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 :1
Data Science
Plant cell walls
bioinformatics
systems biology
plant science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,557
56,916
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
soil ecology
mycorrhiza
fungal ecology
biodiversity
ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,850
52,162
0.688
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
soil organic matter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,505
27,363
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Agro-Ecology
Land use
Biodiversity
Conservation
Assessments
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,784
31,750
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
plant biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,321
10,320
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Crop yield
transporters
sensors
signaling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,655
16,943
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,299
15,300
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Plant Genomics
Plant systems Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,499
12,266
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Soil science
Soil organic matter cycling
Resource-efficient agriculture
Permafrost soils
Biotic-abiotic interactions in soil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,773
20,156
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Soil science and Hydrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,005
20,747
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Plant Molecular Physiology
Systems Biology
Analytical Chemistry
Metabolomics
Mass Spectrometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,446
16,792
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Membrane transport
Ion channels
Optogenetics
Signaling
Guard cell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,937
16,648
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Plant Cell Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,280
10,078
0.257
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
plant-microbe
immunity
disease resistance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,782
16,219
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Microbial Ecology
Soil Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,077
15,912
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
plant immunity
plant microbe interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,069
14,700
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Crop physiology and modelling
Agroecosystem modelling
Integrated Assessment and Modelling
Climate change impact and risk asse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,992
20,621
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
mixed forest dynamics
forest modelling
stress and climatic change impact
urban tree growth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,148
20,962
0.614
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Agronomy
Hydrology
Food Security
Modeling
Geosciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,740
20,457
0.606
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,034
20,892
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,933
14,838
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,706
8,489
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Plant Ecology
Vegetation Ecology
Landscape Ecology
Restoration Ecology
Nature Conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,551
16,277
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Agricultural Economics
Rural Development
Food Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,428
18,924
0.584
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
plant sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,082
20,022
0.644
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,690
168
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Björn Usadel
Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,557
56,916
0.715
Data Science
Plant cell walls
bioinformatics
systems biology
plant science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,118
190
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Matthias C Rillig
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,850
52,162
0.688
soil ecology
mycorrhiza
fungal ecology
biodiversity
ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,474
339
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ingrid Kögel Knabner
Technische Universität München
München, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,505
27,363
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,922
358
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Josef Settele
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,784
31,750
0.590
Agro-Ecology
Land use
Biodiversity
Conservation
Assessments
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,550
423
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
M Koornneef
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,321
10,320
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,131
470
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Wolf B. Frommer
Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,655
16,943
0.363
Crop yield
transporters
sensors
signaling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,265
477
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
George Coupland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,299
15,300
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,030
504
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Klaus Fx Mayer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,499
12,266
0.276
Plant Genomics
Plant systems Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,825
549
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Georg Guggenberger
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,773
20,156
0.471
Soil science
Soil organic matter cycling
Resource-efficient agriculture
Permafrost soils
Biotic-abiotic interactions in soil
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,718
583
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Vereecken Harry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,005
20,747
0.506
Soil science and Hydrology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,024
600
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Joachim Kopka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,446
16,792
0.415
Plant Molecular Physiology
Systems Biology
Analytical Chemistry
Metabolomics
Mass Spectrometry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,323
617
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Rainer Hedrich
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,937
16,648
0.417
Membrane transport
Ion channels
Optogenetics
Signaling
Guard cell
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,710
636
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
David G Robinson
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,280
10,078
0.257
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,321
713
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jane E. Parker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,782
16,219
0.441
plant-microbe
immunity
disease resistance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,810
736
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ellen Kandeler
Universität Hohenheim
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,077
15,912
0.441
Microbial Ecology
Soil Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,817
737
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Thorsten Nürnberger
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,069
14,700
0.408
plant immunity
plant microbe interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,648
770
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Frank Ewert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,992
20,621
0.589
Crop physiology and modelling
Agroecosystem modelling
Integrated Assessment and Modelling
Climate change impact and risk asse
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,291
800
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Hans Pretzsch
Technische Universität München
München, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,148
20,962
0.614
mixed forest dynamics
forest modelling
stress and climatic change impact
urban tree growth
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,647
830
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Stefan Siebert
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,740
20,457
0.606
Agronomy
Hydrology
Food Security
Modeling
Geosciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,238
856
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Senthold Asseng
Technische Universität München
München, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,034
20,892
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,330
862
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ivo Feussner
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,933
14,838
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,553
872
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
John Tenhunen
Universität Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,706
8,489
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,699
882
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Peter Poschlod
Universität Regensburg
Regensburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,551
16,277
0.500
Plant Ecology
Vegetation Ecology
Landscape Ecology
Restoration Ecology
Nature Conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,823
886
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Matin Qaim
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,428
18,924
0.584
Agricultural Economics
Rural Development
Food Security
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,211
948
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Steven Jansen
Universität Ulm
Ulm, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,082
20,022
0.644