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
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 :2
cognitive science
developmental psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,529
11,831
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
research synthesis
meta-analysis
meta-research
open science
individual differences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,407
21,554
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Developmental Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,368
8,429
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Intelligence
creativity
social intelligence
giftedness
neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,872
12,128
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Anxiety Disorders
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Psychophysiology
Affective Neuroscience
Experimental Psychopathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,083
9,545
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Research Methods
Personality
Experience-Sampling
Ambulatory Assessment
Wearables
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,984
12,557
0.661
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Psychology
Art
Beauty
Aesthetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,047
9,678
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Social psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,788
8,865
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,577
9,176
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
eating behavior
health psychology
eating disorders
obesity
mHealth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,279
7,848
0.639
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
patient-reported outcome
communication skills
health psychology
psychometry
positive psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,143
7,151
0.642
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Neurotransmitter Transporters
Addiction
Amphetamine and congeners
Cocaine
New Psychoactive Substances
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,048
4,841
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Psychology
Personality
Temperament
Assessment
Music
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,215
4,017
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Psychology
Behaviour
Energy
Marine environments
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,249
7,166
0.775
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
clinical psychology
attachment research
psychotherapy research
psychoanalysis
neuroimaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,888
4,200
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,836
4,605
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
mindfulness
laterality
suicide
psychometrics
methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,556
6,709
0.784
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
cognitive neuropsychology
neuroplasticity
lifelong learning
number processing
attention &
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,492
2,851
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Psychometrics
Item Response Theory
Measurement
Mathematical Psychology
StatisticsyStatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,925
952
0.137
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Psychotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,764
2,975
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,714
2,382
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Clinical Psychology
Psychotherapy
Mental Health
Digital Psychology
Transdisciplinarity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,707
6,188
0.923
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
music psychology
music cognition
music theory
psychoacoustics
systematic musicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,535
2,179
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,296
3,056
0.485
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
Josef Perner
Universität Salzburg
Salzburg, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,529
11,831
0.239
cognitive science
developmental psychology
Martin Voracek
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,407
21,554
0.533
research synthesis
meta-analysis
meta-research
open science
individual differences
Heinz Wimmer
Universität Salzburg
Salzburg, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,368
8,429
0.232
Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Developmental Psychology
Aljoscha Neubauer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,872
12,128
0.435
Intelligence
creativity
social intelligence
giftedness
neuroscience
Frank H. Wilhelm
Universität Salzburg
Salzburg, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,083
9,545
0.396
Anxiety Disorders
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Psychophysiology
Affective Neuroscience
Experimental Psychopathology
Stefan Stieger
Karl Landsteiner Privatuniversität für Gesundheitswissenschaften
Krems an der Donau, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,984
12,557
0.661
Research Methods
Personality
Experience-Sampling
Ambulatory Assessment
Wearables
Helmut Leder
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,047
9,678
0.536
Tobias Greitemeyer
Universität Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,788
8,865
0.498
Urs Nater
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,577
9,176
0.522
Jens Blechert
Universität Salzburg
Salzburg, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,279
7,848
0.639
eating behavior
health psychology
eating disorders
obesity
mHealth
Stefan Höfer
Medizinische Universität Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,143
7,151
0.642
patient-reported outcome
communication skills
health psychology
psychometry
positive psychology
Harald H Sitte
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,048
4,841
0.438
Neurotransmitter Transporters
Addiction
Amphetamine and congeners
Cocaine
New Psychoactive Substances
Zentner Marcel
Universität Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,215
4,017
0.393
Psychology
Personality
Temperament
Assessment
Music
Sabine Pahl
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,249
7,166
0.775
Psychology
Behaviour
Energy
Marine environments
Anna Buchheim
Universität Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,888
4,200
0.473
clinical psychology
attachment research
psychotherapy research
psychoanalysis
neuroimaging
Christian Korunka
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,836
4,605
0.521
Ulrich S Tran
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,556
6,709
0.784
mindfulness
laterality
suicide
psychometrics
methodology
Liane Kaufmann
Universität Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,492
2,851
0.381
cognitive neuropsychology
neuroplasticity
lifelong learning
number processing
attention &
Gerhard H Fischer
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,925
952
0.137
Psychometrics
Item Response Theory
Measurement
Mathematical Psychology
StatisticsyStatistics
Sven Rabung
Alpen Adria Universität Klagenfurt
Klagenfurt, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,764
2,975
0.440
Bernad Batinic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,714
2,382
0.355
Thomas Probst
Donau Universität Krems Universität für Weiterbildung
Krems an der Donau, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,707
6,188
0.923
Clinical Psychology
Psychotherapy
Mental Health
Digital Psychology
Transdisciplinarity
Richard Parncutt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,535
2,179
0.333
music psychology
music cognition
music theory
psychoacoustics
systematic musicology
Jürgen Glaser
Universität Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,296
3,056
0.485