Top institutions for Environmental Engineering

136 institutions · Environmental Engineering

Which institutions have the most top-cited scientists in Environmental Engineering?

1,448 researchers whose main subfield is Environmental Engineering are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list. United States Geological Survey has the most (21, 1.5%), followed by Hohai University (21) and Wuhan University (17). A row opens its scientists in the subfield in the table of all authors.

#InstitutionCountryListed authorsTop 100kHighest-ranked author
1United States Geological Survey United States216Hirsch, Robert M. #28,677
2Hohai University China215Sun, Hongguang #59,425
3Wuhan University China175Xia, Jun #14,149
4College of Engineering United States168Or, Dani #6,752
5Eawag - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology Switzerland114Von Gunten, Urs #1,410
6Wageningen University & Research Netherlands115Teuling, Adriaan J. #13,306
7Beijing Normal University China106Hao, Zengchao #5,138
8Chang'an University China94Li, Peiyue #5,381
9The University of Queensland Australia94Chanson, Hubert #8,686
10Delft University of Technology Netherlands95Savenije, Hubert H.G. #11,969
11University of Leeds United Kingdom93Holden, Joseph #16,547
12Department of Water Management, TU Delft Netherlands93Lier, Jules Van #38,692
13Università degli Studi di Padova Italy92Borga, Marco #49,026
14Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences China85Zhang, Yongqiang #15,605
15College of Science and Engineering United States83Paola, Chris #39,634
16University of Waterloo Canada84Burn, Donald H. #40,291
17Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Australia82Chiew, Francis H.S. #44,330
18University of Exeter United Kingdom73Walling, Desmond E. #7,199
19Helmholtz Zentrum für Umweltforschung Germany73Vogel, Hans Jörg #22,935
20University of Melbourne Australia75Peel, Murray C. #25,381
21University of Bristol United Kingdom72Ross Woods, Ross A. #37,020
22Sun Yat-Sen University China73Chen, Xiaohong #65,360
23ETH Zürich Switzerland62Kirchner, James W. #2,779
24Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur India63Singh, Ajay #6,215
25University of Oxford United Kingdom63Hall, Jim W. #10,788
26Texas A&M University United States63Rodríguez-Iturbe, Ignacio #13,323
27IHE Delft Institute for Water Education Netherlands61Bastiaanssen, Wim G.M. #19,318
28National University of Singapore Singapore64Lu, Xi Xi #39,904
29University of Guelph Canada61Lindsay, John B. #44,687
30University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China62Sun, Siao #50,312
31İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Türkiye63Ekmekcioğlu, Ömer #60,541
32Politecnico di Milano Italy63Rulli, Maria Crtistina #65,431
33Tsinghua University China61Tian, Fuqiang #88,699
34Southern University of Science and Technology China61Kuang, Xingxing #88,717
35Xi'an University of Technology China61Huang, Qiang #91,567
36University of California, Davis United States60Howitt, Richard E. #118,140
37Fathom United Kingdom52Bates, Paul D. #3,170
38Arizona State University United States53Rittmann, Bruce Edward #8,063
39National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) Greece53Koutsoyiannis, Demetris #9,540
40Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH Germany51Vereecken, Harry #10,593
41College of Science United States53Gupta, Hoshin Vijai #10,944
42University of Calgary Canada54Clark, Martyn P. #20,601
43UNSW Sydney Australia53Baker, Andy #23,114
44State Key Laboratory of Hydro Science and Engineering China52Long, Di #23,184
45The University of British Columbia Canada51Church, Michael A. #23,305
46Utah State University United States52Tarboton, David G. #24,438
47University of California, Santa Barbara United States52Loáiciga, Hugo A. #35,472
48The University of Newcastle, Australia Australia53Simmons, Craig T. #35,951
49Universiteit Utrecht Netherlands53Hassanizadeh, S. Majid #40,113
50North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power China53Huang, Shengzhi #50,089
51Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering United States53Julien, Pierre Y. #54,362
52University of Colorado Boulder United States51Linden, Karl G. #54,548
53Newcastle University United Kingdom53Dawson, Richard J. #55,161
54Oregon State University United States51Wolf, Aaron T. #57,440
55The Grainger College of Engineering United States52Garciá, Marcelo Horacio #62,707
56Northwest A&F University China52Zhao, Guangju #68,669
57China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research China52Yan, Denghua #72,574
58Cranfield University United Kingdom52Holman, I. P. #74,169
59The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong51Jiao, Jiu Jimmy #97,064
60BOKU University Austria51Langergraber, Guenter #98,573
61Tianjin University China50Ma, Chao #102,612
62Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee India50Chakrapani, Govinda Joseph #131,409
63Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory United States42Pruess, Karsten #7,823
64University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign United States44Parker, Gary N. #9,536
65University of Tabriz Iran42Nourani, Vahid #10,478
66USDA Agricultural Research Service United States42Arnold, Jeffrey G. #15,046
67Monash University Australia42Dunkerley, David #23,589
