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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,710
Country Rank
774
Institution Rank : 1
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![David Finkelhor](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/7a/4352925.jpg)
personality
emotion
emotional intelligence
personal intelligence
cognition and affect
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,643
47,983
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,983
Country Rank
918
Institution Rank : 2
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![David Finkelhor](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f0/4355664.jpg)
child maltreatment
criminology
victimology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,407
33,512
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
2,969
Country Rank
1,430
Institution Rank : 3
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Murray Straus](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
criminology
family
measurement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,258
16,105
0.161
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,773
Country Rank
2,747
Institution Rank : 4
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![John Aber](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d1/4352927.jpg)
Forest and agricultural ecosystems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,868
11,708
0.170
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
11,004
Country Rank
5,249
Institution Rank : 5
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![William McDowell](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/81/4352928.jpg)
Stream biogeochemistry
Stream ecology
Ecosystem ecology
water quality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,048
16,796
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
16,151
Country Rank
7,635
Institution Rank : 6
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Russell Congalton](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/6c/4352929.jpg)
Remote sensing
GIS
Accuracy Assessment
Geospatial Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,281
13,066
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
16,736
Country Rank
7,899
Institution Rank : 7
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Heather Turner](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,474
16,376
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
17,185
Country Rank
8,095
Institution Rank : 8
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Serita D Frey](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/89/4355888.jpg)
Microbial Ecology
Ecosystem Ecology
Global Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,885
17,536
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
17,832
Country Rank
8,377
Institution Rank : 9
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Steve Frolking](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e4/4352931.jpg)
earth system science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,090
15,405
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
21,832
Country Rank
10,126
Institution Rank : 10
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Kimberly Mitchell](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b9/4352932.jpg)
childhood violence exposure
exposure to self-directed violence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,874
11,407
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
29,350
Country Rank
13,421
Institution Rank : 11
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Harlan Spence](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f6/4355707.jpg)
Geophysics
Space plasma physics
Plasma turbulence
Solar wind
Space radiation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,610
13,559
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
31,389
Country Rank
14,275
Institution Rank : 12
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Fred Short|Frederick T Short](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c0/4352933.jpg)
seagrasses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,513
8,565
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
32,207
Country Rank
14,612
Institution Rank : 13
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Peter Lane](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f4/4355856.jpg)
Strategic Management
Technology Management
Change Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,105
6,245
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
32,609
Country Rank
14,762
Institution Rank : 14
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Colin Ware](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/0c/4355653.jpg)
Data visualization
Human Computer Interaction
Marine mammals
human perception
information visualization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,905
5,324
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
33,534
Country Rank
15,181
Institution Rank : 15
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Lisa Jones](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,432
13,417
0.598
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
37,306
Country Rank
16,708
Institution Rank : 16
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Larry Mayer](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
seafloor mapping
paleoceanography
ocean acoustics
seafloor sediments
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,805
5,976
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
37,904
Country Rank
16,973
Institution Rank : 17
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Charles W Smith](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ac/4355643.jpg)
Space Plasma Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,572
6,943
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
38,179
Country Rank
17,079
Institution Rank : 18
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Nathan Schwadron](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d8/4355843.jpg)
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
20,472
8,940
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
47,833
Country Rank
20,870
Institution Rank : 19
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![A Stuart Grandy](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/de/4355598.jpg)
Soil Biogeochemistry Agroecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,361
11,965
0.689
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
47,994
Country Rank
20,931
Institution Rank : 20
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![David A Mortensen](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/84/4355662.jpg)
Agroecology
weed ecology
sustainable food systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,318
7,773
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
54,288
Country Rank
23,415
Institution Rank : 21
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Richard Lammers](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Hydrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,803
5,422
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
54,462
Country Rank
23,474
Institution Rank : 22
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Scott Ollinger](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/90/4355885.jpg)
Ecology
Environmental Science
Earth Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,762
5,606
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
57,555
Country Rank
24,639
Institution Rank : 23
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Charles Farrugia](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Space Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,122
4,783
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
58,128
Country Rank
24,858
