Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Universität Zürich Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
Internet skills
digital inequality
digital literacy
digital divide
older adults
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,870
18,721
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
plant physiology
membrane transport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,855
17,005
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Sleep
circadian rhythms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,806
9,654
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,188
7,672
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
personality
assessment
positive psychology
humor
character strengths
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,486
19,313
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Adhesive Dentistry
Dental Biomaterials
Prosthodontics
Reconstructive Dentistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,134
23,536
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,266
23,711
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Plant immunity
signaling
receptor kinases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,981
20,675
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
epigenetics
apomixis
plant science
development
reproduction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,521
12,173
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
astrophysics
cosmology
theoretical physics
computational science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,238
9,270
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Bioinformatics
Evolutionary Biology
Systems Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,937
20,189
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,905
15,730
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,553
13,201
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Nutrition
lifestyle
chronic diseases
cancer risk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,503
18,550
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Molecular Biology
Cell Communication
Oncogenesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,906
10,458
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Parasitologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,345
13,265
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Stress
Psychoneuroendocrinology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,324
13,660
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,670
14,066
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Theoretical physics
Flavour Physics
Beyond the Standard Model
Effective field theories
Theoretical particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,553
11,653
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Neuroscience
Brain Research
Neural Networks
Neural Circuits
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,088
13,555
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Glaciology
High Mountains
Climate Change
Geomorphology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,026
9,734
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Genome evolution
bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,811
16,995
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,330
7,837
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Computational Astrophysics
High Performance Computing
Cosmology
Galaxy Formation
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,560
14,547
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Molecular dynamics
drug design
epitranscriptomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,231
11,315
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,189
239
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Eszter Hargittai
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,870
18,721
0.447
Internet skills
digital inequality
digital literacy
digital divide
older adults
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,193
240
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Enrico Martinoia
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,855
17,005
0.406
plant physiology
membrane transport
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,735
247
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Alexander Borbély
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,806
9,654
0.237
Sleep
circadian rhythms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,074
252
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Jean-Marc Fritschy
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,188
7,672
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,487
258
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Willibald Ruch
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,486
19,313
0.489
personality
assessment
positive psychology
humor
character strengths
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,694
264
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Mutlu Özcan
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,134
23,536
0.601
Adhesive Dentistry
Dental Biomaterials
Prosthodontics
Reconstructive Dentistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,229
277
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Liam O Mahony
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,266
23,711
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,396
279
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Cyril Zipfel
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,981
20,675
0.544
Plant immunity
signaling
receptor kinases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,677
287
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Ueli Grossniklaus
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,521
12,173
0.324
epigenetics
apomixis
plant science
development
reproduction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,880
290
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Ben Moore
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,238
9,270
0.249
astrophysics
cosmology
theoretical physics
computational science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,801
297
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Alexander Roth
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,937
20,189
0.562
Bioinformatics
Evolutionary Biology
Systems Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,828
299
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Thomas Attin
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,905
15,730
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,082
305
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Leo Eberl
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,553
13,201
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,119
306
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Sabine Rohrmann
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,503
18,550
0.522
Nutrition
lifestyle
chronic diseases
cancer risk
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,592
319
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Konrad Basler
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,906
10,458
0.300
Molecular Biology
Cell Communication
Oncogenesis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,041
325
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Peter Deplazes
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,345
13,265
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,059
327
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Ulrike Ehlert
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,324
13,660
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,574
341
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Massimiliano Grazzini
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,670
14,066
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,687
345
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Gino Isidori
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,553
11,653
0.347
Theoretical physics
Flavour Physics
Beyond the Standard Model
Effective field theories
Theoretical particle physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,069
354
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Fritjof Helmchen
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,088
13,555
0.410
Neuroscience
Brain Research
Neural Networks
Neural Circuits
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,126
355
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Wilfried Haeberli
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,026
9,734
0.295
Glaciology
High Mountains
Climate Change
Geomorphology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,332
368
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Wicker Thomas
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,811
16,995
0.534
Genome evolution
bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,843
374
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Dietrich Lehmann
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,330
7,837
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,597
391
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Romain Teyssier
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,560
14,547
0.476
Computational Astrophysics
High Performance Computing
Cosmology
Galaxy Formation
Astrophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,973
400
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Amedeo Caflisch
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,231
11,315
0.374
Molecular dynamics
drug design
epitranscriptomics