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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 67 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
18
0.254
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Strafrecht
Strafprozessrecht
EMRK
Verfassungsrech
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
59
0.983
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Social and political philosophy
critical theory
pragmatism
democratic theory
recognitio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
52
0.897
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Health Economics
Health Polic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
45
0.900
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Comparative-Historical Sociology
Economic Sociology
Organizations
Social Networks
Sociologica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
32
0.762
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
41
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Sociological Theory
Systems Theory
Diplomacy
Imitation
Digital Humanitie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
38
0.950
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
34
0.895
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Sociology
methodology
pragmatis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
34
1.000
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Sociology of media and communication
Visual sociology
Qualitative Social Researc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
25
0.806
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Staatsrecht
Verwaltungsrecht
Gesundheitsrech
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
26
0.963
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Early modern history
medieval history
global history
slavery
empire and colonialis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
22
0.846
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Private international la
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
20
0.870
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
History of the USA
History of Italy
Visual Histor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
15
0.789
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
philosophy of mind
philosophy of language
concepts
conceptual engineering
intuitio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
12
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
law of new technologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,884,657
18,689
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Christoph Gorgas
Universität Luzern
Luzern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
18
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,952,604
19,027
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Thierry Urwyler
Universität Luzern
Luzern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
59
0.983
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,967,839
19,105
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Michael Ivo Räber
Universität Luzern
Luzern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
52
0.897
Social and political philosophy
critical theory
pragmatism
democratic theory
recognitio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,026,326
19,350
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Dominik Wettstein
Universität Luzern
Luzern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
45
0.900
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,088,852
19,582
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Bernd Wurpts
Universität Luzern
Luzern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
32
0.762
Comparative-Historical Sociology
Economic Sociology
Organizations
Social Networks
Sociologica
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,092,558
19,591
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Zaira Zihlmann
Universität Luzern
Luzern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
41
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,103,699
19,639
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Ramy Youssef
Universität Luzern
Luzern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
38
0.950
Sociological Theory
Systems Theory
Diplomacy
Imitation
Digital Humanitie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,121,504
19,698
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Samuel Lordemus
Universität Luzern
Luzern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
34
0.895
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,155,207
19,821
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Guy Schwegler
Universität Luzern
Luzern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
34
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,186,724
19,925
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Sebastian W Hoggenmüller
Universität Luzern
Luzern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
25
0.806
Sociology of media and communication
Visual sociology
Qualitative Social Researc
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,225,091
20,056
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Dario Picecchi
Universität Luzern
Luzern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
26
0.963
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,237,878
20,084
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Daniel S Allemann
Universität Luzern
Luzern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
22
0.846
Early modern history
medieval history
global history
slavery
empire and colonialis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,270,994
20,186
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Agatha Brandão De Oliveira
Universität Luzern
Luzern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
20
0.870
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,318,941
20,324
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Aram Mattioli
Universität Luzern
Luzern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
15
0.789
History of the USA
History of Italy
Visual Histor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,352,015
20,411
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Elias Steiner
Universität Luzern
Luzern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,405,034
20,525
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Cyrill Mamin
Universität Luzern
Luzern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
12
1.000
philosophy of mind
philosophy of language
concepts
conceptual engineering
intuitio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,551,955
20,805
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Rüya Tuna Toparlak
Universität Luzern
Luzern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000