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
Local Politics
Local Policy
Housing Policy
Comparative Public Policy
Methodology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,227
653
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Stadtforschung
Urban Studies
Migration Studies
Housing
Discrimination
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
802
589
0.734
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Migration
Housing
Health/Care
Social Stress
Spatial Justice/Inequalities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
434
403
0.929
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Information Retrieval
Document Analysis
Data Warehousing
Business Intelligence
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
296
216
0.730
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Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Spatial real estate analysis
remote sensing
GIS
Free open source geoinformation sytems
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151
95
0.629
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Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Real estate finance and economics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
14
0.933
Björn Egner
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,227
653
0.532
Local Politics
Local Policy
Housing Policy
Comparative Public Policy
Methodology
Ulrike Hamann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
802
589
0.734
Stadtforschung
Urban Studies
Migration Studies
Housing
Discrimination
Nassim Mehran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
434
403
0.929
Migration
Housing
Health/Care
Social Stress
Spatial Justice/Inequalities
Elvis Koci
Technische Universität Dresden
Dresden, Germany
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
296
216
0.730
Information Retrieval
Document Analysis
Data Warehousing
Business Intelligence
Harald Schernthanner
Universität Potsdam
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151
95
0.629
Spatial real estate analysis
remote sensing
GIS
Free open source geoinformation sytems
Simon Stehle
Universität Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
14
0.933