Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences / Psychology Highly Cited Researchers 1.087 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
prejudice
identity
identification
discrimination
leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,851
14,479
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Brain-Computer Interfaces
Regulation of Behavior
Addiction
Neurofeedback
Eating Disorders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,205
10,126
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Health Services Research
Patient-centred Care
Mental Health
Guideline Implementation
Shared Decision-Making
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,198
17,372
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
brain music
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,393
12,713
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
depression prevention
mHealth
ehealth
digital health
mental health promotion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,344
26,757
0.802
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Psychotherapy
Brain Stimulation (www.gcbs.network)
Affective Disorders
Posttraumatic Stress Disorders
CBASP
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,029
16,646
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Self-Control
Sustainability
Public Policy
Experience-Sampling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,991
14,401
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
EEG
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,653
13,880
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Leadership
selective exposure
information search
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,436
9,100
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
learning sciences
computer-supported collaborative learning
learning and instruction
scientific reasoning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,487
14,373
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
evolution of cognition
comparative neuroscience
extinction learning
laterality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,203
10,603
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Personality
Social
Developmental
Cross-cultural Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,690
7,997
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
psychology
cognitive neuroscience
experimental psychology
social neuroscience
cognitive control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,163
8,672
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
psycholinguistik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,009
5,467
0.188
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Clinical Psychology
schizophrenia
cognitive neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,332
4,822
0.170
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Neuropsychologie
kognitive Psychologie
Psychometrie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,592
6,972
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Work Psychology
Organizational Psychology
Occupational Health Psychology
Aging
Lifespan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,499
20,193
0.734
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
patient-centered health outcome research
psychometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,366
15,158
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
attention
perception
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,139
7,435
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Experimental Psychology
Affective Neuroscience
Neurocognitive Poetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,178
8,540
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Furcht
Angststörungen
Neurowissenschaften
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,641
8,404
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Psychologie
Medizin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,309
9,402
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Translational Developmental Neuroscience
eating disorders
schizophrenia
autism
neuroimaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,486
16,635
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Psychotherapy
Depression
E-Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,475
14,425
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Cognitive Neuroscience
Decision Neuroscience
Social Neuroscience
Aging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,786
9,017
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,220
802
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Rolf Van Dick
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,851
14,479
0.415
prejudice
identity
identification
discrimination
leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,786
838
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Andrea Kübler
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,205
10,126
0.296
Brain-Computer Interfaces
Regulation of Behavior
Addiction
Neurofeedback
Eating Disorders
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,793
839
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Martin Härter
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,198
17,372
0.508
Health Services Research
Patient-centred Care
Mental Health
Guideline Implementation
Shared Decision-Making
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,484
870
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Stefan Koelsch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,393
12,713
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,529
871
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
David Daniel Ebert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,344
26,757
0.802
depression prevention
mHealth
ehealth
digital health
mental health promotion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,768
924
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Frank Padberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,029
16,646
0.520
Psychotherapy
Brain Stimulation (www.gcbs.network)
Affective Disorders
Posttraumatic Stress Disorders
CBASP
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,811
927
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Wilhelm Hofmann
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,991
14,401
0.450
Self-Control
Sustainability
Public Policy
Experience-Sampling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,140
947
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Christoph S Herrmann
Carl Von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
Oldenburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,653
13,880
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,385
958
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Dieter Frey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,436
9,100
0.289
Leadership
selective exposure
information search
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,411
992
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Frank Fischer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,487
14,373
0.471
learning sciences
computer-supported collaborative learning
learning and instruction
scientific reasoning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,760
1,003
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Onur Güntürkün
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,203
10,603
0.351
evolution of cognition
comparative neuroscience
extinction learning
laterality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,470
1,032
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Jens B Asendorpf
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,690
7,997
0.269
Personality
Social
Developmental
Cross-cultural Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,099
1,059
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Marcel Brass
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,163
8,672
0.297
psychology
cognitive neuroscience
experimental psychology
social neuroscience
cognitive control
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,234
1,065
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Harald Clahsen
Universität Potsdam
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,009
5,467
0.188
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,157
1,100
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Brigitte Rockstroh
Universität Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,332
4,822
0.170
Clinical Psychology
schizophrenia
cognitive neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,129
1,146
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Klaus Willmes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,592
6,972
0.253
Neuropsychologie
kognitive Psychologie
Psychometrie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,263
1,150
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Hannes Zacher
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,499
20,193
0.734
Work Psychology
Organizational Psychology
Occupational Health Psychology
Aging
Lifespan
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,396
1,155
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Matthias Rose
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,366
15,158
0.554
patient-centered health outcome research
psychometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,814
1,172
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Erich Schröger
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,139
7,435
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,319
1,226
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Arthur M Jacobs
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,178
8,540
0.326
Experimental Psychology
Affective Neuroscience
Neurocognitive Poetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,113
1,260
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Alfons Hamm
Ernst Moritz Arndt Universität Greifswald
Greifswald, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,641
8,404
0.328
Furcht
Angststörungen
Neurowissenschaften
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,689
1,294
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Bernhard Strauss
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,309
9,402
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,279
1,351
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Stefan Ehrlich
Technische Universität Dresden
Dresden, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,486
16,635
0.679
Translational Developmental Neuroscience
eating disorders
schizophrenia
autism
neuroimaging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,220
1,351
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Matthias Berking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,475
14,425
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,593
1,416
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Hauke Heekeren
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,786
9,017
0.379
Cognitive Neuroscience
Decision Neuroscience
Social Neuroscience
Aging