Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Universität Freiburg Highly Cited Researchers Citation 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
Image Analysis
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
Biomedical Applications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158,059
148,310
0.938
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168,908
142,794
0.845
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Particle Physics
High Energy Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330,948
138,538
0.419
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
AutoML
Meta-Learning
Neural Architecture Search
Deep Learning
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,661
72,064
0.893
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
AI
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,270
48,548
0.407
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,390
34,525
0.520
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Landscape Ecology
Nature Conservation
Pollination Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,422
31,541
0.569
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
statistical ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,952
30,096
0.628
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
High energy physics
particle physics
Higgs boson
electroweak interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,309
23,537
0.442
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Control
Optimization
Model Predictive Control
Airborne Wind Energy
Robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,803
21,772
0.576
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,033
21,760
0.836
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,872
21,179
0.852
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
statistical modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,498
20,804
0.404
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Statistics
meta-analysis
statistical computing
R
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,087
19,790
0.658
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
plant ecology
biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
soundscape ecology
planetary health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,280
19,505
0.624
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
silviculture
forest science
forest ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,866
19,015
0.637
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,854
15,356
0.302
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Educational Psychology
Educational Research
Instructional Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,957
14,412
0.380
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
bioinformatics
non-coding RNAs
translational regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,878
13,995
0.586
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Solar Cells
Photovoltaics
Silicon Solar Cells
III-V Solar Cells
Perovskite Solar Cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,695
13,786
0.435
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Autophagy
Molecular and cell biology
biochemistry
yeast genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,683
12,647
0.512
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Astroparticle Physics
Dark Matter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,427
12,439
0.609
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Halbleiter großer Bandlücke
Leistungselektronik
Hochfrequenzelektronik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,217
12,330
0.299
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,221
11,813
0.301
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
biostatistics
evidence synthesis
meta-analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,622
10,947
0.942
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
193
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Olaf Ronneberger
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158,059
148,310
0.938
Image Analysis
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
Biomedical Applications
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
223
7
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Thomas Brox
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168,908
142,794
0.845
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Robotics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
249
8
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Gregor Herten
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330,948
138,538
0.419
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,702
58
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Frank Hutter
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,661
72,064
0.893
AutoML
Meta-Learning
Neural Architecture Search
Deep Learning
Machine Learning
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,223
126
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Wolfram Burgard
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,270
48,548
0.407
Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
AI
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,527
218
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Peter Auer
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,390
34,525
0.520
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,360
263
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Alexandra Maria Klein
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,422
31,541
0.569
Landscape Ecology
Nature Conservation
Pollination Ecology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,818
277
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Carsten F Dormann
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,952
30,096
0.628
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,019
419
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Karsten Köneke
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,309
23,537
0.442
High energy physics
particle physics
Higgs boson
electroweak interactions
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,285
470
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Moritz Diehl
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,803
21,772
0.576
Control
Optimization
Model Predictive Control
Airborne Wind Energy
Robotics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,294
473
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jost Tobias Springenberg
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,033
21,760
0.836
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,738
494
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Björn Grüning
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,872
21,179
0.852
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,053
506
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Willi Sauerbrei
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,498
20,804
0.404
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,984
557
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Guido Schwarzer
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,087
19,790
0.658
Statistics
meta-analysis
statistical computing
R
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,278
579
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Michael Scherer Lorenzen
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,280
19,505
0.624
plant ecology
biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
soundscape ecology
planetary health
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,805
603
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Juergen Bauhus
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,866
19,015
0.637
silviculture
forest science
forest ecology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,024
847
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Andrea Di Simone
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,854
15,356
0.302
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,006
947
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Alexander Renkl
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,957
14,412
0.380
Educational Psychology
Educational Research
Instructional Design
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,003
988
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Rolf Backofen
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,878
13,995
0.586
bioinformatics
non-coding RNAs
translational regulation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,523
1,010
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Stefan W Glunz
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,695
13,786
0.435
Solar Cells
Photovoltaics
Silicon Solar Cells
III-V Solar Cells
Perovskite Solar Cells
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,601
1,133
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Claudine Kraft
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,683
12,647
0.512
Autophagy
Molecular and cell biology
biochemistry
yeast genetics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,274
1,162
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Marc Schumann
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,427
12,439
0.609
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,595
1,182
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Oliver Ambacher
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,217
12,330
0.299
Halbleiter großer Bandlücke
Leistungselektronik
Hochfrequenzelektronik
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,386
1,251
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Heinz Rennenberg
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,221
11,813
0.301
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,878
1,406
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Adriani Nikolakopoulou
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,622
10,947
0.942
biostatistics
evidence synthesis
meta-analysis