Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Freie Universität Berlin Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: Scientists Last 6 years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :51
Biophysics
biomembranes
membrane proteins
vibrational spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,831
4,691
0.366
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :52
Ion mobility-mass spectrometry
gas-phase spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,663
4,632
0.695
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :53
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,692
4,619
0.477
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,684
4,577
0.473
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :55
RNA-Protein Complexes
Pre-mRNA Splicing
Post-Transcriptional Gene Regulation
Structural Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,197
4,513
0.342
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :56
island biology
urban ecology
biogeography
evolutionary ecology
global change biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,519
4,461
0.808
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :57
Arbuscular mycorrhiza
Forest Ecology
Community Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,922
4,346
0.734
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :58
Geophysics
Seismology
Rock Physics
Exploration Geophysics
Induced Seismicity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,780
4,257
0.361
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
microbial redox-signalling
redox biology
bacillithiol
mycothiol
post-translational thiol-modifications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,953
4,223
0.353
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
Organic Chemistry
Nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,467
4,166
0.644
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
Cognitive Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,189
4,130
0.449
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :62
Geology
Mineralogy
Petrology
Geochemistry
Geophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,337
4,108
0.560
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,234
4,048
0.773
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :64
Software engineering
empirical software engineering
agile methods
pair programming
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,462
4,041
0.353
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :65
Linguistics
Corpus Linguistics
Cognitive Linguistics
Construction Grammar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,464
3,982
0.421
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :66
AI
Cybersecurity
Machine Learning
Information Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,055
3,976
0.564
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :67
Signaltransduction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,350
3,956
0.320
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :68
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,860
3,901
0.496
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :69
quantum dynamics
quantum control
molecular physics
open quantum systems
quantum information sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,433
3,833
0.596
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :70
environmental politics
digital governance
China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,711
3,746
0.795
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :71
Organic Synthesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,847
3,735
0.252
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :72
Philosophie der Medien
Erkenntnistheorie
Digitalisierung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,046
3,621
0.360
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
Teoria literaria
Walter Benjamin
F. Schlegel
representações da violência nas artes visuais e performance
teor testemunhal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,981
3,582
0.399
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,695
3,491
0.521
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :75
Peptide engineering
Fluorinated peptides and proteins
Phage display
Amyloids
Peptide drugs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,020
3,407
0.425
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95,763
4,173
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Joachim Heberle
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,831
4,691
0.366
Biophysics
biomembranes
membrane proteins
vibrational spectroscopy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,318
4,230
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Kevin Pagel
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,663
4,632
0.695
Ion mobility-mass spectrometry
gas-phase spectroscopy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,649
4,247
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Nina Knoll
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,692
4,619
0.477
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,751
4,280
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Hafez Mohamed Hafez
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,684
4,577
0.473
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,537
4,339
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Markus Wahl
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,197
4,513
0.342
RNA-Protein Complexes
Pre-mRNA Splicing
Post-Transcriptional Gene Regulation
Structural Biology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
102,049
4,401
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Yuval Itescu
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,519
4,461
0.808
island biology
urban ecology
biogeography
evolutionary ecology
global change biology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,453
4,536
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Stavros D Veresoglou
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,922
4,346
0.734
Arbuscular mycorrhiza
Forest Ecology
Community Ecology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,163
4,638
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Serge A Shapiro
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,780
4,257
0.361
Geophysics
Seismology
Rock Physics
Exploration Geophysics
Induced Seismicity
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,233
4,685
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Haike Antelmann
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,953
4,223
0.353
microbial redox-signalling
redox biology
bacillithiol
mycothiol
post-translational thiol-modifications
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,130
4,772
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Siegfried Eigler
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,467
4,166
0.644
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,288
4,807
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Felix Blankenburg
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,189
4,130
0.449
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,950
4,839
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Timm John
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,337
4,108
0.560
Geology
Mineralogy
Petrology
Geochemistry
Geophysics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,944
4,927
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Hao Wu
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,234
4,048
0.773
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,191
4,940
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Lutz Prechelt
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,462
4,041
0.353
Software engineering
empirical software engineering
agile methods
pair programming
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,223
5,029
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Anatol Stefanowitsch
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,464
3,982
0.421
Linguistics
Corpus Linguistics
Cognitive Linguistics
Construction Grammar
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,442
5,042
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Gerhard Wunder
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,055
3,976
0.564
AI
Cybersecurity
Machine Learning
Information Theory
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,149
5,080
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Petra Knaus
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,350
3,956
0.320
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120,120
5,149
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Ivelina Zaharieva
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,860
3,901
0.496
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,673
5,247
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Christiane Koch
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,433
3,833
0.596
quantum dynamics
quantum control
molecular physics
open quantum systems
quantum information sciences
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
126,177
5,393
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Genia Kostka
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,711
3,746
0.795
environmental politics
digital governance
China
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
126,590
5,407
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Hans Ulrich Reissig
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,847
3,735
0.252
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
131,265
5,593
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Sybille Krämer
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,046
3,621
0.360
Philosophie der Medien
Erkenntnistheorie
Digitalisierung
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
132,936
5,655
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Márcio Seligmann-Silva
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,981
3,582
0.399
Teoria literaria
Walter Benjamin
F. Schlegel
representações da violência nas artes visuais e performance
teor testemunhal
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,975
5,832
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Björn Waske
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,695
3,491
0.521
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
140,946
5,985
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Beate Koksch
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,020
3,407
0.425
Peptide engineering
Fluorinated peptides and proteins
Phage display
Amyloids
Peptide drugs