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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
Florian Kronenberg
Genetics
Genetic Epidemiology
Kidney disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,612
31,849
0.509
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Austria
Hubert Hackl
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Genomics
Modeling
Cancer Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,128
12,458
0.772
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Austria
Francesca Finotello
bioinformatics
next-generation sequencing
RNA-seq
cancer immunology
precision medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,058
9,158
0.911
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Austria
Luis M Rodriguez R
Microbial Ecology
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Metagenomics
Phylogenomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,782
8,977
0.833
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Austria
Teis David
Biochemistry
Cell Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,482
8,295
0.503
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Austria
Lukas A Huber
membrane trafficking
rare diseases
lysosomes
epithelial polarity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,598
7,977
0.353
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Austria
Dietmar Rieder
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,723
7,111
0.921
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Austria
Jerome Mertens
Aging
Neuronal Reprogramming
Alzheimer's Disease
Stem Cells
Psychiatric Disease Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,239
4,500
0.721
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Austria
Veronika Temml
Molecular Modeling
Inflammation
Natural Products
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,617
3,653
0.791
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Austria
Michael W Hess
Cellular electron microscopy
cryopreparation
membrane trafficking
rare diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,747
3,057
0.349
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Austria
Gottfried Baier
Molecular T Cell Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,897
2,941
0.247
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Austria
Stefan Coassin
Genetic Epidemiology
Genomics
Sequencing
Lipoprotein(a)
Lp(a)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,568
2,916
0.524
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Austria
Alexandra Lusser
Chromatin
Transcription
Epigenetics
RNA modifications
epitranscriptomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,233
1,682
0.397
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Austria
Walter Pfaller
cell biology
experimental nephrology
molecular toxicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,660
1,650
0.248
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Austria
Oliver Schmidt
Membrane and organelle biology
lipid metabolism
protein trafficking and turnover
signalling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,043
1,582
0.520
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Austria
Jakob Troppmair
Molecular Oncology
Transplantation Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,636
1,526
0.143
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Austria
Taras Stasyk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,352
1,304
0.389
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Austria
Bettina Sarg
Proteinanalytik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,436
1,205
0.272
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Austria
Georg Vogel
Cellbiology
Gastroenterology
Pediatrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,626
1,133
0.697
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Austria
Victoria Klepsch
tumor immunology
T cell signaling
nuclear receptors
immune checkpoint therapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,095
982
0.897
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Austria
Marcel Kwiatkowski
Proteomics
Metabolomics
Fluxomics
PTM dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,330
957
0.720
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Austria
Kerstin Siegmund Bellaire Siegmund
Immunology (focus: T lymphcytes)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,708
652
0.241
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Austria
Chiara Herzog
epigenetics
inflammation
ageing
disease prevention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
395
394
0.997
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,797
Austria
24
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Florian Kronenberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,612
31,849
0.509
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,363
Austria
135
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Hubert Hackl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,128
12,458
0.772
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Genomics
Modeling
Cancer Research
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,587
Austria
218
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Francesca Finotello
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,058
9,158
0.911
bioinformatics
next-generation sequencing
RNA-seq
cancer immunology
precision medicine
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,759
Austria
229
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Luis M Rodriguez R
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,782
8,977
0.833
Microbial Ecology
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Metagenomics
Phylogenomics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,586
Austria
268
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Teis David
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,482
8,295
0.503
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,131
Austria
288
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Lukas A Huber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,598
7,977
0.353
membrane trafficking
rare diseases
lysosomes
epithelial polarity
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,391
Austria
333
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Dietmar Rieder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,723
7,111
0.921
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,898
Austria
608
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jerome Mertens
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,239
4,500
0.721
Aging
Neuronal Reprogramming
Alzheimer's Disease
Stem Cells
Psychiatric Disease Modeling
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,920
Austria
780
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Veronika Temml
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,617
3,653
0.791
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
159,600
Austria
952
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Michael W Hess
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,747
3,057
0.349
Cellular electron microscopy
cryopreparation
membrane trafficking
rare diseases
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
166,673
Austria
987
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Gottfried Baier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,897
2,941
0.247
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
168,302
Austria
995
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Stefan Coassin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,568
2,916
0.524
Genetic Epidemiology
Genomics
Sequencing
Lipoprotein(a)
Lp(a)
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
296,537
Austria
1,689
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Alexandra Lusser
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,233
1,682
0.397
Chromatin
Transcription
Epigenetics
RNA modifications
epitranscriptomics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
301,879
Austria
1,714
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Walter Pfaller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,660
1,650
0.248
cell biology
experimental nephrology
molecular toxicology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
313,748
Austria
1,768
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Oliver Schmidt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,043
1,582
0.520
Membrane and organelle biology
lipid metabolism
protein trafficking and turnover
signalling
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
324,205
Austria
1,827
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jakob Troppmair
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,636
1,526
0.143
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
326,202
Austria
1,838
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Mariana Eca Guimaraes De Araujo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,335
1,516
0.649
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
372,232
Austria
2,057
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Taras Stasyk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,352
1,304
0.389
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
397,486
Austria
2,195
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Bettina Sarg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,436
1,205
0.272
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
418,049
Austria
2,298
91
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Georg Vogel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,626
1,133
0.697
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
466,591
Austria
2,517
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Victoria Klepsch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,095
982
0.897
tumor immunology
T cell signaling
nuclear receptors
immune checkpoint therapy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
475,477
Austria
2,557
213
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Marcel Kwiatkowski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,330
957
0.720
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
612,669
Austria
3,193
110
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Kerstin Siegmund Bellaire Siegmund
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,708
652
0.241
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
786,441
Austria
3,995
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Federica Fazzini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
435
412
0.947
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
805,079
Austria
4,104
323
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Chiara Herzog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
395
394
0.997
epigenetics
inflammation
ageing
disease prevention