Institution Rank : 24
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Lynn M Kistler](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Magnetospheric Physics
Space Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,006
4,519
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
58,574
Country Rank
25,024
Institution Rank : 25
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Joseph Salisbury](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,923
7,090
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,710
![United States](/flags/us.png)
774
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
1
David Finkelhor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,643
47,983
0.359
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
personality
emotion
emotional intelligence
personal intelligence
cognition and affect
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,983
![United States](/flags/us.png)
918
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
2
David Finkelhor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,407
33,512
0.272
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
child maltreatment
criminology
victimology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
2,969
![United States](/flags/us.png)
1,430
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
3
Murray Straus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,258
16,105
0.161
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
5,773
![United States](/flags/us.png)
2,747
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
4
John Aber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,868
11,708
0.170
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
11,004
![United States](/flags/us.png)
5,249
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
5
William McDowell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,048
16,796
0.365
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
Stream biogeochemistry
Stream ecology
Ecosystem ecology
water quality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
16,151
![United States](/flags/us.png)
7,635
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
6
Russell Congalton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,281
13,066
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
16,736
![United States](/flags/us.png)
7,899
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
7
Heather Turner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,474
16,376
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
17,185
![United States](/flags/us.png)
8,095
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
8
Serita D Frey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,885
17,536
0.503
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
Microbial Ecology
Ecosystem Ecology
Global Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
17,832
![United States](/flags/us.png)
8,377
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
9
Steve Frolking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,090
15,405
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
21,832
![United States](/flags/us.png)
10,126
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
10
Kimberly Mitchell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,874
11,407
0.382
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
29,350
![United States](/flags/us.png)
13,421
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
11
Harlan Spence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,610
13,559
0.551
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
Geophysics
Space plasma physics
Plasma turbulence
Solar wind
Space radiation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
31,389
![United States](/flags/us.png)
14,275
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
12
Fred Short|Frederick T Short
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,513
8,565
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
32,207
![United States](/flags/us.png)
14,612
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
13
Peter Lane
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,105
6,245
0.270
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
Strategic Management
Technology Management
Change Leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
32,609
![United States](/flags/us.png)
14,762
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
14
Colin Ware
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,905
5,324
0.232
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
Data visualization
Human Computer Interaction
Marine mammals
human perception
information visualization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
33,534
![United States](/flags/us.png)
15,181
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
15
Lisa Jones
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,432
13,417
0.598
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
37,306
![United States](/flags/us.png)
16,708
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
16
Larry Mayer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,805
5,976
0.287
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
seafloor mapping
paleoceanography
ocean acoustics
seafloor sediments
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
37,904
![United States](/flags/us.png)
16,973
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
17
Charles W Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,572
6,943
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
38,179
![United States](/flags/us.png)
17,079
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
18
Nathan Schwadron
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,472
8,940
0.437
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
Solar and Heliospheric Physics
Radiation Physics and Radiation Biochemistry
Spaceweather
Planetary Science
Astronomy and Ast
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
47,833
![United States](/flags/us.png)
20,870
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
19
A Stuart Grandy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,361
11,965
0.689
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Soil Biogeochemistry Agroecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
47,994
![United States](/flags/us.png)
20,931
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
20
David A Mortensen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,318
7,773
0.449
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
Agroecology
weed ecology
sustainable food systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
54,288
![United States](/flags/us.png)
23,415
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
21
Richard Lammers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,803
5,422
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
54,462
![United States](/flags/us.png)
23,474
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
22
Scott Ollinger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,762
5,606
0.356
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Ecology
Environmental Science
Earth Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
57,555
![United States](/flags/us.png)
24,639
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
23
Charles Farrugia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,122
4,783
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
58,128
![United States](/flags/us.png)
24,858
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
24
Lynn M Kistler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,006
4,519
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
58,574
![United States](/flags/us.png)
25,024
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15216.png)
25
Joseph Salisbury
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,923
7,090
0.475