Top institutions for Environmental Sciences

258 institutions · Environmental Sciences

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

2,941 researchers whose main subfield is Environmental Sciences are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list. Tsinghua University has the most (46, 1.6%), followed by University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (32) and Tongji University (29). A row opens its scientists in the subfield in the table of all authors.

#InstitutionCountryListed authorsTop 100kHighest-ranked author
1Tsinghua University China4636Wang, Jianlong #185
2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China3224Qu, Jiuhui Hui #4,412
3Tongji University China2919Cao, Xinde #7,523
4Nanjing University China2820Qin, Boqiang Quiang #3,629
5Beijing Normal University China2622Bai, Junhong #16,875
6Peking University China2419Cheng, Hefa #2,755
7Chinese Academy of Sciences China2314Yu, Hanqing #1,353
8Wageningen University & Research Netherlands2220Koelmans, A. A. #1,608
9Hunan University China2117Zeng, Guangming #2,250
10Guangdong University of Technology China1814An, Taicheng #13,331
11Zhejiang University China1614Xu, Jianming #8,148
12Hohai University China1613Wang, Peifang #20,090
13Tianjin University China1611Liu, Yiwen #26,111
14Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences China159Zhu, Yongguan #1,099
15Northwest A&F University China1510Fang, Linchuan #14,712
16Sun Yat-Sen University China1511Huang, Haibao #26,088
17Fudan University China1413Kan, Haidong #2,482
18College of Engineering United States1412Miller, Sabbie A. #5,880
19Shanghai Jiao Tong University China1411Geng, Yong #8,151
20Technical University of Denmark Denmark1310Hauschild, Michael Zwicky #3,183
21Nankai University China1312Zhou, Qixing #5,736
22East China Normal University China1210Guan, Xiaohong #25,091
23The University of Queensland Australia119Thomas, Kevin V. #8,908
24ETH Zürich Switzerland1111Sander, Michael #14,045
25School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology China118Feng, Yujie #23,010
26Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences China119Xi, Beidou #23,743
27University of Toronto Canada108Rochman, Chelsea M. #490
28Harbin Institute of Technology China108Ma, Jun #6,172
29University of Science and Technology of China China107Wang, Shanyong #11,377
30China University of Geosciences China108Chen, Wanxu #14,685
31China Agricultural University China107Wang, Jie #15,196
32Zhejiang University of Technology China107Jin, Yuanxiang #17,298
33United States Environmental Protection Agency United States108Daughton, Christian G. #21,524
34Eawag - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology Switzerland104Hollender, Juliane #24,963
35Shandong University China108Wu, Haiming #30,677
36The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong99Zhang, Xiaoling #4,222
37Guangzhou University China95Yuan, Hongping #9,896
38Chongqing University China97Yang, Yi #21,343
39Universiteit Leiden Netherlands87Tukker, Arnold #1,190
40UNSW Sydney Australia87Wiedmann, Thomas Oliver #2,717
41The University of Newcastle, Australia Australia88Naidu, Ravi Venkata Ram #3,156
42Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology Chinese Academy of Sciences China86Zhang, Yunlin #9,903
43Imperial College London United Kingdom88Voulvoulis, Nikolaos #10,704
44Jiangnan University China86Wang, Zhenyu #11,027
45Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences China86Li, Ronghua #27,283
46Hebei University of Technology China86Lyu, Honghong #27,598
47College of Environmental and Resource Sciences Zhejiang University China87Yang, Xiao'e E. #36,726
48Southern University of Science and Technology China86Zheng, Yan #46,176
49Universidade de Aveiro Portugal76Rocha-Santos, Teresa A.P. #2,810
50Saveetha School of Engineering India76Anbalagan, Saravanan V.Sai #4,639
51Hainan University China75Jahanger, Atif #4,711
52University of Birmingham United Kingdom75Shan, Yuli #9,626
53Wuhan University China74Wang, Shaojian #10,219
54Universiteit Gent Belgium75Rabaey, Korneel #15,317
55Helmholtz Zentrum für Umweltforschung Germany76Reemtsma, Thorsten #18,986
56Griffith University Australia76Joseph, Stephen D. #19,230
57Beijing University of Technology China76Peng, Yongzhen #20,557
58Dalian University of Technology China76Quan, Xie #22,158
59Huazhong Agricultural University China75Huang, Qiaoyun #45,071
60East China University of Science and Technology China74Zhang, Wei #71,867
61King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals Saudi Arabia65Raihan, Asif #1,652
62Monash University Australia65Guo, Yuming #2,264
63Universiteit Utrecht Netherlands65Frantzeskaki, Niki #2,302
