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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 42 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Sustainability science
Ecological economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,269
24,084
0.646
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Environmental economics and resources
Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,514
10,883
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Climate change policy
Land use
Air pollution
Carbon and nitrogen cycles
green house gas inventorie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,655
6,672
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Functional ecology
soil ecology
soil biodiversity
biogeochemistry
Soil respiratio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,865
3,317
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,521
3,092
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Environmental impact analysis & Software development
Environmental fate
Uncertainty
Energy system analysis
Carbon emission
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,944
4,247
0.612
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Climate Change
Economics of Climate Change
Environmental Economics
Ecological Economis
Input-Oupu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,567
4,080
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
pollination
species interactions
forest fragmentation
conservation biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,095
4,493
0.737
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
greenhouse gases
modelling
livestock
mitigatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,939
2,745
0.556
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,678
1,572
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
environmental economics
energy economics
climate change
energy transition
low-carbon pathway
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,488
1,404
0.944
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,025
938
0.915
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
784
777
0.991
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
risk
urban resilience
ecosystem services
adaptation
co-productio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
690
690
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Human geography
Political Ecology
Ecosystem Services
Governance
Global chang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
687
558
0.812
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
climate justice
climate adaptation
urban sustainability
intersectionality
environmental politic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
584
580
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sustainable Development Goals
Integrated Assessment Model
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
584
537
0.920
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
knowledge co-production
water governance
relational-procesual approache
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
579
385
0.665
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Economic valuation
consumers’ decision-making
policy guidance
applied econometrics
energy economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
506
360
0.711
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Environmental economics and resources - Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
444
388
0.874
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Environmental geology
Sustainable land management
Climate adaptation
Vineyard
Geochemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
433
405
0.935
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
inter-transdisciplinary enviromental researc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
428
266
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
quantitative geography
network scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
315
311
0.987
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Environmenal modelling
land use
food security
agroecosystems
climate chang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
299
277
0.926
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
climate change adaptation
nature-based solutions
ecosystem services
nature´s contributions to peopl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
228
228
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,250
287
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Unai Pascua
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,269
24,084
0.646
Sustainability science
Ecological economic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,297
375
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Anil Markandya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,514
10,883
0.335
Environmental economics and resources
Climate Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,569
807
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Maria Jose Sanz Sanchez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,655
6,672
0.323
Climate change policy
Land use
Air pollution
Carbon and nitrogen cycles
green house gas inventorie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
137,180
3,473
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jorge Curiel Yuste
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,865
3,317
0.422
Functional ecology
soil ecology
soil biodiversity
biogeochemistry
Soil respiratio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
143,918
3,705
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ferdinando Villa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,521
3,092
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,575
4,118
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Joseph Vito Spadaro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,944
4,247
0.612
Environmental impact analysis & Software development
Environmental fate
Uncertainty
Energy system analysis
Carbon emission
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
165,871
4,426
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Iñaki Arto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,567
4,080
0.621
Climate Change
Economics of Climate Change
Environmental Economics
Ecological Economis
Input-Oupu
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
178,896
4,861
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ainhoa Magrach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,095
4,493
0.737
pollination
species interactions
forest fragmentation
conservation biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
219,810
6,179
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Agustin Del Prado
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,939
2,745
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
287,212
8,459
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Marcela Brugnach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,678
1,572
0.427
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
562,655
17,762
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Dirk-Jan Van De Ven
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,488
1,404
0.944
environmental economics
energy economics
climate change
energy transition
low-carbon pathway
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
695,647
22,118
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jon Sampedro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,025
938
0.915
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
791,106
25,161
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Bosco Lliso
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
784
777
0.991
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
835,618
26,618
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Pablo Herreros Cantis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
690
690
1.000
risk
urban resilience
ecosystem services
adaptation
co-productio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
837,209
26,671
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Amaia Albizua
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
687
558
0.812
Human geography
Political Ecology
Ecosystem Services
Governance
Global chang
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
894,261
28,534
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ana Terra AmorimMaia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
584
580
0.993
climate justice
climate adaptation
urban sustainability
intersectionality
environmental politic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
894,341
28,538
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jorge Moreno Membrillera
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
584
537
0.920
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
897,784
28,667
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Violeta Cabello
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
579
385
0.665
knowledge co-production
water governance
relational-procesual approache
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
951,942
30,752
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Amaia De Ayala
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
506
360
0.711
Economic valuation
consumers’ decision-making
policy guidance
applied econometrics
energy economic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,006,359
32,973
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Xaquin Garcia-Muros
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
444
388
0.874
Environmental economics and resources - Climate Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,016,676
33,402
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Itxaso Ruiz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
433
405
0.935
Environmental geology
Sustainable land management
Climate adaptation
Vineyard
Geochemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,021,717
33,580
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Olgalu HernandezManrique
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
428
266
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,149,948
38,567
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ylenia Casali
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
315
311
0.987
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,172,811
39,414
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
João Pompeu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
299
277
0.926
Environmenal modelling
land use
food security
agroecosystems
climate chang
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,300,068
43,597
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Sean Goodwin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
228
228
1.000
climate change adaptation
nature-based solutions
ecosystem services
nature´s contributions to peopl