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Top Water Science and Technology Researchers

Johan Rockström ranks first, out of 5,497 ranked researchers.

Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 15 works, and an institution the snapshot can resolve.

The ranking

  1. 1 Johan Rockström Germany · #967 worldwide 3.9k citations · 93 works
  2. 2 James N. Galloway United States · #1,677 worldwide 2.3k citations · 100 works
  3. 3 Menachem Elimelech United States · #2,304 worldwide 3k citations · 120 works
  4. 4 Nidal Hilal United Kingdom · #2,489 worldwide 2.4k citations · 118 works
  5. 5 Dennis Baldocchi United States · #2,533 worldwide 3.5k citations · 156 works
  6. 6 Soroosh Sorooshian United States · #2,630 worldwide 2.7k citations · 151 works
  7. 7 Gianpaolo Balsamo United Kingdom · #2,901 worldwide 3.5k citations · 68 works
  8. 8 Paulo César Sentelhas Brazil · #3,115 worldwide 2.1k citations · 68 works
  9. 9 Yuh‐Shan Ho Taiwan · #3,163 worldwide 1k citations · 81 works
  10. 10 Hoshin V. Gupta United States · #3,479 worldwide 2k citations · 99 works
  11. 11 Arjen Y. Hoekstra Netherlands · #3,629 worldwide 1.8k citations · 128 works
  12. 12 Nancy B. Grimm United States · #3,691 worldwide 1.8k citations · 70 works
  13. 13 Christian Bernhofer Germany · #4,090 worldwide 2.1k citations · 80 works
  14. 14 Robert B. Jackson United States · #4,596 worldwide 2.4k citations · 169 works
  15. 15 Nigel W. Arnell United Kingdom · #4,668 worldwide 1.3k citations · 81 works
  16. 16 Meghdad Pirsaheb Iran · #4,876 worldwide 2.8k citations · 60 works
  17. 17 Sérgio Ulgiati Italy · #5,386 worldwide 1.8k citations · 95 works
  18. 18 Luiz Antônio Martinelli Brazil · #7,035 worldwide 1.4k citations · 98 works
  19. 19 Richard G. Allen United States · #7,042 worldwide 1.5k citations · 103 works
  20. 20 Daniel C.W. Tsang Hong Kong · #7,043 worldwide 1.8k citations · 116 works
  21. 21 Yong Sik Ok South Korea · #7,161 worldwide 3.3k citations · 181 works
  22. 22 M. J. Kirkby United Kingdom · #7,226 worldwide 2.4k citations · 54 works
  23. 23 Nanthi Bolan Australia · #7,326 worldwide 2.4k citations · 136 works
  24. 24 Pedro J. J. Alvarez United States · #7,413 worldwide 1.8k citations · 81 works
  25. 25 J.S.J. van Deventer Australia · #7,415 worldwide 1.6k citations · 74 works
  26. 26 Peter H. Gleick United States · #7,521 worldwide 795 citations · 64 works
  27. 27 Ranga B. Myneni United States · #8,118 worldwide 2.2k citations · 121 works
  28. 28 Christopher W.K. Chow Australia · #8,138 worldwide 1.2k citations · 61 works
  29. 29 Guangming Zeng China · #8,556 worldwide 5.6k citations · 251 works
  30. 30 Dana W. Kolpin United States · #8,978 worldwide 1.3k citations · 52 works
  31. 31 Lex Bouwman Netherlands · #9,095 worldwide 975 citations · 61 works
  32. 32 Jingyun Fang China · #9,258 worldwide 1.2k citations · 58 works
  33. 33 Qingyun Duan China · #9,325 worldwide 1.6k citations · 75 works
  34. 34 Yihui Ding China · #9,376 worldwide 805 citations · 66 works
  35. 35 Petra Döll Germany · #9,433 worldwide 1.2k citations · 57 works
  36. 36 E. Michael Thurman United States · #9,484 worldwide 1.4k citations · 51 works
  37. 37 Yakov Pachepsky United States · #9,886 worldwide 958 citations · 85 works
  38. 38 Grégorio Crini France · #9,939 worldwide 1.1k citations · 69 works
  39. 39 Dinesh Mohan India · #10,082 worldwide 1.8k citations · 49 works
  40. 40 Tim R. McVicar Australia · #10,172 worldwide 1.3k citations · 74 works
  41. 41 Christer Nilsson Sweden · #10,920 worldwide 1k citations · 65 works
  42. 42 Benny D. Freeman United States · #10,946 worldwide 2.5k citations · 131 works
  43. 43 Eric F. Wood United States · #11,046 worldwide 2.4k citations · 191 works
  44. 44 Philip M. Fearnside Brazil · #11,088 worldwide 1.3k citations · 112 works
  45. 45 Hongqi Sun Australia · #11,241 worldwide 1.5k citations · 88 works
  46. 46 Jörg Rinklebe Germany · #11,890 worldwide 1.4k citations · 87 works
  47. 47 Zong‐Liang Yang United States · #11,931 worldwide 1k citations · 57 works
  48. 48 T. Viraraghavan Canada · #12,172 worldwide 626 citations · 50 works
  49. 49 Richard C. Flagan United States · #12,802 worldwide 1.2k citations · 127 works
  50. 50 Jasper A. Vrugt United States · #13,115 worldwide 1.3k citations · 65 works
  51. 51 Andrew G. Livingston United Kingdom · #13,450 worldwide 1.4k citations · 77 works
  52. 52 Egon Matijević United States · #13,652 worldwide 1.2k citations · 82 works