64Nanjing Agricultural University China64Zhao, F. J. #2,511
65Korea University South Korea64Ok, Yong Sik #2,567
66Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet Norway66Hertwich, Edgar G. #2,616
67South China Normal University China66Ying, Guangguo #2,625
68Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet Sweden65Ahrens, Lutz #2,872
69Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong63Tsang, Daniel C.W. #4,787
70Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology China65Agathokleous, Evgenios #5,989
71University College London United Kingdom66Ekins, Paul W. #6,177
72European Commission Joint Research Centre Belgium64Sala, Serenella #6,447
73Aarhus Universitet Denmark65Sonne, Christian #8,270
74City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong64Wang, Wenxiong #8,753
75BOKU University Austria66Haberl, Helmut #11,486
76University of Michigan, Ann Arbor United States65Keoleian, Gregory A. #22,054
77Jiangsu University China64Mohsin, Muhammad #22,159
78University of Leeds United Kingdom66Paavola, Jouni #24,237
79Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Australia64Haque, Nawshad #27,319
80Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China China64Yang, Fan #32,251
81School of Metallurgy and Environment China64Xue, Shengguo #35,645
82Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences China64Christie, Peter #36,005
83Jinan University China62Zeng, Eddy Y. #37,251
84Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology China63Wang, Xiaochang #41,721
85Ocean University of China China64Zheng, Hao #46,817
86Shanghai University China63Qian, Guangren #67,393
87CSIC - Instituto de Diagnostico Ambiental y Estudios del Agua (IDAEA) Spain63Matamoros, Víctor #81,573
88Hanyang University South Korea55Kim, Ki Hyun #561
89National University of Singapore Singapore55Sharma, Pooja #6,931
90King Saud University Saudi Arabia55Ameen, Fuad #7,154
91Stockholms universitet Sweden55Cousins, Ian T. #7,203
92National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology Taiwan55Dong, Chengdi #7,739
93University of Oxford United Kingdom53Garnett, Tara #8,364
94Universität Zürich Switzerland55Scheringer, Martin #8,491
95Central South University China55Qi, Chongchong #10,356
96Northeast Agricultural University China53Zhang, Ying #10,420
97Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Netherlands55Heijungs, Reinout #11,857
98RMIT University Australia54Pramanik, Biplob Kumar #14,440
99University of Technology Sydney Australia55Ngo, Huu Hao #16,179
100Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen Germany53Backhaus, Thomas #16,984
101University of South Africa South Africa55Madikizela, Lawrence Mzukisi #27,898
102The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong55Moktadir, Md Abdul #28,492
103Guangxi University China53Yu, Kefu #29,299
104Nanjing Forestry University China55Ge, Shengbo #31,516
105Zhejiang Normal University China54Chen, Yufeng #37,203
106North China Electric Power University China54Chen, Zhongshan #43,534
107UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology United Kingdom54Evans, Chris D. #44,677
108Università degli Studi di Siena Italy54Galli, Alessandro #44,755
109Lanzhou University China54Hou, Xiaolin #46,699
110Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Malaysia53Abu Hasan, Hassimi #50,379
111United States Geological Survey United States53Nassar, Nedal T. #55,189
112Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development Netherlands54Shen, Li #58,186
113Environment and Climate Change Canada Canada55Letcher, Robert J. #68,509
114Uniwersytet Warminsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie Poland53Korzeniewska, Ewa #84,180
115The University of Sydney Australia44Lenzen, Manfred #1,524
116University of California, Santa Barbara United States44Geyer, Roland #1,601
117Shiraz University Iran43Pourghasemi, Hamid Reza #3,098
118Yale University United States43Graedel, Thomas E. #3,797
119Government College University Faisalabad Pakistan44Rizwan, Muhammad Shahid #5,697
120Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering United States44Halden, Rolf U. #7,428
121Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences Netherlands44Hoek, Gerard #8,269
122Xiamen University China44KURNIAWAN, Tonni Agustiono #8,361
123The University of Adelaide Australia44Zuo, Jian #10,774
124Hunan Agricultural University China42Zhou, Yaoyu #11,420
125University of York United Kingdom44Boxall, Alistair B.A. #11,752
126South China Agricultural University China44Wang, Jun #12,691
127Université McGill Canada43Tufenkji, Nathalie #13,444
128Stanford University United States44Fendorf, Scott E. #14,031
129The University of Edinburgh United Kingdom43Mašek, Ondřej #15,154
