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Freie Universität Berlin Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) 2025

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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :826
Germany
Wolfgang Gerhard Thiele
Japan Studies
Taiwan Studies
Global History
Colonialism
De-Colonization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :827
Germany
Friedemann Trutzenberg
Justice Beliefs
Attitudes
Cosmopolitanism / Global Citizenship
Spirituality
Autism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :828
Germany
Friederike Kühn
Informationskompetenz
Informations- und Wissensmanagement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :829
Germany
Jingwei Wu
Computer-mediated Communication
Internet and Privacy
Political Communication
Empirical Research Methods
Intercultural Commun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
3
0.214
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :830
Germany
Waiswa Waanaseti|Waiswa E. Flavian
Early Childhood Education
Reading development
Home Literacy Environment
Young people
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :831
Germany
Julie Larran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :832
Germany
Buğrahan Fertellioğlu
Legal Philosophy
Political Philosophy
Constitutional Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :833
Germany
Dimitris Saraidaris
Quantum Information theory
Quantum Gravity
Many-body physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :834
Germany
Henrik Discher
Variational pragmatics
Variational linguistics
Semantics and pragmatics
Sociolinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :835
Germany
Cătălin Buzoianu
welfare state
integration policies
state theory
migration
labour studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
2
0.182
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :836
Germany
Felipe Hernández Crespo
ecología política
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
2
0.333
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :837
Germany
Lisa Trujillo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :838
Germany
Yusef Saadat
Iranian Studies
Pahlavi Language
Middle Persian
Etymology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :839
Germany
Vinothkumar Mohanakrishnan
Condensed matter
Soft matter
Phase transitions
Janus Colloids
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
1
0.167
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :840
Germany
Martín Azar
cognitive linguistics
digital humanities
language technologies
literature
philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
1
0.250
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :841
Germany
Bárbara Maria Farias Mota
digital democracy
cyberculture
cyberactivism
hacktivism
fake news and disinformation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
1
0.333
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :842
Germany
Mihnea Chiujdea
Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
1
0.500
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :843
Germany
Ana Johari Mejía
History of art
Industrial heritage
Architecture
Coffee Farms in Mexico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :844
Germany
Yannic Vitz
Moral and Political Philosophy/Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :845
Germany
Carina Dirkes
International Political Economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :846
Germany
Yan Li
regional development
regional planning
governance and planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
0
0.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :847
Germany
Despoina Glarou
International Law
Management
CSR
International Marketing
SHRM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
0
0.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,269,929
Germany
66,050
825
Ranking Based On Selection: 826
Wolfgang Gerhard Thiele
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
Japan Studies
Taiwan Studies
Global History
Colonialism
De-Colonization
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,269,929
Germany
66,050
825
Ranking Based On Selection: 827
Friedemann Trutzenberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
Justice Beliefs
Attitudes
Cosmopolitanism / Global Citizenship
Spirituality
Autism
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,269,929
Germany
66,050
825
Ranking Based On Selection: 828
Friederike Kühn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
Informationskompetenz
Informations- und Wissensmanagement
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,286,091
Germany
66,257
829
Ranking Based On Selection: 829
Jingwei Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
3
0.214
Computer-mediated Communication
Internet and Privacy
Political Communication
Empirical Research Methods
Intercultural Commun
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,294,811
Germany
66,332
830
Ranking Based On Selection: 830
Waiswa Waanaseti|Waiswa E. Flavian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
Early Childhood Education
Reading development
Home Literacy Environment
Young people
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,294,811
Germany
66,332
830
Ranking Based On Selection: 831
Julie Larran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,294,811
Germany
66,332
830
Ranking Based On Selection: 832
Buğrahan Fertellioğlu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
Legal Philosophy
Political Philosophy
Constitutional Theory
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,294,811
Germany
66,332
830
Ranking Based On Selection: 833
Dimitris Saraidaris
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
Quantum Information theory
Quantum Gravity
Many-body physics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,294,811
Germany
66,332
830
Ranking Based On Selection: 834
Henrik Discher
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
Variational pragmatics
Variational linguistics
Semantics and pragmatics
Sociolinguistics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,315,525
Germany
66,556
835
Ranking Based On Selection: 835
Cătălin Buzoianu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
2
0.182
welfare state
integration policies
state theory
migration
labour studies
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,317,516
Germany
66,574
836
Ranking Based On Selection: 836
Felipe Hernández Crespo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
2
0.333
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,324,477
Germany
66,627
837
Ranking Based On Selection: 837
Lisa Trujillo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,324,477
Germany
66,627
837
Ranking Based On Selection: 838
Yusef Saadat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
Iranian Studies
Pahlavi Language
Middle Persian
Etymology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,349,400
Germany
66,890
839
Ranking Based On Selection: 839
Vinothkumar Mohanakrishnan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
1
0.167
Condensed matter
Soft matter
Phase transitions
Janus Colloids
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,350,956
Germany
66,899
840
Ranking Based On Selection: 840
Martín Azar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
1
0.250
cognitive linguistics
digital humanities
language technologies
literature
philosophy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,352,239
Germany
66,906
841
Ranking Based On Selection: 841
Bárbara Maria Farias Mota
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
1
0.333
digital democracy
cyberculture
cyberactivism
hacktivism
fake news and disinformation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,354,374
Germany
66,924
842
Ranking Based On Selection: 842
Mihnea Chiujdea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
1
0.500
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,358,156
Germany
66,958
843
Ranking Based On Selection: 843
Ana Johari Mejía
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
History of art
Industrial heritage
Architecture
Coffee Farms in Mexico
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,358,156
Germany
66,958
843
Ranking Based On Selection: 844
Yannic Vitz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
Moral and Political Philosophy/Theory
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,358,156
Germany
66,958
843
Ranking Based On Selection: 845
Carina Dirkes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,382,698
Germany
67,152
846
Ranking Based On Selection: 846
Yan Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
0
0.000
regional development
regional planning
governance and planning
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,391,554
Germany
67,232
847
Ranking Based On Selection: 847
Despoina Glarou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
0
0.000
International Law
Management
CSR
International Marketing
SHRM