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Technische Universität Dortmund 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 IndexUniversities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025

* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :76
Germany
Rasmus Linser
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,663
1,376
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :77
Germany
Hannes Mutschler
Synthetic biology
Nucleic Acid Catalysis
Origin of Life
Cell-free biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,598
1,747
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :78
Germany
Heinrich Tröster
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,556
866
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :79
Germany
Dominik Göddeke
Applied Mathematics
Computational Science and Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,512
658
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :80
Germany
Sarah Weigelt
Vision
Neuroscience
Psychology
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Rehabilitation Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,476
1,477
0.597
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :81
Germany
Jakob Richter
Statistik
Machine Learning
Black-Box Optimization
Hyperparameter Optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,450
2,194
0.896
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :82
Germany
Anna Südkamp
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,370
1,590
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :83
Germany
Wolfram F Richter
Taxation
Social Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,258
322
0.143
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :84
Germany
Stephan Schneider
Laser Material Processing
Semiconductor Laser
Micro-optics
Diffractive Optics
Quantum Dots
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,219
251
0.113
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :85
Germany
Johannes Fischer
data structures
string algorithms
data compression
algorithm engineering
parallel algorithms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,193
780
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :86
Germany
Joachim Stolze
Theoretical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,185
567
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :87
Germany
Christian Meyer
Optimal Control of Partial Differential Equations and Variational Inequalities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,179
709
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :88
Germany
Bettina Blaesing
dance
cognition
motor action
perception
memory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,133
1,030
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :89
Germany
Armin Lühr
Medical Physics
Particle Therapy
Radiobiology Modeling
Atomic Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,107
1,450
0.688
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :90
Germany
Yuanhui Ji
Dissolution of pharmaceuticals and amorphous formulations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,100
1,668
0.794
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :91
Germany
Jingfu Zhang
Quantum Information Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,076
836
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :92
Germany
Falko Bause
Performance Analysis
Stochastic Petri Nets
Markov Processes
Computer Networks
Logistic Networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,072
216
0.104
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :93
Germany
Rolf Wichmann
Biochemical Engineering
Enzym Reaction Engineering
Downstream Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,062
523
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :94
Germany
Alexey Scherbakov
Solid state physics
picosecond ultrasonics
ultrafast spectroscopy
spintronics
semiconductors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,059
912
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :95
Germany
Norbert Steinmetz
Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,048
408
0.199
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :96
Germany
Ben Schweizer
Partial Differential Equations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,030
909
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :97
Germany
Axel Groenemeyer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,998
619
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :98
Germany
Fang Jing Wu
Participatory Sensing
Wireless Sensor Networks
Wireless Communications
Data Analytics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,967
668
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :99
Germany
Matthias P Müller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,923
1,255
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :100
Germany
Anke Heyder
educational psychology
development
inclusive education
teacher beliefs
gender
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,796
1,599
0.890
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
346,912
Germany
13,231
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 76
Rasmus Linser
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,663
1,376
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
353,748
Germany
13,431
77
Ranking Based On Selection: 77
Hannes Mutschler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,598
1,747
0.672
Synthetic biology
Nucleic Acid Catalysis
Origin of Life
Cell-free biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
358,366
Germany
13,573
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 78
Heinrich Tröster
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,556
866
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
363,204
Germany
13,729
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 79
Dominik Göddeke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,512
658
0.262
Applied Mathematics
Computational Science and Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
367,274
Germany
13,851
80
Ranking Based On Selection: 80
Sarah Weigelt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,476
1,477
0.597
Vision
Neuroscience
Psychology
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Rehabilitation Sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
370,119
Germany
13,939
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 81
Jakob Richter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,450
2,194
0.896
Statistik
Machine Learning
Black-Box Optimization
Hyperparameter Optimization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
379,729
Germany
14,239
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 82
Anna Südkamp
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,370
1,590
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
393,969
Germany
14,710
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 83
Wolfram F Richter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,258
322
0.143
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
399,084
Germany
14,884
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 84
Stephan Schneider
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,219
251
0.113
Laser Material Processing
Semiconductor Laser
Micro-optics
Diffractive Optics
Quantum Dots
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
402,537
Germany
14,983
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 85
Johannes Fischer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,193
780
0.356
data structures
string algorithms
data compression
algorithm engineering
parallel algorithms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
403,687
Germany
15,022
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 86
Joachim Stolze
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,185
567
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
404,474
Germany
15,051
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 87
Christian Meyer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,179
709
0.325
Optimal Control of Partial Differential Equations and Variational Inequalities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
410,762
Germany
15,263
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 88
Bettina Blaesing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,133
1,030
0.483
dance
cognition
motor action
perception
memory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
414,402
Germany
15,388
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 89
Armin Lühr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,107
1,450
0.688
Medical Physics
Particle Therapy
Radiobiology Modeling
Atomic Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
415,367
Germany
15,420
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 90
Yuanhui Ji
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,100
1,668
0.794
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
419,001
Germany
15,532
91
Ranking Based On Selection: 91
Jingfu Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,076
836
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
419,626
Germany
15,553
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 92
Falko Bause
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,072
216
0.104
Performance Analysis
Stochastic Petri Nets
Markov Processes
Computer Networks
Logistic Networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
421,138
Germany
15,591
93
Ranking Based On Selection: 93
Rolf Wichmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,062
523
0.254
Biochemical Engineering
Enzym Reaction Engineering
Downstream Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
421,536
Germany
15,600
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 94
Alexey Scherbakov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,059
912
0.443
Solid state physics
picosecond ultrasonics
ultrafast spectroscopy
spintronics
semiconductors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
423,271
Germany
15,646
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 95
Norbert Steinmetz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,048
408
0.199
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
426,037
Germany
15,723
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 96
Ben Schweizer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,030
909
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
431,059
Germany
15,882
97
Ranking Based On Selection: 97
Axel Groenemeyer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,998
619
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
435,876
Germany
16,029
98
Ranking Based On Selection: 98
Fang Jing Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,967
668
0.340
Participatory Sensing
Wireless Sensor Networks
Wireless Communications
Data Analytics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
442,883
Germany
16,234
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 99
Matthias P Müller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,923
1,255
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
464,633
Germany
16,894
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 100
Anke Heyder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,796
1,599
0.890
educational psychology
development
inclusive education
teacher beliefs
gender