  53. 53 Vinod Kumar Gupta India · #13,711 worldwide 2.5k citations · 178 works
  54. 54 Hong Yang Switzerland · #13,918 worldwide 893 citations · 93 works
  55. 55 Claudia Ringler United States · #14,723 worldwide 940 citations · 96 works
  56. 56 Amit Bhatnagar Finland · #15,554 worldwide 1.1k citations · 88 works
  57. 57 Stephen K. Hamilton United States · #15,881 worldwide 847 citations · 59 works
  58. 58 Shaobin Wang Australia · #16,251 worldwide 3.5k citations · 187 works
  59. 59 Diego G. Miralles Belgium · #16,563 worldwide 894 citations · 81 works
  60. 60 Philippe Moulin France · #16,576 worldwide 848 citations · 96 works
  61. 61 Detlef W. Bahnemann Germany · #16,725 worldwide 2.5k citations · 132 works
  62. 62 B.H. Hameed Malaysia · #17,703 worldwide 1.4k citations · 73 works
  63. 63 Vijay Kumar India · #17,927 worldwide 1.8k citations · 200 works
  64. 64 Luna B. Leopold United States · #18,038 worldwide 1k citations · 41 works
  65. 65 Peng Gong China · #18,186 worldwide 2k citations · 189 works
  66. 66 Ronald A. Hites United States · #18,336 worldwide 778 citations · 73 works
  67. 67 Graeme C. Dandy Australia · #19,085 worldwide 671 citations · 58 works
  68. 68 Amir AghaKouchak United States · #20,384 worldwide 1.2k citations · 109 works
  69. 69 Xiangke Wang China · #20,515 worldwide 2.3k citations · 134 works
  70. 70 Md. Rabiul Awual Japan · #20,540 worldwide 1.4k citations · 41 works
  71. 71 Jaeweon Cho South Korea · #20,545 worldwide 875 citations · 48 works
  72. 72 Jianlong Wang China · #21,943 worldwide 2.1k citations · 143 works
  73. 73 Matti Kummu Finland · #22,214 worldwide 673 citations · 87 works
  74. 74 Justin D. Brookes Australia · #22,744 worldwide 547 citations · 50 works
  75. 75 Xiaoguang Duan Australia · #23,038 worldwide 1.9k citations · 85 works
  76. 76 N. LeRoy Poff United States · #23,460 worldwide 1k citations · 44 works
  77. 77 J.B. van Lier Netherlands · #23,671 worldwide 424 citations · 50 works
  78. 78 Robert G. Arnold United States · #23,876 worldwide 825 citations · 42 works
  79. 79 Yan Zhao China · #23,925 worldwide 2.8k citations · 153 works
  80. 80 D.W. Fuerstenau United States · #23,931 worldwide 645 citations · 70 works
  81. 81 Donald R. Paul United States · #24,075 worldwide 1.8k citations · 133 works
  82. 82 Holger R. Maier Australia · #24,169 worldwide 969 citations · 97 works
  83. 83 Cui Lai China · #24,279 worldwide 1.4k citations · 56 works
  84. 84 Justin Sheffield United States · #24,348 worldwide 843 citations · 82 works
  85. 85 Kwok‐wing Chau Hong Kong · #24,633 worldwide 837 citations · 98 works
  86. 86 Willy Verstraete Belgium · #24,817 worldwide 1.8k citations · 219 works
  87. 87 Gary Amy United States · #24,884 worldwide 1.1k citations · 97 works
  88. 88 B M Fekete United States · #24,885 worldwide 629 citations · 62 works
  89. 89 Anthony G. Fane Singapore · #25,217 worldwide 1.6k citations · 110 works
  90. 90 Meththika Vithanage Sri Lanka · #26,030 worldwide 1.1k citations · 84 works
  91. 91 Dieter Gerten Germany · #26,034 worldwide 617 citations · 59 works
  92. 92 Balaji Rajagopalan United States · #26,076 worldwide 960 citations · 93 works
  93. 93 Sotiris E. Pratsinis Switzerland · #26,218 worldwide 1.5k citations · 119 works
  94. 94 Bojie Fu China · #26,306 worldwide 1.3k citations · 115 works
  95. 95 Philippe Ciais France · #26,493 worldwide 4k citations · 406 works
  96. 96 Aniruddha B. Pandit India · #26,547 worldwide 1k citations · 93 works
  97. 97 Mu. Naushad Saudi Arabia · #26,852 worldwide 1.7k citations · 100 works
  98. 98 Éric Martin France · #26,871 worldwide 629 citations · 72 works
  99. 99 Albert I. J. M. van Dijk Australia · #26,994 worldwide 886 citations · 83 works
  100. 100 T. David Waite Australia · #27,383 worldwide 1.2k citations · 97 works

authors from the 6,000 highest-output in Water Science and Technology, re-ranked on the composite score. Author identities come from OpenAlex disambiguation and inherit its errors: a merged record can put one name over two people’s work, and a split one can halve a career. Every row links out to the OpenAlex record so the underlying claim is checkable, and anything that looks wrong can be reported from the row. That report files a correction against the bibliographic record for a human to review — it is not a removal or delisting request, and no such route exists yet.

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