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
Food technology
Food Chemistry
Pharmacology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,162
18,585
0.421
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Food
Materials
Proteins
Lipids
Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,259
16,953
0.526
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Biometry
Biometrics
Biostatistics
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,806
15,393
0.534
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Microbial Ecology
Soil Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,369
15,237
0.431
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Nutrition
Evolution
Malnutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,716
8,417
0.388
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,052
7,951
0.719
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Irrigation
Postharvest Technology
Renewable Energy
Medicinal Plants
Drying
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,185
7,801
0.550
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Soil science
soil physics
biogeophysics
agricultural sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,335
6,769
0.597
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,100
6,586
0.467
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Animal nutrition
Minerals
Amino acids
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,216
6,470
0.530
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship Education
Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
Bioeconomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,657
6,379
0.737
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Plant Proteomics
Signaling
Protein phosphorylation
Nutrient responses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,507
6,208
0.400
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Plant growth modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,197
6,048
0.658
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,904
5,511
0.619
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
land use
sustainability
landscape
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,082
5,350
0.662
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
plant breeding
resistance genetics
Fusarium resistance
rye
wheat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,293
5,262
0.428
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Biometrics
Statistical Learning
Statistical Ecology
Animal Population dynamics
Statistical Genomics and Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,407
5,189
0.552
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Digital Media
Privacy
Diversity
Social Support
Media Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,722
4,936
0.639
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Structural Biology
signaling proteins
membrane proteins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,748
4,859
0.414
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
agroecology
biodiversity
ecosystem services
landscape
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,055
4,818
0.953
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Innovation Economics
Complexity Economics
Agent Based Simulation
Networks
Bioeconomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,644
4,785
0.450
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Wheat
durum
spelt
emmer
einkorn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,789
4,703
0.693
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Abiotic Stress Physiology
Viticulture
Crop Quality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,795
4,675
0.600
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,214
4,606
0.411
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Health Economics
Labour Economics
Population Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,745
4,465
0.458
Reinhold Carle
Universität Hohenheim
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,162
18,585
0.421
Food technology
Food Chemistry
Pharmacology
Jochen Weiss
Universität Hohenheim
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,259
16,953
0.526
Food
Materials
Proteins
Lipids
Processing
Hans Peter Piepho
Universität Hohenheim
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,806
15,393
0.534
Biometry
Biometrics
Biostatistics
Statistics
Ellen Kandeler
Universität Hohenheim
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,369
15,237
0.431
Microbial Ecology
Soil Biology
Hans K Biesalski
Universität Hohenheim
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,716
8,417
0.388
Nutrition
Evolution
Malnutrition
Carsten Buchmann
Universität Hohenheim
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,052
7,951
0.719
Joachim Müller
Universität Hohenheim
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,185
7,801
0.550
Irrigation
Postharvest Technology
Renewable Energy
Medicinal Plants
Drying
Thilo Streck
Universität Hohenheim
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,335
6,769
0.597
Soil science
soil physics
biogeophysics
agricultural sciences
Frank Schurr
Universität Hohenheim
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,100
6,586
0.467
Markus Rodehutscord
Universität Hohenheim
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,216
6,470
0.530
Animal nutrition
Minerals
Amino acids
Andreas Kuckertz
Universität Hohenheim
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,657
6,379
0.737
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship Education
Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
Bioeconomy
Waltraud X Schulze
Universität Hohenheim
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,507
6,208
0.400
Plant Proteomics
Signaling
Protein phosphorylation
Nutrient responses
Sebastian Gayler
Universität Hohenheim
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,197
6,048
0.658
Tobias Würschum
Universität Hohenheim
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,904
5,511
0.619
Claudia Bieling
Universität Hohenheim
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,082
5,350
0.662
Thomas Miedaner
Universität Hohenheim
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,293
5,262
0.428
plant breeding
resistance genetics
Fusarium resistance
rye
wheat
Joseph O Ogutu
Universität Hohenheim
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,407
5,189
0.552
Biometrics
Statistical Learning
Statistical Ecology
Animal Population dynamics
Statistical Genomics and Genetics
Sabine Trepte
Universität Hohenheim
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,722
4,936
0.639
Digital Media
Privacy
Diversity
Social Support
Media Psychology
Guenter Fritz
Universität Hohenheim
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,748
4,859
0.414
Structural Biology
signaling proteins
membrane proteins
Ingo Grass
Universität Hohenheim
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,055
4,818
0.953
agroecology
biodiversity
ecosystem services
landscape
Andreas Pyka
Universität Hohenheim
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,644
4,785
0.450
Innovation Economics
Complexity Economics
Agent Based Simulation
Networks
Bioeconomics
Friedrich Longin
Universität Hohenheim
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,789
4,703
0.693
Wheat
durum
spelt
emmer
einkorn
Christian Zörb
Universität Hohenheim
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,795
4,675
0.600
Abiotic Stress Physiology
Viticulture
Crop Quality
Uwe Ludewig
Universität Hohenheim
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,214
4,606
0.411
Alfonso Sousa-Poza
Universität Hohenheim
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,745
4,465
0.458
Health Economics
Labour Economics
Population Economics