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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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,750
8,866
0.427
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,016
5,025
0.386
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Mikrobiologie
Hygiene
Antibiotikaresistenzen
Zoonoseerreger
Biozide
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,620
4,861
0.564
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
island biology
urban ecology
biogeography
evolutionary ecology
global change biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,519
4,461
0.808
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Arbuscular mycorrhiza
Forest Ecology
Community Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,922
4,346
0.734
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Ecosystem Stability
Soil-plant interaction
community ecology
biodiversity
productivity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,090
2,864
0.927
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Host parasite evolution and ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,797
2,516
0.663
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Conservation
Botany
Phylogeny
Systematics
Diversification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,586
2,450
0.534
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Fungi Traits Ecology Networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,682
2,366
0.882
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
ecosystem dynamics
global chance impacts
ecosystem functions
plant traits
theoretical ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,882
2,011
0.698
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Functional plant ecology
community dynamics
plant-soil interactions
global change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,086
1,974
0.946
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
symbiosis of protists and insects
host-parasite interactions
termites
ultrastructure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,684
1,923
0.522
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Biological Invasions
Macroecology
Birds
Threatened Species
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,587
1,738
0.672
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Evolutionary demography
Population dynamics
Stochastic processes
Mathematical modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,045
1,720
0.565
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Evolutionary ecology
insect immunity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,286
1,408
0.428
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Proteomics
Biochemistry
Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,985
1,372
0.691
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Proteomics Algorithms C++ R
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,119
1,371
0.647
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Community ecology
Invasion Biology
Evolutionary Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,466
1,106
0.754
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Microbial ecology
agroecology
trophic interactions
microbial food web
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,132
1,061
0.937
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
molecular evolution
primate evolution
trancription factors
gene regulatory networks
cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,277
889
0.390
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Microbial ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
774
720
0.930
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
In vitro Tests Sensibilisierung
Tissue Repair
Immuntoxikologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,795
616
0.343
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Host-Microbe interactions
Insect-Microbe interactions
Microbial Community Ecology
Symbiosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
800
579
0.724
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
soil ecology
molecular ecology
agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
489
460
0.941
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Evolution
Paleovirology
Herpesviruses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
605
443
0.732
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,476
1,764
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Peter Robin Hiesinger
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,750
8,866
0.427
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,871
3,827
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Monika Hilker
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,016
5,025
0.386
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,668
3,989
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Uwe Rösler
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,620
4,861
0.564
Mikrobiologie
Hygiene
Antibiotikaresistenzen
Zoonoseerreger
Biozide
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
102,049
4,401
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Yuval Itescu
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,519
4,461
0.808
island biology
urban ecology
biogeography
evolutionary ecology
global change biology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,453
4,536
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Stavros D Veresoglou
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,922
4,346
0.734
Arbuscular mycorrhiza
Forest Ecology
Community Ecology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
171,795
7,209
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Gaowen Yang
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,090
2,864
0.927
Ecosystem Stability
Soil-plant interaction
community ecology
biodiversity
productivity
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
197,851
8,206
101
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Dino P McMahon
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,797
2,516
0.663
Host parasite evolution and ecology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
203,522
8,402
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ingo Michalak
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,586
2,450
0.534
Conservation
Botany
Phylogeny
Systematics
Diversification
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
211,158
8,675
105
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Carlos A Aguilar Trigueros
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,682
2,366
0.882
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
249,435
10,124
123
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Britta Tietjen
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,882
2,011
0.698
ecosystem dynamics
global chance impacts
ecosystem functions
plant traits
theoretical ecology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
254,266
10,306
126
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Yudi M Lozano
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,086
1,974
0.946
Functional plant ecology
community dynamics
plant-soil interactions
global change
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
260,818
10,531
131
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Renate Radek
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,684
1,923
0.522
symbiosis of protists and insects
host-parasite interactions
termites
ultrastructure
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
287,566
11,468
141
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Thomas Evans
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,587
1,738
0.672
Biological Invasions
Macroecology
Birds
Threatened Species
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
290,393
11,556
142
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ulrich Karl Steiner
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,045
1,720
0.565
Evolutionary demography
Population dynamics
Stochastic processes
Mathematical modeling
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
348,297
13,581
166
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Sophie AO Armitage
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,286
1,408
0.428
Evolutionary ecology
insect immunity
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
356,428
13,840
171
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jayaseelan Murugaiyan
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,985
1,372
0.691
Proteomics
Biochemistry
Biotechnology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
356,635
13,849
173
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Chris Bielow
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,119
1,371
0.647
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
426,035
16,132
203
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Maud Bernard-Verdier
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,466
1,106
0.754
Community ecology
Invasion Biology
Evolutionary Ecology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
440,123
16,586
212
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Florine Degrune
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,132
1,061
0.937
Microbial ecology
agroecology
trophic interactions
microbial food web
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
501,183
18,526
234
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Katja Nowick
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,277
889
0.390
molecular evolution
primate evolution
trancription factors
gene regulatory networks
cognition
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
577,264
20,957
264
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
India Mansour
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
774
720
0.930
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
633,360
22,725
292
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Matthias Peiser
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,795
616
0.343
In vitro Tests Sensibilisierung
Tissue Repair
Immuntoxikologie
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
656,145
23,467
299
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Arne Weinhold
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
800
579
0.724
Host-Microbe interactions
Insect-Microbe interactions
Microbial Community Ecology
Symbiosis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
742,085
26,349
347
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Moisés A. Sosa-Hernández
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
489
460
0.941
arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
soil ecology
molecular ecology
agriculture
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
756,861
26,844
352
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Amr Aswad
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
605
443
0.732
Evolution
Paleovirology
Herpesviruses