Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 237 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 Rankings
Rankings
1,121
World Rank
466
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
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Total177,927
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Last 6 Years51,927
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Last 6 Years / Total0.292
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,011
World Rank
910
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
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Total131,881
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Last 6 Years52,138
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Last 6 Years / Total0.395
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,985
World Rank
1,398
Country Rank
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Citation Metrics
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Total107,788
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Last 6 Years52,912
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Last 6 Years / Total0.491
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
4,330
World Rank
2,043
Country Rank
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
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Total87,680
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Last 6 Years30,794
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Last 6 Years / Total0.351
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
5,271
World Rank
2,484
Country Rank
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Engineering & Technology / Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Meteorology | Numerical Modeling | Atmospheric Physic
Meteorology | Numerical Modeling | Atmospheric Physic
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Total78,210
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Last 6 Years29,151
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Last 6 Years / Total0.373
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
9,424
World Rank
4,452
Country Rank
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
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Total54,764
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Last 6 Years31,245
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Last 6 Years / Total0.571
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
11,620
World Rank
5,477
Country Rank
7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
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Total47,817
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Last 6 Years14,974
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Last 6 Years / Total0.313
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
12,105
World Rank
5,705
Country Rank
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
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Total46,576
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Last 6 Years21,754
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Last 6 Years / Total0.467
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
14,993
World Rank
7,019
Country Rank
9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
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Total40,932
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Last 6 Years17,989
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Last 6 Years / Total0.439
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
15,220
World Rank
7,129
Country Rank
10
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
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Total40,582
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Last 6 Years18,863
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Last 6 Years / Total0.465
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
15,797
World Rank
7,376
Country Rank
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
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Total39,635
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Last 6 Years9,379
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Last 6 Years / Total0.237
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
16,181
World Rank
7,554
Country Rank
12
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Engineering & Technology / Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
land-atmospheric interactions and modeling | urbanization and agriculture management impact o
land-atmospheric interactions and modeling | urbanization and agriculture management impact o
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Total39,017
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Last 6 Years18,535
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Last 6 Years / Total0.475
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
17,293
World Rank
8,063
Country Rank
13
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
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Total37,355
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Last 6 Years9,673
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Last 6 Years / Total0.259
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
21,859
World Rank
10,031
Country Rank
14
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Engineering & Technology / Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
climate modeling | climate change | science polic
climate modeling | climate change | science polic
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Total32,135
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Last 6 Years4,801
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Last 6 Years / Total0.149
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
23,834
World Rank
10,919
Country Rank
15
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
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Total30,389
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Last 6 Years15,032
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Last 6 Years / Total0.495
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
25,973
World Rank
11,844
Country Rank
16
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
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Total28,667
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Last 6 Years8,887
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Last 6 Years / Total0.310
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
26,219
World Rank
11,946
Country Rank
17
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Citation Metrics
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Total28,502
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Last 6 Years8,578
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Last 6 Years / Total0.301
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
27,750
World Rank
12,606
Country Rank
18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Engineering & Technology / Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
atmospheric sciences | radio occultatio
atmospheric sciences | radio occultatio
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Total27,476
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Last 6 Years5,266
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Last 6 Years / Total0.192
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
27,813
World Rank
12,629
Country Rank
19
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Citation Metrics
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Total27,433
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Last 6 Years15,956
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Last 6 Years / Total0.582
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
27,879
World Rank
12,658
Country Rank
20
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Engineering & Technology / Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Satellite remote sensing of atmospheric compositio
Satellite remote sensing of atmospheric compositio
Citation Metrics
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Total27,382
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Last 6 Years7,666
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Last 6 Years / Total0.280
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
28,585
World Rank
12,953
Country Rank
22
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Engineering & Technology / Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Water cycle | winter weather | ground deicing | cloud physic
Water cycle | winter weather | ground deicing | cloud physic
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Total26,931
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Last 6 Years13,242
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Last 6 Years / Total0.492
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
28,032
World Rank
12,725
Country Rank
21
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Citation Metrics
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Total27,272
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Last 6 Years6,890
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Last 6 Years / Total0.253
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
30,196
World Rank
13,631
Country Rank
23
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Citation Metrics
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Total25,953
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Last 6 Years9,671
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Last 6 Years / Total0.373
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
35,764
World Rank
15,944
Country Rank
24
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Citation Metrics
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Total23,054
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Last 6 Years8,541
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Last 6 Years / Total0.370
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
36,201
World Rank
16,124
Country Rank
25
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Engineering & Technology / Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
hydrology | operational prediction | water resources | climate change | extreme
hydrology | operational prediction | water resources | climate change | extreme
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Total22,857
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Last 6 Years10,254
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Last 6 Years / Total0.449
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