Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 129 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
Physics
Complexity
Environment
Sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,242
36,605
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
climate change mitigation
carbon dioxide removal
evidence synthesis
data science for evidence synthesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,278
33,554
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Climate Economics
Integrated Assessment
Decision Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,915
35,118
0.690
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,232
26,113
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
ocean circulation
sea level
climate change
paleoclimate
extreme events
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,594
18,534
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Earth System Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,453
16,591
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,106
31,878
0.757
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,333
23,670
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,606
21,465
0.639
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,967
16,157
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,359
14,200
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Climate
Physics
Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,659
10,618
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Climate dynamics
Adaptation strategies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,644
10,601
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,899
10,848
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Earth system analysis
complex socio-ecological systems
climate and social tipping dynamics
complex networks
nonlinear data a
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,637
14,218
0.724
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Extreme Weather
Atmospheric Circulation
Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,461
13,294
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Nitrogen
Agriculture
Climate Change
Food
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,326
15,620
0.808
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
land-use modelling
land-based mitigation
bioenergy
afforestation
integrated assessment modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,906
15,871
0.839
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Energy Markets
Climate Change Mitigation
Model Coupling
Land-Use
Resource Rents
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,519
12,404
0.708
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
climatology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,436
4,362
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
ecology
DGVM
permafrost
agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,575
7,378
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Climate Change
Climate Impacts
Water Resources
Human Migration
Human Displacement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,211
9,539
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Climate System Analysis - Greenland and Antarctic Ice Dynamics - Sea-Level Rise - Tipping Elements in the Earth System
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,232
10,762
0.813
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Astrobiology
Earth System Modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,088
5,166
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Adaptation
Climate Change
Ecology
Forestry
Global Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,391
8,630
0.758
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,896
177
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,242
36,605
0.462
Physics
Complexity
Environment
Sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,304
374
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jan C Minx
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,278
33,554
0.630
climate change mitigation
carbon dioxide removal
evidence synthesis
data science for evidence synthesis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,039
403
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Elmar Kriegler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,915
35,118
0.690
Climate Economics
Integrated Assessment
Decision Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,228
414
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ottmar Edenhofer
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,232
26,113
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,426
419
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Stefan Rahmstorf
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,594
18,534
0.374
ocean circulation
sea level
climate change
paleoclimate
extreme events
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,389
525
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Wolfgang Lucht
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,453
16,591
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,522
577
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Alexander Popp
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,106
31,878
0.757
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,735
687
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Christoph Müller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,333
23,670
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,308
860
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jens Heinke
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,606
21,465
0.639
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,650
1,241
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Hermann Lotze-Campen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,967
16,157
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,433
1,456
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Katja Frieler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,359
14,200
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,888
1,513
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Anders Levermann.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,659
10,618
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,922
1,514
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Anders Levermann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,644
10,601
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,618
1,584
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Kirsten Thonicke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,899
10,848
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,617
1,833
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jonathan F. Donges
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,637
14,218
0.724
Earth system analysis
complex socio-ecological systems
climate and social tipping dynamics
complex networks
nonlinear data a
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,113
1,855
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Dim Coumou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,461
13,294
0.683
Extreme Weather
Atmospheric Circulation
Climate Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,528
1,873
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Benjamin Leon Bodirsky
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,326
15,620
0.808
Nitrogen
Agriculture
Climate Change
Food
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,881
1,931
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Florian Humpenöder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,906
15,871
0.839
land-use modelling
land-based mitigation
bioenergy
afforestation
integrated assessment modelling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,843
2,162
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Nico Bauer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,519
12,404
0.708
Energy Markets
Climate Change Mitigation
Model Coupling
Land-Use
Resource Rents
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,137
2,174
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Andrey Ganopolski
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,436
4,362
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,549
2,799
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sibyll Schaphoff
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,575
7,378
0.506
ecology
DGVM
permafrost
agriculture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,761
2,902
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jacob Schewe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,211
9,539
0.671
Climate Change
Climate Impacts
Water Resources
Human Migration
Human Displacement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,063
3,178
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ricarda Winkelmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,232
10,762
0.813
Climate System Analysis - Greenland and Antarctic Ice Dynamics - Sea-Level Rise - Tipping Elements in the Earth System
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,503
3,539
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Werner Von Bloh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,088
5,166
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,517
3,802
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Christopher Reyer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,391
8,630
0.758
Adaptation
Climate Change
Ecology
Forestry
Global Change