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
Reading Instruction
Writing Instruction
Literacy
Digital Reading
Epistemic Cognition
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,676
989
0.590
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,716
977
0.360
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
microsociology
STS
infrastructure
education
ethnography
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,086
731
0.673
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
757
674
0.890
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
teacher education
mentoring & coaching
collaboration
discourse analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
850
518
0.609
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Educational Psychology
Career Development
Competence
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
674
415
0.616
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Medienpädagogik
Medienbildung
Media Education
Mediensozialisation
Medienkompetenz
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
423
394
0.931
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
373
372
0.997
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Spracherwerbsforschung
Schreibdidaktik
Lesedidaktik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
863
360
0.417
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
vocational education
teacher training
curriculum development
policy analysis
skills development
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
517
339
0.656
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
499
336
0.673
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
557
327
0.587
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Media Education
Open Access Publishing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
512
315
0.615
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
International organizations
development
education
women's movements
food policy
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
482
294
0.610
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
354
256
0.723
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
297
248
0.835
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
History
History Education
Bildung
Civic Education
Philosophy with Children
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
293
236
0.805
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
451
167
0.370
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Historische Bildungsforschung
Theorie der Bildung und Erziehung
Lehrerinnen- und Lehrerbildungri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
307
165
0.537
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
sport didactic
motor competencies
sport education
leisure sport
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
112
0.957
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
standards-based grading
assessment
foreign language teaching
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
52
0.754
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Migration Inklusion Gender Rassismus Intersektionalität Diversity
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
45
0.479
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
39
0.609
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Leseverstehen
Sachtexte
Mehrsprachigkeit
Filmverstehen
Sprachkompetenzen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
33
0.273
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
32
0.421
Maik Philipp
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,676
989
0.590
Reading Instruction
Writing Instruction
Literacy
Digital Reading
Epistemic Cognition
Mònica Feixas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,716
977
0.360
Tobias Röhl
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,086
731
0.673
Nina Bremm
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
757
674
0.890
Annelies Kreis
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
850
518
0.609
teacher education
mentoring & coaching
collaboration
discourse analysis
Christine Bieri Buschor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
674
415
0.616
Educational Psychology
Career Development
Competence
Julian Ernst
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
423
394
0.931
Medienpädagogik
Medienbildung
Media Education
Mediensozialisation
Medienkompetenz
Regina Schmid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
373
372
0.997
Hansjakob Schneider
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
863
360
0.417
Markus Maurer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
517
339
0.656
vocational education
teacher training
curriculum development
policy analysis
skills development
Markus Emden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
499
336
0.673
Andrea Keck Frei
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
557
327
0.587
Klaus Rummler
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
512
315
0.615
Media Education
Open Access Publishing
Corinne A. Pernet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
482
294
0.610
International organizations
development
education
women's movements
food policy
Christine Wolfgramm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
354
256
0.723
Barbara Getto
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
297
248
0.835
Christian Mathis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
293
236
0.805
History
History Education
Bildung
Civic Education
Philosophy with Children
Daniela Baumann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
451
167
0.370
Hoffmann-Ocon, Andreas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
307
165
0.537
Historische Bildungsforschung
Theorie der Bildung und Erziehung
Lehrerinnen- und Lehrerbildungri
Ilaria Ferrari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
112
0.957
sport didactic
motor competencies
sport education
leisure sport
Laura Loder Buechel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
52
0.754
Brigit Allenbach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
45
0.479
Migration Inklusion Gender Rassismus Intersektionalität Diversity
Bettina Grimmer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
39
0.609
Doris Grütz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
33
0.273
Leseverstehen
Sachtexte
Mehrsprachigkeit
Filmverstehen
Sprachkompetenzen
Michael Prusse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
32
0.421