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 Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :26
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
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
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
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 :30
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
780
421
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
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
micromagnetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
763
659
0.864
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
637
354
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
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
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
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
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 :39
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
492
476
0.967
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
E-Democracy
Open Government
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
345
142
0.412
Johann Höchtl
Donau Universität Krems Universität für Weiterbildung
Krems an der Donau, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
987
676
0.685
Lukas Zenk
Donau Universität Krems Universität für Weiterbildung
Krems an der Donau, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
981
696
0.709
Improvisation
Creativity
Innovation
Networks
Superspreading
Thomas Pfeffer
Donau Universität Krems Universität für Weiterbildung
Krems an der Donau, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
976
646
0.662
Migration
Organization
Globalization
Higher Education Research
Harald Özelt
Donau Universität Krems Universität für Weiterbildung
Krems an der Donau, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
848
647
0.763
micromagnetics
scientific computing
permanent magnets
magnetic recording
Jörg Ettenauer
Donau Universität Krems Universität für Weiterbildung
Krems an der Donau, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
780
421
0.540
Markus Gusenbauer
Donau Universität Krems Universität für Weiterbildung
Krems an der Donau, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
776
574
0.740
Alexander Kovacs
Donau Universität Krems Universität für Weiterbildung
Krems an der Donau, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
763
659
0.864
Jens Hartmann
Donau Universität Krems Universität für Weiterbildung
Krems an der Donau, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
751
429
0.571
Blood Purification
Adsorption
Anticoagulation
Sepsis
Biocompatibility
Aneeq Mahmood
Donau Universität Krems Universität für Weiterbildung
Krems an der Donau, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
637
354
0.556
Heidi Maurer
Donau Universität Krems Universität für Weiterbildung
Krems an der Donau, Austria
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
Teresa O'Rourke
Donau Universität Krems Universität für Weiterbildung
Krems an der Donau, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
577
570
0.988
Peter Mahlknecht
Donau Universität Krems Universität für Weiterbildung
Krems an der Donau, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
524
368
0.702
EBM
EbPH
Epidemiology
Guidelines
Neurophysiology and Neuropharmacology
Matthias Raddant
Donau Universität Krems Universität für Weiterbildung
Krems an der Donau, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
505
298
0.590
Financial Markets
Networks
Numerical Simulation
Liliya Satalkina
Donau Universität Krems Universität für Weiterbildung
Krems an der Donau, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
492
476
0.967
Hanna Brinkmann
Donau Universität Krems Universität für Weiterbildung
Krems an der Donau, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
490
470
0.959
art history
visual culture studies
eye tracking
museum studies
Stephan Harm
Donau Universität Krems Universität für Weiterbildung
Krems an der Donau, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
486
370
0.761
blood purification
antimicrobial agents and peptides
Sepsis
endothelial glycocalyx
Claudia Schildböck
Donau Universität Krems Universität für Weiterbildung
Krems an der Donau, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
484
280
0.579
extracorporal blood purification
sepsis
endotoxin research
inflammation
biomaterials
Raimund M. Kovacevic
Donau Universität Krems Universität für Weiterbildung
Krems an der Donau, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
473
253
0.535
optimization
probability
machine learning
data science and statistics
Judith Schossböck
Donau Universität Krems Universität für Weiterbildung
Krems an der Donau, Austria
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
Thomas Pfeffer
Donau Universität Krems Universität für Weiterbildung
Krems an der Donau, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
434
137
0.316
Sociological systems theory
higher education research
organisation
migration
Md. Humayain Kabir
Donau Universität Krems Universität für Weiterbildung
Krems an der Donau, Austria
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
Margit Höfler
Donau Universität Krems Universität für Weiterbildung
Krems an der Donau, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
366
214
0.585
Benedikt Lutz
Donau Universität Krems Universität für Weiterbildung
Krems an der Donau, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
364
99
0.272
Verständlichkeitsforschung
Wissensmanagement
Software-Engineering
Qualitätsmanagement
Christoph Bauer
Donau Universität Krems Universität für Weiterbildung
Krems an der Donau, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
357
312
0.874
Tissue Engineering
Biotribologie
Knorpelregeneration
Chondrozyten
Michael Sachs
Donau Universität Krems Universität für Weiterbildung
Krems an der Donau, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
345
142
0.412