Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Nanjing University Highly Cited Researchers CitationNatural Sciences / Geography Rankings 2025
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
microbial ecology
biogeography
climate
soils
biogeochemical cycles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,357
7,315
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Geography
urban soil
urban ecosystem
soil pollution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,641
6,618
0.866
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Urban ecology
urban climate
urban sustainable development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,362
3,743
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Geographic Modeling&Simulation
Virtual Geographic Environments (VGEs)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,158
4,201
0.814
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Reductive soil disinfestation
Soil microbiome regulation
Panax notoginseng
Root exduates
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,044
3,523
0.871
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
High spatial resolution remote sensing
image segmentation
semantic segmentation
GEOBIA
probabilistic graph model
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,585
3,205
0.894
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
landslide
Natural hazards
GIS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,482
2,046
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Geographic image analysis
remote sensing of snow
land use and land cover
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,872
1,958
0.682
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
LiDAR
Remote Sensing
GIS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,375
1,034
0.752
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Geography & Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,048
896
0.855
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Machine Learning
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,043
579
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Geographical Big data
GeoScience Knowledge Graph
Natural Language Processing
Geographical Intelligence
Humanities and Social
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
969
630
0.650
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
remote sensing
lidar
forest
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
792
723
0.913
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
452
427
0.945
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Resources and environment and sustainable development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
267
265
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Biogeochemical process
Hyporheic zone
Density-driven flow
Riverbank filtration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
134
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
remote sensing of vegetation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
74
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
remote sensing
hydrology
urbanization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
61
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,184
2,796
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jonathan Adams
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,357
7,315
0.548
microbial ecology
biogeography
climate
soils
biogeochemical cycles
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
132,740
5,652
119
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Shaohua Wu
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,641
6,618
0.866
Geography
urban soil
urban ecosystem
soil pollution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
160,907
7,024
151
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Fanhua KONG|孔繁花
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,362
3,743
0.588
Urban ecology
urban climate
urban sustainable development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
198,060
8,834
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Min Chen
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,158
4,201
0.814
Geographic Modeling&Simulation
Virtual Geographic Environments (VGEs)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
249,078
11,341
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jun Zhao
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,044
3,523
0.871
Reductive soil disinfestation
Soil microbiome regulation
Panax notoginseng
Root exduates
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
276,832
12,740
240
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Xueliang Zhang 张学良
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,585
3,205
0.894
High spatial resolution remote sensing
image segmentation
semantic segmentation
GEOBIA
probabilistic graph model
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
283,862
13,056
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
shibiao bai
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,482
2,046
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
333,386
15,532
279
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Pengfeng Xiao
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,872
1,958
0.682
Geographic image analysis
remote sensing of snow
land use and land cover
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
564,158
26,414
412
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Yanming Chen（陈焱明）
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,375
1,034
0.752
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
660,691
30,441
467
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Penghui Jiang
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,048
896
0.855
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
662,529
30,524
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jiansheng Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,043
579
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
688,968
31,581
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Xueying Zhang
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
969
630
0.650
Geographical Big data
GeoScience Knowledge Graph
Natural Language Processing
Geographical Intelligence
Humanities and Social
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
761,411
34,458
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jing Liu
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
792
723
0.913
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
956,467
42,780
587
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Qi Xinxian
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
452
427
0.945
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,167,555
51,660
748
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Xuepeng Ji
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
267
265
0.993
Resources and environment and sustainable development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,453,821
64,590
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Qihao Jiang
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
134
0.993
Biogeochemical process
Hyporheic zone
Density-driven flow
Riverbank filtration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,689,305
74,902
141
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Runfei Zhang
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
74
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,755,712
77,753
1,152
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Chang Liu
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
61
1.000