Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1

Bewegungsstörungen
Parkinson
Tremo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,994
63,357
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2

Professor and Chairma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,424
54,289
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3

Epidemiology
Biostatistics
Clinical Trials
Medicine
Life Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,453
44,138
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4

Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,327
38,413
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5

Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,214
37,240
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6

Psychiatry
Psychopharmacology
Neuroimaging
Drug Discovery
Neuroscienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,464
22,180
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7

Neuro-Onkologi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,114
25,376
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8

inante immunity
infectious diseases
anemia
iron metabolism
macrophage
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,609
20,742
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9

cancer immunology
computational biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,394
24,940
0.526
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10

medical mycology
hospital infection control
epidemiology and prevention of hospital infections
Aspergillus and innate immuni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,963
23,756
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11

Diabetes
endocrinology
molecular medicine
medical device
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,758
18,847
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12

Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,582
13,876
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13

Thrombosis and Haemostasi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,361
16,400
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14

Medical Oncolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,110
30,317
0.703
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15

Renal Pathology
Lym phatic vessel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,057
9,161
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16

Neuropathology
Neurodegeneration
Prion diseases
Neuroviral diseases
Neurovirolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,738
8,096
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17

Drug delivery
medicinal chemistry
thiomers
tissue engineering
polymer scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,606
16,090
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18

Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,182
8,239
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19

GABAA receptor subtypes
structure
function
distribution
pharmacolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,606
5,516
0.159
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20

Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,185
12,415
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21

Surger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,504
5,070
0.156
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22

Medical Statistics
Epidemiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,933
16,726
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23

Medical Statistic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,821
8,954
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24

Food security
Human Health
Biochemistry
PANOMICS
Systems theor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,272
16,410
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25

Clinical Pharmacolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,775
11,514
0.387
Werner Poewe
Medizinische Universität Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,994
63,357
0.434
Bewegungsstörungen
Parkinson
Tremo
Shahrokh F Shariat
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,424
54,289
0.487
Hanno Ulmer
Medizinische Universität Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,453
44,138
0.499
Epidemiology
Biostatistics
Clinical Trials
Medicine
Life Science
Frank Madeo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,327
38,413
0.478
Daniel Aletaha
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,214
37,240
0.476
Siegfried Kasper
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,464
22,180
0.329
Psychiatry
Psychopharmacology
Neuroimaging
Drug Discovery
Neuroscienc
Christine Marosi
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,114
25,376
0.437
Weiss Guenter
Medizinische Universität Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,609
20,742
0.436
inante immunity
infectious diseases
anemia
iron metabolism
macrophage
Zlatko Trajanoski
Medizinische Universität Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,394
24,940
0.526
cancer immunology
computational biolog
Cornelia Lass Flörl
Medizinische Universität Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,963
23,756
0.528
medical mycology
hospital infection control
epidemiology and prevention of hospital infections
Aspergillus and innate immuni
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Thomas Pieber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,758
18,847
0.421
Diabetes
endocrinology
molecular medicine
medical device
Lorenzo Cerroni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,582
13,876
0.311
Pabinger Faching Ingrid
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,361
16,400
0.378
Matthias Preusser
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,110
30,317
0.703
Dontscho Kerjaschki
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,057
9,161
0.229
Renal Pathology
Lym phatic vessel
Herbert Budka
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,738
8,096
0.204
Neuropathology
Neurodegeneration
Prion diseases
Neuroviral diseases
Neurovirolog
Andreas Bernkop Schnürch
Universität Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,606
16,090
0.417
Drug delivery
medicinal chemistry
thiomers
tissue engineering
polymer scienc
Gerald Maurer
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,182
8,239
0.216
Werner Sieghart
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,606
5,516
0.159
GABAA receptor subtypes
structure
function
distribution
pharmacolog
Siegfried Trattnig
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,185
12,415
0.374
Stein Hubert J
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,504
5,070
0.156
Georg Heinze
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,933
16,726
0.541
Medical Statistics
Epidemiolog
Daniela Dunkler
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,821
8,954
0.291
Wolfram Weckwerth
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,272
16,410
0.542
Food security
Human Health
Biochemistry
PANOMICS
Systems theor
Bernd Jilma
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,775
11,514
0.387