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
Aquaculture
Seafood safety & security
Ecotoxicology
Radioecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,172
8,542
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Aquatic Science
Climate warming
algae
production
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,180
4,554
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
fish ecology
hydropower
fish pass
river restoration
human impacts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,109
4,288
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Aquatic ecology
Hydrobiology
benthic invertebrates
water quality assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,871
1,933
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
aquatic biogeochemistry
riverine ecology
floodplain ecology
river restoration
ecohydrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,693
3,781
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
aquatic sciences
limnology
algal ecology & physiology
lake restoration
climate warming
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,960
2,528
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
aquatic biogeochemistry
stream ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,995
1,417
0.710
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Fish Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,862
717
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Naturschutz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,570
1,157
0.737
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Fisheries
Aquaculture
Limnology
Wetlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
112
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Hydrobiology and Fisheries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
52
0.732
Marc Metian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,172
8,542
0.648
Aquaculture
Seafood safety & security
Ecotoxicology
Radioecology
Martin T Dokulil
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,180
4,554
0.407
Aquatic Science
Climate warming
algae
production
Stefan Schmutz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,109
4,288
0.471
fish ecology
hydropower
fish pass
river restoration
human impacts
Otto Moog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,871
1,933
0.281
Aquatic ecology
Hydrobiology
benthic invertebrates
water quality assessment
Thomas Hein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,693
3,781
0.565
aquatic biogeochemistry
riverine ecology
floodplain ecology
river restoration
ecohydrology
Katrin Teubner
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,960
2,528
0.424
aquatic sciences
limnology
algal ecology & physiology
lake restoration
climate warming
Gabriele Weigelhofer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,995
1,417
0.710
aquatic biogeochemistry
stream ecology
Josef Wanzenböck
Universität Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,862
717
0.385
Aaron Scholz Lechner
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,570
1,157
0.737
Jacob Iteba
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
112
1.000
Fisheries
Aquaculture
Limnology
Wetlands
Arinze Uche
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
52
0.732