Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 3.786 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
nuclear architecture
4D nucleome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,465
5,470
0.132
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Stress und Kognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,373
14,034
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Political Science
Political Behavior
Public Opinion
Political Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,687
15,317
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
empirische Sozialforschung
Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse
Wirtschaftspsychologie
Verhaltensökonomie
Behavioral Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,972
16,219
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
occupational health psychology
work stress
well-being
emotional labor
workplace bullying
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,003
10,354
0.265
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Paleolithic
Human Evolution
Virtual Paleoanthropology
Neanderthal
Modern Humans
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,136
15,493
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Psychosomatik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,778
17,731
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
European Union
Governance
Comparative Regionalism
Diffusion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,667
9,502
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Social Science
Behavioral science ...
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,496
12,313
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
linear mixed models
physical fitness
eye movements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,421
12,784
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Anorexia nervosa
Eating Disorders
Essstörungen
Adipositas
Psychosomatik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,243
19,020
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
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: 38
Neurosymbolic AI
Knowledge Graphs
Web Science
Digital Libraries
Industry 4.0
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,797
14,528
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Brain-Computer Interfaces
Regulation of Behavior
Addiction
Neurofeedback
Eating Disorders
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,205
10,126
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Health Services Research
Patient-centred Care
Mental Health
Guideline Implementation
Shared Decision-Making
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,198
17,372
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
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: 42
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: 43
Soziologische Theorie
Kultursoziologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,006
15,308
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
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: 45
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: 46
Evolutionary Genomics
Computational Biology
Evolution
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,755
12,649
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
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: 48
Evolutionary anthropology
cultural evolution
social learning
evolutionary ecology
Bayesian statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,491
14,058
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
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: 50
Population genetics
sediment DNA
Neandertals
migration
selection on gene regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,122
12,929
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,866
588
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Thomas Cremer
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,465
5,470
0.132
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,914
594
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Oliver T. Wolf
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,373
14,034
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,315
613
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Christian Welzel
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,687
15,317
0.376
Political Science
Political Behavior
Public Opinion
Political Sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,739
636
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Thomas Fenzl
Hochschule Fresenius
Idstein, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,972
16,219
0.406
empirische Sozialforschung
Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse
Wirtschaftspsychologie
Verhaltensökonomie
Behavioral Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,309
662
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Zapf Dieter
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,003
10,354
0.265
occupational health psychology
work stress
well-being
emotional labor
workplace bullying
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,524
723
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Jean-Jacques Hublin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,136
15,493
0.417
Paleolithic
Human Evolution
Virtual Paleoanthropology
Neanderthal
Modern Humans
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,542
762
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Christian Albus
Universität zu Köln
Köln, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,778
17,731
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,616
766
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Tanja Boerzel
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,667
9,502
0.266
European Union
Governance
Comparative Regionalism
Diffusion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,765
776
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Gert G. Wagner
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,496
12,313
0.347
Social Science
Behavioral science ...
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,827
777
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Reinhold Kliegl
Universität Potsdam
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,421
12,784
0.361
linear mixed models
physical fitness
eye movements
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,952
783
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Stephan Zipfel
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,243
19,020
0.540
Anorexia nervosa
Eating Disorders
Essstörungen
Adipositas
Psychosomatik
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,266
804
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Rolf Van Dick
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,851
14,479
0.415
prejudice
identity
identification
discrimination
leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,306
807
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Sören Auer
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,797
14,528
0.418
Neurosymbolic AI
Knowledge Graphs
Web Science
Digital Libraries
Industry 4.0
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,786
838
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
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: 40
Martin Härter
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
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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: 41
Stefan Koelsch
Citation Metrics
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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: 42
David Daniel Ebert
Citation Metrics
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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
19,846
886
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Andreas Reckwitz
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,006
15,308
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,818
926
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
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
20,861
929
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
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
21,079
944
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Kay Prüfer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,755
12,649
0.398
Evolutionary Genomics
Computational Biology
Evolution
Genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,193
949
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
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
21,376
957
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Richard Mcelreath
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,491
14,058
0.446
Evolutionary anthropology
cultural evolution
social learning
evolutionary ecology
Bayesian statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,438
960
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
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
21,746
970
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Benjamin Vernot
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,122
12,929
0.415
Population genetics
sediment DNA
Neandertals
migration
selection on gene regulation