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
AI for Architecture
Architectural Design Optimization
Computational Design
Parametric Design
Simulation-based Optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,456
1,199
0.823
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
digital labour
crowdsourcing
platform economy
media theory
design theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
951
689
0.725
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Design
Sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
499
496
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
MEMS Sensors
Data converters
VCO-ADC
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
248
205
0.827
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
High Speed Interfaces
ISFETs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
245
179
0.731
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Hydrogen embrittlement
Engineering
Materials Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201
187
0.930
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Tribology
Rolling Element Bearings
Tailored Forming
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197
169
0.858
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Intentional Forgetting
Ontology-Based Knowlegde Representation
Engineering Design
Knowledge Based Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
144
0.900
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
design & innovation
digital governance
legal design
digital technology
sociomaterial practices
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
158
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143
140
0.979
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Fahrzeugtechnik
Fahrwerk
Bremsentechnik
Fahrzeugkonzepte
automotive
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
83
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Smart glass
VR Optics
Field Propagation
Gaussian beam decomposition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130
102
0.785
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Embedded Software
Software Architecture
Model-based Systems Engineering
Real-time Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
60
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Engineering Design Process
Composite Engineering
Neutral Lightweight Engineering
Composite
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
89
0.767
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
composite structures
finite element analysis
product development
lightweight design
dimensional management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
96
0.889
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Radio Resource Management for wireless Communication Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
26
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Travel demand modelling
Agent based modelling
Choice modelling
Network
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
88
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Lightweight Design
Finite Element Method
Structural Health Monitoring
Fatigue
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
73
0.839
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Microelectronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
82
0.976
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
46
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
RFIC
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
67
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Behavior Change
Autonomy
Experience Design
Design for Wellbeing
Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
63
0.969
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
BIM
CDE
Linked Data
Linked Building Data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
51
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Power Electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
24
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Digital Printing
Knowledge Engineering
Color Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
38
0.826
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
553,473
19,641
251
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Thomas Wortmann
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,456
1,199
0.823
AI for Architecture
Architectural Design Optimization
Computational Design
Parametric Design
Simulation-based Optimization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
704,494
24,160
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Florian Alexander Schmidt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
951
689
0.725
digital labour
crowdsourcing
platform economy
media theory
design theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
929,886
31,400
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Daniela Peukert
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
499
496
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,218,349
41,900
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Andres Quintero
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
248
205
0.827
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,223,788
42,093
93
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Andrea Bandiziol
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
245
179
0.731
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,307,957
44,883
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Guillaume Hachet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201
187
0.930
Hydrogen embrittlement
Engineering
Materials Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,316,745
45,146
502
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Timm Coors
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197
169
0.858
Tribology
Rolling Element Bearings
Tailored Forming
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,406,608
47,820
945
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Patricia Kügler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
144
0.900
Intentional Forgetting
Ontology-Based Knowlegde Representation
Engineering Design
Knowledge Based Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,411,134
47,948
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Joaquin Santuber
Hasso Plattner Institute
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
158
1.000
design & innovation
digital governance
legal design
digital technology
sociomaterial practices
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,454,033
49,214
2,279
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Felix Rößler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143
140
0.979
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,489,499
50,240
217
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ralph Mayer
Technische Universität Chemnitz
Chemnitz, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
83
0.629
Fahrzeugtechnik
Fahrwerk
Bremsentechnik
Fahrzeugkonzepte
automotive
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,495,293
50,392
407
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Norman Worku Ing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130
102
0.785
Smart glass
VR Optics
Field Propagation
Gaussian beam decomposition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,519,180
51,077
374
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
João Bastos
Robert Bosch GmbH
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
60
0.488
Embedded Software
Software Architecture
Model-based Systems Engineering
Real-time Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,542,345
51,716
1,141
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sebastian Spitzer
Technische Universität Dresden
Dresden, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
89
0.767
Engineering Design Process
Composite Engineering
Neutral Lightweight Engineering
Composite
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,570,548
52,492
1,054
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Michael Franz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
96
0.889
composite structures
finite element analysis
product development
lightweight design
dimensional management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,648,848
54,506
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Najib Odhah
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
26
0.292
Radio Resource Management for wireless Communication Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,649,767
54,527
2,653
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Arunava Putatunda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
88
1.000
Travel demand modelling
Agent based modelling
Choice modelling
Network
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,655,601
54,667
1,098
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Andreas Preisler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
73
0.839
Lightweight Design
Finite Element Method
Structural Health Monitoring
Fatigue
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,667,503
54,980
348
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jan Lappas
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
82
0.976
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,716,093
56,093
192
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Pierre Smolarski
Bergische Universität Wuppertal
Wuppertal, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
46
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,747,314
56,790
1,285
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Cui Mengqi
Technische Universität Dresden
Dresden, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
67
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,758,770
57,089
282
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Rebecca Eilert|Rebecca Eilert
Universität Siegen
Siegen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
63
0.969
Behavior Change
Autonomy
Experience Design
Design for Wellbeing
Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,835,389
58,754
1,229
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Oliver Schulz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
51
1.000
BIM
CDE
Linked Data
Linked Building Data
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,865,542
59,335
132
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Bhadra R Warrier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
24
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,870,266
59,443
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Heiko Angermann
Hochschule Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
38
0.826
Digital Printing
Knowledge Engineering
Color Management