See how widely and consistently research is cited with real-time citation rankings.
Covering 2.6 million scientists, this list evaluates both total and last 5 years’ citation counts to measure scientific influence and highlight Highly Cited Researchers.
Built on transparency, it also addresses unethical practices and encourages reporting of violations. Compare results across 13 fields and 221 disciplines.
* Last 5 Years Citation Counts Rankings
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Total397,241
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Last 5 Years156,927
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Last 5 Years / Total0.395
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Engineering & Technology / Environmental Science & Engineering
air pollution | environmental health | environmental epidemiology | built environmen
air pollution | environmental health | environmental epidemiology | built environmen
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Total204,113
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Last 5 Years147,880
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Last 5 Years / Total0.725
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Total237,838
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Last 5 Years96,866
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Last 5 Years / Total0.407
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Total126,600
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Last 5 Years93,169
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Last 5 Years / Total0.736
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Total93,237
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Last 5 Years69,938
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Last 5 Years / Total0.750
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Engineering & Technology / Marine Sciences and Engineering
Biological Oceanography | nutrients | phytoplankto
Biological Oceanography | nutrients | phytoplankto
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Total148,295
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Last 5 Years61,594
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Last 5 Years / Total0.415
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Total165,072
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Last 5 Years58,036
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Last 5 Years / Total0.352
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Medical and Health Sciences / Microbiology
Microbiology | Host Defence (antimicrobial) Peptides | Immunomodulatory and Anti-biofilm therapies | Systems biology of Innate Immunity | Pseudomonas aeruginos
Microbiology | Host Defence (antimicrobial) Peptides | Immunomodulatory and Anti-biofilm therapies | Systems biology of Innate Immunity | Pseudomonas aeruginos
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Total160,872
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Last 5 Years56,170
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Last 5 Years / Total0.349
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Total133,856
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Last 5 Years49,552
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Last 5 Years / Total0.370
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Engineering & Technology / Marine Sciences and Engineering
Global Change | Marine biodiversity | Fisheries | Conservation Biology | Climate Chang
Global Change | Marine biodiversity | Fisheries | Conservation Biology | Climate Chang
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Total68,217
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Last 5 Years49,475
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Last 5 Years / Total0.725
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Natural Sciences / Mathematical Sciences
Special Functions | Number Theory | Integral Transforms | Fractional Calculus | Applied Analysi
Special Functions | Number Theory | Integral Transforms | Fractional Calculus | Applied Analysi
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Total103,829
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Last 5 Years49,118
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Last 5 Years / Total0.473
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Engineering & Technology / Food Science and Engineering
Food security | Land use change | Agriculture | Global environmen
Food security | Land use change | Agriculture | Global environmen
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Total100,615
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Last 5 Years47,656
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Last 5 Years / Total0.474
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Total89,147
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Last 5 Years45,347
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Last 5 Years / Total0.509
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Total149,555
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Last 5 Years39,812
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Last 5 Years / Total0.266
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Total62,341
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Last 5 Years39,257
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Last 5 Years / Total0.630
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Total69,776
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Last 5 Years38,362
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Last 5 Years / Total0.550
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Natural Sciences / Physics
Astrophysics | Particle Physics | Computational Physics | Scientific Software Engineering | ATLA
Astrophysics | Particle Physics | Computational Physics | Scientific Software Engineering | ATLA
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Total41,410
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Last 5 Years37,878
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Last 5 Years / Total0.915
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Economics & Econometrics / Environmental Economics
Fisheries economics | Natural resource economics | Ocean policy | environmental economics | Fisherie
Fisheries economics | Natural resource economics | Ocean policy | environmental economics | Fisherie
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Total66,972
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Last 5 Years37,189
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Last 5 Years / Total0.555
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Citation Metrics
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Total102,288
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Last 5 Years35,780
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Last 5 Years / Total0.350
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Total125,583
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Last 5 Years35,040
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Last 5 Years / Total0.279
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Total101,488
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Last 5 Years34,008
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Last 5 Years / Total0.335
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Citation Metrics
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Total94,616
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Last 5 Years33,837
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Last 5 Years / Total0.358
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Total48,498
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Last 5 Years33,665
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Last 5 Years / Total0.694
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Total83,601
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Last 5 Years33,633
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Last 5 Years / Total0.402
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Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
Digital public health | Implementation science | Infectious diseases | Digital health equity | HSP
Digital public health | Implementation science | Infectious diseases | Digital health equity | HSP
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Total32,336
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Last 5 Years32,212
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Last 5 Years / Total0.996
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