Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 11.318 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
Gravitational Physics
Gravitational Waves
Cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,202
83,726
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
biostatistics
high-throughput sequencing
quantum information
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,961
91,510
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,693
50,654
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Cell biology Membranes Lipidomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,208
18,950
0.150
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Molecular genetics
cancer
pathomechanisms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,670
40,058
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
theoretical physics
material science
theoretical chemistry
condensed matter theory
ab-initio simulations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,181
54,916
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Gravitational waves
lasers
interferometry
precision measurements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,791
77,017
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Gravitational waves
data analysis
the very early universe
inflationary cosmology
cosmic strings
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,660
59,742
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Physics
Gravitational Waves
Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,187
75,270
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Quantum chemistry
computational chemistry
spectroscopy
transition metals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,416
56,041
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
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: 37
Particle physics
Instrumentation
detectors
trigger board
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,939
69,005
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Genetic Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,787
66,149
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,941
27,236
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
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: 41
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: 42
Algorithms
Parallel Computing
Bioinformatics
Phylogenetics
Evolutionary Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,923
47,254
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
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: 44
Physical chemistry of solids
ion transport
interfaces and size effects
solid state ionics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,795
32,670
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
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: 46
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: 47
Polymers
Polymer Chemistry
Batteries
Nanomedicine
Organic chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,275
34,348
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
General Relativity
Gravitational Waves
Black holes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,166
51,603
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
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: 50
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
Rankings
1,748
49
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Alessandra Buonanno
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,202
83,726
0.610
Gravitational Physics
Gravitational Waves
Cosmology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,933
53
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Simon Anders
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,961
91,510
0.704
biostatistics
high-throughput sequencing
quantum information
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,942
54
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Yuri B. Ivanov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,693
50,654
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,042
56
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Kai Simons
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,208
18,950
0.150
Cell biology Membranes Lipidomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,214
60
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Peter Lichter
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,670
40,058
0.332
Molecular genetics
cancer
pathomechanisms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,230
62
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Peter E Blöchl
Technische Universität Clausthal
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,181
54,916
0.457
theoretical physics
material science
theoretical chemistry
condensed matter theory
ab-initio simulations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,287
64
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Holger Wittel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,791
77,017
0.648
Gravitational waves
lasers
interferometry
precision measurements
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,363
67
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Bruce Allen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,660
59,742
0.512
Gravitational waves
data analysis
the very early universe
inflationary cosmology
cosmic strings
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,431
68
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Katherine Dooley
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,187
75,270
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,605
74
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Frank Neese
Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,416
56,041
0.503
Quantum chemistry
computational chemistry
spectroscopy
transition metals
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,647
80
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
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: 37
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
2,744
85
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Martina Mueller-Nurasyid
Helmholtz Institut Mainz
Mainz, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,787
66,149
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,832
91
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Meinrat Andreae
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,941
27,236
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,848
92
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Johanna Stachel
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
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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: 41
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
3,048
97
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Alexandros Stamatakis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,923
47,254
0.459
Algorithms
Parallel Computing
Bioinformatics
Phylogenetics
Evolutionary Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,070
98
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Christian Scharf
Citation Metrics
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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
3,179
99
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Joachim Maier
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,795
32,670
0.324
Physical chemistry of solids
ion transport
interfaces and size effects
solid state ionics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,190
100
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
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: 46
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
3,268
104
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Ulrich S. Schubert
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,275
34,348
0.346
Polymers
Polymer Chemistry
Batteries
Nanomedicine
Organic chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,331
106
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Badri Krishnan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,166
51,603
0.526
General Relativity
Gravitational Waves
Black holes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,356
107
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
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: 50
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