
petrologi
mineralogi
geokemi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,396
6,044
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Mineralogy
Geochemistry
Petrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,111
6,794
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Switched systems
Fuzzy systems
Markovian jump systems
Delay systems
Robust control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,538
16,200
0.719
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Organic Maturation and Thermal Maturity
Hydrocarbon Source Rock Characterization including hydrocarbon generation
Coal beneficiation and Clean Coal Technology
Coal utilization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,845
9,547
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Micro-nano-mechanics
Materials design
Nanofluidic
Molecular dynamics simulation
Petroleum engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,720
13,445
0.649
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Igneous Petrology
Volcanology
Scienze della Terra
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,125
5,336
0.265
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Inverse theory
optimization
uncertainty quantification
reservoir simulation
data assimilation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,782
5,706
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
petrology
geochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,671
6,442
0.345
Xian-Hua Li/李献华
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,449
22,861
0.412
Geochronology
Geochemistry
Petrology
Chemical geodynamics
Mei Fu Zhou
University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,033
18,539
0.412
Igneous Petrology
Economic Geology
Ore Deposits
Mukul Sharma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,092
13,038
0.342
petroleum engineering
hydraulic fracturing
formation damage
water injection
production engineering
Robert M Hazen
Carnegie Institution for Science
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,100
9,967
0.301
mineralogy
astrobiology
astrochemistry
petrology
Axel Gerdes
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,507
16,210
0.499
Geochronology
Isotope Geochemistry
LA-ICP-MS
Laser ablation ICP-MS
Petrology
Ken Peters
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,951
10,918
0.342
Petroleum biomarkers
chemometrics
stable isotopes
molecular archaeology
gas geochemistry
Timothy Grove
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,696
8,120
0.256
Igneous petrology
Experimental Petrology
Geochemistry
Mineralogy
Bernard J Wood
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,475
6,820
0.217
element partitioning
planetary accretion
volcanic gases
experimental petrology
Yi-Gang Xu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,512
14,194
0.465
Igneous petrology/geochemistry
Lithospheric mantle
Large igneous provinces
Big mantle Wedge
Earth's habitability
Gary A Pope
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,552
8,148
0.285
petroleum engineering
reservoir engineering
enhanced oil recovery
reservoir simulation
DG Pearson
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,444
10,424
0.366
Geochemistry
igneous petrology
platinum group element geochemistry
Re-Os isotopes
Molecular
Kamy Sepehrnoori
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,360
11,781
0.447
Petroleum Engineering
Reservoir Simulation
James C Hower
University of Kentucky
Lexington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,287
12,732
0.484
coal petrology
fly ash petrology
coal geochemistry
coal maceral origins
Larry Lake
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,032
7,463
0.287
reservoir engineering
enhanced oil recovery
petroleum engineering
Zhijun Jin(金之钧)
Peking University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,932
11,027
0.425
SM Farouq Ali
University of Houston
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,054
12,873
0.535
Petroleum Engineering
Balz Kamber
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,568
8,987
0.381
Earth Sciences
Geochemistry
Astrobiology
J Richard Wilson
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,396
6,044
0.258
petrologi
mineralogi
geokemi
Andrew Putnis
Curtin University
Bentley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,111
6,794
0.294
Mineralogy
Geochemistry
Petrology
Xudong Zhao
Dalian University of Technology
Dalian, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,538
16,200
0.719
Switched systems
Fuzzy systems
Markovian jump systems
Delay systems
Robust control
Alok K Singh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,845
9,547
0.437
Organic Maturation and Thermal Maturity
Hydrocarbon Source Rock Characterization including hydrocarbon generation
Coal beneficiation and Clean Coal Technology
Coal utilization
Hengan Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,720
13,445
0.649
Micro-nano-mechanics
Materials design
Nanofluidic
Molecular dynamics simulation
Petroleum engineering
Angelo Peccerillo
Università degli Studi di Perugia
Perugia, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,125
5,336
0.265
Igneous Petrology
Volcanology
Scienze della Terra
Albert C Reynolds
University of Tulsa
Tulsa, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,782
5,706
0.304
Inverse theory
optimization
uncertainty quantification
reservoir simulation
data assimilation
Max W Schmidt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,671
6,442
0.345
petrology
geochemistry