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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 Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
health behavior
self-efficacy
social support
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,843
38,604
0.383
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Neurotransmission
Membranlipide
Membranverkehr
Exo- und Endoztyose
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,905
15,089
0.488
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
language
cognitive neuroscience
neural networks
speech language therapy
pragmatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,723
13,665
0.328
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Parasitäre Infektionen bei Tieren
Zoonotische Parasiten
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,798
7,207
0.487
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
pharmacy
natural products
pharmacology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,490
5,261
0.458
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Biophysics
biomembranes
membrane proteins
vibrational spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,956
4,816
0.372
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
RNA-Protein Complexes
Pre-mRNA Splicing
Post-Transcriptional Gene Regulation
Structural Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,318
4,632
0.348
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
microbial redox-signalling
redox biology
bacillithiol
mycothiol
post-translational thiol-modifications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,045
4,318
0.358
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,362
3,172
0.499
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Virology
Virus Integration
Tumorigenesis
Pathogenesis
Vaccines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,729
3,087
0.653
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
neuroethology
communication
language
music
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,437
2,716
0.288
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
veterinary and comparative immunology
helminths
vaccines
parasites
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,825
2,505
0.887
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Toxicology
Pharmacology
Life Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,966
2,323
0.166
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
immunology
infectiology
virology
microbiology
parasitology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,386
2,173
0.911
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
animal welfare
animal behaviour
laboratory animal sciences
stroke
refinement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,472
2,013
0.311
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Biophysical Chemistry
Bioinorganic Chemistry
Enzymology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,187
1,959
0.615
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Biology
Gut microbiota
Probiotics
Clostridioides difficile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,850
1,838
0.645
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
veterinary epidemiology
Biostatistics
Antimicrobial use
Antimicrobial Resistance
Animal Welfare
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,026
1,547
0.764
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Molecular Modeling
Pharmacology
Medicinal Chemistry
Computational Biology
Drug Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,649
1,319
0.800
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Biophysik
Medizin
Biopharmazeutika
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,319
1,181
0.895
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Epidemiology
Complex Networks
Human Mobility
Deep Learning
Biostatistics and bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,711
1,139
0.666
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,540
1,101
0.715
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Pharmacy
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Pharmacology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
875
778
0.889
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Biochemistry
Structural Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
961
709
0.738
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Computational biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
999
669
0.670
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,547
180
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ralf Schwarzer
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,843
38,604
0.383
health behavior
self-efficacy
social support
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,177
850
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Volker Haucke
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,905
15,089
0.488
Neurotransmission
Membranlipide
Membranverkehr
Exo- und Endoztyose
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,404
999
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Friedemann Pulvermüller
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,723
13,665
0.328
language
cognitive neuroscience
neural networks
speech language therapy
pragmatics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,311
2,496
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Georg von Samson Himmelstjerna
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,798
7,207
0.487
Parasitäre Infektionen bei Tieren
Zoonotische Parasiten
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,059
3,777
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Matthias Melzig
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,490
5,261
0.458
pharmacy
natural products
pharmacology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,278
4,220
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Joachim Heberle
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,956
4,816
0.372
Biophysics
biomembranes
membrane proteins
vibrational spectroscopy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
102,175
4,391
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Markus Wahl
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,318
4,632
0.348
RNA-Protein Complexes
Pre-mRNA Splicing
Post-Transcriptional Gene Regulation
Structural Biology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,462
4,751
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Haike Antelmann
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,045
4,318
0.358
microbial redox-signalling
redox biology
bacillithiol
mycothiol
post-translational thiol-modifications
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
160,134
6,771
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Michael Veit
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,362
3,172
0.499
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
165,134
6,963
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Benedikt B Kaufer
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,729
3,087
0.653
Virology
Virus Integration
Tumorigenesis
Pathogenesis
Vaccines
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
190,213
7,907
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Constance Scharff
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,437
2,716
0.288
neuroethology
communication
language
music
evolution
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
207,435
8,511
101
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Friederike Ebner
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,825
2,505
0.887
veterinary and comparative immunology
helminths
vaccines
parasites
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
224,440
9,166
108
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Horst Spielmann
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,966
2,323
0.166
Toxicology
Pharmacology
Life Sciences
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
240,293
9,767
116
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Josephine Schlosser
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,386
2,173
0.911
immunology
infectiology
virology
microbiology
parasitology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
259,452
10,456
127
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Christa Thöne Reineke
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,472
2,013
0.311
animal welfare
animal behaviour
laboratory animal sciences
stroke
refinement
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
266,459
10,695
131
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sven T Stripp
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,187
1,959
0.615
Biophysical Chemistry
Bioinorganic Chemistry
Enzymology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
283,501
11,282
138
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Şukasz M Grześkowiak
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,850
1,838
0.645
Biology
Gut microbiota
Probiotics
Clostridioides difficile
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
332,383
13,015
151
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Roswitha Merle
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,026
1,547
0.764
veterinary epidemiology
Biostatistics
Antimicrobial use
Antimicrobial Resistance
Animal Welfare
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
381,924
14,673
183
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Marcel Bermudez
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,649
1,319
0.800
Molecular Modeling
Pharmacology
Medicinal Chemistry
Computational Biology
Drug Design
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
418,089
15,835
198
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Daniel Lauster
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,319
1,181
0.895
Biophysik
Medizin
Biopharmazeutika
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
430,197
16,227
203
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Vitaly Belik
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,711
1,139
0.666
Epidemiology
Complex Networks
Human Mobility
Deep Learning
Biostatistics and bioinformatics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
441,676
16,591
211
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Walid Azab
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,540
1,101
0.715
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
564,984
20,502
260
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ahmed A Hasan
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
875
778
0.889
Pharmacy
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Pharmacology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
598,780
21,584
279
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Yong Heng Huang
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
961
709
0.738
Biochemistry
Structural Biochemistry
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
619,897
22,226
283
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jan Philipp Götze
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
999
669
0.670