Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 2.990 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
Renal Pathology
Lym phatic vessels
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,479
8,551
0.217
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Soil Biology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Ecosystem Ecology
Microbial Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,878
21,609
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Neuropathology
Neurodegeneration
Prion diseases
Neuroviral diseases
Neurovirology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,841
7,584
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Medical Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,819
9,420
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,608
6,353
0.165
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Microwave remote sensing
soil moisture
lidar remote sensing
big data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,226
16,901
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,633
7,770
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
R
statistical computing
biostatistics
cluster analysis
reproducible research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,411
11,638
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Density Functional Theory
Boltzmann Transport Equation
Energy Materials
Oxide Surfaces
Machine-Learned Force Fields
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,403
15,880
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
phylogenetic methods
evolutionary trees
phylogenetics
method development
ML methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,310
28,502
0.785
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Bioacoustics
Cognitive Evolution
Bio-Musicology
Evolution of Language
Bio-Aesthetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,393
11,433
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
GABAA receptor subtypes
structure
function
distribution
pharmacology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,300
5,183
0.151
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
land system research
social ecology
human ecology
land use and land cover
long-term socio-ecological research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,774
17,954
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,714
14,132
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Genomics
Systems Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,683
18,365
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Computational Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,457
33,254
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
microbial oceanography
ocean biogeochemistry
biological oceanography
aquatic microbial ecology
marine microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,923
10,508
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
mycotoxins
LC-MS
analytical chemistry
food safety
sensor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,789
13,623
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Biomedical Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,775
6,152
0.188
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Theoretische Chemie und Evolutionstheorie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,328
3,605
0.112
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,295
11,540
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,795
9,448
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Drosophila
natural selection
experimental evolution
adaptation to novel environments
polygenic adaptation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,179
7,961
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Polymer Materials
Composite Interfaces
Macroporous Polymers
(renewable) Nanocomposites
Polymers for Oil & Gas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,021
12,838
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Quantum Physics
Quantum Technology
quantum many-body systems
nonequilibrium dynamics
Atom Chips
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,965
9,254
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,036
69
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Dontscho Kerjaschki
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,479
8,551
0.217
Renal Pathology
Lym phatic vessels
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,387
70
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Andreas Richter
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,878
21,609
0.556
Soil Biology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Ecosystem Ecology
Microbial Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,411
71
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Herbert Budka
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,841
7,584
0.195
Neuropathology
Neurodegeneration
Prion diseases
Neuroviral diseases
Neurovirology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,425
72
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Daniela Dunkler
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,819
9,420
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,549
73
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Georg Stingl
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,608
6,353
0.165
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,811
74
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Wolfgang Wagner
Technische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,226
16,901
0.442
Microwave remote sensing
soil moisture
lidar remote sensing
big data
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,224
75
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Gerald Maurer
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,633
7,770
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,355
77
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Friedrich Leisch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,411
11,638
0.311
R
statistical computing
biostatistics
cluster analysis
reproducible research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,360
78
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Georg KH Madsen
Technische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,403
15,880
0.425
Density Functional Theory
Boltzmann Transport Equation
Energy Materials
Oxide Surfaces
Machine-Learned Force Fields
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,129
83
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Heiko A Schmidt
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,310
28,502
0.785
phylogenetic methods
evolutionary trees
phylogenetics
method development
ML methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,845
86
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
W Tecumseh Fitch
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,393
11,433
0.323
Bioacoustics
Cognitive Evolution
Bio-Musicology
Evolution of Language
Bio-Aesthetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,700
89
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Werner Sieghart
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,300
5,183
0.151
GABAA receptor subtypes
structure
function
distribution
pharmacology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,149
90
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Karl Heinz Erb
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,774
17,954
0.532
land system research
social ecology
human ecology
land use and land cover
long-term socio-ecological research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,205
91
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Markus Aspelmeyer
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,714
14,132
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,238
92
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Thomas Rattei
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,683
18,365
0.545
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Genomics
Systems Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,430
94
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Roman Feldbauer
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,457
33,254
0.994
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Computational Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,927
95
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Gerhard J Herndl
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,923
10,508
0.319
microbial oceanography
ocean biogeochemistry
biological oceanography
aquatic microbial ecology
marine microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,055
96
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Rudolf Krska
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,789
13,623
0.415
mycotoxins
LC-MS
analytical chemistry
food safety
sensor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,073
97
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Christoph Hitzenberger
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,775
6,152
0.188
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,517
99
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Peter Schuster
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,328
3,605
0.112
Theoretische Chemie und Evolutionstheorie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,546
100
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Siegfried Trattnig
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,295
11,540
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,051
103
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Guenther Steger
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,795
9,448
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,689
104
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Christian Schlötterer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,179
7,961
0.255
Drosophila
natural selection
experimental evolution
adaptation to novel environments
polygenic adaptation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,854
105
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Alexander Bismarck
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,021
12,838
0.414
Polymer Materials
Composite Interfaces
Macroporous Polymers
(renewable) Nanocomposites
Polymers for Oil & Gas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,909
107
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Joerg Schmiedmayer
Technische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,965
9,254
0.299
Quantum Physics
Quantum Technology
quantum many-body systems
nonequilibrium dynamics
Atom Chips