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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 14 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
System Ecology
Forest Ecophysiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,013
3,072
0.766
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Forest Mensuration & Inventory
Forest Growth & Yield
Tropical Forest Ecology & Silviculture
Plantation Silviculture
Carbon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,408
2,783
0.817
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Forest Carbon estimation
Climate Change Issues
Gender and Environmental restoration (forest and water)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,024
1,510
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Forest Economics
Climate Change Economics
Ecosystem Service
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,259
647
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Natural resource economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
793
459
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Forest Policy and Economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
739
571
0.773
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
natural resources governance
forest policy
natural resources management
REDD+ and climate change issues
forest resources de
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
635
447
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Composite Boards
Furniture Design and Construction
Wood and Wood Products Testing
Teaching and Trainin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
212
204
0.962
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Statistics
ICT
Forest Biometrics
Forest management
Silvicultur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172
118
0.686
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Green Chemistry
Photochemistry
Organic Chemistry
Renewable Energy
Environmental Chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162
76
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Plant ecology
Tropical wildfires
Wood scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146
117
0.801
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Agriculture
Forestry
Environmental Science
Climate Change
Dryland Agricultur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
80
0.769
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Forest Genetics and tree breeding
Biotechnology
and conservation biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
13
0.867
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Agroforestry
tree breeding
conservation
climate change
plant biotechnolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
8
0.889
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
266,268
109
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Stephen Adu-Bredu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,013
3,072
0.766
System Ecology
Forest Ecophysiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
306,365
136
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ernest G. Foli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,408
2,783
0.817
Forest Mensuration & Inventory
Forest Growth & Yield
Tropical Forest Ecology & Silviculture
Plantation Silviculture
Carbon
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
338,310
157
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Gloria Djaney Djagbletey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,024
1,510
0.499
Forest Carbon estimation
Climate Change Issues
Gender and Environmental restoration (forest and water)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
621,624
450
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Lawrence Damnyag
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,259
647
0.514
Forest Economics
Climate Change Economics
Ecosystem Service
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
787,372
738
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Beatrice Darko Obiri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
793
459
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
811,760
786
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
William Kwadwo Dumenu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
739
571
0.773
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
864,737
891
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Kwame Antwi Oduro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
635
447
0.704
natural resources governance
forest policy
natural resources management
REDD+ and climate change issues
forest resources de
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,335,891
2,233
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Prosper Mensah
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
212
204
0.962
Composite Boards
Furniture Design and Construction
Wood and Wood Products Testing
Teaching and Trainin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,445,117
2,577
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Stella Britwum Acquah
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172
118
0.686
Statistics
ICT
Forest Biometrics
Forest management
Silvicultur
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,477,087
2,678
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
James Kofi Korang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162
76
0.469
Green Chemistry
Photochemistry
Organic Chemistry
Renewable Energy
Environmental Chemistr
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,529,784
2,843
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
George Kd Ametsitsi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146
117
0.801
Plant ecology
Tropical wildfires
Wood scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,700,642
3,383
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Stephen Edem Akpalu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
80
0.769
Agriculture
Forestry
Environmental Science
Climate Change
Dryland Agricultur
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,365,568
5,945
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Patience Mansa Gakpetor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
13
0.867
Forest Genetics and tree breeding
Biotechnology
and conservation biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,453,396
6,370
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Antwi Wiredu, Anthony
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
8
0.889
Agroforestry
tree breeding
conservation
climate change
plant biotechnolog