Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Christian Albrechts Universität zu Kiel Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :51
secondary plant metabolites
physiology
biochemistry
animal and human nutrition
diabetes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,191
3,563
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :52
Geology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,058
4,166
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :53
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,963
3,552
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
Databases
Data Mining
EScience
Clustering
High dimensional data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,844
4,098
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :55
Nanocomposites
Surface Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,743
4,574
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :56
Software Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,480
3,919
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :57
Innovation Management
Entrepreneurship
Technology Transfer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,671
2,799
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :58
lymphoma
leukemia
hematology
microbiology
molecular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,532
6,194
0.650
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
Space Sciences
Radiation Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,251
4,624
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
Neurologie
Bewegungsstörungen
Multiple Sklerose
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,231
4,038
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
economic geography
old industrial regions
regional resilience
regional innovation policy
clusters
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,069
4,663
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :62
Genetische Epidemiologie
Medizinische Statistik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,055
4,464
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,924
4,007
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :64
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,916
5,412
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :65
Microbiome
Metagenome
Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,685
8,358
0.962
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :66
grassland ecology
dairy systems
nitrogen cycling
ecological intensification
organic agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,463
4,193
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :67
Transitions in the educational system
National and international large-scale educational assessment
Structural Equation Modeling
Item Response Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,262
4,482
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :68
Quantum Materials
Electronic Structure
Ultrafast Dynamics
Photoelectron Spectroscopy
Synchrotron/FEL Radiation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,100
4,922
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :69
zeitaufgelöste Photoemission
Ultrakurzzeitdynamik
Plasmonik
korrelierte Materialien
Oberflächenphysik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,037
2,669
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :70
Evolutionary Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,028
3,718
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :71
Algorithms
Data Structures
Parallel Computing
Scheduling
Graph Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,017
2,713
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :72
lymphomas
cutaneous lymphomas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,756
4,773
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,594
3,269
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
silicon solar cells
phonons
ab-initio calculations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,450
2,280
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :75
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,250
4,991
0.688
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,850
3,679
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Siegfried Wolffram
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,191
3,563
0.318
secondary plant metabolites
physiology
biochemistry
animal and human nutrition
diabetes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,048
3,738
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Wolfgang Kuhnt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,058
4,166
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,993
3,778
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Friedrich Fuchs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,963
3,552
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,124
3,821
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Peer Kröger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,844
4,098
0.378
Databases
Data Mining
EScience
Clustering
High dimensional data
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,095
3,867
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Thomas Strunskus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,743
4,574
0.426
Nanocomposites
Surface Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,711
3,977
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Wilhelm Hasselbring
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,480
3,919
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,479
4,352
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Achim Walter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,671
2,799
0.289
Innovation Management
Entrepreneurship
Technology Transfer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
101,081
4,421
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Monika Szczepanowski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,532
6,194
0.650
lymphoma
leukemia
hematology
microbiology
molecular biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,599
4,556
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Jan Köhler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,251
4,624
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,858
4,570
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Jan Raethjen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,231
4,038
0.437
Neurologie
Bewegungsstörungen
Multiple Sklerose
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,001
4,659
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Robert Hassink
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,069
4,663
0.514
economic geography
old industrial regions
regional resilience
regional innovation policy
clusters
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,185
4,669
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Astrid Dempfle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,055
4,464
0.493
Genetische Epidemiologie
Medizinische Statistik
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,978
4,746
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Bernd Heber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,924
4,007
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,090
4,749
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Ann Holbourn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,916
5,412
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,381
4,879
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Malte Christoph Rühlemann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,685
8,358
0.962
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,780
5,008
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Friedhelm Taube
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,463
4,193
0.495
grassland ecology
dairy systems
nitrogen cycling
ecological intensification
organic agriculture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,925
5,127
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Gabriel Nagy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,262
4,482
0.542
Transitions in the educational system
National and international large-scale educational assessment
Structural Equation Modeling
Item Response Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
121,529
5,223
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Kai Rossnagel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,100
4,922
0.608
Quantum Materials
Electronic Structure
Ultrafast Dynamics
Photoelectron Spectroscopy
Synchrotron/FEL Radiation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,543
5,270
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Michael Bauer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,037
2,669
0.332
zeitaufgelöste Photoemission
Ultrakurzzeitdynamik
Plasmonik
korrelierte Materialien
Oberflächenphysik
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,704
5,278
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Tal Dagan
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,028
3,718
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,907
5,287
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Klaus Jansen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,017
2,713
0.338
Algorithms
Data Structures
Parallel Computing
Scheduling
Graph Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
127,530
5,450
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Ilske Oschlies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,756
4,773
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
130,589
5,566
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Matthias Peipp
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,594
3,269
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
133,281
5,673
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Jan Martin Wagner
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,450
2,280
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
137,193
5,831
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Sandra Freitag Wolf
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,250
4,991
0.688