Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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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
Social Constructionism
Communicative AI
Mediatization
Social Robotics
Interpretive Paradigm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,017
2,723
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Soziologie
Gesundheit
Soziales
Systemtheorie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,212
3,392
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
rural development
sustainable local development
agro-food studies
landscape governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,748
3,910
0.680
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Bildungsforschung
Empirische Sozialforschung
soziale Ungleichheiten
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,346
1,887
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Societal impacts of climate change
natural resource management
sustainability transformation
cooperation
inequalties
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,900
3,848
0.785
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Soziologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,433
1,498
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Geschichte der Soziologie
Kultursoziologie
Soziologische Theorie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,102
1,713
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Arbeit
Care
Gesellschaft
Geschlecht
Kapitalismus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,016
1,809
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
sociology and history of the social sciences
research policy
left anti-communism
intellectuals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,974
1,227
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Gender Studies
Labour Economics
Experimental Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,474
1,648
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Sociology of education
work and the life course
ageing societies
the quality of work and employment
labour supply d
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,421
1,418
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Soziologie
Familiensoziologie
Lebensstile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,989
628
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
religion
sociology
human rights
Russia
Orthodox Christianity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,658
1,135
0.685
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
family
childhood
youth
divorce
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,570
1,109
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Sociology
Visual Sociology
Interpretive Methods
Bigraphical Research
Migration Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,496
530
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Soziologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,051
247
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
gender science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
844
435
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Soziologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
754
445
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
nonconventional digital participation
mediatization
sociology of knowledge
process-oriented research
interpretative methodol
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
734
395
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Gender Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
651
258
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
gender studies
censorship
narrative research
East Central Europe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
631
276
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
549
377
0.687
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Sociology
Social Inequality
Gender
Labour Market
Migration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
540
406
0.752
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Sociological systems theory
higher education research
organisation
migration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
434
137
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Elder abuse and neglect
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
410
45
0.110
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,906
737
142
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Michaela Pfadenhauer
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,017
2,723
0.340
Social Constructionism
Communicative AI
Mediatization
Social Robotics
Interpretive Paradigm
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
137,969
813
154
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Wolfgang Dür
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,212
3,392
0.470
Soziologie
Gesundheit
Soziales
Systemtheorie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
174,201
1,027
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Marianne Penker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,748
3,910
0.680
rural development
sustainable local development
agro-food studies
landscape governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
186,997
1,086
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Johann Bacher
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,346
1,887
0.353
Bildungsforschung
Empirische Sozialforschung
soziale Ungleichheiten
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
203,464
1,180
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ilona M Otto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,900
3,848
0.785
Societal impacts of climate change
natural resource management
sustainability transformation
cooperation
inequalties
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
223,598
1,288
239
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jörg Flecker
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,433
1,498
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
240,306
1,378
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Stephan Moebius
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,102
1,713
0.418
Geschichte der Soziologie
Kultursoziologie
Soziologische Theorie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
245,107
1,403
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Brigitte Aulenbacher
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,016
1,809
0.450
Arbeit
Care
Gesellschaft
Geschlecht
Kapitalismus
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
247,496
1,413
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Christian Fleck
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,974
1,227
0.309
sociology and history of the social sciences
research policy
left anti-communism
intellectuals
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
278,197
1,564
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Doris Weichselbaumer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,474
1,648
0.474
Gender Studies
Labour Economics
Experimental Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
373,609
2,057
394
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Nadia Steiber
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,421
1,418
0.586
Sociology of education
work and the life course
ageing societies
the quality of work and employment
labour supply d
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
432,391
2,326
429
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Rudolf Richter
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,989
628
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
490,626
2,584
218
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Kristina Stoeckl|Kristina Stöckl
Universität Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,658
1,135
0.685
religion
sociology
human rights
Russia
Orthodox Christianity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
508,920
2,667
499
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ulrike Zartler
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,570
1,109
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
525,387
2,753
511
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Roswitha Breckner
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,496
530
0.354
Sociology
Visual Sociology
Interpretive Methods
Bigraphical Research
Migration Research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
648,641
3,313
174
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Helmut Kuzmics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,051
247
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
727,221
3,661
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Helene Schiffbaenker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
844
435
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
766,922
3,842
142
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Wolfgang Aschauer
Universität Salzburg
Salzburg, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
754
445
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
776,384
3,878
691
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Tilo Grenz
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
734
395
0.538
nonconventional digital participation
mediatization
sociology of knowledge
process-oriented research
interpretative methodol
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
817,301
4,069
719
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Sabine Grenz
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
651
258
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
827,755
4,118
204
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Libora Oates Indruchova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
631
276
0.437
gender studies
censorship
narrative research
East Central Europe
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
872,031
4,298
208
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Frithjof Nungesser
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
549
377
0.687
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
877,110
4,330
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Laura Wiesböck
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
540
406
0.752
Sociology
Social Inequality
Gender
Labour Market
Migration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
958,847
4,724
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Thomas Pfeffer
Donau Universität Krems Universität für Weiterbildung
Krems an der Donau, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
434
137
0.316
Sociological systems theory
higher education research
organisation
migration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
981,622
4,837
842
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Josef Hörl
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
410
45
0.110