Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Planetary Science Institute Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
planetary science
remote sensing
nuclear instrumentation
radiation transport
scientific computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,349
4,662
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Planetary Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,098
4,289
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Planetary science
geomorphology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,396
3,966
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
UV spectroscopy
space weathering
icy moons
Earth's moon
asteroids
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,891
3,783
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Planetary Science
Water on Mars
Planetary Radar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,613
1,864
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Planetary science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,513
3,611
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,993
2,363
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Planetary Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,012
2,659
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,872
1,116
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
planetary science
astrogeophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,685
2,662
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Heat Flow
Ice Stability
Moon
Mars
Mercury
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,643
3,741
0.806
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Planetary Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,550
2,138
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Planetary Geology
Volcanology
Earth Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,433
2,737
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,000
1,654
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Pluto
trans-Neptunian objects
stellar occultations
electrostatic dust charging
instrumentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,657
1,488
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Planetary Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,654
3,085
0.844
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
asteroids
comets
satellites
impact cratering
surface processes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,529
1,413
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
planetary geology
physical volcanology
geologic mapping
remote sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,371
1,102
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Planetary Science
Surface Geology
Thermophysical and spectral properties of the Martian surface
Remote and laboratory reflect
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,189
1,918
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Chang'E
Minor Planets
Comets
Photometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,842
2,394
0.842
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Chemical thermodynamics
Equation of state
Cryogenic phase equilibria
Confined fluids
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,431
1,259
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
planetary science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,375
765
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
planetary science
Mars
Ceres
permafrost
regoliths
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,356
1,551
0.658
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
planetary science
planetary surface processes
geology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,322
2,088
0.899
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
computational fluid dynamics
numerical simulations
geophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,296
989
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,897
29,048
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Thomas Prettyman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,349
4,662
0.349
planetary science
remote sensing
nuclear instrumentation
radiation transport
scientific computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,948
38,998
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
David O'Brien
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,098
4,289
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120,772
46,815
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Daniel C Berman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,396
3,966
0.472
Planetary science
geomorphology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
149,468
56,134
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Amanda Hendrix
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,891
3,783
0.549
UV spectroscopy
space weathering
icy moons
Earth's moon
asteroids
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,094
58,207
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Stephen M Clifford
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,613
1,864
0.282
Planetary Science
Water on Mars
Planetary Radar
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
158,500
58,944
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
R Aileen Yingst
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,513
3,611
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
172,461
63,369
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Natalia Artemieva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,993
2,363
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
205,503
73,362
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Nathaniel E Putzig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,012
2,659
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
211,264
75,112
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Amara Graps
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,872
1,116
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
219,223
77,422
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Norbert Schorghofer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,685
2,662
0.568
planetary science
astrogeophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
221,125
77,970
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Matthew Siegler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,643
3,741
0.806
Heat Flow
Ice Stability
Moon
Mars
Mercury
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
225,276
79,212
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Henry Throop
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,550
2,138
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
230,906
80,899
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Thomas Platz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,433
2,737
0.617
Planetary Geology
Volcanology
Earth Sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
253,803
87,567
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Alice Baldridge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,000
1,654
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
274,392
93,445
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Amanda Sickafoose
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,657
1,488
0.407
Pluto
trans-Neptunian objects
stellar occultations
electrostatic dust charging
instrumentation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
274,558
93,496
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Eric E Palmer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,654
3,085
0.844
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
282,971
95,938
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
James E Richardson Jr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,529
1,413
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
294,374
99,225
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
David Crown
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,371
1,102
0.327
planetary geology
physical volcanology
geologic mapping
remote sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
308,400
103,220
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Matthew Chojnacki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,189
1,918
0.601
Planetary Science
Surface Geology
Thermophysical and spectral properties of the Martian surface
Remote and laboratory reflect
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
338,962
111,735
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Xiaoduan Zou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,842
2,394
0.842
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
383,444
123,991
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sugata Tan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,431
1,259
0.518
Chemical thermodynamics
Equation of state
Cryogenic phase equilibria
Confined fluids
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
390,437
125,892
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Stephen E Wood
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,375
765
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
392,718
126,513
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Hanna Sizemore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,356
1,551
0.658
planetary science
Mars
Ceres
permafrost
regoliths
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
396,978
127,707
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jamie L Molaro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,322
2,088
0.899
planetary science
planetary surface processes
geology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
400,333
128,580
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Amy C Barr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,296
989
0.431
computational fluid dynamics
numerical simulations
geophysics