Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: Scientists Last 6 years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
density functional theory
first principles calculations
many body theory
condensed matter physics
materials science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
403,523
195,031
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Statistics
pattern recognition
data analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235,317
105,526
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
LHC
particle physics
data analysis
statistics
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
227,536
107,547
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
170,958
71,747
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Neural Networks
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162,524
134,568
0.828
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Bewegungsstörungen
Parkinson
Tremor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,867
60,903
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Quantum Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,236
43,956
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
climate change
energy economics
integrated assessment
technological change
sustainable development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,085
74,355
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
42
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,083
35,934
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Multimessenger Astrophysics
Astroparticle Physics: Cosmic Rays
Gamma-ray Astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,250
35,666
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Professor and Chairman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,962
53,472
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Theoretical high energy astrophysics
Multimessenger astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,012
35,095
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Organic semiconductors
organic solar cells
bio-organic electronics
CO2 recycling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,955
17,706
0.188
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Brain rhythms
brain-heart interaction
brain-computer interface
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,933
26,650
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Experimental high energy particle physics
Toxicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,007
64,805
0.736
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
cyber-physical systems
complex energy systems
co-simulation
hybrid modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,549
22,989
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
molecular evolution
phylogenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,969
60,267
0.726
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Epidemiology
Biostatistics
Clinical Trials
Medicine
Life Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,883
43,543
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Qualitative Content Analysis
Evaluation
Mixed Methods
Health Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,451
37,237
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,574
37,552
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,327
36,377
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Structural heart disease
therapy of aortic valve stenosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,341
28,362
0.428
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Theory of Software Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,127
12,375
0.193
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Psychiatry
Psychopharmacology
Neuroimaging
Drug Discovery
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,892
21,271
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Genetics
Genetic Epidemiology
Kidney disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,612
31,849
0.509
Georg Kresse
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
403,523
195,031
0.483
density functional theory
first principles calculations
many body theory
condensed matter physics
materials science
Rudolf Frühwirth
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Redwood City, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235,317
105,526
0.448
Statistics
pattern recognition
data analysis
Wolfgang Waltenberger
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Redwood City, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
227,536
107,547
0.473
LHC
particle physics
data analysis
statistics
machine learning
Josef Penninger
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Redwood City, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
170,958
71,747
0.420
Sepp Hochreiter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162,524
134,568
0.828
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Neural Networks
Bioinformatics
Werner Poewe
Medizinische Universität Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,867
60,903
0.455
Bewegungsstörungen
Parkinson
Tremor
Peter Zoller
Universität Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,236
43,956
0.338
Keywan Riahi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,085
74,355
0.599
climate change
energy economics
integrated assessment
technological change
sustainable development
Anton Zeilinger
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,083
35,934
0.329
Olaf Reimer
Universität Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,250
35,666
0.339
Multimessenger Astrophysics
Astroparticle Physics: Cosmic Rays
Gamma-ray Astronomy
Shahrokh F Shariat
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,962
53,472
0.519
Anita Reimer
Universität Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,012
35,095
0.373
Theoretical high energy astrophysics
Multimessenger astrophysics
Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,955
17,706
0.188
Organic semiconductors
organic solar cells
bio-organic electronics
CO2 recycling
Gert Pfurtscheller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,933
26,650
0.284
Ece Aşilar
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,007
64,805
0.736
Experimental high energy particle physics
Toxicology
Edmund Widl
Austrian Institute of Technology
Seibersdorf, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,549
22,989
0.269
cyber-physical systems
complex energy systems
co-simulation
hybrid modeling
Arndt Von Haeseler
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,969
60,267
0.726
molecular evolution
phylogenetics
Hanno Ulmer
Medizinische Universität Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,883
43,543
0.538
Epidemiology
Biostatistics
Clinical Trials
Medicine
Life Sciences
Philipp Mayring
Alpen Adria Universität Klagenfurt
Klagenfurt, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,451
37,237
0.469
Qualitative Content Analysis
Evaluation
Mixed Methods
Health Psychology
Frank Madeo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,574
37,552
0.510
Daniel Aletaha
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,327
36,377
0.510
Christian Hengstenberg
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,341
28,362
0.428
Thomas Henzinger
Institute of Science and Technology, Austria
Klosterneuburg, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,127
12,375
0.193
Theory of Software Systems
Siegfried Kasper
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,892
21,271
0.338
Psychiatry
Psychopharmacology
Neuroimaging
Drug Discovery
Neuroscience
Florian Kronenberg
Medizinische Universität Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,612
31,849
0.509
Genetics
Genetic Epidemiology
Kidney disease