Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 1.060 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
Chemical Oceanographer Carbon Cycle Ocean Acidiification
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,198
31,019
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Climate variability and predictability
attribution
and chemistry-climate interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,696
23,377
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Climate Variability Analysis Prediction Hurricanes Reanalysis
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,035
10,676
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Oceanography
Climate
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,062
19,745
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
climate
atmospheric science
radiation transfer
aerosols
clouds
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,435
9,577
0.198
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Remote Sensing
Oceanography
Geophysics
Computer Science
Inverse Theory
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,824
14,953
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
climate
water and carbon budgets
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,255
12,108
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Meteorologist
Ensemble forecasting
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,191
9,270
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Atmospheric Chemistry
Climate
Aerosols
Modeling
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,697
15,526
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Climate variability and change
Climate modeling
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,422
12,715
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
greenhouse gasses
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,462
21,310
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Satellite Meteorology
Climate Monitoring
Precipitation Analysis
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,130
13,642
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Climate science
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,609
14,091
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,921
11,157
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Geophysics
Aerosols
Modeling
Climate
Dust
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,833
11,627
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Oceanography
Biogeochemistry
Climate
Ecosystems
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,216
16,727
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,456
11,334
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
atmospheric chemistry
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,959
7,064
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
atmospheric science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,642
12,261
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
climate dynamics and predictability
climate impacts on ecosystems and society
fisheries oceanography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,639
10,069
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Microbial Ecology
Metagenomics
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,351
26,933
0.887
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
climate
physical oceanography
numerical models
geophysical fluid dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,211
13,784
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
ENSO
El Nino
Climate Variability and Change
Climate Predictability
Climate Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,135
13,451
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
meteorology
oceanography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,934
8,500
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
cloud physics
aerosol-cloud interactions
dynamical systems
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,761
11,258
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,467
2,123
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Richard Feely
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,198
31,019
0.373
Chemical Oceanographer Carbon Cycle Ocean Acidiification
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,196
3,908
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Judith Perlwitz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,696
23,377
0.405
Climate variability and predictability
attribution
and chemistry-climate interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,375
4,462
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Muthuvel Chelliah
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,035
10,676
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,989
4,745
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Michael J Mcphaden
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,062
19,745
0.387
Oceanography
Climate
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,810
5,122
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Venkatachalam Ramaswamy
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,435
9,577
0.198
climate
atmospheric science
radiation transfer
aerosols
clouds
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,023
5,218
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Walter Hf Smith
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,824
14,953
0.313
Remote Sensing
Oceanography
Geophysics
Computer Science
Inverse Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,467
6,358
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Tilden P Meyers
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,255
12,108
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,486
6,369
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Yuejian Zhu
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,191
9,270
0.220
Meteorologist
Ensemble forecasting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,736
6,486
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Larry Horowitz
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,697
15,526
0.372
Atmospheric Chemistry
Climate
Aerosols
Modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,455
6,823
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Thomas L Delworth
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,422
12,715
0.315
Climate variability and change
Climate modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,043
7,093
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Colm Sweeney
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,462
21,310
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,873
7,452
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Pingping Xie
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,130
13,642
0.358
Satellite Meteorology
Climate Monitoring
Precipitation Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,882
7,918
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Thomas Knutson
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,609
14,091
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,191
8,477
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Pk Quinn
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,921
11,157
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,012
9,282
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Paul Ginoux
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,833
11,627
0.354
Geophysics
Aerosols
Modeling
Climate
Dust
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,625
9,531
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
John Dunne
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,216
16,727
0.519
Oceanography
Biogeochemistry
Climate
Ecosystems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,420
9,898
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
James Overland
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,456
11,334
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,922
10,107
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
David D Parrish
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,959
7,064
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,278
10,257
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sa Montzka
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,642
12,261
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,282
10,260
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nathan Mantua
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,639
10,069
0.329
climate dynamics and predictability
climate impacts on ecosystems and society
fisheries oceanography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,647
10,430
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Luke R Thompson
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,351
26,933
0.887
Microbial Ecology
Metagenomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,801
10,505
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Stephen M Griffies
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,211
13,784
0.456
climate
physical oceanography
numerical models
geophysical fluid dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,905
10,553
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Andrew T Wittenberg
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,135
13,451
0.446
ENSO
El Nino
Climate Variability and Change
Climate Predictability
Climate Modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,150
10,673
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
CW Fairall
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,934
8,500
0.284
meteorology
oceanography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,373
10,772
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Graham Feingold
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,761
11,258
0.378