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
Biofabrication
4D Bioprinting
Tissue Engineering
Intelligent Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,632
4,666
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Space Medicine
microgravity
tissue engineering
hypertension
cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,858
4,179
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
disco clearing
deep learning
neurodegeration
cancer
tissue engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,494
5,465
0.729
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Bioprocess Engineering
Cell culture technology
tissue engineering
model based process control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,261
1,843
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Human Tissue Engineering
Biological Propulsion
Biologically Inspired Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,642
2,568
0.705
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Medical Devices
Orthopedic Biomaterials
Tissue Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,625
1,152
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
hemocompatibility
synthetic mRNA
iPSCs
tissue engineering
aptamers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,615
2,296
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Regenerative Medizin
Tissue Engineering
Biotestsysteme
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,422
1,072
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Regenerative Medicine
Tissue Engineering
Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Osteoimmunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,788
1,216
0.680
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Biofabrication
Bioprinting
Biomaterials
Tissue engineering
Regenerative medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,773
1,335
0.753
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
bone tissue engineering
additive manufacturing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,522
1,111
0.730
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Skeletal muscle
Cardiac Muscle
Nitric Oxide
Calcium Transient
Skeletal muscle Tissue Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,133
513
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Polymers
Thermoplastics
Materials Science
Biomaterials
Tissue Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
928
523
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Two-photon lithography
Biomaterials
3D Microfabrication
Materials
Tissue engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
898
773
0.861
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Cardiac development and regeneration
Regenerative Medicine / Tissue Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
808
520
0.644
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Biomaterials
Tissue Engineering
3D Culture
Angiogenesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
779
335
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Regenerative medicine
Biomaterials
ECM
Tissue engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
629
533
0.847
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Biomaterials
3D Printing
Bone Regeneration
Spine Surgery
Tendon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
617
581
0.942
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Biomaterials
Bioactive glasses
Bone tissue engineering
Materials science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
585
570
0.974
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
hydrogels
biomaterials
tissue engineering
drug delivery
biomedicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
519
487
0.938
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
iPSC disease modelling
cardiac tissue engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
495
430
0.869
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
virology
biomaterials
tissue engineering
regenerative medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
492
488
0.992
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Tissue Engineering
Vascular Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
468
359
0.767
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
synovial fibroblasts
osteoarthritis & rheumatoid arthritis
metabolism
tissue engineering
3R
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
445
429
0.964
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Wound Healing
Tissue Engineering
BioMEMS
Senescence
Ageing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
435
376
0.864
Leonid Ionov
Universität Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,632
4,666
0.439
Biofabrication
4D Bioprinting
Tissue Engineering
Intelligent Materials
Markus Wehland
Otto Von Guericke Universität Magdeburg
Magdeburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,858
4,179
0.532
Space Medicine
microgravity
tissue engineering
hypertension
cancer
Ali Ertürk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,494
5,465
0.729
disco clearing
deep learning
neurodegeration
cancer
tissue engineering
Pörtner Ralf
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,261
1,843
0.350
Bioprocess Engineering
Cell culture technology
tissue engineering
model based process control
Janna Nawroth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,642
2,568
0.705
Human Tissue Engineering
Biological Propulsion
Biologically Inspired Engineering
Mahrokh Dadsetan
Evonik Industries
Essen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,625
1,152
0.318
Medical Devices
Orthopedic Biomaterials
Tissue Engineering
Meltem Avci Adali
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,615
2,296
0.635
hemocompatibility
synthetic mRNA
iPSCs
tissue engineering
aptamers
Cornelia Blume
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,422
1,072
0.313
Regenerative Medizin
Tissue Engineering
Biotestsysteme
Marietta Herrmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,788
1,216
0.680
Regenerative Medicine
Tissue Engineering
Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Osteoimmunology
Akkineni Ashwini Rahul
Technische Universität Dresden
Dresden, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,773
1,335
0.753
Biofabrication
Bioprinting
Biomaterials
Tissue engineering
Regenerative medicine
Patrina SP Poh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,522
1,111
0.730
bone tissue engineering
additive manufacturing
Matias Mosqueira
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,133
513
0.453
Skeletal muscle
Cardiac Muscle
Nitric Oxide
Calcium Transient
Skeletal muscle Tissue Engineering
Mark Swartzlander
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
928
523
0.564
Polymers
Thermoplastics
Materials Science
Biomaterials
Tissue Engineering
Enrico Lemma
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
898
773
0.861
Two-photon lithography
Biomaterials
3D Microfabrication
Materials
Tissue engineering
Ayele Taddese Tsedeke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
808
520
0.644
Cardiac development and regeneration
Regenerative Medicine / Tissue Engineering
Hongyan Long
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
779
335
0.430
Biomaterials
Tissue Engineering
3D Culture
Angiogenesis
Aarón Xerach Herrera Martín
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
629
533
0.847
Regenerative medicine
Biomaterials
ECM
Tissue engineering
Tian Xinggui|Xing-gui TIAN, TIAN X
Technische Universität Dresden
Dresden, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
617
581
0.942
Biomaterials
3D Printing
Bone Regeneration
Spine Surgery
Tendon
Marcela Arango Ospina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
585
570
0.974
Biomaterials
Bioactive glasses
Bone tissue engineering
Materials science
Jasmina Gacanin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
519
487
0.938
hydrogels
biomaterials
tissue engineering
drug delivery
biomedicine
Fereshteh Haghighi
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
495
430
0.869
iPSC disease modelling
cardiac tissue engineering
Michelle A Nguyen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
492
488
0.992
virology
biomaterials
tissue engineering
regenerative medicine
Alex Lammers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
468
359
0.767
Tissue Engineering
Vascular Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Alexandra Damerau
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
445
429
0.964
synovial fibroblasts
osteoarthritis & rheumatoid arthritis
metabolism
tissue engineering
3R
Anish Vasan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
435
376
0.864
Wound Healing
Tissue Engineering
BioMEMS
Senescence
Ageing