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Highly Cited Researchers 374 Scientists Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Supply Chain Management
Supply Chain
Sustainability Management
Sustainable Supply Chains
Sustainable Supply Chain Managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,117
21,435
0.534
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sustainability science
Landscape ecology
Agroforestry
Ecosystem services
Social-ecological system
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,011
13,165
0.627
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mathematics Educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,635
11,574
0.391
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Personality Disorder
Depression
Interpersonal Theory
Personality Assessment
Statistical Modelin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,238
9,657
0.789
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
layered inorganic materials
transition metal dichalcogenides
functionalisation
liquid exfoliation
optical spectroscop
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,447
9,619
0.585
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Clinical Psychology
Psychotherapy
Anxiety
Reproducibility
Mental Healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,439
8,940
0.619
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sustainability management
supply chain management
operations management
accountabilit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,074
8,515
0.705
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,253
7,962
0.650
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,918
7,366
0.570
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
trust
hybrid intelligence
smart personal assistants
educational technology
technology-mediated learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,054
6,083
0.862
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
socio-industrial metabolism
sustainability assessment
systems analysis
footprints
resource policie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,374
5,924
0.412
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Power System Planning
Control and Operatio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,900
5,858
0.592
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,590
5,778
0.425
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Bodenphysik
Bodenhydrologie
Nicht-invasive Methoden
Bildanalys
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,127
5,741
0.567
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Nature conservation
sutainable agriculture
climate chang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,017
5,315
0.379
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,062
4,750
0.673
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
soil science
soil organic carbon and nitrogen
microbial biomarkers
C isotope
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,592
4,070
0.886
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Semiotic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,210
3,969
0.245
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,509
3,916
0.522
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
creativity
proactivity
work design
ict use and wellbein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,348
3,900
0.531
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Machine Learning
Pattern Recognition
Autonomous Learning
Intelligent Systems
Organic Computin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,527
3,818
0.507
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Hochschulforschung
Innovationsforschung
Wissenschaftssoziologie
Neoinstitutionalismu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,857
3,573
0.329
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
empirical economics
environmental economics
stated choice experiments
climate and energy policy
sustainable investment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,456
3,548
0.476
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Molecular Microbiology
Ecology
NGS
Plant-Microbe-Interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,087
3,346
0.819
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
mathematical modelling education
mathematical thinking style
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,966
3,255
0.546
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,283
473
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Stefan Seuring
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,117
21,435
0.534
Supply Chain Management
Supply Chain
Sustainability Management
Sustainable Supply Chains
Sustainable Supply Chain Managemen
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,423
1,050
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Tobias Plieninger
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,011
13,165
0.627
Sustainability science
Landscape ecology
Agroforestry
Ecosystem services
Social-ecological system
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,446
1,259
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Werner Blum
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,635
11,574
0.391
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,173
1,602
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Johannes Zimmermann
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,238
9,657
0.789
Personality Disorder
Depression
Interpersonal Theory
Personality Assessment
Statistical Modelin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,357
1,608
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Claudia Backes
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,447
9,619
0.585
layered inorganic materials
transition metal dichalcogenides
functionalisation
liquid exfoliation
optical spectroscop
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,589
1,793
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Christoph Flückiger
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,439
8,940
0.619
Clinical Psychology
Psychotherapy
Anxiety
Reproducibility
Mental Healt
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,587
1,922
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Stefan Gold
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,074
8,515
0.705
Sustainability management
supply chain management
operations management
accountabilit
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,972
2,117
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Stephanie Eisner
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,253
7,962
0.650
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,701
2,372
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ulrich Hamm
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,918
7,366
0.570
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,242
3,098
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Matthias Söllner
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,054
6,083
0.862
trust
hybrid intelligence
smart personal assistants
educational technology
technology-mediated learnin
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,811
3,219
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Stefan Bringezu
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,374
5,924
0.412
socio-industrial metabolism
sustainability assessment
systems analysis
footprints
resource policie
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,960
3,265
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Martin Braun
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,900
5,858
0.592
Power System Planning
Control and Operatio
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,346
3,330
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Andreas Buerkert
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,590
5,778
0.425
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,989
3,357
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Stephan Peth
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,127
5,741
0.567
Bodenphysik
Bodenhydrologie
Nicht-invasive Methoden
Bildanalys
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,154
3,701
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Christoph Steiner
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,017
5,315
0.379
Nature conservation
sutainable agriculture
climate chang
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,366
4,239
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Patrick Spieth
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,062
4,750
0.673
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,698
5,041
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Anna Gunina
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,592
4,070
0.886
soil science
soil organic carbon and nitrogen
microbial biomarkers
C isotope
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,238
5,180
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Winfried Nöth
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,210
3,969
0.245
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
124,297
5,274
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Maria Finckh
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,509
3,916
0.522
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
124,900
5,301
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Sandra Ohly
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,348
3,900
0.531
creativity
proactivity
work design
ict use and wellbein
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,184
5,446
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Bernhard Sick
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,527
3,818
0.507
Machine Learning
Pattern Recognition
Autonomous Learning
Intelligent Systems
Organic Computin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
138,614
5,853
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Georg Krücken
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,857
3,573
0.329
Hochschulforschung
Innovationsforschung
Wissenschaftssoziologie
Neoinstitutionalismu
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
139,795
5,910
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Andreas Ziegler
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,456
3,548
0.476
empirical economics
environmental economics
stated choice experiments
climate and energy policy
sustainable investment
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
149,611
6,314
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Doreen Fischer
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,087
3,346
0.819
Molecular Microbiology
Ecology
NGS
Plant-Microbe-Interaction
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
154,382
6,503
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Rita Borromeo Ferri
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,966
3,255
0.546
mathematical modelling education
mathematical thinking style