top-cited scientists

Top-cited scientists in Geology

2025 single-year list · 381 listed authors · Earth & Environmental Sciences

381 researchers whose main subfield is Geology, part of Earth & Environmental Sciences, are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, out of 17,936 Scopus authors in the subfield. Authors qualify by ranking in the top 2% of their main subfield or in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c); 92 of these are in the top 100,000.

Listed authors
381
2.12% of the subfield’s Scopus authors
Scopus authors in the subfield
17,936
Median citations
13
top 1% from 445 · all authors in the subfield
Highest-ranked
#714
Santosh, M. Warrier

Top countries

  1. United States8322%
  2. Canada5514%
  3. United Kingdom5414%
  4. Australia3710%
  5. China226%
  6. Brazil164%
  7. India123%
  8. South Africa113%
  9. Italy103%
  10. Germany82%

Top institutions

  1. United States Geological Survey72%
  2. Memorial University of Newfoundland62%
  3. University of Tasmania51%
  4. Colorado School of Mines51%
  5. University of Aberdeen51%
  6. The University of Western Australia51%
  7. University of Toronto41%
  8. University of Alberta41%
  9. Western University41%
  10. Jackson School of Geosciences41%

381 listed scientists in Geology

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