130National Taiwan University Taiwan44Pan, Shu Yuan #16,089
131Shandong University of Finance and Economics China43Sun, Huaping #18,812
132Amity University India43Kumar, Manish #19,382
133Hong Kong Metropolitan University Hong Kong43Lam, Paul Kwan Sing #19,962
134Assiut University Egypt42Farghali, Mohamed #22,053
135Banaras Hindu University India44Abhilash, P. C. #23,141
136Sant'Anna Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pisa Italy44Testa, Francesco #23,300
137Donghua University China44Li, Hui #24,849
138Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University India44Chandra, R. #24,876
139Duke University United States43Vengosh, Avner #26,011
140The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Sweden42Finnveden, Göran #26,102
141Universität Basel Switzerland43Alewell, C. #30,655
142Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main Germany43Fantke, Peter #31,917
143University of British Columbia Okanagan Canada44Sadiq, Rehan #32,707
144South China University of Technology China44Dang, Zhi #38,228
145Catalan Institute for Water Research Spain42Rodríguez-Mozaz, Sara #40,355
146Chalmers University of Technology Sweden43Murphy, Kathleen R. #41,997
147Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece43Lambropoulou, Dimitra A. #46,854
148Southeast University China42Wang, Dayong #48,048
149Nanjing University of Science and Technology China42Su, Guanyong #56,845
150Huazhong University of Science and Technology China43Fu, Jie #59,806
151Shantou University China44Gao, Mingling #60,149
152University of California, Riverside United States41Schlenk, Daniel K. #67,951
153Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences China43Li, Fangbai #68,612
154Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Italy43Esposito, Giovanni #72,382
155Iran University of Medical Sciences Iran43Farzadkia, M. #72,890
156Beijing Forestry University China41Qi, Fei #90,090
157University of Waterloo Canada42Burch, Sarah Lynn M. #90,351
158Freie Universität Berlin Germany43Sajil Kumar, Pazhuparambil Jayarajan #91,435
159Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Türkiye33Pata, Ugur Korkut #273
160University of Exeter United Kingdom33Adger, W. Neil #378
161National Institute of Technology Silchar India33Ahmaruzzaman, Mohammed #1,070
162University of Plymouth United Kingdom33Turner, Andrew #1,682
163Leuphana Universität Lüneburg Germany32Kümmerer, Klaus #1,793
164National Environmental Engineering Research Institute India India33Nidheesh, Puthiya Veetil #2,115
165Duy Tan University Vietnam31Tran, Hai Nguyen #2,629
166University of Surrey United Kingdom33Kumar, Prashant #2,638
167Radboud Universiteit Netherlands31Huijbregts, Mark A.J. #2,759
168Taylor's University Malaysia Malaysia33Danish, Danish #2,844
169Anhui University of Finance and Economics China33Song, Malin #2,882
170Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology Switzerland33Nowack, Bernd #3,240
171The Education University of Hong Kong Hong Kong33Wong, Ming Hung #3,500
172Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Nigeria33Olajire, Abass Abiola #4,863
173Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha Spain33Balsalobre-Lorente, Daniel #4,881
174Norsk institutt for vannforskning Norway33Lusher, Amy L. #5,674
175Czech University of Life Sciences Prague Czechia32Maroušek, Josef #7,028
176Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi India32Kumar, S. Naresh #7,150
177Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station United States33Dimkpa, Christian O. #7,417
178Aalborg University Denmark33Weidema, Bo P. #8,413
179Lefke Avrupa Üniversitesi Türkiye32Majeed, Muhammad Tariq #9,686
180University of Delaware United States33Sparks, Donald Lewis #9,788
181COMSATS University Islamabad, Vehari campus Pakistan32Muhammad, Shahid Faheem #10,170
182Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Germany32Zarfl, Christiane #10,667
183Heriot-Watt University United Kingdom33Renforth, Phil #10,877
184University of Nottingham Ningbo China China33Zhou, John L. #10,990
185Universität Kassel Germany33Gwenzi, Willis #11,101
186Michigan State University United States32Bhatt, Pankaj #11,156
187Universität Freiburg Germany33Pauliuk, Stefan #12,370
188Sakarya Üniversitesi Türkiye32Aydin, Mucahit #12,764
189Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University United States32Vikesland, Peter J. #13,417
190Università degli Studi di Milano Italy33Parolini, Marco #15,039
191University of Saskatchewan Canada32Giesy, John P. #16,675
192University of Glasgow United Kingdom33Lim, Ming K. #17,367
193Zhengzhou University China32Feng, Yanchao #18,951
