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World 5,633 Scientists H-Index Natural Sciences / Geography Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
geography
geomorphology
soil erosion
soil
soil conservation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153
80
0.523
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
Geographic Information Systems
Geographic Information Science
Geoinformatics
Spatial Data Mining
Natural Hazards
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
120
0.857
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
Geography
Remote Sensing
Land Cover
Urban Systems
Global Sustainability
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
89
0.674
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Sustainability
resilience
ecological economics
human geography
climate change
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
86
0.717
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Forest ecology
fire ecology
biogeography
disturbance ecology
geography
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
53
0.461
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Remote Sensing
Terrestrial Carbon Cycle
Hydrology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
72
0.649
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
globalization
world cities
political geography
cities
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
49
0.450
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
Ecology
Landscape
Global Change
Land Use
Urban
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
68
0.642
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105
73
0.695
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Structural Geology
Tectonics
Accretionary Complex
Central Asian Orogenic Belt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
70
0.693
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
56
0.560
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
physical geography
soils
ecology
biogeochemistry
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
47
0.470
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
Mycorrhiza
Biogeography
Molecular Ecology
Multitrophic interactions
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
82
0.837
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
Glaciology
High Mountains
Climate Change
Geomorphology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
47
0.480
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
physical geography
climatology
paleoclimatology
paleoecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
51
0.526
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Remote sensing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
61
0.635
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
Environmental health
human mobility
healthy cities
social justice
GIScience
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
72
0.758
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Dendrochronology
Climate
Climate Change
Paleoclimate
Geography
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
55
0.579
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
76
0.826
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
Remote Sensing
Environment
GIS
Land cover
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
45
0.495
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
geography
political-economy
political-ecology
cities
planning
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
58
0.659
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Migration
Rural Geography
the Mediterranean
Islands
Ageing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
52
0.591
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
migration
transnationalism
gender
Asia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
52
0.598
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
polar weather
polar climate
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
45
0.517
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
governance
extractive industry
development geography
socio-environmental conflicts
political ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
48
0.558
Jean Poesen
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153
80
0.523
geography
geomorphology
soil erosion
soil
soil conservation
Biswajeet Pradhan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
120
0.857
Geographic Information Systems
Geographic Information Science
Geoinformatics
Spatial Data Mining
Natural Hazards
Peng Gong
University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam, Hong Kong
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
89
0.674
Geography
Remote Sensing
Land Cover
Urban Systems
Global Sustainability
Neil Adger
University of Exeter
Exeter, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
86
0.717
Sustainability
resilience
ecological economics
human geography
climate change
Veblen TT
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
53
0.461
Forest ecology
fire ecology
biogeography
disturbance ecology
geography
Jing M Chen
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
72
0.649
Remote Sensing
Terrestrial Carbon Cycle
Hydrology
Peter J Taylor
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
49
0.450
globalization
world cities
political geography
cities
Jiquan Chen
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
68
0.642
Ecology
Landscape
Global Change
Land Use
Urban
Shunlin Liang
University of Maryland
College Park, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105
73
0.695
Wenjiao Xiao
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
70
0.693
Structural Geology
Tectonics
Accretionary Complex
Central Asian Orogenic Belt
Gill Valentine
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
56
0.560
Tim Moore
McGill University
Montréal, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
47
0.470
physical geography
soils
ecology
biogeochemistry
Leho Tedersoo
University of Tartu
Tartu, Estonia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
82
0.837
Mycorrhiza
Biogeography
Molecular Ecology
Multitrophic interactions
Wilfried Haeberli
Universität Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
47
0.480
Glaciology
High Mountains
Climate Change
Geomorphology
Patrick J Bartlein
University of Oregon
Eugene, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
51
0.526
physical geography
climatology
paleoclimatology
paleoecology
Dar A Roberts
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
61
0.635
Mei Po Kwan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
72
0.758
Environmental health
human mobility
healthy cities
social justice
GIScience
Jan Esper
Helmholtz Institut Mainz
Mainz, Germany
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
55
0.579
Dendrochronology
Climate
Climate Change
Paleoclimate
Geography
Karen C Seto
Yale University
New Haven, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
76
0.826
John Townshend
University of Maryland
College Park, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
45
0.495
Remote Sensing
Environment
GIS
Land cover
Erik Swyngedouw
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
58
0.659
geography
political-economy
political-ecology
cities
planning
Russell King
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
52
0.591
Migration
Rural Geography
the Mediterranean
Islands
Ageing
Brenda Yeoh
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
52
0.598
David Bromwich
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
45
0.517
Anthony Bebbington
Clark University
Worcester, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
48
0.558
governance
extractive industry
development geography
socio-environmental conflicts
political ecology