Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
History, Philosophy, Theology / Theology Highly Cited Researchers 89 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.
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Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Politikwissenschaft
Sociology of Religion
Comparative Politics
Religion and Politics
Political Culture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,889
4,919
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Classics
Roman religion
urban religion
Theory of religion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,039
3,988
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Religionssoziologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,919
2,427
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ancient Judaism
early Christianity
Geez
Aramaic
Dead Sea Scrolls
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,012
1,175
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
systematic theology
philosophy of religion
reformation theology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,433
588
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Religion
Turkey
Alevism
Secularism
Conceptual History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,980
888
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Religious Education
Media Education
Public Theology
Religion and Popular Culture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,911
813
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Konstruktivismus
Performativer RU
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,562
699
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Religion
Migration
Netzwerke
Apokalyptik
Religionskontakt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,546
784
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jewish philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,400
471
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Theologie und Religionsphilosophie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,329
264
0.199
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
Biblical Theology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,065
398
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Buddhismus
Japanische Religionsgeschichte
Religionstheorie
Religionswissenschaft
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
975
442
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
854
202
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Islam
Afrika
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
842
373
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Process Theology
Business Metaphysics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
796
185
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Religion
Magic
Global Esoteric Practices
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
755
462
0.612
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
641
262
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Religionssoziologie
Kunstsoziologie
Kultursoziologie
qualitative Methoden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
591
214
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Religionsgeschichte und Geschichte Israels
Literaturgeschichte des Alten Testaments (Penta-/Hexateuch)
biblische Archäologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
500
390
0.780
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Religion and Literature
American Literature
Trauma Theory
Christian Theology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
462
327
0.708
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Liturgy
Oriental Churches
Byzantine Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
434
93
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Osteologie & Sportwissenschaften
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
432
351
0.813
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jewish Studies
Israel Studies
Ucrainian Studies
Political Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
413
155
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
407
152
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,996
3,609
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Gert Pickel
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,889
4,919
0.414
Politikwissenschaft
Sociology of Religion
Comparative Politics
Religion and Politics
Political Culture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,070
4,367
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Joerg Ruepke|Jörg Rüpke, Jorg Rupke
Universität Erfurt
Erfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,039
3,988
0.397
Classics
Roman religion
urban religion
Theory of religion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
101,470
4,430
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Detlef Pollack
Universität Münster
Münster, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,919
2,427
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
327,550
12,609
472
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Loren Stuckenbruck
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,012
1,175
0.390
Ancient Judaism
early Christianity
Geez
Aramaic
Dead Sea Scrolls
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
387,969
14,557
357
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Christoph Schwöbel
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,433
588
0.242
systematic theology
philosophy of religion
reformation theology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
451,142
16,534
208
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Markus Dressler
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,980
888
0.448
Religion
Turkey
Alevism
Secularism
Conceptual History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
462,621
16,872
290
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Manfred L. Pirner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,911
813
0.425
Religious Education
Media Education
Public Theology
Religion and Popular Culture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
529,681
18,898
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Hans Mendl
Universität Passau
Passau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,562
699
0.448
Konstruktivismus
Performativer RU
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
533,180
19,006
191
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Alexander Kenneth Nagel
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,546
784
0.507
Religion
Migration
Netzwerke
Apokalyptik
Religionskontakt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
567,174
20,056
429
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Giuseppe Veltri
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,400
471
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
585,435
20,564
315
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Hans-Joachim Höhn
Universität zu Köln
Köln, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,329
264
0.199
Theologie und Religionsphilosophie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
664,163
22,951
216
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Thomas Hieke
Helmholtz Institut Mainz
Mainz, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,065
398
0.374
Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
Biblical Theology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
695,853
23,908
275
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Christoph Kleine
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
975
442
0.453
Buddhismus
Japanische Religionsgeschichte
Religionstheorie
Religionswissenschaft
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
743,427
25,313
546
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Matthias Möhring Hesse
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
854
202
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
748,325
25,444
190
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Rüdiger Seesemann
Universität Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
842
373
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
768,225
26,061
115
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Michael Schramm
Universität Hohenheim
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
796
185
0.232
Process Theology
Business Metaphysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
786,255
26,631
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Bernd Christian Otto
Universität Erfurt
Erfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
755
462
0.612
Religion
Magic
Global Esoteric Practices
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
841,797
28,355
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Benedikt Kranemann
Universität Erfurt
Erfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
641
262
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
868,517
29,227
320
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Uta Karstein
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
591
214
0.362
Religionssoziologie
Kunstsoziologie
Kultursoziologie
qualitative Methoden
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
929,298
31,386
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Benedikt Hensel
Carl Von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
Oldenburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
500
390
0.780
Religionsgeschichte und Geschichte Israels
Literaturgeschichte des Alten Testaments (Penta-/Hexateuch)
biblische Archäologie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
961,890
32,586
142
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Joshua Pederson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
462
327
0.708
Religion and Literature
American Literature
Trauma Theory
Christian Theology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
987,921
33,572
591
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Heinzgerd Brakmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
434
93
0.214
Liturgy
Oriental Churches
Byzantine Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
989,180
33,621
385
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Franca Genest
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
432
351
0.813
Osteologie & Sportwissenschaften
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,008,047
34,328
317
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Olaf Glöckner
Universität Potsdam
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
413
155
0.375
Jewish Studies
Israel Studies
Ucrainian Studies
Political Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,014,024
34,531
370
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Raik Heckl
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
407
152
0.373