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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
Nonclassical laserinterferometry
Quantum control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,824
73,311
0.749
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Physics
Laser Nanotechnologies
Nanophotonics
Biofabrication
Laser Printing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,763
16,235
0.419
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Quantum Theory
Quantum Foundations
Mathematical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,937
10,479
0.328
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Quantum gases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,441
7,054
0.363
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Quantum optics
precision spectroscopy
fundamental tests
optical clocks
quantum logic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,405
6,825
0.509
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,870
6,652
0.560
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Nonlinear Optics
Quantum Optics
Integrated Photonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,505
5,649
0.868
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Physik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,330
5,544
0.287
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Quantum Physics
Quantum Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,416
5,177
0.453
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Ultrafast Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,006
5,109
0.300
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
quantum field theory
quantum physics
quantum mechanics
condensed matter physics
quantum information theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,594
4,867
0.459
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Quantum Photonics
Quantum Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,596
3,958
0.707
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Quantum gases
cold atoms
matter-wave interferometry
fundamental tests
Space science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,922
3,792
0.770
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics
Strong-Field Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,471
3,399
0.359
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Optik
Photonik
Laserspektroskopie
Optiksimulation
Fasersensorik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,324
3,231
0.607
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Functional Nanostructures
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,895
3,175
0.539
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
theoretical and mathematical physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,288
2,879
0.458
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Trapped-ion quantum information processing and precision measurements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,728
2,496
0.436
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Ultracold polar molecules for quantum simulation and precision measurements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,413
2,401
0.285
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
ultrafast optics
quantum photonics
strong field physics
THz optics
nanophotonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,863
2,401
0.622
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,681
2,097
0.570
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Quantum Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,423
2,026
0.458
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
atom interferometry
matter wave optics
inertial navigation
universality of free fall
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,025
1,701
0.840
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Biomedical Optics
Laser Manipulation of Cells and Tissues
Microscopy
Optogenetics
Laser Transfection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,036
1,692
0.336
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Quantum Optics
Atom interferometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,948
1,578
0.810
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,510
50
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Michele Heurs
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,824
73,311
0.749
Nonclassical laserinterferometry
Quantum control
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,285
716
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Boris Chichkov
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,763
16,235
0.419
Physics
Laser Nanotechnologies
Nanophotonics
Biofabrication
Laser Printing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,642
1,387
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Reinhard F Werner
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,937
10,479
0.328
Quantum Theory
Quantum Foundations
Mathematical Physics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,063
2,440
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Luis Santos
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,441
7,054
0.363
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,660
2,576
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Piet O. Schmidt
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,405
6,825
0.509
Quantum optics
precision spectroscopy
fundamental tests
optical clocks
quantum logic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,838
2,674
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Rasel Ernst M
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,870
6,652
0.560
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,611
3,319
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Michael Kues
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,505
5,649
0.868
Nonlinear Optics
Quantum Optics
Integrated Photonics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,429
3,397
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Wolfgang Ertmer
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,330
5,544
0.287
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,597
3,690
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Klemens Hammerer
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,416
5,177
0.453
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,058
3,750
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Uwe Morgner
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,006
5,109
0.300
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,504
3,979
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Tobias J Osborne
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,594
4,867
0.459
quantum field theory
quantum physics
quantum mechanics
condensed matter physics
quantum information theory
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,095
5,077
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Sahand Mahmoodian
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,596
3,958
0.707
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
124,294
5,305
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Naceur Gaaloul
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,922
3,792
0.770
Quantum gases
cold atoms
matter-wave interferometry
fundamental tests
Space science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
141,365
6,008
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Manfred Lein
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,471
3,399
0.359
Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics
Strong-Field Physics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
149,897
6,381
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Bernhard Roth
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,324
3,231
0.607
Optik
Photonik
Laserspektroskopie
Optiksimulation
Fasersensorik
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
152,942
6,511
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Nadja C Bigall
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,895
3,175
0.539
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
170,719
7,170
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Alexander D Popov
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,288
2,879
0.458
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
199,493
8,272
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Christian Ospelkaus
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,728
2,496
0.436
Trapped-ion quantum information processing and precision measurements
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
207,824
8,558
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Silke Ospelkaus
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,413
2,401
0.285
Ultracold polar molecules for quantum simulation and precision measurements
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
207,863
8,559
80
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ihar IV Babushkin
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,863
2,401
0.622
ultrafast optics
quantum photonics
strong field physics
THz optics
nanophotonics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
239,073
9,750
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ayhan Demircan
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,681
2,097
0.570
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
247,514
10,060
98
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Hendrik Weimer
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,423
2,026
0.458
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
293,529
11,662
117
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Dennis Schlippert
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,025
1,701
0.840
atom interferometry
matter wave optics
inertial navigation
universality of free fall
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
294,857
11,711
118
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Alexander Heisterkamp
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,036
1,692
0.336
Biomedical Optics
Laser Manipulation of Cells and Tissues
Microscopy
Optogenetics
Laser Transfection
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
314,538
12,421
126
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Sven Abend
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,948
1,578
0.810