Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Donau Universität Krems Universität für Weiterbildung Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025

Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: Scientists Last 6 years Citation IndexUniversities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025

* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :26
Austria
Johann Höchtl
E-Government
eParticipation
Open Data
Big Data
Open Innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
987
676
0.685
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Austria
Lukas Zenk
Improvisation
Creativity
Innovation
Networks
Superspreading
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
981
696
0.709
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Austria
Thomas Pfeffer
Migration
Organization
Globalization
Higher Education Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
976
646
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Austria
Harald Özelt
micromagnetics
scientific computing
permanent magnets
magnetic recording
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
848
647
0.763
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Austria
Markus Gusenbauer
Modeling and simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
776
574
0.740
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Austria
Alexander Kovacs
micromagnetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
763
659
0.864
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Austria
Jens Hartmann
Blood Purification
Adsorption
Anticoagulation
Sepsis
Biocompatibility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
751
429
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Austria
Aneeq Mahmood
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
637
354
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Austria
Heidi Maurer
EU foreign policy
European foreign policy
EU diplomacy
European diplomacy
Central and Eastern Europe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
609
355
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Austria
Teresa O'Rourke
Psychologie
Stress
Coping
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
577
570
0.988
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Austria
Peter Mahlknecht
EBM
EbPH
Epidemiology
Guidelines
Neurophysiology and Neuropharmacology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
524
368
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Austria
Matthias Raddant
Financial Markets
Networks
Numerical Simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
505
298
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Austria
Hanna Brinkmann
art history
visual culture studies
eye tracking
museum studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
490
470
0.959
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Austria
Stephan Harm
blood purification
antimicrobial agents and peptides
Sepsis
endothelial glycocalyx
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
486
370
0.761
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Austria
Claudia Schildböck
extracorporal blood purification
sepsis
endotoxin research
inflammation
biomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
484
280
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Austria
Raimund M. Kovacevic
optimization
probability
machine learning
data science and statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
473
253
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Austria
Judith Schossböck
Media and Communication
E-Participation
Social Media
Open Government
Online Activism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
452
256
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Austria
Thomas Pfeffer
Sociological systems theory
higher education research
organisation
migration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
434
137
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Austria
Md. Humayain Kabir
Climate & Weather extremes
Disaster management
Climate change adaptation
Machine Learning & AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
406
350
0.862
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Austria
Margit Höfler
Attention
memory
eye movements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
366
214
0.585
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Austria
Benedikt Lutz
Verständlichkeitsforschung
Wissensmanagement
Software-Engineering
Qualitätsmanagement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
364
99
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Austria
Christoph Bauer
Tissue Engineering
Biotribologie
Knorpelregeneration
Chondrozyten
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
357
312
0.874
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Austria
Michael Sachs
E-Democracy
Open Government
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
345
142
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
670,913
Austria
3,404
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Johann Höchtl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
987
676
0.685
E-Government
eParticipation
Open Data
Big Data
Open Innovation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
673,081
Austria
3,415
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Lukas Zenk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
981
696
0.709
Improvisation
Creativity
Innovation
Networks
Superspreading
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
674,934
Austria
3,425
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Thomas Pfeffer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
976
646
0.662
Migration
Organization
Globalization
Higher Education Research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
725,385
Austria
3,652
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Harald Özelt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
848
647
0.763
micromagnetics
scientific computing
permanent magnets
magnetic recording
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
755,192
Austria
3,798
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Jörg Ettenauer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
780
421
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
756,913
Austria
3,802
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Markus Gusenbauer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
776
574
0.740
Modeling and simulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
762,682
Austria
3,827
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Alexander Kovacs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
763
659
0.864
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
768,359
Austria
3,851
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Jens Hartmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
751
429
0.571
Blood Purification
Adsorption
Anticoagulation
Sepsis
Biocompatibility
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
824,525
Austria
4,107
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Aneeq Mahmood
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
637
354
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
839,197
Austria
4,161
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Heidi Maurer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
609
355
0.583
EU foreign policy
European foreign policy
EU diplomacy
European diplomacy
Central and Eastern Europe
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
856,204
Austria
4,242
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Teresa O'Rourke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
577
570
0.988
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
886,321
Austria
4,369
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Peter Mahlknecht
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
524
368
0.702
EBM
EbPH
Epidemiology
Guidelines
Neurophysiology and Neuropharmacology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
897,868
Austria
4,416
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Matthias Raddant
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
505
298
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
907,646
Austria
4,464
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Liliya Satalkina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
492
476
0.967
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
909,330
Austria
4,476
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Hanna Brinkmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
490
470
0.959
art history
visual culture studies
eye tracking
museum studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
912,838
Austria
4,495
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Stephan Harm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
486
370
0.761
blood purification
antimicrobial agents and peptides
Sepsis
endothelial glycocalyx
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
914,709
Austria
4,506
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Claudia Schildböck
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
484
280
0.579
extracorporal blood purification
sepsis
endotoxin research
inflammation
biomaterials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
924,063
Austria
4,543
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Raimund M. Kovacevic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
473
253
0.535
optimization
probability
machine learning
data science and statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
942,473
Austria
4,636
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Judith Schossböck
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
452
256
0.566
Media and Communication
E-Participation
Social Media
Open Government
Online Activism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
958,847
Austria
4,724
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Thomas Pfeffer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
434
137
0.316
Sociological systems theory
higher education research
organisation
migration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
984,747
Austria
4,860
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Md. Humayain Kabir
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
406
350
0.862
Climate & Weather extremes
Disaster management
Climate change adaptation
Machine Learning & AI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,026,377
Austria
5,072
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Margit Höfler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
366
214
0.585
Attention
memory
eye movements
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,028,724
Austria
5,083
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Benedikt Lutz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
364
99
0.272
Verständlichkeitsforschung
Wissensmanagement
Software-Engineering
Qualitätsmanagement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,035,745
Austria
5,120
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Christoph Bauer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
357
312
0.874
Tissue Engineering
Biotribologie
Knorpelregeneration
Chondrozyten
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,049,791
Austria
5,183
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Michael Sachs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
345
142
0.412
E-Democracy
Open Government