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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 977 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Cellular Biochemistry
Structural Biology
Chemical Biology
Immunology
Virolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,272
7,425
0.283
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,268
9,147
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
NMR spectroscopy of proteins
DNA
RN
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,851
8,369
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
social and political theory
biopolitics
new materialisms
science and technology studies
cryotechnologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,316
7,425
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Computer Vision
Artificial Intelligence
Systems Engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,476
2,829
0.126
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Cornea
Glaucom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,152
7,311
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Heavy Ion Collisions
LHC
RHIC
FAIR
GS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,142
6,875
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Research Methods and Psychometric
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,439
11,408
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Biochemie
Lebenswissenschafte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,313
2,539
0.125
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Neuroscienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,917
6,988
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Super-Resolution Microscopy
Single-Molecule Imaging
Membrane Protein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,254
8,524
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
High energy nuclear physics
statistical mechanics of QCD matte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,243
4,822
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Systems Biology
Petri nets
Graph Theor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,124
7,656
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,436
5,131
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Electronic Commerce
Pricing
Customer Management
Online-Marketin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,900
6,798
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
atmospheric science
aerosol science
nucleation
clouds
atmospheric ion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,436
8,770
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Stress response
proteostasis
host-pathogen
disease
quantitative proteomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,284
10,079
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Ecotoxicology
Environmental Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,198
5,334
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Computational Chemistry
Main Group Chemistry
Transition Metal Chemistry
Plasma Chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,726
4,018
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Arachidonsäurekaskade
Entzündungsprozess
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,035
4,827
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Metabolic Engineering
Synthetic Biology
Yeasts
Saccharomyces cerevisia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,161
3,928
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
solid state physics
correlated electrons
superconductivity
magnetis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,968
7,049
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Ion channels
Dopamine
Parkinson
Schizophreni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,664
4,054
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Auditory and multisensory perception
working memory
ME
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,585
3,807
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Ethics and Political Philosop
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,356
4,968
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,594
1,299
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Robert Tampé
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,272
7,425
0.283
Cellular Biochemistry
Structural Biology
Chemical Biology
Immunology
Virolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,358
1,359
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Irmgard Tegeder
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,268
9,147
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,070
1,393
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Harald Schwalbe
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,851
8,369
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,128
1,445
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Thomas Lemke
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,316
7,425
0.305
social and political theory
biopolitics
new materialisms
science and technology studies
cryotechnologie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,001
1,613
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Visvanathan Ramesh
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,476
2,829
0.126
Computer Vision
Artificial Intelligence
Systems Engineerin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,803
1,646
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Kohnen Thomas
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,152
7,311
0.330
Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Cornea
Glaucom
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,828
1,649
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Marcus Bleicher
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,142
6,875
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,566
1,719
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Karin Schermelleh-Engel
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,439
11,408
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,705
1,850
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Werner Muller-Esterl
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,313
2,539
0.125
Biochemie
Lebenswissenschafte
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,824
1,896
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Abdelhaq Rami
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,917
6,988
0.351
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,886
1,986
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Mike Heilemann
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,254
8,524
0.443
Super-Resolution Microscopy
Single-Molecule Imaging
Membrane Protein
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,916
1,987
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Kyrill Bugaev
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,243
4,822
0.251
High energy nuclear physics
statistical mechanics of QCD matte
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,315
2,000
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Ina Koch
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,124
7,656
0.400
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Systems Biology
Petri nets
Graph Theor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,726
2,112
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Dirk Rischke
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,436
5,131
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,738
2,202
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Bernd Skiera
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,900
6,798
0.380
Electronic Commerce
Pricing
Customer Management
Online-Marketin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,534
2,298
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Joachim Curtius
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,436
8,770
0.503
atmospheric science
aerosol science
nucleation
clouds
atmospheric ion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,106
2,321
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Christian Brandts
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,284
10,079
0.583
Stress response
proteostasis
host-pathogen
disease
quantitative proteomic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,470
2,330
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Jörg Oehlmann
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,198
5,334
0.310
Ecotoxicology
Environmental Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,340
2,656
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Max C Holthausen
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,726
4,018
0.256
Computational Chemistry
Main Group Chemistry
Transition Metal Chemistry
Plasma Chemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,955
2,833
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Dieter Steinhilber
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,035
4,827
0.321
Arachidonsäurekaskade
Entzündungsprozess
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,198
3,044
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Eckhard Boles
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,161
3,928
0.277
Metabolic Engineering
Synthetic Biology
Yeasts
Saccharomyces cerevisia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,413
3,084
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Roser Valenti
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,968
7,049
0.505
solid state physics
correlated electrons
superconductivity
magnetis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,353
3,185
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Jochen Roeper
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,664
4,054
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,866
3,208
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Jochen Kaiser
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,585
3,807
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,479
3,285
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Rainer Forst
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,356
4,968
0.372
Ethics and Political Philosop