Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Universität Hannover 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
Germany
Michele Heurs
Nonclassical laserinterferometry
Quantum control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,205
75,657
0.755
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Germany
Detlef Bahnemann
Photocatalysis
Nanotechnology
Photoelectrochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,673
30,586
0.374
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Germany
Juergen Caro
Chemie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,059
20,282
0.506
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Germany
Georg Guggenberger
Soil science
Soil organic matter cycling
Resource-efficient agriculture
Permafrost soils
Biotic-abiotic interactions in soil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,454
19,853
0.468
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Germany
Xiaoying Zhuang
Computational Mechanics
Materials Design
Civil Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,546
19,311
0.857
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Germany
Boris Chichkov
Physics
Laser Nanotechnologies
Nanophotonics
Biofabrication
Laser Printing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,230
16,657
0.425
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Germany
Sören Auer
Linked Data
Knowledge Graphs
Web Science
Digital Libraries
Industry 4.0
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,917
16,485
0.486
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Germany
Peter Wriggers
Finite Element Analysis
Contact Mechanics
Multi-scale Methods
Homogenization
Particle Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,999
14,278
0.408
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Germany
HJ Maier
microstructure-property-relationship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,503
11,631
0.456
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Germany
Reinhard F Werner
Quantum Theory
Quantum Foundations
Mathematical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,285
10,815
0.335
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Germany
Benjamin Burkhard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,275
9,900
0.608
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Germany
Thomas Scheper
Biotechnology
Tissue Engineering
Enzyme Technology
Biosensors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,117
8,167
0.406
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Germany
Michael Beer
uncertainty quantification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,145
7,929
0.711
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Germany
Bodo Rosenhahn
Computer Vision
Image Processing
Machine Learning
Biology
Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,378
7,742
0.579
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Germany
Armin Feldhoff
energy materials
energy harvesting
thermoelectrics
mixed ionic-electronic conductors
solid state chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,959
7,439
0.466
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Germany
Luis Santos
Quantum gases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,670
7,271
0.370
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Germany
Piet O. Schmidt
Quantum optics
precision spectroscopy
fundamental tests
optical clocks
quantum logic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,716
7,124
0.519
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Germany
Rasel Ernst M
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,125
6,894
0.569
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Germany
Klaus Peter Wiedmann
Brand Management
Consumer Behavior
Neuro Science
Corporate Identity
Strategy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,625
6,866
0.469
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Germany
Hans Peter Braun
Plant Biochemistry
Mitochondria
Proteomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,965
6,802
0.379
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Germany
Michael Kues
Nonlinear Optics
Quantum Optics
Integrated Photonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,710
5,852
0.872
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Germany
Wolfgang Nejdl
Information Retrieval
Web Science
Social Media
Data Mining
Semantic Technologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,031
5,824
0.215
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Germany
Paul Heitjans
materials physics
solid-state chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,815
5,723
0.414
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Germany
Wolfgang Ertmer
Physik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,493
5,679
0.291
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Germany
Marcus Cramer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,812
5,652
0.523
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,512
Germany
51
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Michele Heurs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,205
75,657
0.755
Nonclassical laserinterferometry
Quantum control
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,527
Germany
266
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Detlef Bahnemann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,673
30,586
0.374
Photocatalysis
Nanotechnology
Photoelectrochemistry
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,267
Germany
516
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Juergen Caro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,059
20,282
0.506
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,689
Germany
538
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Georg Guggenberger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,454
19,853
0.468
Soil science
Soil organic matter cycling
Resource-efficient agriculture
Permafrost soils
Biotic-abiotic interactions in soil
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,207
Germany
572
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Xiaoying Zhuang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,546
19,311
0.857
Computational Mechanics
Materials Design
Civil Engineering
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,562
Germany
727
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Boris Chichkov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,230
16,657
0.425
Physics
Laser Nanotechnologies
Nanophotonics
Biofabrication
Laser Printing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,839
Germany
736
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sören Auer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,917
16,485
0.486
Linked Data
Knowledge Graphs
Web Science
Digital Libraries
Industry 4.0
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,877
Germany
935
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Peter Wriggers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,999
14,278
0.408
Finite Element Analysis
Contact Mechanics
Multi-scale Methods
Homogenization
Particle Methods
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,515
Germany
1,251
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
HJ Maier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,503
11,631
0.456
microstructure-property-relationship
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,845
Germany
1,391
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Reinhard F Werner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,285
10,815
0.335
Quantum Theory
Quantum Foundations
Mathematical Physics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,257
Germany
1,581
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Benjamin Burkhard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,275
9,900
0.608
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,983
Germany
2,102
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Thomas Scheper
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,117
8,167
0.406
Biotechnology
Tissue Engineering
Enzyme Technology
Biosensors
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,058
Germany
2,181
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Michael Beer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,145
7,929
0.711
uncertainty quantification
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,774
Germany
2,240
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Bodo Rosenhahn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,378
7,742
0.579
Computer Vision
Image Processing
Machine Learning
Biology
Medicine
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,749
Germany
2,371
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Armin Feldhoff
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,959
7,439
0.466
energy materials
energy harvesting
thermoelectrics
mixed ionic-electronic conductors
solid state chemistry
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,518
Germany
2,456
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Luis Santos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,670
7,271
0.370
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,136
Germany
2,544
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Piet O. Schmidt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,716
7,124
0.519
Quantum optics
precision spectroscopy
fundamental tests
optical clocks
quantum logic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,913
Germany
2,669
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Rasel Ernst M
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,125
6,894
0.569
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,249
Germany
2,683
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Klaus Peter Wiedmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,625
6,866
0.469
Brand Management
Consumer Behavior
Neuro Science
Corporate Identity
Strategy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,062
Germany
2,712
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Hans Peter Braun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,965
6,802
0.379
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,832
Germany
3,322
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Michael Kues
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,710
5,852
0.872
Nonlinear Optics
Quantum Optics
Integrated Photonics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,258
Germany
3,338
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Wolfgang Nejdl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,031
5,824
0.215
Information Retrieval
Web Science
Social Media
Data Mining
Semantic Technologies
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,984
Germany
3,414
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Paul Heitjans
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,815
5,723
0.414
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,810
Germany
3,445
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Wolfgang Ertmer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,493
5,679
0.291
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,330
Germany
3,468
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Marcus Cramer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,812
5,652
0.523