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Alpen Adria Universität Klagenfurt Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) 2025

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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Austria
Philipp Mayring
Qualitative Content Analysis
Evaluation
Mixed Methods
Health Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,451
37,237
0.469
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Austria
Dietmar Jannach
Recommender Systems
Artificial Intelligence
Software Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,150
12,392
0.647
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Austria
Marina Fischer Kowalski
Social metabolism
sustainability transition
resource use
socioecological systems
anthropocene
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,474
6,691
0.362
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Austria
Christian Timmerer
multimedia systems
video streaming
video adaptation
Quality of Experience
multimedia communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,580
4,871
0.508
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Austria
Martin Gebser
Artificial Intelligence
Declarative Problem Solving
Computational Logic
Answer Set Programming
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,466
3,910
0.413
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Austria
Christoph Görg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,583
3,873
0.451
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Austria
Wilfried Elmenreich
Smart Grid
Self-organizing Systems
Communication Networks
Real-time Systems
Smart Sensors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,863
3,810
0.555
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Austria
Radu Prodan
Distributed Systems
Parallel Systems
Cloud Computing
Edge Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,892
3,683
0.338
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Austria
Judith Glück
Life-Span Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,265
3,613
0.497
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Austria
Elisabeth Oswald
Cryptography
Side Channel Analysis
Side Channel Attacks
Embedded Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,197
3,380
0.331
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Austria
Andrea M. Tonello
Telecommunications
Power Line Communications
Machine Learning
Smart Grid
UAV
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,314
3,259
0.392
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Austria
Bernhard Rinner
smart cameras
visual sensor networks
pervasive computing
UAV
multi robot systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,331
3,221
0.439
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Austria
Ralf Terlutter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,156
3,174
0.616
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Austria
Barbara Kaltenbacher
Inverse Problems
Nonlinear Acoustics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,032
3,104
0.515
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Austria
Martin Pinzger
Software Engineering
Software Evolution
Mining Software Repositories
Program Analysis
Software Visualization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,435
3,008
0.357
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Austria
Sven Rabung
Psychotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,764
2,975
0.440
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Austria
Michael Wiegand
abusive language detection
sentiment analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,799
2,970
0.782
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Austria
Hermann Hellwagner
Multimedia Communication and Systems
Computer Networks
Parallel and Distributed Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,453
2,823
0.437
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Austria
Stephan Weiss
robotics
sensor fusion
computer vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,492
2,821
0.435
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Austria
Grabner Kräuter Sonja
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,989
2,741
0.392
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Austria
Gerhard Friedrich
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,371
2,611
0.279
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Austria
Klaus Schoeffmann
Video Understanding
Deep Learning
Computer Vision
Video Retrieval
Data Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,854
2,525
0.655
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Austria
Heather Foran
global mental health
family violence
parenting
public health
implementation science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,425
2,396
0.541
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Austria
Stefan Rass
System Security
Statistics
Complexity Theory
Game Theory
Decision Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,190
2,269
0.711
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Austria
Franz Rendl
Mathematik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,400
2,203
0.212
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,542
Austria
15
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Philipp Mayring
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,451
37,237
0.469
Qualitative Content Analysis
Evaluation
Mixed Methods
Health Psychology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,537
Austria
136
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Dietmar Jannach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,150
12,392
0.647
Recommender Systems
Artificial Intelligence
Software Engineering
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,338
Austria
362
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Marina Fischer Kowalski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,474
6,691
0.362
Social metabolism
sustainability transition
resource use
socioecological systems
anthropocene
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,397
Austria
547
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Christian Timmerer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,580
4,871
0.508
multimedia systems
video streaming
video adaptation
Quality of Experience
multimedia communication
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,784
Austria
704
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Martin Gebser
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,466
3,910
0.413
Artificial Intelligence
Declarative Problem Solving
Computational Logic
Answer Set Programming
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
121,133
Austria
713
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Christoph Görg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,583
3,873
0.451
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
123,567
Austria
736
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Wilfried Elmenreich
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,863
3,810
0.555
Smart Grid
Self-organizing Systems
Communication Networks
Real-time Systems
Smart Sensors
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,650
Austria
770
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Radu Prodan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,892
3,683
0.338
Distributed Systems
Parallel Systems
Cloud Computing
Edge Computing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
131,602
Austria
789
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Judith Glück
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,265
3,613
0.497
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,323
Austria
836
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Elisabeth Oswald
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,197
3,380
0.331
Cryptography
Side Channel Analysis
Side Channel Attacks
Embedded Security
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
148,386
Austria
875
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Andrea M. Tonello
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,314
3,259
0.392
Telecommunications
Power Line Communications
Machine Learning
Smart Grid
UAV
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,422
Austria
893
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Bernhard Rinner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,331
3,221
0.439
smart cameras
visual sensor networks
pervasive computing
UAV
multi robot systems
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
153,011
Austria
911
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ralf Terlutter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,156
3,174
0.616
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,911
Austria
935
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Barbara Kaltenbacher
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,032
3,104
0.515
Inverse Problems
Nonlinear Acoustics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
162,525
Austria
968
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Martin Pinzger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,435
3,008
0.357
Software Engineering
Software Evolution
Mining Software Repositories
Program Analysis
Software Visualization
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
164,544
Austria
976
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sven Rabung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,764
2,975
0.440
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
164,852
Austria
978
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Michael Wiegand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,799
2,970
0.782
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
174,505
Austria
1,020
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Hermann Hellwagner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,453
2,823
0.437
Multimedia Communication and Systems
Computer Networks
Parallel and Distributed Processing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
174,643
Austria
1,023
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Stephan Weiss
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,492
2,821
0.435
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
180,414
Austria
1,052
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Grabner Kräuter Sonja
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,989
2,741
0.392
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
190,060
Austria
1,106
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Gerhard Friedrich
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,371
2,611
0.279
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
196,994
Austria
1,146
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Klaus Schoeffmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,854
2,525
0.655
Video Understanding
Deep Learning
Computer Vision
Video Retrieval
Data Science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
208,325
Austria
1,212
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Heather Foran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,425
2,396
0.541
global mental health
family violence
parenting
public health
implementation science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
220,639
Austria
1,281
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Stefan Rass
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,190
2,269
0.711
System Security
Statistics
Complexity Theory
Game Theory
Decision Theory
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
227,300
Austria
1,317
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Franz Rendl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,400
2,203
0.212