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
Social Vulnerability
Environmental Change
Transformation
Urbanization
Asia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,408
17,890
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Remote Sensing
Hydrology
Food Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,971
3,303
0.832
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Social-scientific and interdisciplinary sustainability research
Environmental sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,767
2,037
0.736
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Remote Sensing and GIS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,253
2,173
0.964
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Human Geography
Post-Capitalism
Sustainable Development
Economic Geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
508
485
0.955
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Earth Observations
Indigenous Peoples
Complex Earth Systems
Substance Flow Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
329
315
0.957
Matthias Garschagen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,408
17,890
0.653
Social Vulnerability
Environmental Change
Transformation
Urbanization
Asia
Tobias Benedikt Hank
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,971
3,303
0.832
Henrike Rau
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,767
2,037
0.736
Social-scientific and interdisciplinary sustainability research
Environmental sociology
Phan Thanh Noi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,253
2,173
0.964
Thomas Sj Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
508
485
0.955
Human Geography
Post-Capitalism
Sustainable Development
Economic Geography
Yolanda López-Maldonado
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
329
315
0.957
Earth Observations
Indigenous Peoples
Complex Earth Systems
Substance Flow Analysis