Citation Rankings
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Education / Educational Psychology Highly Cited Researchers 55 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
Educational Psychology
Educational Research
Instructional Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,642
12,630
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Educational Psychology
Well-being
teacher competence
teacher-student relationship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,978
12,629
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
educational psychology
cognitive load theory
instructional design
self-regulated learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,964
8,621
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Self-Concept
Reading
Motivation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,843
7,931
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Pädagogische Psychologie
Motivation
Lehr-Lernforschung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,676
5,580
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Motivation und Bildung
Lehrerprofessionalisierung
Evaluationsforschung
Pädagogisch-Pschologische Diagnostik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,838
5,958
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Prior knowledge
conceptual change
conceptual & procedural knowledge
numerical magnitude understanding
higher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,862
6,226
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Media Psychology
Communication
Educational Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,195
5,640
0.613
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
computer supported collaborative learning
cscl
educational psychology
knowledge media
medical education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,574
2,609
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Lehr-Lernforschung
Instructional Design
self-regulated learning
cognitive load
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,601
3,342
0.597
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Educational Psychology
Motivation
Teacher Expectations
Stereotypes
Text Comprehension
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,317
3,136
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
psychological assessment
psychometrics
individual differences
intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,507
2,936
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Educational Psychology
Reading
Assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,250
1,931
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Reading Development
Educational Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,923
2,448
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Educational Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Bildungsforschung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,862
2,688
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Educational Psychology
Instructional Design
Autism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,332
1,414
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Heterogeneity
Individualised and Digital Learning
Motivation
Educational and career transitions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,896
1,817
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Educational Psychology
Multimedia Learning
Eye Tracking
Metacognition
desirable difficulties
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,797
1,907
0.682
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Motivation
Achievement Goals
Academic Dishonesty
Self-Determination Theory
Ostracism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,788
2,493
0.894
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Educational psychology
student motivation
self-concept and self-beliefs
social networks
adaption
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,706
1,873
0.692
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Educational Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,618
1,075
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,285
916
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Educational Psychology
Teachers' Professional Competences
Self-regulated Learning
Implicit Theories
Teacher-Parent Communica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,145
1,251
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
contingent self-esteem
achievement goal-orientation
academic self-concept
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,052
712
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
educational psychology
instructional design
learning and instruction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,037
1,400
0.687
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,486
673
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Alexander Renkl
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,642
12,630
0.327
Educational Psychology
Educational Research
Instructional Design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,566
1,236
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Uta Klusmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,978
12,629
0.486
Educational Psychology
Well-being
teacher competence
teacher-student relationship
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,171
1,395
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Detlev Leutner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,964
8,621
0.360
educational psychology
cognitive load theory
instructional design
self-regulated learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,836
2,477
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jens Möller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,843
7,931
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,854
3,341
126
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Birgit Spinath
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,676
5,580
0.440
Pädagogische Psychologie
Motivation
Lehr-Lernforschung
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,437
3,629
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Oliver Dickhäuser
Universität Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,838
5,958
0.503
Motivation und Bildung
Lehrerprofessionalisierung
Evaluationsforschung
Pädagogisch-Pschologische Diagnostik
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
102,157
4,459
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Michael Schneider
Universität Trier
Trier, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,862
6,226
0.631
Prior knowledge
conceptual change
conceptual & procedural knowledge
numerical magnitude understanding
higher education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,626
4,803
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Markus Appel
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,195
5,640
0.613
Media Psychology
Communication
Educational Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
159,241
6,726
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Joachim Kimmerle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,574
2,609
0.397
computer supported collaborative learning
cscl
educational psychology
knowledge media
medical education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
187,009
7,768
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Tina Seufert
Universität Ulm
Ulm, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,601
3,342
0.597
Lehr-Lernforschung
Instructional Design
self-regulated learning
cognitive load
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
196,740
8,098
174
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jan Retelsdorf
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,317
3,136
0.590
Educational Psychology
Motivation
Teacher Expectations
Stereotypes
Text Comprehension
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
230,426
9,277
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ulrich Schroeders
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,507
2,936
0.651
psychological assessment
psychometrics
individual differences
intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
243,222
9,748
133
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Elmar Souvignier
Universität Münster
Münster, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,250
1,931
0.454
Educational Psychology
Reading
Assessment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
261,574
10,365
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sascha Schroeder
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,923
2,448
0.624
Reading Development
Educational Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
265,154
10,511
410
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Frank Niklas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,862
2,688
0.696
Educational Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Bildungsforschung
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
301,186
11,710
191
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Joerg Wittwer
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,332
1,414
0.424
Educational Psychology
Instructional Design
Autism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
338,010
12,945
123
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Julia Dietrich
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,896
1,817
0.627
Heterogeneity
Individualised and Digital Learning
Motivation
Educational and career transitions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
347,671
13,272
130
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Alexander Eitel
Justus Liebig Universität Giessen
Giessen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,797
1,907
0.682
Educational Psychology
Multimedia Learning
Eye Tracking
Metacognition
desirable difficulties
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
348,599
13,297
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Stefan Janke
Universität Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,788
2,493
0.894
Motivation
Achievement Goals
Academic Dishonesty
Self-Determination Theory
Ostracism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
357,113
13,551
191
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Malte Jansen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,706
1,873
0.692
Educational psychology
student motivation
self-concept and self-beliefs
social networks
adaption
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
366,508
13,857
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Martin Hänze
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,618
1,075
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
406,453
15,144
258
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Holger Horz
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,285
916
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
425,900
15,771
372
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Silke Hertel
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,145
1,251
0.583
Educational Psychology
Teachers' Professional Competences
Self-regulated Learning
Implicit Theories
Teacher-Parent Communica
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
439,850
16,198
151
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Claudia Schöne
Justus Liebig Universität Giessen
Giessen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,052
712
0.347
contingent self-esteem
achievement goal-orientation
academic self-concept
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
442,113
16,259
254
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Inga Glogger Frey geb Glogger|Inga Glogger
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,037
1,400
0.687
educational psychology
instructional design
learning and instruction