Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 596 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
personality
emotion
emotional intelligence
personal intelligence
cognition and affect
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139,552
43,571
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
child maltreatment
criminology
victimology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,009
30,086
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
criminology
family
measurement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,981
13,764
0.135
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Forest and agricultural ecosystems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,954
10,029
0.143
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Stream biogeochemistry
Stream ecology
Ecosystem ecology
water quality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,493
15,156
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Remote sensing
GIS
Accuracy Assessment
Geospatial Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,440
11,797
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,830
14,726
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Microbial Ecology
Ecosystem Ecology
Global Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,787
16,815
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
earth system science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,573
14,659
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
childhood violence exposure
exposure to self-directed violence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,074
10,454
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Geophysics
Space plasma physics
Plasma turbulence
Solar wind
Space radiation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,588
12,243
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
seagrasses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,215
7,857
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,944
13,157
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Strategic Management
Technology Management
Change Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,595
5,349
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Data visualization
Human Computer Interaction
Marine mammals
human perception
information visualization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,380
4,460
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Space Plasma Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,500
6,560
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
seafloor mapping
paleoceanography
ocean acoustics
seafloor sediments
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,402
5,486
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Solar and Heliospheric Physics
Radiation Physics and Radiation Biochemistry
Spaceweather
Planetary Science
Astronomy and Ast
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,071
8,156
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Soil Biogeochemistry Agroecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,660
11,750
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Agroecology
weed ecology
sustainable food systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,025
7,379
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Space Physics
Planetary Astronomy
Particle Interactions
Planetary Atmospheres
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,672
10,907
0.654
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ecology
Environmental Science
Earth Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,326
5,172
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Global ecology
terrestrial carbon cycle
remote sensing
ecological modeling
data assimilation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,238
11,490
0.708
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Hydrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,231
4,764
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Space Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,510
4,387
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,688
753
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
David Finkelhor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139,552
43,571
0.312
personality
emotion
emotional intelligence
personal intelligence
cognition and affect
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,015
922
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
David Finkelhor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,009
30,086
0.237
child maltreatment
criminology
victimology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,094
1,475
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Murray Straus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,981
13,764
0.135
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,985
2,836
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
John Aber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,954
10,029
0.143
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,092
5,247
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
William McDowell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,493
15,156
0.319
Stream biogeochemistry
Stream ecology
Ecosystem ecology
water quality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,303
7,643
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Russell Congalton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,440
11,797
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,702
7,828
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Heather Turner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,830
14,726
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,724
7,844
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Serita D Frey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,787
16,815
0.457
Microbial Ecology
Ecosystem Ecology
Global Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,649
8,254
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Steve Frolking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,573
14,659
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,750
10,041
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Kimberly Mitchell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,074
10,454
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,191
13,256
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Harlan Spence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,588
12,243
0.478
Geophysics
Space plasma physics
Plasma turbulence
Solar wind
Space radiation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,678
14,305
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Fred Short|Frederick T Short
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,215
7,857
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,216
14,522
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Lisa Jones
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,944
13,157
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,896
14,800
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Peter Lane
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,595
5,349
0.227
Strategic Management
Technology Management
Change Leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,311
14,964
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Colin Ware
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,380
4,460
0.191
Data visualization
Human Computer Interaction
Marine mammals
human perception
information visualization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,496
16,724
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Charles W Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,500
6,560
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,744
16,831
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Larry Mayer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,402
5,486
0.256
seafloor mapping
paleoceanography
ocean acoustics
seafloor sediments
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,587
17,158
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Nathan Schwadron
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,071
8,156
0.387
Solar and Heliospheric Physics
Radiation Physics and Radiation Biochemistry
Spaceweather
Planetary Science
Astronomy and Ast
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,600
19,867
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
A Stuart Grandy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,660
11,750
0.630
Soil Biogeochemistry Agroecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,842
20,776
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
David A Mortensen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,025
7,379
0.409
Agroecology
weed ecology
sustainable food systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,095
22,823
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jody K Wilson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,672
10,907
0.654
Space Physics
Planetary Astronomy
Particle Interactions
Planetary Atmospheres
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,660
23,414
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Scott Ollinger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,326
5,172
0.317
Ecology
Environmental Science
Earth Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,091
23,583
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jingfeng Xiao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,238
11,490
0.708
Global ecology
terrestrial carbon cycle
remote sensing
ecological modeling
data assimilation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,116
23,590
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Richard Lammers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,231
4,764
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,467
24,877
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Charles Farrugia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,510
4,387
0.283