68Uppsala Universitet Sweden43Tsang, Chin Fu #24,783
69Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna Italy42Montanari, Alberto #25,899
70GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences Germany42Merz, Bruno #26,715
71Asian Institute of Technology Thailand Thailand41Shrestha, Sangam L. #28,264
72Cornell University College of Engineering United States41Brutsaert, Wilfried H. #30,097
73The University of Adelaide Australia42Maier, Holger R. #33,949
74Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Italy42Caloiero, Tommaso #39,133
75Griffith University Australia43Stewart, Rodney Anthony #45,892
76Imperial College London United Kingdom44Graham, Nigel J.D. #50,443
77UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology United Kingdom42Acreman, Michael C. #61,191
78Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Italy41Manfreda, Salvatore #63,746
79National Cheng Kung University Taiwan41Shiau, Jenq Tzong #64,711
80United States Geological Survey Central Region United States41Winter, Thomas C. #66,091
81Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources China42Feng, Qi #68,384
82The University of Arizona United States40Hawkins, Richard Pete #196,378
83Lancaster Environment Centre United Kingdom32Beven, Keith J. #752
84Universiteit Twente Netherlands32Hoekstra, Arjen Y. #909
85TU Wien Austria32Blöschl, Günter #2,078
86Penn State College of Engineering United States32Shen, Chaopeng #4,037
87University of California, Berkeley United States31Dietrich, William Eric #7,400
88Università degli Studi di Pavia Italy31Capodaglio, Andrea G. #9,336
89College of Agriculture and Life Sciences United States31Gerba, Charles Peter #9,965
90Universität Zürich Switzerland31Seibert, Jan #11,883
91The University of Texas at Austin United States32Sun, Alexander Y. #11,977
92Samueli School of Engineering United States32Vrugt, Jasper Alexander #12,081
93Aalto University Finland32Kummu, Matti #12,152
94University of Saskatchewan Canada31Mcdonnell, Jeffrey J. #12,876
95Cornell University United States31Loucks, Daniel Pete #15,027
96United Arab Emirates University United Arab Emirates32Elshafie, Ahmed #17,344
97The Fenner School of Environment & Society Australia31van Dijk, Albert I.J.M.V. #19,006
98Karlsruher Institut für Technologie Germany31Goldscheider, Nico #21,022
99School of Engineering and Applied Science United States33Maxwell, Robert S. #21,702
100The Australian National University Australia32Hutchinson, Michael F. #21,799
101Virginia Tech College of Engineering United States31Edwards, Marc A. #25,477
102Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute China32Zhang, Jianyun #33,235
103Jawaharlal Nehru University India31Janardhana Raju, Nandimandalam #33,551
104Flinders University Australia32Werner, Adrian D. #33,768
105Istituto Di Ricerca Per La Protezione Idrogeologica, Perugia Italy31Brocca, Luca #34,600
106Lunds Universitet Sweden32Mohammadi, Babak #35,230
107University College London United Kingdom31Taylor, Richard G. #35,244
108The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Sweden31Kalantari, Zahra #39,287
109Institute of Geophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences Poland31Piotrowski, Adam P. #39,532
110Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering United States31Govindaraju, Rao S. #40,512
111University of Victoria Canada32Gleeson, Tom #42,349
112Loughborough University United Kingdom31Liang, Qiuhua #42,477
113Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Spain31García, Joan #43,529
114Zhengzhou University China31Zuo, Qiting #44,348
115University of Aberdeen United Kingdom32Nikora, Vladimir I. #45,537
116King's College London United Kingdom31Bruijnzeel, Leendert Adrian Sampurno #47,027
117Environment and Climate Change Canada Canada32Yue, Sheng #47,123
118École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Switzerland32Rinaldo, Andrea #47,312
119Politecnico di Torino Italy31Laio, Francesco #48,803
120University of Galway Ireland31Uddin, Md Galal #53,753
121University of Birmingham United Kingdom32Hannah, David M. #58,984
122Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology Chinese Academy of Sciences China31Noori, Roohollah #60,705
123Cardiff University United Kingdom31Cuthbert, Mark O. #65,380
124Centre Eau Terre Environnement Canada31Ouarda, Taha B.M.J. #72,176
125Technische Universität Dresden Germany32Hartmann, Andreas #83,879
126University of Nevada, Reno United States31Harpold, Adrian Adam #85,857
127Agricultural University of Athens Greece31Soulis, Konstantinos X. #86,283
128United States Environmental Protection Agency United States31Frey, H. Christopher #88,747
129Department of Engineering United Kingdom30Fenner, Richard Andrew #104,165
130Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University United States30Stewart, Ryan D. #104,314
131UW College of Engineering United States30Winkler, Mari Karoliina Henriikka #107,825
132Luleå University of Technology Sweden30Morgan-Sagastume, Fernando #130,999
133Università degli Studi di Firenze Italy30Penna, Daniele #151,053
134Università degli Studi della Tuscia Viterbo Italy30Grimaldi, Salvatore #162,165
135McMaster University Canada30Waddington, James Michael #175,875
136Technical University of Crete Greece30Nikolaidis, Nikolaos P. #208,387