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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,655
Country Rank
132
Institution Rank : 4
Sustainability
resilience
ecological economics
human geography
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,472
54,537
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
2,869
Country Rank
1,381
Institution Rank : 8
biodiversity
geography
ecology
disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,947
40,902
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
3,494
Country Rank
75
Institution Rank : 1
Biogeography
Conservation
Geography
Global Change
Macroecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,332
38,057
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
4,727
Country Rank
31
Institution Rank : 5
geography
geomorphology
soil erosion
soil
soil conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,492
32,243
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,347
Country Rank
30
Institution Rank : 9
Geography
Remote Sensing
Land Cover
Urban Systems
Global Sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,222
42,383
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,260
Country Rank
211
Institution Rank : 2
Geographic Information Systems
Geographic Information Science
Geoinformatics
Spatial Data Mining
Natural Hazards
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,131
55,305
0.756
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,698
Country Rank
2,718
Institution Rank : 14
Forest ecology
fire ecology
biogeography
disturbance ecology
geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,275
19,776
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
6,823
Country Rank
257
Institution Rank : 29
urban meteorology
heat island
boundary layer climates
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,107
22,602
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
7,032
Country Rank
608
Institution Rank : 2
globalization
world cities
political geography
cities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,941
13,386
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
7,142
Country Rank
3,406
Institution Rank : 2
Ecological Economics
Sustainability Science
Population Geography
Urban Science
Global
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,400
26,917
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
7,579
Country Rank
3,624
Institution Rank : 29
Remote Sensing
Environment
GIS
Land cover
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,130
22,335
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
7,943
Country Rank
691
Institution Rank : 58
Geography
Global health
Small-area studies
Non-communicable disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,429
40,988
0.726
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
8,508
Country Rank
743
Institution Rank : 34
geography
political-economy
political-ecology
cities
planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,233
21,099
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
8,794
Country Rank
12
Institution Rank : 9
Mycorrhiza
Biogeography
Molecular Ecology
Multitrophic interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,155
38,981
0.733
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
10,589
Country Rank
408
Institution Rank : 61
Remote Sensing
Terrestrial Carbon Cycle
Hydrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,151
20,778
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
10,642
Country Rank
5,093
Institution Rank : 40
geography
sustainability
land change
anthropology
archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,003
15,027
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
10,746
Country Rank
5,139
Institution Rank : 31
Ecology
Landscape
Global Change
Land Use
Urban
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,707
22,492
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
11,150
Country Rank
972
Institution Rank : 16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,638
12,937
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
11,027
Country Rank
327
Institution Rank : 2
Structural Geology
Tectonics
Accretionary Complex
Central Asian Orogenic Belt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,953
25,144
0.547
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
11,591
Country Rank
94
Institution Rank : 30
Environmental health
human mobility
healthy cities
social justice
GIScience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,517
21,346
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
11,723
Country Rank
283
Institution Rank : 21
sociology
geography
migration
development
political ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,213
18,371
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
11,511
Country Rank
5,498
Institution Rank : 93
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,685
28,676
0.642
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
11,929
Country Rank
45
Institution Rank : 19
Climate change
global environmental change
transformation
human security
vulnerability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,721
24,214
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
12,453
Country Rank
5,951
Institution Rank : 37
Land use and land cover change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,587
14,605
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
12,382
Country Rank
5,911
Institution Rank : 42
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,732
23,292
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
1,655
Country Ranking
132
Institution Ranking
4
Neil Adger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,472
54,537
0.403
Sustainability
resilience
ecological economics
human geography
climate change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
2,869
Country Ranking
1,381
Institution Ranking
8
A Townsend Peterson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,947
40,902
0.401
biodiversity
geography
ecology
disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
3,494
Country Ranking
75
Institution Ranking
1
Miguel Bastos Araújo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,332
38,057
0.412
Biogeography
Conservation
Geography
Global Change
Macroecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
4,727
Country Ranking
31
Institution Ranking
5
Jean Poesen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,492
32,243
0.416
geography
geomorphology
soil erosion
soil
soil conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
5,347
Country Ranking
30
Institution Ranking
9
Peng Gong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,222
42,383
0.587
Geography
Remote Sensing
Land Cover
Urban Systems
Global Sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
5,260
Country Ranking
211
Institution Ranking
2
Biswajeet Pradhan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,131
55,305
0.756
Geographic Information Systems
Geographic Information Science
Geoinformatics
Spatial Data Mining
Natural Hazards
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
5,698
Country Ranking
2,718
Institution Ranking
14
Veblen TT
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,275
19,776
0.285
Forest ecology
fire ecology
biogeography
disturbance ecology
geography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
6,823
Country Ranking
257
Institution Ranking
29
Oke Tr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,107
22,602
0.364
urban meteorology
heat island
boundary layer climates
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
7,032
Country Ranking
608
Institution Ranking
2
Peter J Taylor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,941
13,386
0.220
globalization
world cities
political geography
cities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
7,142
Country Ranking
3,406
Institution Ranking
2
Paul C Sutton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,400
26,917
0.446
Ecological Economics
Sustainability Science
Population Geography
Urban Science
Global
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
7,579
Country Ranking
3,624
Institution Ranking
29
John Townshend
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,130
22,335
0.384
Remote Sensing
Environment
GIS
Land cover
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
7,943
Country Ranking
691
Institution Ranking
58
Frédéric B Piel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,429
40,988
0.726
Geography
Global health
Small-area studies
Non-communicable disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
8,508
Country Ranking
743
Institution Ranking
34
Erik Swyngedouw
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,233
21,099
0.389
geography
political-economy
political-ecology
cities
planning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
8,794
Country Ranking
12
Institution Ranking
9
Leho Tedersoo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,155
38,981
0.733
Mycorrhiza
Biogeography
Molecular Ecology
Multitrophic interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
10,589
Country Ranking
408
Institution Ranking
61
Jing M Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,151
20,778
0.441
Remote Sensing
Terrestrial Carbon Cycle
Hydrology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
10,642
Country Ranking
5,093
Institution Ranking
40
Bl Turner II
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,003
15,027
0.320
geography
sustainability
land change
anthropology
archaeology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
10,746
Country Ranking
5,139
Institution Ranking
31
Jiquan Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,707
22,492
0.482
Ecology
Landscape
Global Change
Land Use
Urban
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
11,150
Country Ranking
972
Institution Ranking
16
Gill Valentine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,638
12,937
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
11,027
Country Ranking
327
Institution Ranking
2
Wenjiao Xiao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,953
25,144
0.547
Structural Geology
Tectonics
Accretionary Complex
Central Asian Orogenic Belt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
11,591
Country Ranking
94
Institution Ranking
30
Mei Po Kwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,517
21,346
0.480
Environmental health
human mobility
healthy cities
social justice
GIScience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
11,723
Country Ranking
283
Institution Ranking
21
Hein De Haas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,213
18,371
0.416
sociology
geography
migration
development
political ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
11,511
Country Ranking
5,498
Institution Ranking
93
Karen C Seto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,685
28,676
0.642
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
11,929
Country Ranking
45
Institution Ranking
19
Karen O Brien
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,721
24,214
0.554
Climate change
global environmental change
transformation
human security
vulnerability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
12,453
Country Ranking
5,951
Institution Ranking
37
Emilio Moran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,587
14,605
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
12,382
Country Ranking
5,911
Institution Ranking
42
Shunlin Liang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,732
23,292
0.545