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 :26
database
query optimization
data science
data analytics
engineering data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,926
2,399
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Automatisierungstechnik
Softwaresysteme
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,730
4,861
0.848
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Software Engineering
Performance Engineering
Scalability and Cloud
Multi-/Many-Cores
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,544
1,733
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
geodesy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,495
2,749
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Microfluidics
Non-linear Dynamics
Active Matter
Crystallography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,354
3,829
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Semiconductor Epitaxy
Laser
VCSEL
VECSEL
Quantum dots
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,264
2,839
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Computer Science
Scientific Computing
Numerical Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,258
3,832
0.729
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Speech
Natural Language Processing
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,128
3,707
0.723
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
computational mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,026
2,461
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,777
2,088
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
photovoltaics
sensor technology
photodetectors
photovoltaic systems
thin film silicon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,632
1,049
0.226
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
microrobotics
fabrication
biomedical microdevices
rheology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,517
3,683
0.815
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
AI for Industrial Automation
Reliability
Autonomous systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,449
3,639
0.818
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Porous Media
Simulation Science
Research Software Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,285
2,488
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
natural language processing
emotion analysis
bioNLP
argument mining
computational psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,221
2,908
0.689
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Combustion
Flash boiling
Nanoparticle synthesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,090
2,198
0.537
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Nanoscience
Quantum Magnetism
Spin Dynamics
Correlated-Electron Materials
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,965
1,572
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Continuum Mechanics
Material Modelling
Multi-Scale Methods
Porous Media
Homogenization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,901
2,253
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Behavioral software engineering
Empirical software engineering
Information Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,862
3,241
0.839
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
AI Acceleration
ASIC Processor Design
Emerging Technology
Brain-inspired Computing
ML-CAD
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,820
3,370
0.882
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Algorithms
Computational Geometry
Combinatorial Optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,814
1,042
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Continuous Software Engineering
Software Architecture
Software Performance Engineering
DevOps
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,813
2,268
0.595
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
PHY-layer communications
Deep Learning
information theory
iterative receiver algorithms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,729
3,494
0.937
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Covalent Organic Frameworks
nanochemistry
biomineralization
functional bio-inspired materials
nanocomposites
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,479
2,691
0.773
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
parallel robots
cable-driven parallel robots
kinematics
dynamics
robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,466
2,220
0.641
Bernhard Mitschang
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,926
2,399
0.405
database
query optimization
data science
data analytics
engineering data
Michael Weyrich
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,730
4,861
0.848
Automatisierungstechnik
Softwaresysteme
Steffen Becker
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,544
1,733
0.313
Software Engineering
Performance Engineering
Scalability and Cloud
Multi-/Many-Cores
Nico Sneeuw
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,495
2,749
0.500
Michael Heymann
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,354
3,829
0.715
Microfluidics
Non-linear Dynamics
Active Matter
Crystallography
Michael Jetter
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,264
2,839
0.539
Semiconductor Epitaxy
Laser
VCSEL
VECSEL
Quantum dots
Miriam Schulte
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,258
3,832
0.729
Computer Science
Scientific Computing
Numerical Methods
Thang Vu
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,128
3,707
0.723
Speech
Natural Language Processing
Machine Learning
Manfred Bischoff
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,026
2,461
0.490
computational mechanics
apl Ralph O Schill
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,777
2,088
0.437
Markus B Schubert
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,632
1,049
0.226
photovoltaics
sensor technology
photodetectors
photovoltaic systems
thin film silicon
Tian Qiu
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,517
3,683
0.815
microrobotics
fabrication
biomedical microdevices
rheology
Nasser Jazdi
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,449
3,639
0.818
AI for Industrial Automation
Reliability
Autonomous systems
Bernd Flemisch
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,285
2,488
0.581
Porous Media
Simulation Science
Research Software Engineering
Roman Klinger
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,221
2,908
0.689
natural language processing
emotion analysis
bioNLP
argument mining
computational psychology
A Kronenburg
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,090
2,198
0.537
Combustion
Flash boiling
Nanoparticle synthesis
Sebastian Loth
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,965
1,572
0.396
Nanoscience
Quantum Magnetism
Spin Dynamics
Correlated-Electron Materials
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
Holger Steeb
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,901
2,253
0.578
Continuum Mechanics
Material Modelling
Multi-Scale Methods
Porous Media
Homogenization
Daniel Graziotin
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,862
3,241
0.839
Behavioral software engineering
Empirical software engineering
Information Systems
Jun Hussam Amrouch
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,820
3,370
0.882
AI Acceleration
ASIC Processor Design
Emerging Technology
Brain-inspired Computing
ML-CAD
Stefan Funke
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,814
1,042
0.273
Algorithms
Computational Geometry
Combinatorial Optimization
André van Hoorn
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,813
2,268
0.595
Continuous Software Engineering
Software Architecture
Software Performance Engineering
DevOps
Sebastian Cammerer
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,729
3,494
0.937
PHY-layer communications
Deep Learning
information theory
iterative receiver algorithms
Linus Stegbauer
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,479
2,691
0.773
Covalent Organic Frameworks
nanochemistry
biomineralization
functional bio-inspired materials
nanocomposites
Andreas Pott
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,466
2,220
0.641
parallel robots
cable-driven parallel robots
kinematics
dynamics
robotics