Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Germany Highly Cited Researchers Citation in Germany Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
Decision Sciences
Business Analytics
Multivariate Analysis Methods
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
280,594
228,880
0.816
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Marketing
Structural Equation Modeling
Consumer Behavior
PLS
Research Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
257,931
220,773
0.856
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Psychiatrie
Psychologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
226,560
78,513
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Business Process Management
Data Science
Process Mining
Petri nets
Information Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,833
52,939
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Qualitative Research
Health Psychology
Mixed Methods
Social Representations
Qualitative Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,942
63,216
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Cognitive Modeling
Memory
Judgment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131,874
85,394
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Clinical Psychology
Psychotherapy
Psychology
Diagnostics
Developmental Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,858
33,786
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Decision Making
Heuristics
Bounded Rationality
Risk Communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,743
36,294
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
stress
endocrinology
burnout
saliva
hair
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,857
35,055
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Medizinische Psychologie
Medizinische Soziologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,463
48,709
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
entrepreneurship
management
organizational behavior
organizational psychology
work psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,681
33,386
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Sleep
Memory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,371
32,628
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Psychology
Education
Emotion
Control-Value Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,066
47,296
0.569
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Cognitive Science
Behavioural Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,433
33,749
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Psychoneuroendocrinology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,061
18,814
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
traumatic stress
PTSD
aggression
neuroplasticity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,285
18,882
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Political Theory
Political Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,800
9,673
0.149
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
linguistics
statistics
morphology
cognitive models of language processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,885
25,997
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Placebo
Nocebo
Mental disorders
psychosomatic disorders
psychotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,063
33,391
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Behavioral Economics
Experimental Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,781
21,152
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Demography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,284
18,579
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Sociology
Economic Sociology
Social Processes
Spatial Sociology
Mixed Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,185
28,024
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
occupational stress
well-being
recovery
health behavior
proactivity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,981
28,476
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
ancient DNA
pathogen evolution
human history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,553
32,326
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
economics
economics of education
economic growth
economic history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,200
23,509
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
280
12
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Christian M Ringle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
280,594
228,880
0.816
Decision Sciences
Business Analytics
Multivariate Analysis Methods
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
394
14
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Marko Sarstedt
Otto Von Guericke Universität Magdeburg
Magdeburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
257,931
220,773
0.856
Marketing
Structural Equation Modeling
Consumer Behavior
PLS
Research Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
606
18
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Hans Ulrich Wittchen
Technische Universität Dresden
Dresden, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
226,560
78,513
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,351
35
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Wil van der Aalst
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,833
52,939
0.344
Business Process Management
Data Science
Process Mining
Petri nets
Information Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,583
43
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Uwe Flick
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,942
63,216
0.445
Qualitative Research
Health Psychology
Mixed Methods
Social Representations
Qualitative Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,830
50
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Edgar Erdfelder
Universität Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131,874
85,394
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,022
57
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Franz Petermann
Universität Bremen
Bremen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,858
33,786
0.271
Clinical Psychology
Psychotherapy
Psychology
Diagnostics
Developmental Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,596
74
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Gerd Gigerenzer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,743
36,294
0.331
Decision Making
Heuristics
Bounded Rationality
Risk Communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,182
101
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Clemens Kirschbaum
Technische Universität Dresden
Dresden, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,857
35,055
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,003
140
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Elmar Braehler
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,463
48,709
0.557
Medizinische Psychologie
Medizinische Soziologie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,285
151
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Michael Frese
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,681
33,386
0.399
entrepreneurship
management
organizational behavior
organizational psychology
work psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,306
153
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jan Born
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,371
32,628
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,329
154
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Reinhard Pekrun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,066
47,296
0.569
Psychology
Education
Emotion
Control-Value Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,167
193
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ulman Lindenberger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,433
33,749
0.447
Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Cognitive Science
Behavioural Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,087
235
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Hellhammer D
Universität Trier
Trier, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,061
18,814
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,207
239
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Thomas Elbert
Universität Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,285
18,882
0.281
traumatic stress
PTSD
aggression
neuroplasticity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,587
257
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Claus Offe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,800
9,673
0.149
Political Theory
Political Sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,749
262
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Harald Baayen
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,885
25,997
0.407
linguistics
statistics
morphology
cognitive models of language processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,884
270
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Winfried Rief
Philipps Universität Marburg
Marburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,063
33,391
0.529
Placebo
Nocebo
Mental disorders
psychosomatic disorders
psychotherapy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,934
274
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
urs fischbacher
Universität Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,781
21,152
0.337
Behavioral Economics
Experimental Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,801
314
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jw Vaupel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,284
18,579
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,817
351
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Nina Baur
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,185
28,024
0.517
Sociology
Economic Sociology
Social Processes
Spatial Sociology
Mixed Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,872
354
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Sabine Sonnentag
Universität Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,981
28,476
0.528
occupational stress
well-being
recovery
health behavior
proactivity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,984
362
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Johannes Krause
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,553
32,326
0.604
ancient DNA
pathogen evolution
human history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,077
366
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ludger Woessmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,200
23,509
0.442
economics
economics of education
economic growth
economic history