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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,958
1,298
0.663
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
DevOps
Continuous Delivery
Cloud Computing
Microservices
Cloud Native
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,622
670
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
architecture
digital fabrication
robotic fabrication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,591
1,355
0.852
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Architecture
Inclusive Design
Demographic Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,475
814
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
evolutionary algorithms
urban planning synthesis
optimization
urban data analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,470
967
0.658
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Urban Politics
Urban And Regional Planning
Urban Studies
Sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,460
1,105
0.757
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
AI for Architecture
Architectural Design Optimization
Computational Design
Parametric Design
Simulation-based Optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,456
1,199
0.823
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,441
659
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Urban mesoscale and microscale modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,391
1,195
0.859
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
construction
robotics
architecture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,345
788
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Automatic control
Fuel Cells
Sliding Mode Control
Observers
Electrical Motors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,326
512
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
urban landscape ecology
pollinator biology
data analytics
causal inference
Bayesian modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,279
1,066
0.833
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Architektur- und Wohnsoziologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,258
260
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Urban Production Systems
Sustainability in Manfacturing
Engineering Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,245
1,015
0.815
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Operating Systems
Variability
Dependability
Static Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,097
493
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Urban Planning
Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,016
231
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Spatial Planning
Regional Governance
Economic Geography
Urban Geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
958
632
0.660
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
digital labour
crowdsourcing
platform economy
media theory
design theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
951
689
0.725
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
City logistics
City Crowd logistics
vehicle routing problem
service network optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
894
522
0.584
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Urban Mobility
Bycicle Navigation
Pedestrian Navigagion
Multimodal Navigation
Sensor Fusion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
878
441
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Service Computing
Web Services
Business Process Management
SOA
BPM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
863
66
0.076
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Quantum Computing
Cloud Computing
Workflow Technology
Provenance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
847
845
0.998
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Urban Research
Sociology
Stadtforschung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
798
52
0.065
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Remote Sensing
Urban Ecology
Urban Planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
776
753
0.970
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
REST
Cloud
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
746
229
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
455,575
16,659
210
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Michael Falkenthal
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,958
1,298
0.663
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
518,193
18,569
236
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Johannes Wettinger
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,622
670
0.413
DevOps
Continuous Delivery
Cloud Computing
Microservices
Cloud Native
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
524,410
18,739
766
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Kathrin Dörfler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,591
1,355
0.852
architecture
digital fabrication
robotic fabrication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
550,261
19,528
357
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Gesine Marquardt
Technische Universität Dresden
Dresden, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,475
814
0.552
Architecture
Inclusive Design
Demographic Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
551,350
19,556
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Reinhard Koenig
Bauhaus Universität Weimar
Weimar, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,470
967
0.658
evolutionary algorithms
urban planning synthesis
optimization
urban data analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
553,658
19,629
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Florian Koch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,460
1,105
0.757
Urban Politics
Urban And Regional Planning
Urban Studies
Sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
554,603
19,658
254
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Thomas Wortmann
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,456
1,199
0.823
AI for Architecture
Architectural Design Optimization
Computational Design
Parametric Design
Simulation-based Optimization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
558,299
19,765
807
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Frank Petzold
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,441
659
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
570,457
20,116
292
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Sebastian Schubert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,391
1,195
0.859
Urban mesoscale and microscale modelling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
582,254
20,470
400
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Sigrid Brell Cokcan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,345
788
0.586
construction
robotics
architecture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
587,383
20,604
97
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Cristian Kunusch
Siemens AG
Munich, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,326
512
0.386
Automatic control
Fuel Cells
Sliding Mode Control
Observers
Electrical Motors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
599,900
20,981
254
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Douglas Sponsler
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,279
1,066
0.833
urban landscape ecology
pollinator biology
data analytics
causal inference
Bayesian modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
605,935
21,151
273
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Christine Hannemann
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,258
260
0.207
Architektur- und Wohnsoziologie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
609,359
21,257
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Max Juraschek
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Braunschweig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,245
1,015
0.815
Urban Production Systems
Sustainability in Manfacturing
Engineering Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
654,956
22,646
250
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Christian Dietrich
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,097
493
0.449
Operating Systems
Variability
Dependability
Static Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
682,685
23,476
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Heidi Sinning
Fachhochschule Erfurt
Erfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,016
231
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
703,463
24,101
511
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Anna Growe
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
958
632
0.660
Spatial Planning
Regional Governance
Economic Geography
Urban Geography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
706,017
24,178
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Florian Alexander Schmidt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
951
689
0.725
digital labour
crowdsourcing
platform economy
media theory
design theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
728,474
24,819
1,000
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Santiago Nieto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
894
522
0.584
City logistics
City Crowd logistics
vehicle routing problem
service network optimization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
735,033
25,011
315
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Estefania Munoz Diaz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
878
441
0.502
Urban Mobility
Bycicle Navigation
Pedestrian Navigagion
Multimodal Navigation
Sensor Fusion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
741,380
25,210
321
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Tammo van Lessen
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
863
66
0.076
Service Computing
Web Services
Business Process Management
SOA
BPM
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
747,534
25,398
326
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Benjamin Weder
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
847
845
0.998
Quantum Computing
Cloud Computing
Workflow Technology
Provenance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
769,052
26,054
328
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Peter Noller
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
798
52
0.065
Urban Research
Sociology
Stadtforschung
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
778,314
26,352
358
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Thilo Wellmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
776
753
0.970
Remote Sensing
Urban Ecology
Urban Planning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
792,264
26,789
346
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Florian Haupt
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
746
229
0.307