Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Germany Highly Cited Researchers Citation Education in Germany Rankings 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
Educational Psychology
Educational Research
Instructional Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,076
13,635
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Education
Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,827
11,634
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Mathematics Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,018
12,021
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Internet-Technologies
Digital Education
Security Engineering
Sustainable AI
Design Thinking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,650
14,416
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Exercise Physiology
Sports Medicine in Elite Sport
Football
Regeneration
Design of Appropriate Preventive Training Programmes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,911
15,576
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Education and Anthropology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,306
7,373
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Educational Psychology
Well-being
teacher competence
teacher-student relationship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,564
13,222
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
teacher education
educational technologies
professional vision
teaching effectiveness
STEM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,102
14,580
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
educational psychology
cognitive load theory
instructional design
self-regulated learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,952
9,409
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Science Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,845
5,841
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,342
9,428
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Self-Concept
Reading
Motivation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,009
8,320
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,454
3,335
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Environmental Citizenship
environmental attitudes
Inquiry-Based Science Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,955
7,987
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Teacher Knowledge
Competence
Teacher Education
Teaching
Teacher Motivation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,193
10,311
0.782
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Learning Analytics
Assessment and Feedback
Game-based Learning
AI in Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,085
8,467
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Educational Technology
Instructional Design
eLearning
Mediendidaktik
Didaktik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,815
6,115
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
nonprofit management
sport management
organizational economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,153
6,990
0.575
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Pädagogische Psychologie
Motivation
Lehr-Lernforschung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,089
5,921
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Motivation und Bildung
Lehrerprofessionalisierung
Evaluationsforschung
Pädagogisch-Pschologische Diagnostik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,214
6,276
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Distance Education
Open Education
Educational Technology
Systematic Review
Mediendidaktik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,770
8,954
0.831
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
locomotion
neuromechanics
motor control
sports techniques
movement stability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,583
4,423
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
CSCL
collaboration scripts
knowledge convergence
intercultural learning
argumentative knowledge construction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,833
3,444
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Education for Sustainable Development
Higher Education Development
Competencies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,609
7,253
0.755
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Prior knowledge
conceptual change
conceptual & procedural knowledge
numerical magnitude understanding
higher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,203
6,420
0.698
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,534
669
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Alexander Renkl
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,076
13,635
0.368
Educational Psychology
Educational Research
Instructional Design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,771
926
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Olaf Köller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,827
11,634
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,109
1,069
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Werner Blum
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,018
12,021
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,952
1,142
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Christoph Meinel
Hasso Plattner Institute
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,650
14,416
0.541
Internet-Technologies
Digital Education
Security Engineering
Sustainable AI
Design Thinking
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,082
1,171
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Tim Meyer
Universität des Saarlandes
Saarbrücken, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,911
15,576
0.601
Exercise Physiology
Sports Medicine in Elite Sport
Football
Regeneration
Design of Appropriate Preventive Training Programmes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,077
1,213
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Christoph Wulf
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,306
7,373
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,344
1,275
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Uta Klusmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,564
13,222
0.538
Educational Psychology
Well-being
teacher competence
teacher-student relationship
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,102
1,392
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Tina Seidel
Technische Universität München
München, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,102
14,580
0.631
teacher education
educational technologies
professional vision
teaching effectiveness
STEM
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,407
1,411
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Detlev Leutner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,952
9,409
0.410
educational psychology
cognitive load theory
instructional design
self-regulated learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,605
1,421
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Reinders Duit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,845
5,841
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,205
1,774
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Stefan Krauss
Universität Regensburg
Regensburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,342
9,428
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,914
2,525
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jens Möller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,009
8,320
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,818
2,654
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Rolf Arnold
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,454
3,335
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,714
2,797
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Bogner Franz
Universität Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,955
7,987
0.572
Environmental Citizenship
environmental attitudes
Inquiry-Based Science Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,548
3,006
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Johannes König
Universität zu Köln
Köln, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,193
10,311
0.782
Teacher Knowledge
Competence
Teacher Education
Teaching
Teacher Motivation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,267
3,046
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Dirk Ifenthaler
Universität Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,085
8,467
0.647
Learning Analytics
Assessment and Feedback
Game-based Learning
AI in Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,106
3,126
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Michael Kerres
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,815
6,115
0.477
Educational Technology
Instructional Design
eLearning
Mediendidaktik
Didaktik
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,889
3,334
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Christoph Breuer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,153
6,990
0.575
nonprofit management
sport management
organizational economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,349
3,359
128
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Birgit Spinath
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,089
5,921
0.490
Pädagogische Psychologie
Motivation
Lehr-Lernforschung
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,639
3,662
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Oliver Dickhäuser
Universität Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,214
6,276
0.560
Motivation und Bildung
Lehrerprofessionalisierung
Evaluationsforschung
Pädagogisch-Pschologische Diagnostik
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,790
3,853
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Olaf Zawacki-Richter
Carl Von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
Oldenburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,770
8,954
0.831
Distance Education
Open Education
Educational Technology
Systematic Review
Mediendidaktik
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,634
3,930
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Andre Seyfarth
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,583
4,423
0.418
locomotion
neuromechanics
motor control
sports techniques
movement stability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,676
4,267
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Armin Weinberger
Universität des Saarlandes
Saarbrücken, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,833
3,444
0.350
CSCL
collaboration scripts
knowledge convergence
intercultural learning
argumentative knowledge construction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,151
4,374
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Marco Rieckmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,609
7,253
0.755
Education for Sustainable Development
Higher Education Development
Competencies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,233
4,591
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Michael Schneider
Universität Trier
Trier, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,203
6,420
0.698
Prior knowledge
conceptual change
conceptual & procedural knowledge
numerical magnitude understanding
higher education