Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Physics Highly Cited Researchers 3.615 Scientists Citation in Germany Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
Strong-field physics
attosecond science
ultrafast spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,595
42,291
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Particle physics
Instrumentation
detectors
trigger board
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,939
69,005
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
nuclear physics
particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,740
46,216
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Nonclassical laserinterferometry
Quantum control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,720
69,959
0.668
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
high energy physics
silicon
particle detectors
particle physics
medical imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,353
68,274
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
astrophysics
cosmology
information theory
information field theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,629
51,436
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Particle Physics
Quantum Gravity
Extra Dimension
Generalised Searches
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,290
63,122
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Gravitational Wave Physics
General Relativity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,886
71,119
0.727
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Gravitational-Wave Detectors
Squeezed light
Entanglement
Optomechanics
Quantum Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,489
70,011
0.718
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Quantum Physics
Laser Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,336
19,600
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Cosmology
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,940
22,613
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Kernphysik
Hadronenphysik
Teilchenphysik
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,211
39,649
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
general relativity
gravitational waves
multi-messenger astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,424
62,378
0.654
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Theoretical Physics & Phenomenology: Heavy Ion Science
Astrophysics
Black Holes and Neutron Stars
Phases of Dense Hot Nuclear
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,674
24,009
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
AI Systems Engineering
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,298
22,989
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
physics
chemistry
materials science
artificial intelligence
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,858
28,121
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,767
63,417
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Gravitational Waves
Laser Interferometry
AI-based Sensing & Control
Embedded Machine Learning
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,682
66,093
0.729
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,389
24,745
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,432
42,911
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Condensed Matter Physics
Many Body perturbation theory
TDDFT
Materials Science
Mathematical &
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,545
31,486
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Physics
Astrophysics
General Relativity
Gravitational Waves
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,932
53,909
0.650
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,785
22,848
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Gravitation
Gravitational Waves
Astrophysics
Cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,242
52,522
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Physics
Quantum Simulation
Quantum Optics
Ultracold Quantum Gases
Many-Body Quantum Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,019
30,247
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,647
80
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Adrian N Pfeiffer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,595
42,291
0.382
Strong-field physics
attosecond science
ultrafast spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,678
81
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Elena Rocco
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,939
69,005
0.628
Particle physics
Instrumentation
detectors
trigger board
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,848
92
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Johanna Stachel
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,740
46,216
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,952
94
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Michele Heurs
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,720
69,959
0.668
Nonclassical laserinterferometry
Quantum control
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,070
98
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Christian Scharf
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,353
68,274
0.667
high energy physics
silicon
particle detectors
particle physics
medical imaging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,190
100
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Torsten Ensslin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,629
51,436
0.511
astrophysics
cosmology
information theory
information field theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,207
102
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Tobias Pook
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,290
63,122
0.629
Particle Physics
Quantum Gravity
Extra Dimension
Generalised Searches
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,356
107
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Abhirup Ghosh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,886
71,119
0.727
Gravitational Wave Physics
General Relativity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,388
108
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Mikhail Korobko
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,489
70,011
0.718
Gravitational-Wave Detectors
Squeezed light
Entanglement
Optomechanics
Quantum Optics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,396
109
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Theodor Haensch
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,336
19,600
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,433
110
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Eiichiro Komatsu
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,940
22,613
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,485
112
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Ulf Meißner
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,211
39,649
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,544
115
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Alexander H. Nitz|Alex Nitz, Alexander Nitz
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,424
62,378
0.654
general relativity
gravitational waves
multi-messenger astrophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,655
121
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Horst Stoecker
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,674
24,009
0.256
Theoretical Physics & Phenomenology: Heavy Ion Science
Astrophysics
Black Holes and Neutron Stars
Phases of Dense Hot Nuclear
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,683
123
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Michael Rammensee
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,298
22,989
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,710
126
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Matthias Scheffler
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,858
28,121
0.303
physics
chemistry
materials science
artificial intelligence
machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,792
131
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Emil Schreiber
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,767
63,417
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,871
134
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Nikhil Mukund
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,682
66,093
0.729
Gravitational Waves
Laser Interferometry
AI-based Sensing & Control
Embedded Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,892
136
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Rob Ivison
European Southern Observatory
Munich, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,389
24,745
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,973
139
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Flavio Archilli
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,432
42,911
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,255
149
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Angel Rubio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,545
31,486
0.368
Condensed Matter Physics
Many Body perturbation theory
TDDFT
Materials Science
Mathematical &
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,482
163
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Andrea Taracchini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,932
53,909
0.650
Physics
Astrophysics
General Relativity
Gravitational Waves
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,498
164
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Guinevere Kauffmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,785
22,848
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,665
170
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Alex B. Nielsen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,242
52,522
0.646
Gravitation
Gravitational Waves
Astrophysics
Cosmology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,790
174
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Immanuel Bloch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,019
30,247
0.378
Physics
Quantum Simulation
Quantum Optics
Ultracold Quantum Gases
Many-Body Quantum Systems