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
energy economics
environmental economics
resource economics
climate change economics
behavioral economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,053
4,879
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
empirical economics
environmental economics
stated choice experiments
climate and energy policy
sustainable investments
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,231
3,291
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
environmental economics
stated choice experiments
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,877
3,590
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
experimental economics
environmental economics
public economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,944
1,671
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
game theory
complex networks
social choice
environmental economics
formal ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,868
2,557
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Environmental Economics
Biodiversity Conservation
Environmental Policy
Ecological-economic Modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,547
1,625
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Environmental Economics
Agricultural Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,295
2,913
0.678
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
environmental economics
climate policy
public economics
industrial organization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,688
2,052
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Economics
Environmental Economics
Climate Policy
Emission Trading
Behavioural Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,346
1,795
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Environmental Economics
Umweltökonomik
Environmental Valuation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,061
2,437
0.796
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Energy economics
Environmental economics
Electricity markets
applied OR
applied microeconometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,642
1,968
0.745
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Environmental Economics
Energy Economics
Behavioral Economics
Energy Policy
Renewable Energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,984
1,250
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
natural resource and environmental economics
agriculture
food and nutrition
water and sanitation
health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,939
1,141
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Environmental Economics
Public Economics
Sustainability
Inequality
Behavioral Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,877
1,519
0.809
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
forest economics
environmental economics and policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,798
775
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Environmental Economics
Development Economics
Quantitative Economics
Micro Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,768
1,310
0.741
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Environmental Economics
Climate Policy Analysis
Green Finance
Local Pollution Impacts/Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,693
1,227
0.725
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Environmental economics
International trade
Innovation
Labor markets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,547
1,497
0.968
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Industrial Economics
Environmental Economics
Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,475
295
0.200
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Energy Economics
Environmental Economics
Behavioral Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,257
627
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Transport Economics
Urban Economics
Regional Science
Transportation
Environmental Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,246
503
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Environmental Economics
Energy Economics
Industrial Economics
Regional Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,206
1,186
0.983
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Transport Economics
Urban Economics
Environmental Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,141
598
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Sustainable Governance
Environmental Economics
Sustainable Supply Chains
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
961
765
0.796
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Applied Econometrics
Applied Microeconomics
Environmental Economics
Energy Economics
Industrial
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
960
255
0.266
Andreas Loeschel
Universität Münster
Münster, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,053
4,879
0.441
energy economics
environmental economics
resource economics
climate change economics
behavioral economics
Andreas Ziegler
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,231
3,291
0.455
empirical economics
environmental economics
stated choice experiments
climate and energy policy
sustainable investments
Jürgen Meyerhoff
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,877
3,590
0.522
environmental economics
stated choice experiments
Andreas Lange
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,944
1,671
0.338
experimental economics
environmental economics
public economics
Jobst Heitzig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,868
2,557
0.525
game theory
complex networks
social choice
environmental economics
formal ethics
Frank Wätzold
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,547
1,625
0.357
Environmental Economics
Biodiversity Conservation
Environmental Policy
Ecological-economic Modelling
Harald Kaechele
Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung
Müncheberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,295
2,913
0.678
Environmental Economics
Agricultural Economics
Ulrich J Wagner
Universität Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,688
2,052
0.556
environmental economics
climate policy
public economics
industrial organization
Grischa Perino
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,346
1,795
0.536
Economics
Environmental Economics
Climate Policy
Emission Trading
Behavioural Economics
Tobias Börger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,061
2,437
0.796
Environmental Economics
Umweltökonomik
Environmental Valuation
Alexander Zerrahn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,642
1,968
0.745
Energy economics
Environmental economics
Electricity markets
applied OR
applied microeconometrics
Özgür Yildiz
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,984
1,250
0.630
Environmental Economics
Energy Economics
Behavioral Economics
Energy Policy
Renewable Energy
Nicolas Gerber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,939
1,141
0.588
natural resource and environmental economics
agriculture
food and nutrition
water and sanitation
health
Moritz A Drupp
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,877
1,519
0.809
Environmental Economics
Public Economics
Sustainability
Inequality
Behavioral Economics
Peter Elsasser
Thünen Institute
Braunschweig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,798
775
0.431
forest economics
environmental economics and policy
Anja Faße
Hochschule Weihenstephan-Triersdorf
Freising, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,768
1,310
0.741
Environmental Economics
Development Economics
Quantitative Economics
Micro Economics
Aleksandar Zaklan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,693
1,227
0.725
Environmental Economics
Climate Policy Analysis
Green Finance
Local Pollution Impacts/Policy
Erik Hille
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,547
1,497
0.968
Environmental economics
International trade
Innovation
Labor markets
Guenter Lang
Kühne Logistics University
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,475
295
0.200
Industrial Economics
Environmental Economics
Technology
Heike Wetzel
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,257
627
0.499
Energy Economics
Environmental Economics
Behavioral Economics
Georg Hirte
Technische Universität Dresden
Dresden, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,246
503
0.404
Transport Economics
Urban Economics
Regional Science
Transportation
Environmental Economics
Syed Muhammad Faraz Raza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,206
1,186
0.983
Environmental Economics
Energy Economics
Industrial Economics
Regional Economics
Stefan Tscharaktschiew
Technische Universität Dresden
Dresden, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,141
598
0.524
Transport Economics
Urban Economics
Environmental Economics
Ani Melkonyan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
961
765
0.796
Sustainable Governance
Environmental Economics
Sustainable Supply Chains
Cristian Huse
Carl Von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
Oldenburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
960
255
0.266
Applied Econometrics
Applied Microeconomics
Environmental Economics
Energy Economics
Industrial