Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Germany Highly Cited Researchers Citation in Germany Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the 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
biology
computational biology
systems biology
bioinformatics
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
392,172
189,701
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Ophthalmology
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375,044
268,577
0.716
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Elementarteilchenphysik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
333,990
135,833
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Particle Physics
High Energy Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330,948
138,538
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Physics instrumentation
particle physics
physical foundations of information processing
brain-inspired computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
324,707
132,173
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
particle physics
medical imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
323,405
134,791
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
elementary particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
304,996
134,378
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
284,698
127,468
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Particle physics
detector development
distributed computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
284,584
148,708
0.523
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Bioimage Informatics
Bioinformatics
String Algorithms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
284,282
78,406
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Xray structure determination
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
284,080
42,805
0.151
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Decision Sciences
Business Analytics
Multivariate Analysis Methods
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
280,594
228,880
0.816
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Biomedicine
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
265,721
89,988
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Marketing
Structural Equation Modeling
Consumer Behavior
PLS
Research Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
257,931
220,773
0.856
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Teilchen- und Astroteilchenphysik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
252,150
94,330
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
experimental high energy physics
particle physics
quantum computing
education & outreach
science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242,384
125,935
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235,976
78,629
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Psychiatrie
Psychologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
226,560
78,513
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Astroparticle Physics
Cosmic Rays
QCD
Forward Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
224,211
115,796
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207,420
106,400
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200,083
102,695
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Vascular biology
interventional cardiology
environment and CVD
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,301
84,088
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Theoretische Chemie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192,802
117,279
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
medical imaging
machine learning
computer vision
and graphics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191,169
71,109
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186,515
115,659
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Peer Bork
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
392,172
189,701
0.484
biology
computational biology
systems biology
bioinformatics
evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jonas JB
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375,044
268,577
0.716
Ophthalmology
Epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
146
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Michael Kagan
Technische Universität Dresden
Dresden, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
333,990
135,833
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
151
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Gregor Herten
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330,948
138,538
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
158
5
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Karlheinz Meier
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
324,707
132,173
0.407
Physics instrumentation
particle physics
physical foundations of information processing
brain-inspired computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
164
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ivor Fleck
Universität Siegen
Siegen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
323,405
134,791
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
198
7
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sergio Grancagnolo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
304,996
134,378
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
260
8
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Andre Schoening
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
284,698
127,468
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
261
9
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Federica Legger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
284,584
148,708
0.523
Particle physics
detector development
distributed computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
262
10
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Gene Myers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
284,282
78,406
0.276
Bioimage Informatics
Bioinformatics
String Algorithms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
264
11
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
George Sheldrick
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
284,080
42,805
0.151
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
280
12
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Christian M Ringle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
280,594
228,880
0.816
Decision Sciences
Business Analytics
Multivariate Analysis Methods
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
350
13
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
H Erich Wichmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
265,721
89,988
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
394
14
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Marko Sarstedt
Otto Von Guericke Universität Magdeburg
Magdeburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
257,931
220,773
0.856
Marketing
Structural Equation Modeling
Consumer Behavior
PLS
Research Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
429
15
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Stefan Schael
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
252,150
94,330
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
494
16
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sascha Mehlhase
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242,384
125,935
0.520
experimental high energy physics
particle physics
quantum computing
education & outreach
science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
552
17
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Werner Hacke
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235,976
78,629
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
606
18
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Hans Ulrich Wittchen
Technische Universität Dresden
Dresden, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
226,560
78,513
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
619
19
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ralf Ulrich
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
224,211
115,796
0.516
Astroparticle Physics
Cosmic Rays
QCD
Forward Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
736
20
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jürgen Furthmüller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207,420
106,400
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
818
21
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Christoph Wanner
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200,083
102,695
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
873
22
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Thomas Muenzel, Thomas Munzel
Universitätsmedizin Mainz
Mainz, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,301
84,088
0.435
Vascular biology
interventional cardiology
environment and CVD
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
876
23
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Stefan Grimme
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192,802
117,279
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
890
24
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jingdan Zhang
Siemens AG
Munich, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191,169
71,109
0.372
medical imaging
machine learning
computer vision
and graphics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
942
25
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Xuhui Chen
Universität Potsdam
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186,515
115,659
0.620