Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences and Humanities Highly Cited Researchers 497 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: 1
Business Process Management
Data Science
Process Mining
Petri nets
Information Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156,199
46,892
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
business process management
process mining
information systems
software engineering
process science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,503
16,507
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Digital Business
Digital Innovation
Digital Transformation
Media Companies
Information Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,502
19,056
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Conceptual Modeling
Business Processes
Service Research
E-Government
Retail
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,699
8,564
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Organization of the cytoplasm - Protein aggregation - Proteostasis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,493
20,050
0.729
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Digital transformation
algorithmic management
business models
human-computer interaction
crowdfunding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,536
16,894
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Information Systems
Digital Innovation
Green IS
Conceptual Modeling
Business Process Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,479
10,989
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Marketing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,621
5,772
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Information Systems
Business Process Management
Process-Aware Information Systems
Business Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,768
4,361
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Business-to-Business Marketing
Services Marketing
Customer Success Management
Marketing Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,636
3,187
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Public Administration
Digital and Agile Governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,474
7,728
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Strategy
Organization
Innovation
Leadership
Teams
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,890
4,873
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
inter-organizational relations
social capital
innovation
learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,510
2,032
0.177
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Computational Social Science
Critical Data Studies
Social Network Analysis
Information Visualization
Algorithms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,705
7,189
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Organization Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,254
1,683
0.164
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Asset Management
Ship Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,653
3,954
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Public Administration
Public Policy
Organisational Theory
Verwaltungswissenschaft
Politikwissenschaft
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,444
1,999
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Machine Learning & AI
Credit Scoring
Marketing Analytics
NLP
xAI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,917
5,894
0.661
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Produktions- und Entscheidungstheorie
Nachhaltige Wertschöpfung
Performance Messung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,874
1,472
0.166
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Corporate Governance
Corporate Finance
Competition Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,641
2,903
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Public Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,604
2,021
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Sustainability Management
CSR
Base of the Pyramid
Social Business
Non-financial Reporting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,545
5,487
0.642
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Supply Chain Management
Advanced Planning
Inventory Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,354
1,643
0.197
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Business Model Innovation
Governance of Alliances
Digitalization
Family Business
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,035
7,358
0.916
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,718
2,239
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,358
35
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Wil van der Aalst
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156,199
46,892
0.300
Business Process Management
Data Science
Process Mining
Petri nets
Information Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,421
619
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jan Mendling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,503
16,507
0.408
business process management
process mining
information systems
software engineering
process science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,364
955
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Thomas Hess
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,502
19,056
0.605
Digital Business
Digital Innovation
Digital Transformation
Media Companies
Information Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,658
1,082
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jörg Becker
Universität Münster
Münster, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,699
8,564
0.298
Conceptual Modeling
Business Processes
Service Research
E-Government
Retail
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,271
1,152
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Simon Alberti
Technische Universität Dresden
Dresden, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,493
20,050
0.729
Organization of the cytoplasm - Protein aggregation - Proteostasis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,135
1,524
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Alexander Benlian
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,536
16,894
0.750
Digital transformation
algorithmic management
business models
human-computer interaction
crowdfunding
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,276
1,531
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jan Recker
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,479
10,989
0.489
Information Systems
Digital Innovation
Green IS
Conceptual Modeling
Business Process Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,442
2,334
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Andreas Eggert
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,621
5,772
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,372
3,316
144
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Stefanie Rinderle Ma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,768
4,361
0.342
Information Systems
Business Process Management
Process-Aware Information Systems
Business Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,308
3,360
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Michael Kleinaltenkamp
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,636
3,187
0.252
Business-to-Business Marketing
Services Marketing
Customer Success Management
Marketing Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,485
3,412
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ines Mergel
Universität Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,474
7,728
0.620
Public Administration
Digital and Agile Governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,172
3,611
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Sven C Voelpel
Jacobs University Bremen
Bremen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,890
4,873
0.410
Strategy
Organization
Innovation
Leadership
Teams
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,421
3,764
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mark Ebers
Universität zu Köln
Köln, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,510
2,032
0.177
inter-organizational relations
social capital
innovation
learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,195
4,065
174
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jürgen Pfeffer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,705
7,189
0.672
Computational Social Science
Critical Data Studies
Social Network Analysis
Information Visualization
Algorithms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,931
4,261
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Peter Walgenbach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,254
1,683
0.164
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,878
4,567
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Wolfgang Drobetz
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,653
3,954
0.410
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Asset Management
Ship Finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,578
4,683
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Werner Jann
Universität Potsdam
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,444
1,999
0.212
Public Administration
Public Policy
Organisational Theory
Verwaltungswissenschaft
Politikwissenschaft
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,838
4,969
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Stefan Lessmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,917
5,894
0.661
Machine Learning & AI
Credit Scoring
Marketing Analytics
NLP
xAI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,466
4,995
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Harald Dyckhoff
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,874
1,472
0.166
Produktions- und Entscheidungstheorie
Nachhaltige Wertschöpfung
Performance Messung
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,953
5,116
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
B. Burcin Yurtoglu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,641
2,903
0.336
Corporate Governance
Corporate Finance
Competition Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,532
5,148
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Christoph Reichard
Universität Potsdam
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,604
2,021
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120,496
5,186
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Rüdiger Hahn
Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,545
5,487
0.642
Sustainability Management
CSR
Base of the Pyramid
Social Business
Non-financial Reporting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
123,507
5,312
110
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Hartmut Stadtler
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,354
1,643
0.197
Supply Chain Management
Advanced Planning
Inventory Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,897
5,506
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Thomas Clauß
Universität Witten Herdecke
Witten, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,035
7,358
0.916
Business Model Innovation
Governance of Alliances
Digitalization
Family Business
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
134,721
5,718
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jürgen Weibler
FernUniversität in Hagen
Hagen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,718
2,239
0.290