Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Universität Witten Herdecke Highly Cited Researchers CitationOthers Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) 2025

The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the 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
Germany
Edmund Neugebauer
Translational research
Health Services Research
Clinical and Experimental Research in Surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,325
13,278
0.306
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Germany
Arndt Büssing
Spirituality
Coping
Quality of Life
Yoga
Meditation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,411
9,022
0.518
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Germany
Thomas Ostermann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,093
4,538
0.499
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Germany
Michael Dufner
self-enhancement
narcissism
self-knowledge
motive dispositions
individual differences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,145
3,176
0.766
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Germany
Jan Philipp Röer
Distraction
Attention
Memory
Open Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,523
2,011
0.797
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Germany
Ulf Kallweit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,358
1,912
0.811
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Germany
Rudolf Wimmer
Familienunternehmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,165
1,041
0.250
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Germany
Ralf Weigel
HIV
AIDS
TB
child health
global health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,809
1,049
0.275
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Germany
Heiko Kleve
Unternehmerfamilien
Familienunternehmen
Systemtheorie
Psycho-Soziale Praxis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,508
921
0.367
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Germany
Kai O Hensel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,198
867
0.724
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Germany
Bettina Berger
autoimmune diseases
self-management
fasting
self awareness
trauma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,619
828
0.511
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Germany
Sabine Metzing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,356
808
0.596
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Germany
Sven Meister
Digital Health
mHealth
Complex Event Processing
Telemedicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
981
749
0.764
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Germany
Maike Gerken
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
853
698
0.818
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Germany
Peter Borusiak
Medizin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,206
587
0.487
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Germany
Rebecca Palm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
663
491
0.741
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Germany
Patrick Bremer
Gesundheitsökonomik
VWL
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
544
457
0.840
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Germany
Rer. Medic. Michael Meng
Evaluation
statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
442
427
0.966
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Germany
Christa K Raak
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
750
429
0.572
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Germany
Carina Remmers
Depression
Mindfulness
Intuition
Emotion Regulation
Decision-Making
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
516
382
0.740
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Germany
Claudia Hagedorn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
677
379
0.560
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Germany
Christine Kersting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
398
363
0.912
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Germany
Jian Gao
Health and biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
361
339
0.939
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Germany
Elena Romana Gasenzer
Systematische Musikwissenschaft
Neuromusikologie
Medizin
Musikermedizin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
426
332
0.779
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Germany
Maren M Michaelsen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
369
317
0.859
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,859
Germany
1,058
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Edmund Neugebauer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,325
13,278
0.306
Translational research
Health Services Research
Clinical and Experimental Research in Surgery
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,429
Germany
1,847
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Arndt Büssing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,411
9,022
0.518
Spirituality
Coping
Quality of Life
Yoga
Meditation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106,638
Germany
4,559
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Thomas Ostermann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,093
4,538
0.499
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
162,405
Germany
6,856
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Michael Dufner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,145
3,176
0.766
self-enhancement
narcissism
self-knowledge
motive dispositions
individual differences
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
263,286
Germany
10,599
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jan Philipp Röer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,523
2,011
0.797
Distraction
Attention
Memory
Open Science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
276,679
Germany
11,073
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ulf Kallweit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,358
1,912
0.811
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
465,319
Germany
17,325
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Rudolf Wimmer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,165
1,041
0.250
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
462,588
Germany
17,226
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ralf Weigel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,809
1,049
0.275
HIV
AIDS
TB
child health
global health
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
508,247
Germany
18,716
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Heiko Kleve
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,508
921
0.367
Unternehmerfamilien
Familienunternehmen
Systemtheorie
Psycho-Soziale Praxis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
530,177
Germany
19,413
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Kai O Hensel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,198
867
0.724
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
546,564
Germany
19,927
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Bettina Berger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,619
828
0.511
autoimmune diseases
self-management
fasting
self awareness
trauma
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
555,506
Germany
20,211
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Sabine Metzing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,356
808
0.596
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
583,048
Germany
21,070
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Sven Meister
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
981
749
0.764
Digital Health
mHealth
Complex Event Processing
Telemedicine
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
608,647
Germany
21,893
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Maike Gerken
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
853
698
0.818
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
671,342
Germany
23,877
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Peter Borusiak
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,206
587
0.487
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
738,155
Germany
26,104
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Rebecca Palm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
663
491
0.741
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
766,231
Germany
27,057
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Patrick Bremer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
544
457
0.840
Gesundheitsökonomik
VWL
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
793,775
Germany
28,051
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Rer. Medic. Michael Meng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
442
427
0.966
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
791,343
Germany
27,973
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Christa K Raak
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
750
429
0.572
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
840,028
Germany
29,699
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Carina Remmers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
516
382
0.740
Depression
Mindfulness
Intuition
Emotion Regulation
Decision-Making
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
843,144
Germany
29,805
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Claudia Hagedorn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
677
379
0.560
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
861,971
Germany
30,448
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Christine Kersting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
398
363
0.912
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
891,211
Germany
31,431
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jian Gao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
361
339
0.939
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
899,989
Germany
31,757
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Elena Romana Gasenzer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
426
332
0.779
Systematische Musikwissenschaft
Neuromusikologie
Medizin
Musikermedizin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
920,188
Germany
32,447
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Maren M Michaelsen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
369
317
0.859