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
Empirical Software Engineering
Software Quality
Evidence-based Software Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,026
16,390
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Signal Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,641
3,774
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
software engineering
software processes
software metrics
software security
software process improvement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,194
9,993
0.658
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Empirical Software Engineering
Evidence-based SE
Human-centred SE
Applied Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,183
4,479
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Software Engineering
Technology Product Management
Requirements Engineering
Value Based
Agile / Lean
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,675
4,852
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Epidemiology
Geriatrics
Infectious diseases
Public Health
Applied Health Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,678
3,760
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Industrial Dynamics
Spatial Economics
Urban and Regional Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,433
2,911
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Software engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,177
3,117
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,547
1,935
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Quality of Experience
network measurements
fluid flow models
virtualisation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,363
1,555
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Global Software Engineering
Distributed Development
Outsourcing
Agile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,382
2,307
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Steganography
image processing
medical imaging
computer vision
optical projection tomography and applied machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,357
1,926
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Empirical Software Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,206
3,103
0.738
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Sustainable Design
Sustainable Product Development
Sustainable Engineering Design
Design for
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,085
2,287
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Software Engineering
Empirical Software Engineering
Requirements Engineering
Software Architecture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,709
703
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Software Engineering
Computer Science
Empirical Methods
Modeling
Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,665
2,599
0.709
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,524
1,927
0.547
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Requirements Engineering
Empirical Software Engineering
Natural Language Processing
Testing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,368
2,320
0.689
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Empirical Software Engineering
Computer Science Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,264
1,619
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Computer Science
Real-Time Scheduling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,261
1,140
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Engineering Design
Mechanical Engineering
Product-Service Systems
Innovation Engineering
Product
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,976
1,407
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Software Engineering
Software Business
Open Innovation
Product Management
Requirements Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,867
1,786
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Synthetic aperture radar
radar remote sensing
Signal processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,828
1,378
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Parallel programming
Computer Architecture
Machine Learning
AI
Image Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,769
1,299
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Communication Networks
Network Virtualization
Cloud Computing and Networking
Service Orchestration and Automation
Blockchain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,601
438
0.168
Claes Wohlin
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,026
16,390
0.468
Empirical Software Engineering
Software Quality
Evidence-based Software Engineering
Mats Viberg
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,641
3,774
0.227
Kai Petersen
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,194
9,993
0.658
software engineering
software processes
software metrics
software security
software process improvement
Emilia Mendes
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,183
4,479
0.401
Empirical Software Engineering
Evidence-based SE
Human-centred SE
Applied Machine Learning
Tony Gorschek
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,675
4,852
0.501
Software Engineering
Technology Product Management
Requirements Engineering
Value Based
Agile / Lean
Sanmartin Berglund Johan
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,678
3,760
0.490
Epidemiology
Geriatrics
Infectious diseases
Public Health
Applied Health Technology
Martin Andersson
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,433
2,911
0.453
Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Industrial Dynamics
Spatial Economics
Urban and Regional Economics
Michael Mattsson
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,177
3,117
0.505
Hans Jürgen Zepernick
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,547
1,935
0.349
Markus Fiedler
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,363
1,555
0.290
Quality of Experience
network measurements
fluid flow models
virtualisation
Darja Šmite
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,382
2,307
0.526
Global Software Engineering
Distributed Development
Outsourcing
Agile
Abbas Cheddad
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,357
1,926
0.442
Steganography
image processing
medical imaging
computer vision
optical projection tomography and applied machine learning
Daniel Mendez
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,206
3,103
0.738
Empirical Software Engineering
Sophie I Hallstedt|Sophie Byggeth, Sophie Isaksson Hallstedt, Sophie Hallstedt
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,085
2,287
0.560
Sustainable Design
Sustainable Product Development
Sustainable Engineering Design
Design for
Mikael Svahnberg
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,709
703
0.190
Software Engineering
Empirical Software Engineering
Requirements Engineering
Software Architecture
Ludwik Kuźniarz
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,665
2,599
0.709
Software Engineering
Computer Science
Empirical Methods
Modeling
Education
Lisa Skär
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,524
1,927
0.547
Michael Unterkalmsteiner
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,368
2,320
0.689
Requirements Engineering
Empirical Software Engineering
Natural Language Processing
Testing
Jürgen Börstler
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,264
1,619
0.496
Empirical Software Engineering
Computer Science Education
Lars Lundberg
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,261
1,140
0.350
Computer Science
Real-Time Scheduling
Tobias Larsson|Tobias C. Larsson
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,976
1,407
0.473
Engineering Design
Mechanical Engineering
Product-Service Systems
Innovation Engineering
Product
Krzysztof Wnuk
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,867
1,786
0.623
Software Engineering
Software Business
Open Innovation
Product Management
Requirements Engineering
Mats Pettersson
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,828
1,378
0.487
Synthetic aperture radar
radar remote sensing
Signal processing
Håkan Grahn|Håkan Nilsson
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,769
1,299
0.469
Parallel programming
Computer Architecture
Machine Learning
AI
Image Processing
Kurt Tutschku
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,601
438
0.168
Communication Networks
Network Virtualization
Cloud Computing and Networking
Service Orchestration and Automation
Blockchain