Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Germany Highly Cited Researchers Citation in Germany Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
Biometeorology
Climate Impact Research
Urban Climate
Climate and Tourism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,664
15,712
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :52
evolution of cognition
comparative neuroscience
extinction learning
laterality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,628
11,982
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :53
Political Sociology
Comparative Politics
Immigration
Migration
Social movements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,607
8,943
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
Personality
Social
Developmental
Cross-cultural Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,342
9,371
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :55
learning sciences
computer-supported collaborative learning
learning and instruction
scientific reasoning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,841
14,099
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :56
psycholinguistik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,659
6,348
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :57
psychology
cognitive neuroscience
experimental psychology
social neuroscience
cognitive control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,558
9,949
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :58
migration
transnationalization
citizenship
development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,170
9,567
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
Clinical Psychology
schizophrenia
cognitive neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,033
5,677
0.203
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
intelligent vehicles
autonomous driving
autonomous vehicles
machine vision
intelligent transportation systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,570
18,460
0.670
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
Sozialstrukturanalyse
Subj. Wohlbefinden
Umfrageforschung
Längsschnittanalyse
Grundeinkommen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,479
12,647
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :62
Neuropsychologie
kognitive Psychologie
Psychometrie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,249
8,141
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
attention
perception
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,662
8,664
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :64
patient-centered health outcome research
psychometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,405
16,281
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :65
International Relations
Global Governance
Legitimacy
Politikwissenschaft
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,887
8,472
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :66
Work Psychology
Organizational Psychology
Occupational Health Psychology
Aging
Lifespan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,860
20,846
0.806
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :67
Experimental Psychology
Affective Neuroscience
Neurocognitive Poetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,643
9,761
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :68
Furcht
Angststörungen
Neurowissenschaften
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,077
9,484
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :69
semantics
pragmatics
syntax
Oceanic languages
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,022
7,729
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :70
Social cognition
Animal Communication
Cooperation
Hormones & Behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,509
16,933
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :71
Psychologie
Medizin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,468
10,303
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :72
Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,759
9,404
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
ancient DNA
human evolution
archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,623
15,249
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
Translational Developmental Neuroscience
eating disorders
schizophrenia
autism
neuroimaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,550
17,677
0.751
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :75
social and political theory
biopolitics
new materialisms
science and technology studies
cryotechnologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,542
8,466
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,701
994
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Andreas Matzarakis
Deutscher Wetterdienst
Offenbach, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,664
15,712
0.530
Biometeorology
Climate Impact Research
Urban Climate
Climate and Tourism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,751
996
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Onur Güntürkün
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,628
11,982
0.404
evolution of cognition
comparative neuroscience
extinction learning
laterality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,789
998
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Ruud Koopmans
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,607
8,943
0.302
Political Sociology
Comparative Politics
Immigration
Migration
Social movements
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,134
1,019
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Jens B Asendorpf
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,342
9,371
0.319
Personality
Social
Developmental
Cross-cultural Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,720
1,041
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Frank Fischer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,841
14,099
0.489
learning sciences
computer-supported collaborative learning
learning and instruction
scientific reasoning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,955
1,057
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Harald Clahsen
Universität Potsdam
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,659
6,348
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,095
1,064
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Marcel Brass
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,558
9,949
0.348
psychology
cognitive neuroscience
experimental psychology
social neuroscience
cognitive control
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,604
1,080
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Thomas Faist
Universität Bielefeld
Bielefeld, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,170
9,567
0.340
migration
transnationalization
citizenship
development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,766
1,086
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Brigitte Rockstroh
Universität Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,033
5,677
0.203
Clinical Psychology
schizophrenia
cognitive neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,385
1,107
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Christoph Stiller
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,570
18,460
0.670
intelligent vehicles
autonomous driving
autonomous vehicles
machine vision
intelligent transportation systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,509
1,113
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Jürgen Schupp
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,479
12,647
0.460
Sozialstrukturanalyse
Subj. Wohlbefinden
Umfrageforschung
Längsschnittanalyse
Grundeinkommen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,811
1,123
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Klaus Willmes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,249
8,141
0.299
Neuropsychologie
kognitive Psychologie
Psychometrie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,692
1,154
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Erich Schröger
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,662
8,664
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,082
1,172
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Matthias Rose
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,405
16,281
0.617
patient-centered health outcome research
psychometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,910
1,202
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Zürn Michael
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,887
8,472
0.327
International Relations
Global Governance
Legitimacy
Politikwissenschaft
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,947
1,205
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Hannes Zacher
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,860
20,846
0.806
Work Psychology
Organizational Psychology
Occupational Health Psychology
Aging
Lifespan
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,300
1,217
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Arthur M Jacobs
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,643
9,761
0.381
Experimental Psychology
Affective Neuroscience
Neurocognitive Poetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,263
1,260
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Alfons Hamm
Ernst Moritz Arndt Universität Greifswald
Greifswald, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,077
9,484
0.378
Furcht
Angststörungen
Neurowissenschaften
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,355
1,264
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Manfred Krifka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,022
7,729
0.309
semantics
pragmatics
syntax
Oceanic languages
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,278
1,300
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Catherine Crockford
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,509
16,933
0.691
Social cognition
Animal Communication
Cooperation
Hormones & Behavior
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,350
1,303
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Bernhard Strauss
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,468
10,303
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,704
1,360
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Hubert Knoblauch
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,759
9,404
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,989
1,377
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Wolfgang Haak
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,623
15,249
0.646
ancient DNA
human evolution
archaeology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,120
1,383
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Stefan Ehrlich
Technische Universität Dresden
Dresden, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,550
17,677
0.751
Translational Developmental Neuroscience
eating disorders
schizophrenia
autism
neuroimaging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,143
1,386
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Thomas Lemke
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,542
8,466
0.360
social and political theory
biopolitics
new materialisms
science and technology studies
cryotechnologies