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 :26
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178,048
102,870
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Stroke
Dementia
Genetics
Imaging
Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175,498
93,588
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
HEP
Detector
Electronics
FPGA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
170,477
90,848
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168,908
142,794
0.845
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Air Pollution
Epidemiology
Environmental Epidemiology
Public Health
Molecular Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165,629
102,614
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
molecular neuropathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162,891
105,006
0.645
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Data Science
Experimental Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158,300
89,141
0.563
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Image Analysis
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
Biomedical Applications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158,059
148,310
0.938
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
population health
health systems
causal impact evaluation
randomized controlled trials
quasi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157,069
133,222
0.848
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Business Process Management
Data Science
Process Mining
Petri nets
Information Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,833
52,939
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
metabolic modeling
microbial communities
population heterogeneity
(previously: particle physics)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149,366
41,163
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Atmospheric Chemistry
Earth Science
Climate
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149,118
48,075
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
experimental high-energy physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149,072
35,398
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Machine learning
artificial intelligence
big data
computational neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148,557
82,948
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Virology
Evolutionary Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,581
116,811
0.802
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,209
96,701
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142,130
53,839
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Qualitative Research
Health Psychology
Mixed Methods
Social Representations
Qualitative Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,942
63,216
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
human genetics
clinical genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,813
59,597
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Computational Astrophysics
Galaxy Formation
Cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,187
65,757
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Redox Biology
Oxidative Stress
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,652
35,724
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
quantum physics
gravitational-wave detection
squeezed light
entanglement
quantum optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,212
96,890
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
quantum optics
quantum information
many-body systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,254
50,576
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Gravitational Physics
Gravitational Waves
Cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,391
91,876
0.689
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Cognitive Modeling
Memory
Judgment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131,874
85,394
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,021
26
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Henry Völzke
Ernst Moritz Arndt Universität Greifswald
Greifswald, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178,048
102,870
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,047
27
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Martin Dichgans
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175,498
93,588
0.533
Stroke
Dementia
Genetics
Imaging
Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,110
28
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Jens Janssen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
170,477
90,848
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,134
29
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Thomas Brox
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168,908
142,794
0.845
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Robotics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,168
30
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Annette Peters
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165,629
102,614
0.620
Air Pollution
Epidemiology
Environmental Epidemiology
Public Health
Molecular Epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,211
31
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Andreas von Deimling
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162,891
105,006
0.645
molecular neuropathology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,288
32
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Arwa Bannoura
Universität Paderborn
Paderborn, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158,300
89,141
0.563
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,291
33
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Olaf Ronneberger
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158,059
148,310
0.938
Image Analysis
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
Biomedical Applications
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,304
34
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Till W Bärnighausen|Till Barnighausen, Till Baernighausen, Till Bärnighausen
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157,069
133,222
0.848
population health
health systems
causal impact evaluation
randomized controlled trials
quasi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,351
35
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Wil van der Aalst
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,833
52,939
0.344
Business Process Management
Data Science
Process Mining
Petri nets
Information Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,427
36
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Antonella Succurro
Universität zu Köln
Köln, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149,366
41,163
0.276
metabolic modeling
microbial communities
population heterogeneity
(previously: particle physics)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,434
37
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Paul J. Crutzen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149,118
48,075
0.322
Atmospheric Chemistry
Earth Science
Climate
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,435
38
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Joerg Meyer
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149,072
35,398
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,449
39
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Klaus Robert Müller
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148,557
82,948
0.558
Machine learning
artificial intelligence
big data
computational neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,517
40
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Christian Drosten
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,581
116,811
0.802
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,540
41
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Karsten Danzmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,209
96,701
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,579
42
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Svante Paabo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142,130
53,839
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,583
43
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Uwe Flick
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,942
63,216
0.445
Qualitative Research
Health Psychology
Mixed Methods
Social Representations
Qualitative Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,605
44
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Thomas Meitinger
Technische Universität München
München, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,813
59,597
0.423
human genetics
clinical genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,626
45
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Volker Springel
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
Garching bei München, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,187
65,757
0.469
Computational Astrophysics
Galaxy Formation
Cosmology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,657
46
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Helmut Sies
Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,652
35,724
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,693
47
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Roman Schnabel
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,212
96,890
0.706
quantum physics
gravitational-wave detection
squeezed light
entanglement
quantum optics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,738
48
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
İgnacio Cirac
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,254
50,576
0.374
quantum optics
quantum information
many-body systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,783
49
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Alessandra Buonanno
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,391
91,876
0.689
Gravitational Physics
Gravitational Waves
Cosmology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,830
50
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Edgar Erdfelder
Universität Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131,874
85,394
0.648