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Universität Innsbruck Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) 2025

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 IndexUniversities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025

* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Austria
Werner Poewe
Bewegungsstörungen
Parkinson
Tremor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,867
60,903
0.455
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Austria
Peter Zoller
Quantum Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,236
43,956
0.338
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Austria
Hanno Ulmer
Epidemiology
Biostatistics
Clinical Trials
Medicine
Life Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,883
43,543
0.538
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Austria
Olaf Reimer
Multimessenger Astrophysics
Astroparticle Physics: Cosmic Rays
Gamma-ray Astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,250
35,666
0.339
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Austria
Anita Reimer
Theoretical high energy astrophysics
Multimessenger astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,012
35,095
0.373
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Austria
Florian Kronenberg
Genetics
Genetic Epidemiology
Kidney disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,612
31,849
0.509
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Austria
Mario Spera
Formation and dynamical evolution of merging compact-object binaries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,660
25,441
0.954
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Austria
Zlatko Trajanoski
cancer immunology
computational biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,711
24,409
0.558
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Austria
Cornelia Lass Flörl
medical mycology
hospital infection control
epidemiology and prevention of hospital infections
Aspergillus and innate immunit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,881
22,888
0.560
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Austria
Rainer Blatt
Quantum Physics
Quantum Optics
Trapped Ions
Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,432
21,172
0.420
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Austria
Gregor K Wenning
multiple system atrophy
neurodegeneration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,025
21,022
0.382
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Austria
Weiss Guenter
inante immunity
infectious diseases
anemia
iron metabolism
macrophages
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,329
20,014
0.451
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Austria
Andreas Bernkop Schnürch
Drug delivery
medicinal chemistry
thiomers
tissue engineering
polymer science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,458
15,355
0.433
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Austria
Kurt Matzler
Innovation
Strategy
Strategic Management
Leadership
Family Business
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,449
14,305
0.428
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Austria
Sebastian Schoenherr|Sebastian Schönherr
Computational Genetics
mitochondrial DNA
Imputation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,202
14,187
0.876
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Austria
Hans J Briegel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,687
14,075
0.406
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Austria
Michael Bahn
global change ecology
functional ecology
biogeochemical cycles
plant-soil interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,573
14,031
0.650
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Austria
Lukas Forer
Cloud Computing
Hadoop
Genetics
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,776
12,879
0.872
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Austria
Birgit Högl
Sleep
RBD
RLS
Parkinson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,328
12,594
0.497
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Austria
Hubert Hackl
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Genomics
Modeling
Cancer Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,128
12,458
0.772
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Austria
Andreas Villunger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,222
12,364
0.490
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Austria
AR Moschen
gastroenterology
mucosal immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,658
12,274
0.478
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Austria
Nikolaos Bonaros
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,164
12,162
0.603
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Austria
Armin Hansel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,020
11,436
0.423
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Austria
Christian Roos
Quantum physics
Trapped Ions
Precision Spectroscopy
Quantum Information
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,779
11,351
0.440
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,021
Austria
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Werner Poewe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,867
60,903
0.455
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,481
Austria
11
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Peter Zoller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,236
43,956
0.338
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,536
Austria
12
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Hanno Ulmer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,883
43,543
0.538
Epidemiology
Biostatistics
Clinical Trials
Medicine
Life Sciences
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,853
Austria
18
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Olaf Reimer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,250
35,666
0.339
Multimessenger Astrophysics
Astroparticle Physics: Cosmic Rays
Gamma-ray Astronomy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,962
Austria
19
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Anita Reimer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,012
35,095
0.373
Theoretical high energy astrophysics
Multimessenger astrophysics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,797
Austria
24
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Florian Kronenberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,612
31,849
0.509
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,226
Austria
35
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mario Spera
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,660
25,441
0.954
Formation and dynamical evolution of merging compact-object binaries
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,759
Austria
37
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Zlatko Trajanoski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,711
24,409
0.558
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,683
Austria
40
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Cornelia Lass Flörl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,881
22,888
0.560
medical mycology
hospital infection control
epidemiology and prevention of hospital infections
Aspergillus and innate immunit
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,932
Austria
48
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Rainer Blatt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,432
21,172
0.420
Quantum Physics
Quantum Optics
Trapped Ions
Spectroscopy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,045
Austria
49
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Gregor K Wenning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,025
21,022
0.382
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,860
Austria
52
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Weiss Guenter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,329
20,014
0.451
inante immunity
infectious diseases
anemia
iron metabolism
macrophages
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,731
Austria
81
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Andreas Bernkop Schnürch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,458
15,355
0.433
Drug delivery
medicinal chemistry
thiomers
tissue engineering
polymer science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,704
Austria
92
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Kurt Matzler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,449
14,305
0.428
Innovation
Strategy
Strategic Management
Leadership
Family Business
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,963
Austria
94
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Sebastian Schoenherr|Sebastian Schönherr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,202
14,187
0.876
Computational Genetics
mitochondrial DNA
Imputation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,208
Austria
99
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Hans J Briegel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,687
14,075
0.406
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,301
Austria
100
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Michael Bahn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,573
14,031
0.650
global change ecology
functional ecology
biogeochemical cycles
plant-soil interactions
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,185
Austria
126
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Lukas Forer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,776
12,879
0.872
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,976
Austria
131
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Birgit Högl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,328
12,594
0.497
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,363
Austria
135
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Hubert Hackl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,128
12,458
0.772
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Genomics
Modeling
Cancer Research
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,628
Austria
138
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Andreas Villunger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,222
12,364
0.490
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,892
Austria
139
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
AR Moschen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,658
12,274
0.478
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,221
Austria
140
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Nikolaos Bonaros
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,164
12,162
0.603
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,683
Austria
156
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Armin Hansel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,020
11,436
0.423
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,990
Austria
159
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Christian Roos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,779
11,351
0.440
Quantum physics
Trapped Ions
Precision Spectroscopy
Quantum Information