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Highly Cited Researchers

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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
Elmar Braehler
Medizinische Psychologie
Medizinische Soziologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,463
48,709
0.557
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Germany
Hannes Zacher
Work Psychology
Organizational Psychology
Occupational Health Psychology
Aging
Lifespan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,324
21,290
0.809
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Germany
Erich Schröger
attention
perception
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,793
8,793
0.328
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Germany
Stefan Schmukle
Personality Psychology
Psychological Assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,623
5,998
0.440
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Germany
Christian Sander
Psychische Gesundheit
Mental Health Stigma
EEG-Arousal
Aktigraphie
Schlaf
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,266
3,888
0.738
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Germany
Julia M. Rohrer
Personality psychology
well-being
social science methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,702
3,555
0.960
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Germany
Katja Liebal
Gestural communication of nonhuman primates
multimodal expression of emotion
evolution of language
cross-cultural psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,929
2,426
0.492
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Germany
Heide Götze
Psychoonkologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,090
2,095
0.678
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Germany
Tim J Hartung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,012
1,833
0.911
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Germany
Oliver Weigelt
Occupational Health Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,677
1,465
0.874
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Germany
Julian Schmitz
Mental Disorders
Children & Adolescents
Public Health
Health Service Research
Emotion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,683
1,222
0.726
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Germany
Lars O White
Developmental Psychopathology
Attachment
Child Maltreatment
Social Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,313
896
0.682
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Germany
Christopher Gundlach
neural oscillations
perception
cognition
attention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,037
819
0.790
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Germany
Urte Roeber
Visual perception
visual consciousness
binocular rivalry
involuntary attention
auditory distraction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,396
413
0.296
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Germany
Christian Heine
Visualization
Graph Visualization
Topology-based Visualization
Diagrams
Cognitive Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
754
352
0.467
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Germany
Süheyla Yilmaz
Developmental Psychology
Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
339
327
0.965
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Germany
Clara Kühner|Clara Eichberger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150
144
0.960
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Germany
Betina Korka
cognitive neuroscience
cognitive psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
94
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Germany
Ralf Hartmann
Psychology
Psychotherapy
Neuro Science
Psychiatry
Social Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
33
0.750
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Germany
Franziska Springer
Psycho-Oncology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
30
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,221
Germany
126
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Elmar Braehler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,463
48,709
0.557
Medizinische Psychologie
Medizinische Soziologie
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,715
Germany
489
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Hannes Zacher
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,324
21,290
0.809
Work Psychology
Organizational Psychology
Occupational Health Psychology
Aging
Lifespan
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,161
Germany
1,929
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Erich Schröger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,793
8,793
0.328
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,998
Germany
3,293
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Stefan Schmukle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,623
5,998
0.440
Personality Psychology
Psychological Assessment
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,768
Germany
5,492
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Christian Sander
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,266
3,888
0.738
Psychische Gesundheit
Mental Health Stigma
EEG-Arousal
Aktigraphie
Schlaf
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
143,049
Germany
6,074
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Julia M. Rohrer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,702
3,555
0.960
Personality psychology
well-being
social science methods
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
218,195
Germany
8,925
97
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Katja Liebal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,929
2,426
0.492
Gestural communication of nonhuman primates
multimodal expression of emotion
evolution of language
cross-cultural psychology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
253,381
Germany
10,235
117
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Heide Götze
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,090
2,095
0.678
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
288,698
Germany
11,485
133
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Tim J Hartung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,012
1,833
0.911
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
353,918
Germany
13,751
157
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Oliver Weigelt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,677
1,465
0.874
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
412,147
Germany
15,653
182
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Julian Schmitz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,683
1,222
0.726
Mental Disorders
Children & Adolescents
Public Health
Health Service Research
Emotion
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
519,822
Germany
19,110
214
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Lars O White
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,313
896
0.682
Developmental Psychopathology
Attachment
Child Maltreatment
Social Neuroscience
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
552,272
Germany
20,137
225
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Christopher Gundlach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,037
819
0.790
neural oscillations
perception
cognition
attention
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
810,310
Germany
28,683
300
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Urte Roeber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,396
413
0.296
Visual perception
visual consciousness
binocular rivalry
involuntary attention
auditory distraction
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
878,353
Germany
31,071
326
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Christian Heine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
754
352
0.467
Visualization
Graph Visualization
Topology-based Visualization
Diagrams
Cognitive Psychology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
910,762
Germany
32,193
343
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Süheyla Yilmaz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
339
327
0.965
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,285,505
Germany
44,766
465
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Clara Kühner|Clara Eichberger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150
144
0.960
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,478,472
Germany
50,377
517
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Betina Korka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
94
1.000
cognitive neuroscience
cognitive psychology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,867,577
Germany
59,482
623
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ralf Hartmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
33
0.750
Psychology
Psychotherapy
Neuro Science
Psychiatry
Social Science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,902,413
Germany
60,180
632
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Franziska Springer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
30
1.000