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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

* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Austria
Dietmar Jannach
Recommender Systems
Artificial Intelligence
Software Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,150
12,392
0.647
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Austria
Martin Gebser
Artificial Intelligence
Declarative Problem Solving
Computational Logic
Answer Set Programming
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,466
3,910
0.413
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Austria
Radu Prodan
Distributed Systems
Parallel Systems
Cloud Computing
Edge Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,892
3,683
0.338
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Austria
Elisabeth Oswald
Cryptography
Side Channel Analysis
Side Channel Attacks
Embedded Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,197
3,380
0.331
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Austria
Martin Pinzger
Software Engineering
Software Evolution
Mining Software Repositories
Program Analysis
Software Visualization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,435
3,008
0.357
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Austria
Hermann Hellwagner
Multimedia Communication and Systems
Computer Networks
Parallel and Distributed Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,453
2,823
0.437
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Austria
Gerhard Friedrich
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,371
2,611
0.279
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Austria
Klaus Schoeffmann
Video Understanding
Deep Learning
Computer Vision
Video Retrieval
Data Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,854
2,525
0.655
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Austria
Kyandoghere Kyamakya
intelligent transportation systems
telecommunications
neuro-computing
machine learning & pattern
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,290
2,180
0.412
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Austria
Jan Steinbrener
Computer Vision
Image Processing
Deep Learning
Imaging Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,054
1,519
0.375
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Austria
Wolfgang Faber
Artificial Intelligence
Logic Programming
Nonmonotonic Reasoning
Planning
Diagnosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,662
1,408
0.211
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Austria
Judith Michael
Model-Driven Engineering
Language Engineering
Digital Twin
Modeling
Software Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,413
1,218
0.862
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Austria
Arnab Roy
Cryptography
Cryptanalysis
Applied Cryptography
Information Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,504
1,165
0.775
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Austria
Fadi Al Machot
Machine Learning
Neural-Symbolic Learning
Active and Assisted Living
Data Mining
Zero/Few-Shot
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,417
1,140
0.805
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Austria
Konstantin Schekotihin
Artificial intelligence
Logic programming
Machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,158
740
0.639
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Austria
Laszlo Böszörmenyi
First interest
Second interest
...distributed multimedia systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,378
714
0.211
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Austria
Erich Teppan
Artificial Intelligence
Human-Computer Interaction
Theoretical Computer Science
Operations Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,269
605
0.477
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Austria
Peter Schartner
IT-Security
Security
Cryptography
Mobile Security
Privacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
834
544
0.652
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Austria
Christian Macho
Software Engineering
Build Systems
Software Evolution
Mining Software Repositories
Automatic Repair
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
363
333
0.917
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Austria
Thomas Winkler
Visual Sensor Networks
Security
Privacy
Trusted Computing
Smart Cameras
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
979
297
0.303
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Austria
Stefanie Beyer
Software Engineering
Data Mining
Android
Stack Overflow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
355
288
0.811
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Austria
Andreas Bollin
Computer Science Education
Software Engineering Education
Reverse Engineering
Formal Specification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
549
274
0.499
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Austria
Manfred Jürgen Primus
Computer Vision
Image Retrieval
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375
264
0.704
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Austria
Umair Ali Khan
Artificial Intelligence
data analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
371
238
0.642
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Austria
Volodymyr Shekhovtsov|Volodymyr A. Shekhovtsov, Vladimir A. Shekhovtsov, Володимир Шеховцов
Software Quality
Conceptual Modeling
Active and Assisted Living
Data Quality
Biobanking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
485
204
0.421
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,537
Austria
136
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Dietmar Jannach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,150
12,392
0.647
Recommender Systems
Artificial Intelligence
Software Engineering
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,784
Austria
704
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Martin Gebser
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,466
3,910
0.413
Artificial Intelligence
Declarative Problem Solving
Computational Logic
Answer Set Programming
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,650
Austria
770
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Radu Prodan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,892
3,683
0.338
Distributed Systems
Parallel Systems
Cloud Computing
Edge Computing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,323
Austria
836
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Elisabeth Oswald
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,197
3,380
0.331
Cryptography
Side Channel Analysis
Side Channel Attacks
Embedded Security
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
162,525
Austria
968
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Martin Pinzger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,435
3,008
0.357
Software Engineering
Software Evolution
Mining Software Repositories
Program Analysis
Software Visualization
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
174,505
Austria
1,020
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Hermann Hellwagner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,453
2,823
0.437
Multimedia Communication and Systems
Computer Networks
Parallel and Distributed Processing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
190,060
Austria
1,106
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Gerhard Friedrich
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,371
2,611
0.279
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
196,994
Austria
1,146
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Klaus Schoeffmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,854
2,525
0.655
Video Understanding
Deep Learning
Computer Vision
Video Retrieval
Data Science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
229,761
Austria
1,329
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Kyandoghere Kyamakya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,290
2,180
0.412
intelligent transportation systems
telecommunications
neuro-computing
machine learning & pattern
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
325,545
Austria
1,834
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jan Steinbrener
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,054
1,519
0.375
Computer Vision
Image Processing
Deep Learning
Imaging Systems
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
348,245
Austria
1,952
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Wolfgang Faber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,662
1,408
0.211
Artificial Intelligence
Logic Programming
Nonmonotonic Reasoning
Planning
Diagnosis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
394,293
Austria
2,177
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Judith Michael
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,413
1,218
0.862
Model-Driven Engineering
Language Engineering
Digital Twin
Modeling
Software Engineering
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
408,849
Austria
2,251
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Arnab Roy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,504
1,165
0.775
Cryptography
Cryptanalysis
Applied Cryptography
Information Security
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
416,062
Austria
2,287
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Fadi Al Machot
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,417
1,140
0.805
Machine Learning
Neural-Symbolic Learning
Active and Assisted Living
Data Mining
Zero/Few-Shot
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
567,115
Austria
2,981
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Konstantin Schekotihin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,158
740
0.639
Artificial intelligence
Logic programming
Machine learning
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
579,787
Austria
3,035
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Laszlo Böszörmenyi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,378
714
0.211
First interest
Second interest
...distributed multimedia systems
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
639,873
Austria
3,333
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Erich Teppan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,269
605
0.477
Artificial Intelligence
Human-Computer Interaction
Theoretical Computer Science
Operations Research
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
679,067
Austria
3,502
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Peter Schartner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
834
544
0.652
IT-Security
Security
Cryptography
Mobile Security
Privacy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
876,609
Austria
4,464
112
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Christian Macho
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
363
333
0.917
Software Engineering
Build Systems
Software Evolution
Mining Software Repositories
Automatic Repair
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
925,276
Austria
4,719
119
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Thomas Winkler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
979
297
0.303
Visual Sensor Networks
Security
Privacy
Trusted Computing
Smart Cameras
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
939,704
Austria
4,782
120
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Stefanie Beyer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
355
288
0.811
Software Engineering
Data Mining
Android
Stack Overflow
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
961,257
Austria
4,906
127
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Andreas Bollin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
549
274
0.499
Computer Science Education
Software Engineering Education
Reverse Engineering
Formal Specification
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
978,308
Austria
4,992
131
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Manfred Jürgen Primus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375
264
0.704
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,024,922
Austria
5,222
134
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Umair Ali Khan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
371
238
0.642
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,094,925
Austria
5,530
142
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Software Quality
Conceptual Modeling
Active and Assisted Living
Data Quality
Biobanking