Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 1.328 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
Neurodegenerative diseases
Huntington disease
polyglutamine disease
neuroscience
cancer genetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,023
9,469
0.430
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Präklinische Bildgebung und Radiopharmazi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,825
6,872
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
geology
micropaleontology
paleoceanography
protistolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,530
4,600
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Host-Pathogen Interactions
Structural Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,364
5,786
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
cGMP signaling
biochemistry
physiology
pharmacology
bioimagin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,908
5,485
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,897
6,595
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Machine Learning
Optimization
Statistic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,208
15,065
0.745
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Responsible Data Science
Responsible AI
Explainable Machine Learning
Algorithmic Accountabilit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,947
13,292
0.666
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Magnetoencephalography
Somatosensory system
Motor syste
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,066
6,065
0.318
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Neurooncology
Nerve Regeneration
Neurorobotics
Neuroprosthetics
Neurosurger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,819
7,310
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,563
9,590
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Biology Education
Chronobiology
Ornithology
Human Dimensions
Conservation Social Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,170
9,060
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Mikrobiologie
Infektiologie
Antibiotika
Resistenzmechanismen
Mikrobiot
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,956
4,421
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Robotik
Bioinformatik
Maschinelles Lernen
Künstliche Intelligenz
Bildverarbeitun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,057
5,181
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
High Energy Astrophysiks
X-ray Astronomy
Gamma-ray Astronom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,600
3,660
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Soil Science
Extreme Environments
Geomorphology
Geoecology
Soil Erosio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,897
11,426
0.676
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
psychophysics
vision
visual perception
human visio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,679
10,033
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
machine learning
computer visio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,874
15,767
0.934
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
human genetics
molecular genomics
sequencing technologies
diagnostic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,435
10,617
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Virus
Tumor virus
Molecular Virolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,150
4,760
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
myopi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,103
5,340
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Computational Neuroscience
Data Science
Machine Learning
Digital Medicine
Medical A
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,993
10,672
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Oncology
Toxicology
Chemical Carcinogenesi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,965
4,687
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Human Evolution
Paleoanthropolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,024
8,494
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Stroke
Neurocritical Car
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,087
12,135
0.754
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,113
1,659
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Huu Phuc Nguyen *
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,023
9,469
0.430
Neurodegenerative diseases
Huntington disease
polyglutamine disease
neuroscience
cancer genetic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,279
1,784
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Bernd Pichler
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,825
6,872
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,079
1,817
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
CH Hemleben
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,530
4,600
0.224
geology
micropaleontology
paleoceanography
protistolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,545
1,840
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Thilo Stehle
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,364
5,786
0.284
Host-Pathogen Interactions
Structural Biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,848
1,898
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Robert Feil
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,908
5,485
0.276
cGMP signaling
biochemistry
physiology
pharmacology
bioimagin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,882
1,899
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Jan Wehkamp
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,897
6,595
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,012
1,860
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Matthias Hein
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,208
15,065
0.745
Machine Learning
Optimization
Statistic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,727
1,889
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Gjergji Kasneci
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,947
13,292
0.666
Responsible Data Science
Responsible AI
Explainable Machine Learning
Algorithmic Accountabilit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,526
2,011
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Christoph Braun
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,066
6,065
0.318
Magnetoencephalography
Somatosensory system
Motor syste
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,367
2,056
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Marcos Tatagiba
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,819
7,310
0.388
Neurooncology
Nerve Regeneration
Neurorobotics
Neuroprosthetics
Neurosurger
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,273
2,092
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Olga Garaschuk
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,563
9,590
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,695
2,144
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Christoph Randler
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,170
9,060
0.499
Biology Education
Chronobiology
Ornithology
Human Dimensions
Conservation Social Scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,508
2,190
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Ingo Birger Autenrieth
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,956
4,421
0.246
Mikrobiologie
Infektiologie
Antibiotika
Resistenzmechanismen
Mikrobiot
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,126
2,172
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Andreas Zell
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,057
5,181
0.287
Robotik
Bioinformatik
Maschinelles Lernen
Künstliche Intelligenz
Bildverarbeitun
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,848
2,257
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Rüdiger Staubert
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,600
3,660
0.208
High Energy Astrophysiks
X-ray Astronomy
Gamma-ray Astronom
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,769
2,402
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Thomas Scholten
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,897
11,426
0.676
Soil Science
Extreme Environments
Geomorphology
Geoecology
Soil Erosio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,773
2,442
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Felix Wichmann
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,679
10,033
0.602
psychophysics
vision
visual perception
human visio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,888
2,409
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Wieland Brendel
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,874
15,767
0.934
machine learning
computer visio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,845
2,483
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Tobias B Haack
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,435
10,617
0.646
human genetics
molecular genomics
sequencing technologies
diagnostic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,156
2,544
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Thomas Iftner
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,150
4,760
0.295
Virus
Tumor virus
Molecular Virolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,367
2,556
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Schaeffel F
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,103
5,340
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,957
2,584
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Philipp Berens
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,993
10,672
0.667
Computational Neuroscience
Data Science
Machine Learning
Digital Medicine
Medical A
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,091
2,592
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Michael Schwarz
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,965
4,687
0.294
Oncology
Toxicology
Chemical Carcinogenesi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,792
2,575
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Katerina Harvati
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,024
8,494
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,461
2,562
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Sven Poli
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,087
12,135
0.754