Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Economics & Econometrics / Environmental Economics Highly Cited Researchers 54 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
Germany
Andreas Loeschel
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
Germany
Andreas Ziegler
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
Germany
Jürgen Meyerhoff
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
Germany
Andreas Lange
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
Germany
Jobst Heitzig
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
Germany
Frank Wätzold
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
Germany
Harald Kaechele
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
Germany
Ulrich J Wagner
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
Germany
Grischa Perino
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
Germany
Tobias Börger
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
Germany
Alexander Zerrahn
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
Germany
Özgür Yildiz
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
Germany
Nicolas Gerber
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
Germany
Moritz A Drupp
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
Germany
Peter Elsasser
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
Germany
Anja Faße
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
Germany
Aleksandar Zaklan
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
Germany
Erik Hille
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
Germany
Guenter Lang
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
Germany
Heike Wetzel
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
Germany
Georg Hirte
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
Germany
Syed Muhammad Faraz Raza
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
Germany
Stefan Tscharaktschiew
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
Germany
Ani Melkonyan
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
Germany
Cristian Huse
Applied Econometrics
Applied Microeconomics
Environmental Economics
Energy Economics
Industrial
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
960
255
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,550
Germany
3,927
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Andreas Loeschel
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
144,171
Germany
6,139
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Andreas Ziegler
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
151,970
Germany
6,435
107
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jürgen Meyerhoff
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,877
3,590
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
211,233
Germany
8,605
189
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Andreas Lange
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,944
1,671
0.338
experimental economics
environmental economics
public economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
214,356
Germany
8,725
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
228,516
Germany
9,201
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
240,904
Germany
9,656
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Harald Kaechele
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,295
2,913
0.678
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
275,948
Germany
10,864
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ulrich J Wagner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,688
2,052
0.556
environmental economics
climate policy
public economics
industrial organization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
300,116
Germany
11,668
256
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Grischa Perino
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
323,182
Germany
12,436
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Tobias Börger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,061
2,437
0.796
Environmental Economics
Umweltökonomik
Environmental Valuation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
363,964
Germany
13,780
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
450,476
Germany
16,502
248
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Özgür Yildiz
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
457,821
Germany
16,722
324
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
468,194
Germany
17,050
381
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Moritz A Drupp
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,877
1,519
0.809
Environmental Economics
Public Economics
Sustainability
Inequality
Behavioral Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
482,329
Germany
17,514
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Peter Elsasser
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,798
775
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
487,905
Germany
17,672
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Anja Faße
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,768
1,310
0.741
Environmental Economics
Development Economics
Quantitative Economics
Micro Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
502,419
Germany
18,090
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
532,845
Germany
18,992
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
549,250
Germany
19,514
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Guenter Lang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,475
295
0.200
Industrial Economics
Environmental Economics
Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
604,851
Germany
21,136
98
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Heike Wetzel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,257
627
0.499
Energy Economics
Environmental Economics
Behavioral Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
607,958
Germany
21,233
386
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Georg Hirte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,246
503
0.404
Transport Economics
Urban Economics
Regional Science
Transportation
Environmental Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
619,367
Germany
21,576
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
639,485
Germany
22,187
406
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Stefan Tscharaktschiew
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,141
598
0.524
Transport Economics
Urban Economics
Environmental Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
700,803
Germany
24,040
251
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ani Melkonyan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
961
765
0.796
Sustainable Governance
Environmental Economics
Sustainable Supply Chains
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
701,419
Germany
24,062
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Cristian Huse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
960
255
0.266
Applied Econometrics
Applied Microeconomics
Environmental Economics
Energy Economics
Industrial