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
Coastal wetlands
Wetland ecology
Wetland restoration
Wetland biogeochemistry
Microbial ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,318
9,784
0.735
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Urban landscape sustainability
Environmental and ecological risks of urban landscape
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,516
6,371
0.848
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Zoology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,729
3,429
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Reproductive biology
Small RNAs
Environmental exposure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,704
2,508
0.677
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Ecosystem Services and Human Well-being
Urban Heat Island
Regional Sustainable Development Assessment
Environmental Justice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,426
2,299
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Ecohydrology
Remote sensing
Water and energy balances
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,137
2,276
0.726
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Conservation Biology
Ecosystem Services
Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,924
1,739
0.595
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
biodiversity
mammals
biological conservation
camera-trapping
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,200
1,660
0.755
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Ecology Remote Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,974
1,272
0.644
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Ecology Remote Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,791
1,163
0.649
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
ecopedagogy
comparative education
critical pedagogy
global citizenship education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,552
1,429
0.921
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Botany
Evo-Devo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,384
1,365
0.986
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Limnology
Stoichiometry
Biogeochemistry
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,287
1,214
0.943
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Evolution
microbial ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,254
798
0.636
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Evolutionary game theory
complex network
behavioral economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,129
743
0.658
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
intron evolution
genome evolution
horizontal gene transfer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,077
471
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
landscape ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,063
1,009
0.949
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
behavioral ecology and conservation biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
909
510
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Functional ecology
carbon cycling
climate change
plant functional traits
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
779
736
0.945
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Ethnobotany
Ethnopharmacology
Ethnomedicine Toxicity
Plant Taxonomy
Chemotaxonomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
705
672
0.953
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Botany (Plant Systematic)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
606
435
0.718
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
392
329
0.839
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
River ecology
Water management
Phytoplankton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
367
349
0.951
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Ecology
global change ecology
insect ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
359
342
0.953
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
296
252
0.851
Junhong Bai
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,318
9,784
0.735
Coastal wetlands
Wetland ecology
Wetland restoration
Wetland biogeochemistry
Microbial ecology
Zhifeng Liu (刘志锋)
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,516
6,371
0.848
Urban landscape sustainability
Environmental and ecological risks of urban landscape
Zhengwang Zhang
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,729
3,429
0.599
Zhang Ying
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,704
2,508
0.677
Reproductive biology
Small RNAs
Environmental exposure
Ganlin Huang
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,426
2,299
0.671
Ecosystem Services and Human Well-being
Urban Heat Island
Regional Sustainable Development Assessment
Environmental Justice
Xianhong Xie
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,137
2,276
0.726
Ecohydrology
Remote sensing
Water and energy balances
Li Aster Zhang
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,924
1,739
0.595
Conservation Biology
Ecosystem Services
Climate Change
Tianming Wang
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,200
1,660
0.755
biodiversity
mammals
biological conservation
camera-trapping
Ziyun Sun
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,974
1,272
0.644
Wu Jincheng
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,791
1,163
0.649
Greg William Misiaszek
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,552
1,429
0.921
ecopedagogy
comparative education
critical pedagogy
global citizenship education
Kaifeng Zheng (郑凯峰)
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,384
1,365
0.986
Ze Ren
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,287
1,214
0.943
Limnology
Stoichiometry
Biogeochemistry
Microbiology
Yi Hu
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,254
798
0.636
Boyu Zhang
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,129
743
0.658
Evolutionary game theory
complex network
behavioral economics
Deng Ke Niu
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,077
471
0.437
intron evolution
genome evolution
horizontal gene transfer
Fangyan Cheng
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,063
1,009
0.949
Dingzhen Liu
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
909
510
0.561
behavioral ecology and conservation biology
Bingwei Zhang
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
779
736
0.945
Functional ecology
carbon cycling
climate change
plant functional traits
Latif Ahmad
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
705
672
0.953
Ethnobotany
Ethnopharmacology
Ethnomedicine Toxicity
Plant Taxonomy
Chemotaxonomy
Paras Mazari
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
606
435
0.718
Zhilin Li
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
392
329
0.839
Yulu Tian
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
367
349
0.951
River ecology
Water management
Phytoplankton
Cong Chen
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
359
342
0.953
Ecology
global change ecology
insect ecology
Pengcheng Wang
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
296
252
0.851