Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Scientists CitationNatural Sciences / Geography Rankings 2024
Sustainability
resilience
ecological economics
human geography
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,472
54,537
0.403
geography
geomorphology
soil erosion
soil
soil conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,492
32,243
0.416
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
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
Forest ecology
fire ecology
biogeography
disturbance ecology
geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,275
19,776
0.285
urban meteorology
heat island
boundary layer climates
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,978
23,382
0.371
globalization
world cities
political geography
cities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,941
13,386
0.220
Remote Sensing
Environment
GIS
Land cover
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,130
22,335
0.384
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
geography
political-economy
political-ecology
cities
planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,233
21,099
0.389
Mycorrhiza
Biogeography
Molecular Ecology
Multitrophic interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,155
38,981
0.733
Remote Sensing
Terrestrial Carbon Cycle
Hydrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,042
21,595
0.450
geography
sustainability
land change
anthropology
archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,003
15,027
0.320
Ecology
Landscape
Global Change
Land Use
Urban
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,707
22,492
0.482
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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,638
12,937
0.283
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,685
28,676
0.642
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
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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,732
23,292
0.545
Land use and land cover change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,587
14,605
0.343
Geography
Ecologie humaine
Territory
Political geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,093
12,910
0.330
Geopolitics
territorial politics
international political economy
territory
Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,958
10,472
0.283
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,790
17,636
0.479
Island Biogeography
Conservation Biogeography
Ecological Biogeography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,498
13,858
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,661
133
4
Neil Adger
University of Exeter
Exeter, United Kingdom
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
Rankings
4,744
31
5
Jean Poesen
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
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
Rankings
5,269
211
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
Rankings
5,358
31
9
Peng Gong
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
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
Rankings
5,717
2,722
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
Rankings
6,671
254
29
Oke Tr
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,978
23,382
0.371
urban meteorology
heat island
boundary layer climates
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,047
611
2
Peter J Taylor
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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
Rankings
7,594
3,628
29
John Townshend
University of Maryland
College Park, United States
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
Rankings
7,959
691
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
Rankings
8,530
745
34
Erik Swyngedouw
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
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
Rankings
8,813
12
9
Leho Tedersoo
University of Tartu
Tartu, Estonia
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
Rankings
10,314
406
63
Jing M Chen
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,042
21,595
0.450
Remote Sensing
Terrestrial Carbon Cycle
Hydrology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,673
5,097
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
Rankings
10,774
5,140
31
Jiquan Chen
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
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
Rankings
11,046
328
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
Rankings
11,172
974
16
Gill Valentine
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,638
12,937
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,529
5,499
93
Karen C Seto
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,685
28,676
0.642
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,611
94
30
Mei Po Kwan
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
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
Rankings
11,953
45
19
Karen O Brien
University of Oslo
Oslo, Norway
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
Rankings
12,413
5,921
42
Shunlin Liang
University of Maryland
College Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,732
23,292
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,486
5,964
38
Emilio Moran
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,587
14,605
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,342
255
27
Claude Raffestin
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,093
12,910
0.330
Geography
Ecologie humaine
Territory
Political geography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,663
7,411
166
J Agnew
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,958
10,472
0.283
Geopolitics
territorial politics
international political economy
territory
Italy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,791
1,372
16
Harriet Bulkeley
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,790
17,636
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,014
1,392
186
Robert J Whittaker
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,498
13,858
0.380
Island Biogeography
Conservation Biogeography
Ecological Biogeography