194National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries Egypt32El Nemr, Ahmed Moustafa E.I. #19,698
195University of South Australia Australia32Sarkar, Binoy #19,943
196Curtin University Australia33Zaman, Atiq Uz #20,045
197Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences India33Khan, S. Sudheer #20,382
198Universiteit Antwerpen Belgium33Covaci, Adrian #21,611
199Arizona State University United States33Mojiri, Amin #21,766
200Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences India32Gautam, Sneha #22,868
201University of Regina Canada33Zhang, Zhenjun He #23,260
202Technical University of Crete Greece33Stefanakis, Alexandros I. #24,233
203Universiti Putra Malaysia Malaysia33Praveena, S. M. #24,807
204Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering United States32Boehm, Alexandria B. #25,169
205Washington University in St. Louis United States32He, Z. (Jason) #25,817
206SRM University-AP India33Selvasembian, Rangabhashiyam #26,078
207Syddansk Universitet Denmark33Liu, Gang #26,764
208Erciyes Üniversitesi Türkiye33Bilgili, Faik #27,305
209Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences China32Wu, Chenxi #28,697
210State Key Laboratory of Iron and Steel Industry Environmental Protection China33Lin, Hai #30,070
211KU Leuven Belgium32Smolders, Erik A.A. #30,751
212University of Galway Ireland32Zhang, Chaosheng #30,861
213University of Agriculture, Faisalabad Pakistan33Zia-Ur-Rehman, Muhammad #33,178
214University of Cape Town South Africa33Ziervogel, Gina #33,379
215Manipal Institute of Technology India33Selvaraj, Raja #33,484
216Shaoxing University China33Qian, Haifeng #33,699
217Cranfield University United Kingdom33Parra-Saldivar, Roberto #33,948
218The Australian National University Australia31Buss, Wolfram #34,835
219Oregon State University United States32Liu, Hong #36,139
220School of Management, Beijing Institute of Technology China33Zhang, Bin #36,162
221Seoul National University South Korea33Lee, Changha #36,279
222National Key Laboratory of Efficient and Clean Energy Utilization China32Cheng, Shao'an #36,999
223School of Ecology and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen China33Shao, Penghui #37,777
224Southwestern University of Finance and Economics China32Chen, Jiandong #38,469
225Khalifa University United Arab Emirates33Krishnamoorthy, Rambabu #38,887
226Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau Germany31Schulz, Ralf #39,030
227Hubei Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Solid Waste Treatment China33Yang, Jiakuan #39,624
228Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur India33Gupta, Ashok Kumar #41,090
229Suzhou University of Science and Technology China32Jin, Wei #41,199
230University of Nigeria Nigeria33Okeke, Emmanuel Sunday #41,807
231Texas A&M University United States31Güneralp, Burak #42,440
232Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri Italy32Benfenati, Emilio B. #42,532
233Near East University Cyprus32Ullah, Sana #43,924
234Sichuan University China32Xu, Heng #44,825
235Lancaster Environment Centre United Kingdom32Jones, Kevin C. #49,578
236Instituto Politécnico Nacional Mexico33Shruti, V. C. #50,155
237University of Science and Technology Beijing China32Xing, Yi #50,723
238Fujian Normal University China31Chen, Zuliang #51,606
239College of Sciences Saudi Arabia33Alkahtani, Saad Hussin #52,114
240The James Hutton Institute United Kingdom32Zhang, Zulin #55,507
241Università degli Studi dell'Insubria Italy32Torretta, Vincenzo #57,649
242Agroscope Switzerland33Bucheli, Thomas D. #58,121
243Universität Bayreuth Germany32Löder, Martin Günter Joachim #62,931
244Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Mexico31Paez-Osuna, Federico #63,807
245Kastamonu University Türkiye31Isinkaralar, Kaan #64,172
246Noakhali Science and Technology University Bangladesh32Belal Hossain, Mohammad Belal #66,535
247Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology China33Wu, Shaohua #67,457
248Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional Indonesia31Kurniawan, Setyo Budi #67,694
249The University of Manchester United Kingdom32Gallego-Schmid, Alejandro #69,258
250Dalhousie University Canada32Zoroufchi Benis, Khaled #71,935
251Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Spain31Lassaletta, Luis #75,521
252University of Alberta Canada33Shotyk, William S. #76,332
253University of Jinan China33Jiang, Xin #77,259
254Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Spain32Núñez-Delgado, Avelino #79,483
255Shandong Agricultural University China31Wang, Jun #88,573
256Sichuan Agricultural University China31Li, Houjian #95,360
257Qingdao University China32Li, Lianzhen #96,382
258Beijing University of Chemical Technology China30Lin, Aijun #106,304