Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 221 Scientists Citation 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.
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Ranking Based On Selection: 126
Isotope geochemistry
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Last 6 Years
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204
113
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 127
inorganic materials databases
information system integration
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203
86
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 128
Soil mechanics
numerical simulation
finite element method
limit analysis
machine learning
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Last 6 Years
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196
192
0.980
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 129
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Last 6 Years
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194
188
0.969
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 130
Conceptions about scientists
authentic learning
out-of-school learning
productive failure
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Last 6 Years
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191
184
0.963
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 131
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185
159
0.859
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 132
Digital History & Archaeology
Statistics
Modeling & Simulation
Social & Ecological Theory
Game Design & Development
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184
137
0.745
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 133
Chemistry
Spectroscopy
Biomolecules
Physical Chemistry
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179
102
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 134
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173
168
0.971
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 135
Algebraic complexity theory
Tensors
Border rank
Geometric complexity theory
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Last 6 Years
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167
140
0.838
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 136
Medical ethics
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162
161
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 137
Chemistry
Mechanochemistry
Mechanocatalysis
Polymers
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157
157
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 138
Protein Biochemistry
Biotechnology
Enzymology
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156
101
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 139
Bioinorganic chemistry
DNA
Metal-nucleic acid interactions
Hydrogenase
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153
151
0.987
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 140
Non-classical Logics
Philosophical Logics
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Last 6 Years / Total
140
115
0.821
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 141
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136
66
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 142
test-based learning
retrieval-based learning
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126
123
0.976
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 143
Philosophical Logic
Philosophy of Imagination
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Last 6 Years
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125
117
0.936
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 144
Theoretische Chemie
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125
92
0.736
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 145
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123
123
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 146
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118
117
0.992
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 147
philosophy
cognitive science
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113
95
0.841
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 148
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
57
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 149
Antisemitismusforschung
Religionswissenschaft
Religionspolitik
Islampolitik
Judentum
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
41
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 150
Homogeneous Catalysis
Methodology
C-H bond functionalization
Organocatalysis
Fluorine chemistry
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Last 6 Years / Total
97
95
0.979
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,306,128
44,767
126
Ranking Based On Selection: 126
Ashley N Martin
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
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204
113
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,308,493
44,839
127
Ranking Based On Selection: 127
Victor A Dudarev|Victor Dudarev
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
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Last 6 Years
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203
86
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,321,997
45,249
128
Ranking Based On Selection: 128
Christoph Schmüdderich
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
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Last 6 Years
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196
192
0.980
Soil mechanics
numerical simulation
finite element method
limit analysis
machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,326,529
45,373
129
Ranking Based On Selection: 129
Jan Reher
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
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Last 6 Years
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194
188
0.969
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
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1,333,234
45,569
130
Ranking Based On Selection: 130
Valentina Nachtigall
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191
184
0.963
Conceptions about scientists
authentic learning
out-of-school learning
productive failure
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,347,505
46,013
131
Ranking Based On Selection: 131
Christian Gaum
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
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Last 6 Years
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185
159
0.859
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,350,202
46,097
132
Ranking Based On Selection: 132
Andreas Angourakis
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
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Last 6 Years
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184
137
0.745
Digital History & Archaeology
Statistics
Modeling & Simulation
Social & Ecological Theory
Game Design & Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,362,650
46,468
133
Ranking Based On Selection: 133
Alcides Simao
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179
102
0.570
Chemistry
Spectroscopy
Biomolecules
Physical Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,376,240
46,857
134
Ranking Based On Selection: 134
Jan Friedrich Mandelkow
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
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Last 6 Years
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173
168
0.971
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,392,120
47,345
135
Ranking Based On Selection: 135
Vladimir Lysikov
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
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Last 6 Years
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167
140
0.838
Algebraic complexity theory
Tensors
Border rank
Geometric complexity theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,404,563
47,676
136
Ranking Based On Selection: 136
Esther Braun
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
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Last 6 Years
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162
161
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,418,010
48,100
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 137
Christian Vogt
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157
157
1.000
Chemistry
Mechanochemistry
Mechanocatalysis
Polymers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,422,386
48,233
138
Ranking Based On Selection: 138
Dipali Mhaindarkar
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
101
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,429,301
48,439
139
Ranking Based On Selection: 139
Shuvankar Naskar
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
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Last 6 Years
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153
151
0.987
Bioinorganic chemistry
DNA
Metal-nucleic acid interactions
Hydrogenase
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,468,146
49,555
140
Ranking Based On Selection: 140
Daniel Skurt
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
115
0.821
Non-classical Logics
Philosophical Logics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,481,471
49,923
141
Ranking Based On Selection: 141
Dennis Felsch
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
66
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,511,750
50,792
142
Ranking Based On Selection: 142
Svenja Heitmann
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
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Last 6 Years
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126
123
0.976
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,515,286
50,891
143
Ranking Based On Selection: 143
Christopher Badura
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
117
0.936
Philosophical Logic
Philosophy of Imagination
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,516,158
50,917
144
Ranking Based On Selection: 144
Jan Noetzel
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
92
0.736
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,520,982
51,056
145
Ranking Based On Selection: 145
David Steuer
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
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Last 6 Years
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123
123
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,538,425
51,540
146
Ranking Based On Selection: 146
Shahwar Ahmed
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
117
0.992
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,557,238
52,046
147
Ranking Based On Selection: 147
Tobias Starzak
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
95
0.841
philosophy
cognitive science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,607,410
53,378
148
Ranking Based On Selection: 148
Jan Nierhoff
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
57
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,611,855
53,478
149
Ranking Based On Selection: 149
Volker Beck
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
41
0.414
Antisemitismusforschung
Religionswissenschaft
Religionspolitik
Islampolitik
Judentum
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,617,340
53,631
150
Ranking Based On Selection: 150
Jogendra Kumar
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
95
0.979
Homogeneous Catalysis
Methodology
C-H bond functionalization
Organocatalysis
Fluorine chemistry