Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Business & Management Highly Cited Researchers 1.879 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
Marketing
Structural Equation Modeling
Consumer Behavior
PLS
Research Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
271,591
217,927
0.802
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
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: 4
Decision Making
Heuristics
Bounded Rationality
Risk Communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,068
30,991
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
entrepreneurship
management
organizational behavior
organizational psychology
work psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,072
28,595
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
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: 7
Marketing
social media
digitalization
entertainment industries
metaverse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,942
14,827
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
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: 9
Media Psychology
Psychology of Technology
Communication Science
Sex Research
Research Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,823
13,820
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Supply Chain Management
Supply Chain
Sustainability Management
Sustainable Supply Chains
Sustainable Supply Chain Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,923
20,098
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
political economy of communication
media and communications
digital media and society
media economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,174
16,446
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
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: 13
Decision Making
Heuristics
Bounded Rationality
Decisions from Experience
Risk Preference
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,857
16,663
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
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: 15
Digital Marketing
Negotiation
Marketing Management
Strategic Marketing
Social Media Marketing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,331
13,251
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Marketing strategy
CRM
digital transformation
retailing
advertising effectiveness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,243
11,209
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
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: 18
Entrepreneurship
Innovation
Economic Geography
History
Culture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,912
7,703
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
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: 20
Organizational Theory
Institutional Theory
Social Entrepreneurship
Social Innovation
Inequality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,443
13,495
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Entrepreneurship
SME
policies
context
entrepreneurial behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,432
12,694
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement
Strategisches Projektmanagement
Entrepreneurship
Unternehmensführung
Marketing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,391
7,124
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
communication theory
information theory
MIMO
coding theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,245
6,448
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Open Innovation
Mass Customization
Business Model Innovation
User Innovation
Hybrid Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,066
9,002
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
innovation
entrepreneurship
productivity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,439
6,851
0.280
* 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
346
13
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Marko Sarstedt
Otto Von Guericke Universität Magdeburg
Magdeburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
271,591
217,927
0.802
Marketing
Structural Equation Modeling
Consumer Behavior
PLS
Research Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,355
35
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
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
2,623
76
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Gerd Gigerenzer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,068
30,991
0.279
Decision Making
Heuristics
Bounded Rationality
Risk Communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,289
153
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Michael Frese
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,072
28,595
0.336
entrepreneurship
management
organizational behavior
organizational psychology
work psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,818
448
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
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
14,123
604
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Thorsten Hennig Thurau
Universität Münster
Münster, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,942
14,827
0.362
Marketing
social media
digitalization
entertainment industries
metaverse
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,386
617
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
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
14,784
638
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Nicola Döring
Technische Universität Ilmenau
Ilmenau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,823
13,820
0.347
Media Psychology
Psychology of Technology
Communication Science
Sex Research
Research Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,321
665
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Stefan Seuring
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,923
20,098
0.516
Supply Chain Management
Supply Chain
Sustainability Management
Sustainable Supply Chains
Sustainable Supply Chain Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,955
786
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Christian Fuchs
Universität Paderborn
Paderborn, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,174
16,446
0.468
political economy of communication
media and communications
digital media and society
media economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,126
795
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
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
18,214
800
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ralph Hertwig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,857
16,663
0.478
Decision Making
Heuristics
Bounded Rationality
Decisions from Experience
Risk Preference
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,310
953
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
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
23,858
1,048
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Marc Oliver Opresnik
Technische Hochschule Lübeck
Lübeck, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,331
13,251
0.452
Digital Marketing
Negotiation
Marketing Management
Strategic Marketing
Social Media Marketing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,950
1,053
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Werner J Reinartz
Universität zu Köln
Köln, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,243
11,209
0.383
Marketing strategy
CRM
digital transformation
retailing
advertising effectiveness
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,599
1,080
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
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
25,611
1,124
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Michael Fritsch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,912
7,703
0.276
Entrepreneurship
Innovation
Economic Geography
History
Culture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,207
1,150
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
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
26,273
1,153
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Johanna Mair
Hertie School of Governance
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,443
13,495
0.492
Organizational Theory
Institutional Theory
Social Entrepreneurship
Social Innovation
Inequality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,870
1,205
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Friederike Welter
Universität Siegen
Siegen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,432
12,694
0.480
Entrepreneurship
SME
policies
context
entrepreneurial behaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,931
1,210
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Hans Georg Gemünden
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,391
7,124
0.270
Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement
Strategisches Projektmanagement
Entrepreneurship
Unternehmensführung
Marketing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,129
1,220
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Stephan ten Brink
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,245
6,448
0.246
communication theory
information theory
MIMO
coding theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,434
1,233
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Frank Piller|Frank T. Piller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,066
9,002
0.345
Open Innovation
Mass Customization
Business Model Innovation
User Innovation
Hybrid Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,300
1,356
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Dietmar Harhoff
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,439
6,851
0.280
innovation
entrepreneurship
productivity