Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
History, Philosophy, Theology Highly Cited Researchers 624 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
systematics
evolutionary biology
parasitoids
Chalcidoidea
Hymenoptera
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,139
3,408
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Philosophiy of Science
Logic
Epistemology
Cognitive Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,093
1,919
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Functional neuroimaging
intelligent neuroprosthetics
3D printing
medical history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,060
1,374
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Palaeobotany
palaeoecology
palaeoenvironment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,841
2,704
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Palaeoecology
Archaeology
Land Use
Anthropocene
Historical Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,549
4,899
0.883
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Philosophie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,404
1,027
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Neolithic
Copper Age
Bronze Age
Social Archaeology
Innovations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,353
2,825
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Philosophy of Mind
Phenomenology
Philosophy of Emotion
Social Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,268
2,926
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Language & Logic // Metaphysics // Early Analytic Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,956
2,309
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of Economics
Thomas Kuhn
Incommensurability
Systematicity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,798
1,296
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
history of Brazilian art & design
19th and 20th centuries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,779
1,554
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
evolutionary systematics / history of science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,583
1,404
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Antiquity
History of Christianity
Gnosticism
Origen of Alexandria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,531
1,310
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Philosophie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,471
1,235
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
History
Philosophy
Higher Education Policies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,326
1,429
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Social Philosophy
Critical Theory
History of Political Ideas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,189
1,554
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Wirtschaftsphilosophie
institutional economics
Theoriegeschichte der Ökonomie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,175
795
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Invasive species
Long-term ecological research
Limnology
Ichthyology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,135
4,049
0.979
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,119
1,994
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
history of science
history of physics
philosophy of science
visual cultures
mentalities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,968
1,137
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
History of Education
Comparative Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,933
1,401
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Philosophy of Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,832
3,203
0.836
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
theory change
science and society
science in the context of application
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,813
1,146
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Palaeontology
Mammals
Afrotheria
African Neogene
Old World Paleogene
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,767
820
0.218
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
(ancient) environmental DNA
paleoecology
monitoring
environmental history
sediment cores
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,428
2,178
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
171,033
7,173
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Lars Krogmann
State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,139
3,408
0.555
systematics
evolutionary biology
parasitoids
Chalcidoidea
Hymenoptera
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
172,354
7,223
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Gerhard Schurz
Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,093
1,919
0.315
Philosophiy of Science
Logic
Epistemology
Cognitive Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
173,338
7,256
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Andreas Otte
Hochschule Offenburg
Offenburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,060
1,374
0.227
Functional neuroimaging
intelligent neuroprosthetics
3D printing
medical history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
179,817
7,497
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Dieter Uhl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,841
2,704
0.463
Palaeobotany
palaeoecology
palaeoenvironment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
189,036
7,836
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Patrick Roberts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,549
4,899
0.883
Palaeoecology
Archaeology
Land Use
Anthropocene
Historical Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
194,047
8,008
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Wolfgang Spohn
Universität Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,404
1,027
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
195,907
8,069
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Svend Hansen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,353
2,825
0.528
Neolithic
Copper Age
Bronze Age
Social Archaeology
Innovations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
198,969
8,168
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Jan Slaby
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,268
2,926
0.555
Philosophy of Mind
Phenomenology
Philosophy of Emotion
Social Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
211,111
8,590
185
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Benjamin Schnieder
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,956
2,309
0.466
Language & Logic // Metaphysics // Early Analytic Philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
217,821
8,848
91
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Paul Hoyningen Huene
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,798
1,296
0.270
Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of Economics
Thomas Kuhn
Incommensurability
Systematicity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
218,640
8,872
110
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Rafael Cardoso
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,779
1,554
0.325
history of Brazilian art & design
19th and 20th centuries
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
227,243
9,155
204
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Matthias Glaubrecht
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,583
1,404
0.306
evolutionary systematics / history of science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
229,776
9,243
130
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Christoph Markschies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,531
1,310
0.289
Antiquity
History of Christianity
Gnosticism
Origen of Alexandria
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
232,642
9,349
125
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Michael Quante
Universität Münster
Münster, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,471
1,235
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
239,852
9,609
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
chris lorenz
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,326
1,429
0.330
History
Philosophy
Higher Education Policies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
247,043
9,872
175
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Martin Saar
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,189
1,554
0.371
Social Philosophy
Critical Theory
History of Political Ideas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
247,838
9,893
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Birger P Priddat
Universität Witten Herdecke
Witten, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,175
795
0.190
Wirtschaftsphilosophie
institutional economics
Theoriegeschichte der Ökonomie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
249,973
9,958
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Phillip J. Haubrock
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,135
4,049
0.979
Invasive species
Long-term ecological research
Limnology
Ichthyology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
250,924
9,990
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Andrea Sundermann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,119
1,994
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
259,608
10,295
121
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Klaus Hentschel
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,968
1,137
0.287
history of science
history of physics
philosophy of science
visual cultures
mentalities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
261,583
10,353
142
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Marcelo Caruso
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,933
1,401
0.356
History of Education
Comparative Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
267,559
10,587
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Yuk Hui
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,832
3,203
0.836
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
268,712
10,626
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Martin Carrier
Universität Bielefeld
Bielefeld, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,813
1,146
0.301
theory change
science and society
science in the context of application
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
271,544
10,712
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Thomas Lehmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,767
820
0.218
Palaeontology
Mammals
Afrotheria
African Neogene
Old World Paleogene
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
294,614
11,490
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Laura S Epp
Universität Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,428
2,178
0.635
(ancient) environmental DNA
paleoecology
monitoring
environmental history
sediment cores