Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 67.104 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: 51
Gravitationswellen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,122
83,015
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Brain-computer interface
brain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,547
32,117
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
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: 54
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: 55
Visual perception
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,677
76,857
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
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: 57
Clinical Psychology
Psychotherapy
Psychology
Diagnostics
Developmental Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,055
28,519
0.226
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
AI
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,791
42,687
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Graphene NSs
Organic 2D Crystals
On-water Surface Chemistry
Quantum Materials
Energy Devices
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,167
65,480
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
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: 61
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,294
36,713
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
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: 63
Nonlinear Dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,914
41,847
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
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: 65
Gastroenterology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,494
49,509
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Microbiology
Microbial Ecology
Environmental Sciences
Taxonomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,731
23,143
0.198
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
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: 68
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: 69
Epidemiologie chronischer Erkrankungen
Biomarkerforschung
Klinische-epidemiologische
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,754
68,555
0.597
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Immunology
Infection
Microbiology
Vaccinology
Tuberculosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,608
30,715
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Sustainable Materials
Computational Materials Science
Metal Physics
Physical Metallurgy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,569
67,737
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,691
83,658
0.742
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Photovoltaics
Organic Solar Cells - Perovksite Solar Cells
Non Destructive Imaging and Accelerated
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,863
38,891
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
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: 75
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Autonomous Driving
Scene Understanding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,195
61,352
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,850
51
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Harald Lueck
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,122
83,015
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,917
52
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Niels Birbaumer
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,547
32,117
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,933
53
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
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: 54
Yuri B. Ivanov
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,693
50,654
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,943
55
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Franz Faul
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,677
76,857
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,042
56
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
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
2,049
57
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Franz Petermann
Universität Bremen
Bremen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,055
28,519
0.226
Clinical Psychology
Psychotherapy
Psychology
Diagnostics
Developmental Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,186
58
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Wolfram Burgard
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,791
42,687
0.350
Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
AI
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,203
59
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Xinliang Feng
Technische Universität Dresden
Dresden, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,167
65,480
0.540
Graphene NSs
Organic 2D Crystals
On-water Surface Chemistry
Quantum Materials
Energy Devices
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,214
60
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
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
2,226
61
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Konrad Reinhart
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,294
36,713
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,230
62
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
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
2,282
63
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Jürgen Kurths
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,914
41,847
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,287
64
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Holger Wittel
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,791
77,017
0.648
Gravitational waves
lasers
interferometry
precision measurements
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,334
65
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Peter Galle
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,494
49,509
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,361
66
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Rudolf Amann
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,731
23,143
0.198
Microbiology
Microbial Ecology
Environmental Sciences
Taxonomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,363
67
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Bruce Allen
Citation Metrics
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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: 68
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
2,454
69
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Dietrich Rothenbacher
Universität Ulm
Ulm, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,754
68,555
0.597
Epidemiologie chronischer Erkrankungen
Biomarkerforschung
Klinische-epidemiologische
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,457
70
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Stefan He Kaufmann
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,608
30,715
0.268
Immunology
Infection
Microbiology
Vaccinology
Tuberculosis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,501
71
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Dierk Raabe
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,569
67,737
0.596
Sustainable Materials
Computational Materials Science
Metal Physics
Physical Metallurgy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,540
72
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Lei Wang
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,691
83,658
0.742
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,583
73
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Christoph J Brabec
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,863
38,891
0.348
Photovoltaics
Organic Solar Cells - Perovksite Solar Cells
Non Destructive Imaging and Accelerated
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,605
74
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
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
2,613
75
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Bernt Schiele
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,195
61,352
0.552
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Autonomous Driving
Scene Understanding