Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 3.536 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.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Tissue
Onkologie
Pathology
Pathologie
Biobank
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,583
28,495
0.669
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Computer Graphics
Computer Vision
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,273
34,614
0.859
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Pathology
Hematopathology
Molecular Pathology
Biobanking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,498
31,403
0.795
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Hadrons
strangeness
Neutron Stars
Detectors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,348
26,454
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Morphomolecular Pathology
Oncology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,976
19,498
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Information Systems
Information Management
eGovernment
open Innovation
Mergers&Acquisitions and IT
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,590
16,027
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,096
9,663
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Semiconductor Physics
Nanoscience
Quantum Dots
Nanowires
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,008
4,258
0.115
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Structural biology
Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,402
6,564
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
mixed forest dynamics
forest modelling
stress and climatic change impact
urban tree growth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,143
19,295
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,031
19,480
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
X-ray imaging/microscopy/optics
Computed Tomography (CT)
Phase Retrieval/ Ptychography
Medical Imaging
Lung Imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,969
14,261
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
polymer
organic photovolatics
hybrid solar cells
hydrogels
GISAXS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,617
18,152
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
depression prevention
mHealth
ehealth
digital health
mental health promotion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,344
26,757
0.802
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Human Genetics
Neuroscience
Digital Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,049
12,645
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Physics
Astroparticle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,038
16,028
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
astroparticle physics
statistics
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,682
19,146
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Research in education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,099
6,750
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Earth Observation
AI4EO
Signal Processing
Data Science
Synthetic Aperture Radar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,844
26,569
0.834
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Neurologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,752
7,734
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Statistical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,151
7,492
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,986
6,756
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
molecular nanoscience & surface chemical physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,937
7,516
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Radiology technology
MRI
contrast agents
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,313
8,673
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Bioinformatics
biomathematic modeling
virology
immunology
Covid-19.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,126
4,448
0.153
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,268
561
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Karl Friedrich Becker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,583
28,495
0.669
Tissue
Onkologie
Pathology
Pathologie
Biobank
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,518
627
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Matthias Nießner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,273
34,614
0.859
Computer Graphics
Computer Vision
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,980
647
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Julia Slotta Huspenina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,498
31,403
0.795
Pathology
Hematopathology
Molecular Pathology
Biobanking
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,069
649
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Laura Fabbietti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,348
26,454
0.672
Hadrons
strangeness
Neutron Stars
Detectors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,294
664
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Wilko Weichert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,976
19,498
0.500
Morphomolecular Pathology
Oncology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,520
677
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Helmut Krcmar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,590
16,027
0.415
Information Systems
Information Management
eGovernment
open Innovation
Mergers&Acquisitions and IT
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,515
722
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Arthur Konnerth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,096
9,663
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,593
728
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Gerhard Abstreiter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,008
4,258
0.115
Semiconductor Physics
Nanoscience
Quantum Dots
Nanowires
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,020
739
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Dmitrij Frishman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,402
6,564
0.180
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Structural biology
Evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,982
787
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Hans Pretzsch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,143
19,295
0.549
mixed forest dynamics
forest modelling
stress and climatic change impact
urban tree growth
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,887
846
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Senthold Asseng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,031
19,480
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,930
847
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Franz Pfeiffer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,969
14,261
0.420
X-ray imaging/microscopy/optics
Computed Tomography (CT)
Phase Retrieval/ Ptychography
Medical Imaging
Lung Imaging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,249
857
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Peter Müller Buschbaum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,617
18,152
0.540
polymer
organic photovolatics
hybrid solar cells
hydrogels
GISAXS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,479
869
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
David Daniel Ebert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,344
26,757
0.802
depression prevention
mHealth
ehealth
digital health
mental health promotion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,757
881
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Juliane Winkelmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,049
12,645
0.383
Human Genetics
Neuroscience
Digital Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,768
883
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Stefan Schönert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,038
16,028
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,103
897
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Hans Niederhausen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,682
19,146
0.586
astroparticle physics
statistics
machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,688
920
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Prenzel M|Prenzel, Manfred
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,099
6,750
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,942
938
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Xiao Xiang Zhu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,844
26,569
0.834
Earth Observation
AI4EO
Signal Processing
Data Science
Synthetic Aperture Radar
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,091
986
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Hans Förstl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,752
7,734
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,831
1,008
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Herbert Spohn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,151
7,492
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,042
1,014
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Werner Kissling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,986
6,756
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,088
1,016
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
JV Barth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,937
7,516
0.251
molecular nanoscience & surface chemical physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,881
1,049
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Ernst J Rummney
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,313
8,673
0.296
Radiology technology
MRI
contrast agents
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,090
1,059
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Avidan Neumann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,126
4,448
0.153
Bioinformatics
biomathematic modeling
virology
immunology
Covid-19.