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World Natural Sciences Subject Rankings 2025

Agriculture and Forestry, Architecture and Design, Business and Management, Economics and Econometrics, Education, Engineering and Technology, History, Philosophy, Theology, Law, Medicine and Health Sciences, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Art and Humanities Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Rankings along with their 197 sub-branches, can be analyzed at global, national, and regional levels. You can also evaluate them based on the i10 index and citation numbersAs of Sep 18, 2024, rankings are according to the Total H Index. BETA VERSION: The subject field rankings for the world, regions, countries, and universities are currently in beta. This is due to the exclusion of (1.014.193) scientists categorized under 'others,' whose profiles cannot yet be determined, edited, or classified. As these fields are updated, the rankings will adjust accordingly. Please keep this in mind. See Also: [University Subject Rankings]

* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :51
Jonathan Bamber
Glaciology
satellite remote sensing
sea level
oceanography
geodesy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
75
198
27,007
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :53
Erle C Ellis
Global Ecology
Anthropocene
Land use change
Landscape Ecology
Sustainable Land Management
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
74
157
33,552
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
Ralph Dubayah
Remote Sensing
Terrestrial Carbon Cycle
Biodiversity
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
74
166
22,872
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :55
Jiaguo Qi
Land use and land cover change
global change
remote sensing
grassland ecosystems
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
74
206
20,028
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :56
Patrick Devine Wright
Renewable Energy
Place Attachment
Social Acceptance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
73
140
27,612
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :57
Carl Beierkuhnlein
Biogeography
Geoecology
Nature Conservation
Global Change Ecology
Vegetation Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
73
232
26,791
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
张运林 Yunlin Zhang|Yunlin Zhang, YL Zhang
lake optics
water color remote sensing
biogeochemistry of CDOM
lake thermodynamics
lake ecology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
72
307
19,595
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
Keith C Clarke
Cartography
geographic information systems
urban modeling
geocomputation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
72
189
25,739
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
John Connell
Geography
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
72
286
23,672
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :62
Colin R Thorne
Rivers
Flood Risk
Fluvial Geomorphology
Streambanks
River Restoration
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
72
178
20,060
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
Karen O Brien
Climate change
global environmental change
transformation
human security
vulnerability
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
71
130
43,721
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :64
Lu Xi Xi (吕喜玺)|Lu Xixi, Lu XX, Xixi Lu
Geomorphology
rivers
soil erosion
sediment transport
carbon cycle
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
70
217
17,349
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :66
John Anderson
limnology
lakes
eutrophication
Arctic
Greenland
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
70
178
15,582
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :67
Paul Ja Withers
Sustainable catchment management
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
69
152
17,598
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :68
Phil Hubbard
Urban sociology
urban studies
human geography
sexuality and space
legal geography
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
69
139
20,504
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :69
J Agnew
Geopolitics
territorial politics
international political economy
territory
Italy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
69
166
36,958
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :70
Kevin Ward
comparative urbanism
economic and social governance
urban political economy
policy mobilities
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
69
157
18,977
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :71
Alan M Maceachren
GIScience
visual analytics
cartography
spatial cognition
geovisualization
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
69
190
24,229
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :72
Henry Wai Chung Yeung
global production networks
global value chains
East Asian development & state transformation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
69
149
27,322
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
Dengsheng Lu
land use and land cover change
biomass estimation
impervious surface
land degradation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
68
144
29,225
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
Steven Cummins
Social Epidemiology
Population Health
Health Geography
Evaluation
Human Geography
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
68
155
27,280
* Total H IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :75
John Williams
Paleoecology
Paleoclimatology
Global Climate Change
Open Data
Novel Ecosystems
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
68
141
22,577
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Jonathan Bamber
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
75
198
27,007
Glaciology
satellite remote sensing
sea level
oceanography
geodesy
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Gregory Glass
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
75
198
20,592
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Erle C Ellis
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
74
157
33,552
Global Ecology
Anthropocene
Land use change
Landscape Ecology
Sustainable Land Management
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Ralph Dubayah
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
74
166
22,872
Remote Sensing
Terrestrial Carbon Cycle
Biodiversity
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Jiaguo Qi
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
74
206
20,028
Land use and land cover change
global change
remote sensing
grassland ecosystems
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Patrick Devine Wright
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
73
140
27,612
Renewable Energy
Place Attachment
Social Acceptance
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Carl Beierkuhnlein
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
73
232
26,791
Biogeography
Geoecology
Nature Conservation
Global Change Ecology
Vegetation Science
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Bas Van Wesemael
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
73
157
19,701
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
lake optics
water color remote sensing
biogeochemistry of CDOM
lake thermodynamics
lake ecology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Keith C Clarke
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
72
189
25,739
Cartography
geographic information systems
urban modeling
geocomputation
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
John Connell
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
72
286
23,672
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Colin R Thorne
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
72
178
20,060
Rivers
Flood Risk
Fluvial Geomorphology
Streambanks
River Restoration
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Karen O Brien
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
71
130
43,721
Climate change
global environmental change
transformation
human security
vulnerability
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Lu Xi Xi (吕喜玺)|Lu Xixi, Lu XX, Xixi Lu
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
70
217
17,349
Geomorphology
rivers
soil erosion
sediment transport
carbon cycle
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Juan J Morrone
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
70
295
22,173
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
John Anderson
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
70
178
15,582
limnology
lakes
eutrophication
Arctic
Greenland
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Paul Ja Withers
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
69
152
17,598
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Phil Hubbard
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
69
139
20,504
Urban sociology
urban studies
human geography
sexuality and space
legal geography
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
J Agnew
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
69
166
36,958
Geopolitics
territorial politics
international political economy
territory
Italy
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Kevin Ward
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
69
157
18,977
comparative urbanism
economic and social governance
urban political economy
policy mobilities
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Alan M Maceachren
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
69
190
24,229
GIScience
visual analytics
cartography
spatial cognition
geovisualization
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Henry Wai Chung Yeung
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
69
149
27,322
global production networks
global value chains
East Asian development & state transformation
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Dengsheng Lu
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
68
144
29,225
land use and land cover change
biomass estimation
impervious surface
land degradation
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Steven Cummins
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
68
155
27,280
Social Epidemiology
Population Health
Health Geography
Evaluation
Human Geography
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
John Williams
Metrics
H-Index
i10-Index
Citation Counts
68
141
22,577
Paleoecology
Paleoclimatology
Global Climate Change
Open Data
Novel Ecosystems