Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences and Humanities Highly Cited Researchers 115 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
Decision Sciences
Business Analytics
Multivariate Analysis Methods
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
292,857
222,591
0.760
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Management
Umwelt
Nachhaltigkeit
Unternehmertum
Accounting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,317
24,398
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Management and organisation theory
strategic alliances and networks
project-based organizing
creativity and entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,958
8,711
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Multinational enterprises
foreign direct investment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,971
4,697
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Intellectual Property
Patents
Trademarks
Hidden Champions
Mittelstand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,824
13,055
0.659
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Corporate governance
Corporate social responsibility
Industrial relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,007
5,894
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Corporate Governance
Entrepreneurship
Innovation and Technology
Technology Transfer
Family Firms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,501
7,598
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Corporate Communications
Communication Management
Public Relations
Strategic Communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,482
7,354
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Alliances
Coopetition
Innovation
Cultural Distance
Knowledge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,270
10,183
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Strategic management
financial performance
sustainability
industrial ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,853
9,190
0.775
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Health Care Management
Health Economics
Health Services Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,855
5,651
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
IT Management
Healthcare IT
Platform Ecosystems
Digital Innovation
IT Outsourcing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,640
4,341
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Industrial Organization
Strategic Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,555
5,392
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Innovation Management
Entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,542
2,834
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Management and Organization Theory
Inter-organizational Relations
Trust
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,024
2,572
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
International Business
Human Resource Management
Emerging Markets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,919
2,551
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Strategy and Organization
Innovation and Knowledge Management
Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,492
2,470
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Strategy
Innovation
Organizational Capabilities
Dynamic Capabilities
Value Cocreation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,764
4,673
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Management
especially strategy and leadership
organizational behavior
diversity
cultural industries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,611
2,211
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Management Science
Operations Research
Logistics
Production Management
Supply Chain Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,361
2,272
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Management
Organization Theory
Strategy and Entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,341
2,696
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Management
Innovation management
Innovation ecosystems
Organization theory
Open innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,090
3,637
0.597
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Entrepreneurship
Innovation
Strategic Foresight
Corporate Foresight
Scenario Planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,567
5,169
0.929
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,376
3,220
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,067
1,901
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
255
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Christian M Ringle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
292,857
222,591
0.760
Decision Sciences
Business Analytics
Multivariate Analysis Methods
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,818
448
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Stefan Schaltegger
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,317
24,398
0.505
Management
Umwelt
Nachhaltigkeit
Unternehmertum
Accounting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,126
795
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jörg Sydow
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,958
8,711
0.249
Management and organisation theory
strategic alliances and networks
project-based organizing
creativity and entrepreneurship
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,871
1,683
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sarianna Lundan
Universität Bremen
Bremen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,971
4,697
0.224
Multinational enterprises
foreign direct investment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,989
1,807
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Joern Block
Universität Trier
Trier, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,824
13,055
0.659
Intellectual Property
Patents
Trademarks
Hidden Champions
Mittelstand
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,660
2,254
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Gregory Jackson
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,007
5,894
0.347
Corporate governance
Corporate social responsibility
Industrial relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,890
2,357
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Erik E Lehmann
Universität Augsburg
Augsburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,501
7,598
0.460
Corporate Governance
Entrepreneurship
Innovation and Technology
Technology Transfer
Family Firms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,981
2,364
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ansgar Zerfass|Ansgar Zerfaß
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,482
7,354
0.446
Corporate Communications
Communication Management
Public Relations
Strategic Communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,251
2,882
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ricarda Bouncken
Universität Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,270
10,183
0.714
Alliances
Coopetition
Innovation
Cultural Distance
Knowledge
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,284
3,618
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Timo Busch
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,853
9,190
0.775
Strategic management
financial performance
sustainability
industrial ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,431
4,001
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jonas Schreyögg
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,855
5,651
0.521
Health Care Management
Health Economics
Health Services Research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,806
4,568
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Armin Heinzl
Universität Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,640
4,341
0.450
IT Management
Healthcare IT
Platform Ecosystems
Digital Innovation
IT Outsourcing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,906
4,619
211
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Tobias Kretschmer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,555
5,392
0.564
Industrial Organization
Strategic Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106,072
4,627
204
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
joachim henkel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,542
2,834
0.297
Innovation Management
Entrepreneurship
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,831
5,507
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Guido Moellering
Universität Witten Herdecke
Witten, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,024
2,572
0.321
Management and Organization Theory
Inter-organizational Relations
Trust
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
130,707
5,573
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Dirk Holtbrügge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,919
2,551
0.322
International Business
Human Resource Management
Emerging Markets
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
138,846
5,906
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Birgit Renzl
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,492
2,470
0.330
Strategy and Organization
Innovation and Knowledge Management
Leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
154,639
6,517
273
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ralf Wilden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,764
4,673
0.691
Strategy
Innovation
Organizational Capabilities
Dynamic Capabilities
Value Cocreation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
158,279
6,685
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sabine Boerner
Universität Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,611
2,211
0.334
Management
especially strategy and leadership
organizational behavior
diversity
cultural industries
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
164,782
6,943
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Gerhard Wäscher
Otto Von Guericke Universität Magdeburg
Magdeburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,361
2,272
0.357
Management Science
Operations Research
Logistics
Production Management
Supply Chain Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
165,297
6,964
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jochen Koch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,341
2,696
0.425
Management
Organization Theory
Strategy and Entrepreneurship
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
172,067
7,219
306
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Oliver Alexy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,090
3,637
0.597
Management
Innovation management
Innovation ecosystems
Organization theory
Open innovation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
188,099
7,808
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Victor Tiberius
Universität Potsdam
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,567
5,169
0.929
Entrepreneurship
Innovation
Strategic Foresight
Corporate Foresight
Scenario Planning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
194,661
8,035
144
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Christian Schwens
Universität zu Köln
Köln, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,376
3,220
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
206,245
8,426
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Thomas Hutzschenreuter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,067
1,901
0.375