Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Engineering & Technology / Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 242 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
Meteorology
Carbon Cycle
Oceanography
Atmospheric Transport
Biogeochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,003
16,763
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
vegetation modelling
carbon cycle
biospheric feedbacks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,690
24,456
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Meteorology
Atmospheric Science
Climate Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,902
32,712
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
atmospheric physics
atmospheric chemistry
climate change
kinetics
spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,848
14,463
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Meteorologie
Ökologie
Hydrologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,405
15,345
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
atmospheric sciences
carbon cycle
land - use change
eddy covariance
micrometeorology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,340
12,492
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
land surface-atmosphere interactions
micrometeorology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,181
9,341
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Micrometeorology
Boundary-Layer-Meteorology
Forest Meteorology
Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,578
7,631
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Klimaphysik
Paläoklima
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,552
7,127
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
climate
environment
geoscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,068
4,660
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
glaciers
sea level change
climate physics
ocean
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,472
11,404
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
climate variability and climate change
extreme events
atmospheric circulation
mechanisms
climate-society interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,511
7,301
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
climatology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,436
4,362
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
atmospheric science
aerosol science
nucleation
clouds
atmospheric ions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,863
8,243
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Atmospheric Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,570
5,942
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
ice nucleation
cloud physics
aerosol-cloud interactions
contrails
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,488
5,683
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Meteorologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,945
7,435
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Dynamic vegetation modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,899
11,255
0.755
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Meteorology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,549
7,036
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,180
6,995
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
climate
stratosphere
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,038
3,895
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Land-Atmosphere Interactions
Micrometeorology
Urban Climate
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,991
6,095
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Weather systems
atmospheric dynamics
tropical meteorology
dust storms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,972
5,940
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Planetologie
Mars
Geologie
Geobiologie
Geochemie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,521
4,860
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Climate
Hydrology
Hydrometeorology
Remote Sensing
Water Availability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,294
7,321
0.595
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,751
262
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Martin Heimann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,003
16,763
0.258
Meteorology
Carbon Cycle
Oceanography
Atmospheric Transport
Biogeochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,662
344
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Victor Brovkin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,690
24,456
0.439
vegetation modelling
carbon cycle
biospheric feedbacks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,860
355
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Bjorn Stevens
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,902
32,712
0.596
Meteorology
Atmospheric Science
Climate Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,874
356
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
John VP Burrows
Universität Bremen
Bremen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,848
14,463
0.264
atmospheric physics
atmospheric chemistry
climate change
kinetics
spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,865
589
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Christian Bernhofer
Technische Universität Dresden
Dresden, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,405
15,345
0.371
Meteorologie
Ökologie
Hydrologie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,433
1,157
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Alexander Knohl
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,340
12,492
0.457
atmospheric sciences
carbon cycle
land - use change
eddy covariance
micrometeorology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,245
1,223
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Hans Peter HaPe Schmid
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,181
9,341
0.357
land surface-atmosphere interactions
micrometeorology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,217
1,270
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Thomas Foken
Universität Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,578
7,631
0.298
Micrometeorology
Boundary-Layer-Meteorology
Forest Meteorology
Climate Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,094
1,340
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Martin Claussen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,552
7,127
0.290
Klimaphysik
Paläoklima
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,972
1,388
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
J Feichter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,068
4,660
0.194
climate
environment
geoscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,238
1,995
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ben Marzeion
Universität Bremen
Bremen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,472
11,404
0.617
glaciers
sea level change
climate physics
ocean
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,766
2,162
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Elena Xoplaki
Justus Liebig Universität Giessen
Giessen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,511
7,301
0.417
climate variability and climate change
extreme events
atmospheric circulation
mechanisms
climate-society interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,028
2,172
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Andrey Ganopolski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,436
4,362
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,254
2,278
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Joachim Curtius
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,863
8,243
0.489
atmospheric science
aerosol science
nucleation
clouds
atmospheric ions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,543
2,343
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Yaping Shao
Universität zu Köln
Köln, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,570
5,942
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,959
2,362
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Bernd Kärcher
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,488
5,683
0.345
ice nucleation
cloud physics
aerosol-cloud interactions
contrails
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,425
2,692
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Joaquim G Pinto
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,945
7,435
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,663
2,707
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Julia Ems Nabel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,899
11,255
0.755
Dynamic vegetation modelling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,561
2,802
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Manfred Wendisch
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,549
7,036
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,825
2,909
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Hauke Schmidt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,180
6,995
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,700
2,938
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Elisa Manzini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,038
3,895
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,585
3,239
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Matthias Mauder
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,991
6,095
0.469
Land-Atmosphere Interactions
Micrometeorology
Urban Climate
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,730
3,247
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Peter Knippertz
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,972
5,940
0.458
Weather systems
atmospheric dynamics
tropical meteorology
dust storms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,962
3,396
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Walter Goetz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,521
4,860
0.388
Planetologie
Mars
Geologie
Geobiologie
Geochemie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,665
3,470
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Harald Kunstmann
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,294
7,321
0.595
Climate
Hydrology
Hydrometeorology
Remote Sensing
Water Availability