Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 12 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025

The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
China
M Santosh
Earth and Environmental Sciences [Univ. of Adelaide]
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,878
45,100
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
China
Richard J. Goldfarb
Economic Geology
Geology
Geochemistry
Ore Deposits
Mineral Resources
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,095
9,338
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
China
Liang Xiao
geology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,558
10,489
0.835
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
China
KAI YAN
Remote Sensing/GIS/Biogeosciences/Mapping and Surveying
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,098
1,686
0.804
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
China
Chao Wang 王潮
Precambrian geology
Petrology
Geochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,552
1,194
0.769
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
China
Tong Liu
Electromicrobiology
Mineralogy interface
Denitrification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
608
602
0.990
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
China
Ma Zequn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
521
497
0.954
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
China
Yudong Li
NLP
Multimodal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
468
468
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
China
Bin Du
地质
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
326
191
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
China
He Huang 黄何|黄何, H. Huang
Sedimentology
Cyclostratigraphy
Palaeoclimate
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
311
310
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
China
Chun Yang
Isotope geochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
270
268
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
China
Guangliang Wu
Geochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
264
254
0.962
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,005
China
84
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
M Santosh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,878
45,100
0.507
Earth and Environmental Sciences [Univ. of Adelaide]
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,879
China
1,258
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Richard J. Goldfarb
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,095
9,338
0.404
Economic Geology
Geology
Geochemistry
Ore Deposits
Mineral Resources
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,691
China
3,186
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Liang Xiao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,558
10,489
0.835
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
432,813
China
20,737
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
KAI YAN
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,098
1,686
0.804
Remote Sensing/GIS/Biogeosciences/Mapping and Surveying
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
531,798
China
25,348
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Chao Wang 王潮
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,552
1,194
0.769
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
858,729
China
39,147
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Tong Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
608
602
0.990
Electromicrobiology
Mineralogy interface
Denitrification
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
912,306
China
41,542
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ma Zequn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
521
497
0.954
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
956,319
China
43,366
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Yudong Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
468
468
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,103,623
China
49,739
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Bin Du
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
326
191
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,122,306
China
50,454
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
He Huang 黄何|黄何, H. Huang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
311
310
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,181,711
China
52,945
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Chun Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
270
268
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,191,428
China
53,386
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Guangliang Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
264
254
0.962