Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Wetsus, European Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology Highly Cited Researchers CitationOthers 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
water technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,574
16,854
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
water technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,034
19,339
0.537
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
water technology
desalination
electrodialysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,622
2,652
0.574
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Water technology
Wastewater treatment
Water treatment
Microbial Fuel Cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,150
2,407
0.764
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
source separated sanitation
recovery of nutrients
removal of micropollutants
antibiotic resistance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,732
1,833
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
QMRA
microplastics
ground- and drinking water
respiratory infections
cryo-FIB-SEM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,583
1,248
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Water technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,612
812
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
water
the floating water bridge
spectroscopy
electrospray
rare earth phosphors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,364
497
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Bioelectrochemical systems
Energy
Environment
Salinity gradient energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,318
648
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
biofilms
EPS
bioprocesses
fluorescence microscopy
drinking water microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
978
747
0.764
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
electrodialysis
desalination
ion exchange membranes
electrical energy storage
supercapacitors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
921
598
0.649
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
electrochemistry
ion exchange membranes
electrolysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
465
465
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
ion exchange membrane
membrane selectivity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
461
451
0.978
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
451
301
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
host-microbe interactions
ecological immunology
environmental microbiology
water microbiology
biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
442
420
0.950
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Environmental biotechnology
fermentation
bioprocesses
carboxylates
EPS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
262
241
0.920
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Capacitive Deionization
Water Technology
Electrochemistry
Ion Exchange Membranes
Numerical Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242
234
0.967
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
fouling
water treatment
blue energy
reverse electrodialysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
232
219
0.944
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
bio-electrochemical systems
water technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
228
226
0.991
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219
207
0.945
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Biopolymer
Melt and solution Processing
Novel thermoplastic elastomer development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169
169
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Advanced oxidation processes
vacuum UV processes
Micropollutants
PFAS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
147
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Membrane technology
micropollutants
source separated sanitation
wastewater treatment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
144
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Photochemistry
titanium dioxide
photocatalysis
AOP
Radical Filtration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
97
0.970
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Non-Chemical Water Treatment
Environmental Microbiology
Food Safety
Water Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
18
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,768
393
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Bert Hamelers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,574
16,854
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,835
416
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Cees Buisman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,034
19,339
0.537
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
220,844
5,056
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jan W. Post
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,622
2,652
0.574
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
309,909
6,658
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Philipp Kuntke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,150
2,407
0.764
Water technology
Wastewater treatment
Water treatment
Microbial Fuel Cells
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
348,201
7,274
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Lucia Hernandez-Leal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,732
1,833
0.671
source separated sanitation
recovery of nutrients
removal of micropollutants
antibiotic resistance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
364,067
7,535
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Matthijs de Winter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,583
1,248
0.483
QMRA
microplastics
ground- and drinking water
respiratory infections
cryo-FIB-SEM
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
511,212
9,779
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Martijn Bijmans
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,612
812
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
568,174
10,619
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Elmar C. Fuchs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,364
497
0.364
water
the floating water bridge
spectroscopy
electrospray
rare earth phosphors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
580,078
10,778
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Olivier Schaetzle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,318
648
0.492
Bioelectrochemical systems
Energy
Environment
Salinity gradient energy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
686,344
12,200
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Maria Cristina Gagliano
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
978
747
0.764
biofilms
EPS
bioprocesses
fluorescence microscopy
drinking water microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
707,959
12,493
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
AH Galama
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
921
598
0.649
electrodialysis
desalination
ion exchange membranes
electrical energy storage
supercapacitors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
947,318
15,677
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ragne Pärnamäe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
465
465
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
950,939
15,728
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Zexin Qian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
461
451
0.978
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
960,049
15,853
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sam Molenaar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
451
301
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
967,855
15,968
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
H Pieter J Van Veelen
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
442
420
0.950
host-microbe interactions
ecological immunology
environmental microbiology
water microbiology
biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,180,754
18,934
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Carlos A Contreras-Dávila
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
262
241
0.920
Environmental biotechnology
fermentation
bioprocesses
carboxylates
EPS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,213,916
19,331
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Tm Mubita
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242
234
0.967
Capacitive Deionization
Water Technology
Electrochemistry
Ion Exchange Membranes
Numerical Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,231,813
19,573
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Bárbara Vital
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
232
219
0.944
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,238,913
19,663
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
João Pereira
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
228
226
0.991
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,256,286
19,876
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Steffen Georg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219
207
0.945
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,365,898
21,105
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sanjay Pal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169
169
1.000
Biopolymer
Melt and solution Processing
Novel thermoplastic elastomer development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,425,857
21,740
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Yicheng Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
147
1.000
Advanced oxidation processes
vacuum UV processes
Micropollutants
PFAS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,431,752
21,800
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Sam Rutten
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
144
0.993
Membrane technology
micropollutants
source separated sanitation
wastewater treatment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,584,992
23,272
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Shuyana A. Heredia Deba
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
97
0.970
Photochemistry
titanium dioxide
photocatalysis
AOP
Radical Filtration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,093,195
26,406
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jack Khalil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
18
1.000
Non-Chemical Water Treatment
Environmental Microbiology
Food Safety
Water Technology