Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences / Psychology Highly Cited Researchers 1.087 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
Psychiatrie
Psychologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229,671
68,292
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Qualitative Research
Health Psychology
Mixed Methods
Social Representations
Qualitative Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,960
55,514
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Cognitive Modeling
Memory
Judgment
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,422
79,133
0.584
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Clinical Psychology
Psychotherapy
Psychology
Diagnostics
Developmental Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,055
28,519
0.226
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
stress
endocrinology
burnout
saliva
hair
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,021
29,769
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Medizinische Psychologie
Medizinische Soziologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,771
44,632
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Psychology
Education
Emotion
Control-Value Theory
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,138
43,175
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sleep
Memory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,454
27,895
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Cognitive Science
Behavioural Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,647
29,471
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Psychoneuroendocrinology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,706
15,606
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
traumatic stress
PTSD
aggression
neuroplasticity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,976
16,152
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Placebo
Nocebo
Mental disorders
psychosomatic disorders
psychotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,856
30,575
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
occupational stress
well-being
recovery
health behavior
proactivity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,333
25,607
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Psychobiology
Stress
Trauma
Development
Disease Risk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,466
15,143
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Social Psychology
Social Cognition
Embodiment
Economic Psychology
Heuristics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,605
11,419
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Psychoneuroendocrinology
Stress
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,296
16,371
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Depression
Psychotherapieforschung
Kognitive Verhaltenstherapie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,101
17,320
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Psychophysics
Recognition
Multisensory Perception
Human Machine Interaction
Handling Qualities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,510
11,141
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Neuropsychology
Dementia
Schizophrenia
obsessive-compulsive disorder
cognitive epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,233
23,314
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Stress und Kognition
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,373
14,034
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
empirische Sozialforschung
Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse
Wirtschaftspsychologie
Verhaltensökonomie
Behavioral Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,972
16,219
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
occupational health psychology
work stress
well-being
emotional labor
workplace bullying
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,003
10,354
0.265
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Psychosomatik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,778
17,731
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
linear mixed models
physical fitness
eye movements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,421
12,784
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Anorexia nervosa
Eating Disorders
Essstörungen
Adipositas
Psychosomatik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,243
19,020
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
610
18
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Hans Ulrich Wittchen
Technische Universität Dresden
Dresden, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229,671
68,292
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,570
42
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Uwe Flick
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,960
55,514
0.383
Qualitative Research
Health Psychology
Mixed Methods
Social Representations
Qualitative Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,787
50
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Edgar Erdfelder
Universität Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,422
79,133
0.584
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,049
57
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Franz Petermann
Universität Bremen
Bremen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,055
28,519
0.226
Clinical Psychology
Psychotherapy
Psychology
Diagnostics
Developmental Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,222
103
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Clemens Kirschbaum
Technische Universität Dresden
Dresden, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,021
29,769
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,946
138
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Elmar Braehler
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,771
44,632
0.497
Medizinische Psychologie
Medizinische Soziologie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,286
152
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Reinhard Pekrun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,138
43,175
0.507
Psychology
Education
Emotion
Control-Value Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,336
156
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jan Born
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,454
27,895
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,155
194
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ulman Lindenberger
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,647
29,471
0.385
Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Cognitive Science
Behavioural Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,172
235
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Hellhammer D
Universität Trier
Trier, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,706
15,606
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,281
241
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Thomas Elbert
Universität Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,976
16,152
0.238
traumatic stress
PTSD
aggression
neuroplasticity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,780
267
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Winfried Rief
Philipps Universität Marburg
Marburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,856
30,575
0.471
Placebo
Nocebo
Mental disorders
psychosomatic disorders
psychotherapy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,751
346
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Sabine Sonnentag
Universität Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,333
25,607
0.463
occupational stress
well-being
recovery
health behavior
proactivity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,440
418
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Christine Heim
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,466
15,143
0.306
Psychobiology
Stress
Trauma
Development
Disease Risk
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,723
435
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Fritz Strack
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,605
11,419
0.235
Social Psychology
Social Cognition
Embodiment
Economic Psychology
Heuristics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,176
470
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jens Pruessner
Universität Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,296
16,371
0.346
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Psychoneuroendocrinology
Stress
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,063
506
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Martin Hautzinger
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,101
17,320
0.384
Depression
Psychotherapieforschung
Kognitive Verhaltenstherapie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,820
546
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Heinrich H. Bülthoff
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,510
11,141
0.256
Psychophysics
Recognition
Multisensory Perception
Human Machine Interaction
Handling Qualities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,940
551
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Michael Wagner
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,233
23,314
0.539
Neuropsychology
Dementia
Schizophrenia
obsessive-compulsive disorder
cognitive epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,880
592
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Oliver T. Wolf
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,373
14,034
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,703
634
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Thomas Fenzl
Hochschule Fresenius
Idstein, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,972
16,219
0.406
empirische Sozialforschung
Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse
Wirtschaftspsychologie
Verhaltensökonomie
Behavioral Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,272
660
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Zapf Dieter
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,003
10,354
0.265
occupational health psychology
work stress
well-being
emotional labor
workplace bullying
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,498
760
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Christian Albus
Universität zu Köln
Köln, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,778
17,731
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,783
775
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Reinhold Kliegl
Universität Potsdam
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,421
12,784
0.361
linear mixed models
physical fitness
eye movements
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,907
781
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Stephan Zipfel
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,243
19,020
0.540
Anorexia nervosa
Eating Disorders
Essstörungen
Adipositas
Psychosomatik