Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 1.565 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
Cellular and Molecular Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,290
12,171
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Cancer Resaerch
Metastasis research
glycobiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,014
7,630
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Radiologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,960
7,502
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,348
13,598
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Feto-Maternal Medicine
Reproduction
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,327
7,797
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Information Systems
Digital Innovation
Green IS
Conceptual Modeling
Business Process Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,479
10,989
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,679
7,665
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Physical oceanography and climate research
remote sensing
data assimilation
climate modeling.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,867
7,148
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Synthetic Biology
Biochemical and Biological Engineering
Biomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,128
5,366
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Antibiotics Ribosome Translation Regulation Protein Synthesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,820
8,701
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Cheminformatics
Structure-Based Molecular Design
Computing in Chemistry and Biology
Algorithms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,707
7,431
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Neuroinformatics
Computational Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,542
6,756
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Computer science
bioinformatics
genome informatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,939
6,224
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Platforms
experiments
creativity
marginality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,860
2,990
0.167
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,411
7,650
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Animal physiology
Adaptive genomics
Animal phylogeny
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,314
3,622
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
mathematics education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,111
9,919
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,612
5,549
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Neuroscience
Cell Biology
Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,404
3,731
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
IBD
Immunobiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,403
9,693
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,345
5,091
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Open Source Innovation
Lead User Innovation
Product Development
Open Source Innovation
Frugal Innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,204
5,484
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,835
6,241
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,740
8,011
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Biotechnology
Bioeconomy
Microbiology
Biocatalysis
Extremophiles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,652
3,404
0.217
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,621
1,370
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Aepfelbacher, M.
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,290
12,171
0.501
Cellular and Molecular Microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,146
1,393
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Udo Schumacher
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,014
7,630
0.318
Cancer Resaerch
Metastasis research
glycobiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,259
1,400
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Gerhard Adam
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,960
7,502
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,456
1,457
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Dirk Westermann
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,348
13,598
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,496
1,464
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Petra Arck
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,327
7,797
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,275
1,531
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Jan Recker
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,479
10,989
0.489
Information Systems
Digital Innovation
Green IS
Conceptual Modeling
Business Process Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,146
1,601
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Stefan Voß
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,679
7,665
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,240
1,698
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Detlef Stammer
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,867
7,148
0.343
Physical oceanography and climate research
remote sensing
data assimilation
climate modeling.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,227
1,772
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
An Ping Zeng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,128
5,366
0.267
Synthetic Biology
Biochemical and Biological Engineering
Biomaterials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,099
1,810
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Daniel Wilson
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,820
8,701
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,412
1,823
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Matthias Rarey
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,707
7,431
0.377
Cheminformatics
Structure-Based Molecular Design
Computing in Chemistry and Biology
Algorithms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,877
1,844
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Claus C. Hilgetag
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,542
6,756
0.346
Neuroinformatics
Computational Neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,266
2,082
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Stefan Kurtz
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,939
6,224
0.347
Computer science
bioinformatics
genome informatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,538
2,097
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Gernot Grabher
HafenCity Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,860
2,990
0.167
Platforms
experiments
creativity
marginality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,236
2,176
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Friedrich Koch-Nolte
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,411
7,650
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,612
2,197
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Thorsten Burmester
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,314
3,622
0.209
Animal physiology
Adaptive genomics
Animal phylogeny
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,376
2,231
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Gabriele Kaiser
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,111
9,919
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,479
2,337
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Boris Fehse
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,612
5,549
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,433
2,382
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Dietmar Kuhl
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,404
3,731
0.227
Neuroscience
Cell Biology
Molecular Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,435
2,383
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Samuel Huber
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,403
9,693
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,687
2,393
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Jörg Weissmüller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,345
5,091
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,360
2,425
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Cornelius Herstatt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,204
5,484
0.338
Open Source Innovation
Lead User Innovation
Product Development
Open Source Innovation
Frugal Innovation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,003
2,483
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Guido Nolte
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,835
6,241
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,428
2,499
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Levente Kriston
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,740
8,011
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,864
2,517
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Garabed Antranikian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,652
3,404
0.217
Biotechnology
Bioeconomy
Microbiology
Biocatalysis
Extremophiles