Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 194 Scientists Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
Empirical Software Engineering
Software Quality
Evidence-based Software Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,460
15,511
0.425
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
software engineering
software processes
software metrics
software security
software process improvement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,948
9,190
0.576
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Software Engineering
Technology Product Management
Requirements Engineering
Value Based
Agile / Lean
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,047
4,374
0.435
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Empirical Software Engineering
Evidence-based SE
Human-centred SE
Applied Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,591
4,215
0.364
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Epidemiology
Geriatrics
Infectious diseases
Public Health
Applied Health Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,139
3,790
0.466
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Signal Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,873
3,262
0.193
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Empirical Software Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,631
3,208
0.693
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Software engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,382
2,701
0.423
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Industrial Dynamics
Spatial Economics
Urban and Regional Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,646
2,598
0.391
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Software Engineering
Computer Science
Empirical Methods
Modeling
Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,881
2,447
0.631
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Global Software Engineering
Distributed Development
Outsourcing
Agile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,648
2,280
0.491
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Sustainable Design
Sustainable Product Development
Sustainable Engineering Design
Design for
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,270
2,145
0.502
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Requirements Engineering
Empirical Software Engineering
Natural Language Processing
Testing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,560
2,146
0.603
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,651
1,782
0.488
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,681
1,745
0.307
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Steganography
image processing
medical imaging
computer vision
optical projection tomography and
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,446
1,678
0.377
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Software Engineering
Software Business
Open Innovation
Product Management
Requirements Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,984
1,576
0.528
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Empirical Software Engineering
Computer Science Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,411
1,561
0.458
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Software Engineering
AI4SE
Software Testing
Lean
Agile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,285
1,574
0.689
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Health Technology
Health Informatics
Gerontechnology
Assistive Technology
Disability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,957
1,555
0.795
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Engineering design
Product Service Systems
knowledge management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,465
1,430
0.580
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Synthetic aperture radar
radar remote sensing
Signal processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,914
1,323
0.454
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Quality of Experience
network measurements
fluid flow models
virtualisation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,475
1,338
0.244
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Parallel programming
Computer Architecture
Machine Learning
AI
Image Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,922
1,343
0.460
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Engineering Design
Mechanical Engineering
Product-Service Systems
Innovation Engineering
Product
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,057
1,262
0.413
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,885
204
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Claes Wohlin
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,460
15,511
0.425
Empirical Software Engineering
Software Quality
Evidence-based Software Engineering
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,779
435
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Kai Petersen
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,948
9,190
0.576
software engineering
software processes
software metrics
software security
software process improvement
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
102,134
1,359
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Tony Gorschek
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,047
4,374
0.435
Software Engineering
Technology Product Management
Requirements Engineering
Value Based
Agile / Lean
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106,288
1,416
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Emilia Mendes
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,591
4,215
0.364
Empirical Software Engineering
Evidence-based SE
Human-centred SE
Applied Machine Learning
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
123,005
1,678
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Sanmartin Berglund Johan
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,139
3,790
0.466
Epidemiology
Geriatrics
Infectious diseases
Public Health
Applied Health Technology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
145,275
2,027
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Mats Viberg
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,873
3,262
0.193
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
152,311
2,141
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Daniel Mendez
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,631
3,208
0.693
Empirical Software Engineering
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
176,956
2,502
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Michael Mattsson
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,382
2,701
0.423
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
184,558
2,626
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Martin Andersson
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,646
2,598
0.391
Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Industrial Dynamics
Spatial Economics
Urban and Regional Economics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
201,451
2,868
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ludwik Kuźniarz
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,881
2,447
0.631
Software Engineering
Computer Science
Empirical Methods
Modeling
Education
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
219,638
3,133
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Darja Šmite
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,648
2,280
0.491
Global Software Engineering
Distributed Development
Outsourcing
Agile
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
227,546
3,272
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Sophie I Hallstedt|Sophie Byggeth, Sophie Isaksson Hallstedt, Sophie Hallstedt
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,270
2,145
0.502
Sustainable Design
Sustainable Product Development
Sustainable Engineering Design
Design for
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
231,263
3,314
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Michael Unterkalmsteiner
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,560
2,146
0.603
Requirements Engineering
Empirical Software Engineering
Natural Language Processing
Testing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
275,130
4,022
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Lisa Skär
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,651
1,782
0.488
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
280,043
4,107
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Hans Jürgen Zepernick
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,681
1,745
0.307
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
287,614
4,242
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Abbas Cheddad
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,446
1,678
0.377
Steganography
image processing
medical imaging
computer vision
optical projection tomography and
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
310,508
4,605
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Krzysztof Wnuk
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,984
1,576
0.528
Software Engineering
Software Business
Open Innovation
Product Management
Requirements Engineering
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
313,630
4,646
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jürgen Börstler
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,411
1,561
0.458
Empirical Software Engineering
Computer Science Education
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
315,028
4,670
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Nauman Bin Ali
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,285
1,574
0.689
Software Engineering
AI4SE
Software Testing
Lean
Agile
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
319,741
4,753
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Peter Anderberg
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,957
1,555
0.795
Health Technology
Health Informatics
Gerontechnology
Assistive Technology
Disability
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
338,299
5,033
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Marco Bertoni
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,465
1,430
0.580
Engineering design
Product Service Systems
knowledge management
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
353,220
5,265
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Mats Pettersson
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,914
1,323
0.454
Synthetic aperture radar
radar remote sensing
Signal processing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
357,223
5,320
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Markus Fiedler
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,475
1,338
0.244
Quality of Experience
network measurements
fluid flow models
virtualisation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
362,519
5,414
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Håkan Grahn|Håkan Nilsson
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,922
1,343
0.460
Parallel programming
Computer Architecture
Machine Learning
AI
Image Processing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
375,265
5,591
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Tobias Larsson|Tobias C. Larsson
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,057
1,262
0.413
Engineering Design
Mechanical Engineering
Product-Service Systems
Innovation Engineering
Product
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