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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,781
14,544
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Mikrobiologie
Microbiology
Bacterial Pathogenesis
Infection Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,457
5,683
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Redox
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,015
3,487
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
eHealth
Blockchain
AI
Cloud Computing
Sustainable Supply Chain Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,650
6,922
0.717
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
neuroscience
microtubules
tau
Alzheimer's disease
neurodegeneration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,924
2,813
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
collective action
gender
social identity
prejudice
ideology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,681
6,263
0.721
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Eating Disorders
Body Image
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,294
4,854
0.585
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Natural Language Processing
Computational Dialogue Modelling
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,335
5,907
0.805
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,748
3,750
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Evolution of cooperation
bacterial individuality
experimental evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,527
3,477
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Soil science
Geoecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,829
2,136
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,786
2,488
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Mathematical and computational population dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,140
1,275
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
complex data
explainable AI
interpretable learning
machine perception
semantic interpretation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,005
2,463
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Migration
Identität
zweite Generation
Brasilien
Integration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,545
1,966
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Plant taxonomy
Phylogeny
Evolution
Biogeography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,208
1,865
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
cryo-EM
membrane proteins
structural biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,103
2,515
0.613
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Migration
Integration
Geschichte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,647
1,402
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
International Relation & Peace and Conflict Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,613
1,052
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Georeferenced Modelling
River Basin Management
Environmental Systems Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,580
2,001
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Mathematical biology
Theoretical ecology
Eco-epidemiology
Applied systems science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,245
1,613
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
protein degradation and proteostasis
N-degron pathway
conditional plant physiology
molecular farming
synthetic biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,805
1,718
0.612
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Cognitive Science
Unconscious Processing
Attention
Face Perception
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,769
2,077
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Pragmatics (Formal
Experimental & Computational)
Probabilistic Modeling
Language Evolution
Psycholinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,667
1,573
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
IS investment appraisal
IS business value
system dynamics
applied data analytics
Industry 4.0
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,592
2,395
0.924
Claudia Pahl Wostl
Universität Osnabruck
Osnabrück, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,781
14,544
0.418
Michael Hensel
Universität Osnabruck
Osnabrück, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,457
5,683
0.292
Mikrobiologie
Microbiology
Bacterial Pathogenesis
Infection Biology
Renate Scheibe
Universität Osnabruck
Osnabrück, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,015
3,487
0.317
Frank Teuteberg
Universität Osnabruck
Osnabrück, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,650
6,922
0.717
eHealth
Blockchain
AI
Cloud Computing
Sustainable Supply Chain Management
Roland Brandt
Universität Osnabruck
Osnabrück, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,924
2,813
0.315
neuroscience
microtubules
tau
Alzheimer's disease
neurodegeneration
Julia Becker
Universität Osnabruck
Osnabrück, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,681
6,263
0.721
collective action
gender
social identity
prejudice
ideology
Silja Vocks
Universität Osnabruck
Osnabrück, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,294
4,854
0.585
Eating Disorders
Body Image
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Elia Bruni
Universität Osnabruck
Osnabrück, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,335
5,907
0.805
Natural Language Processing
Computational Dialogue Modelling
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Florian Froehlich
Universität Osnabruck
Osnabrück, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,748
3,750
0.556
Christian Kost
Universität Osnabruck
Osnabrück, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,527
3,477
0.533
Evolution of cooperation
bacterial individuality
experimental evolution
Gabriele Broll
Universität Osnabruck
Osnabrück, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,829
2,136
0.366
Soil science
Geoecology
Oliver Thomas
Universität Osnabruck
Osnabrück, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,786
2,488
0.430
Horst Malchow
Universität Osnabruck
Osnabrück, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,140
1,275
0.248
Mathematical and computational population dynamics
Martin Atzmueller
Universität Osnabruck
Osnabrück, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,005
2,463
0.492
complex data
explainable AI
interpretable learning
machine perception
semantic interpretation
Jens Schneider
Universität Osnabruck
Osnabrück, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,545
1,966
0.433
Nikolai Friesen
Universität Osnabruck
Osnabrück, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,208
1,865
0.443
Plant taxonomy
Phylogeny
Evolution
Biogeography
Arne Moeller
Universität Osnabruck
Osnabrück, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,103
2,515
0.613
cryo-EM
membrane proteins
structural biology
Jochen Oltmer
Universität Osnabruck
Osnabrück, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,647
1,402
0.384
Ulrich Schneckener
Universität Osnabruck
Osnabrück, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,613
1,052
0.291
International Relation & Peace and Conflict Studies
Jürgen Berlekamp
Universität Osnabruck
Osnabrück, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,580
2,001
0.559
Georeferenced Modelling
River Basin Management
Environmental Systems Analysis
Frank Hilker
Universität Osnabruck
Osnabrück, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,245
1,613
0.497
Mathematical biology
Theoretical ecology
Eco-epidemiology
Applied systems science
Nico Dissmeyer
Universität Osnabruck
Osnabrück, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,805
1,718
0.612
protein degradation and proteostasis
N-degron pathway
conditional plant physiology
molecular farming
synthetic biology
Shah Khalid
Universität Osnabruck
Osnabrück, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,769
2,077
0.750
Cognitive Science
Unconscious Processing
Attention
Face Perception
Michael Franke
Universität Osnabruck
Osnabrück, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,667
1,573
0.590
Pragmatics (Formal
Experimental & Computational)
Probabilistic Modeling
Language Evolution
Psycholinguistics
Thuy Duong Oesterreich
Universität Osnabruck
Osnabrück, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,592
2,395
0.924
IS investment appraisal
IS business value
system dynamics
applied data analytics
Industry 4.0