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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.

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Total 695 scientist
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
3,205
Country Rank
125
Institution Rank: 1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Germany
Elmar Braehler
Elmar Braehler
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig , Germany
Social Sciences / Psychology
Medizinische Psychologie
Medizinische Soziologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,463
48,709
0.557
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
3,404
Country Rank
136
Institution Rank: 2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Germany
Michael Stumvoll
Michael Stumvoll
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig , Germany
Others
diabetes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,195
46,909
0.438
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,734
Country Rank
232
Institution Rank: 3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Germany
Peter F Stadler
Peter F Stadler
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig , Germany
Natural Sciences / Mathematical Sciences
Bioinformatics
Discrete Mathematics
Complex Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,025
33,727
0.406
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
8,429
Country Rank
357
Institution Rank: 4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Germany
Florian Lordick
Florian Lordick
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig , Germany
Medical and Health Sciences / Medical Oncology
Oncology
Cancer Research
Gastrointestinal Cancer
Clinical Trials
Personalized Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,536
26,320
0.542
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
8,747
Country Rank
369
Institution Rank: 5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Germany
Markus Loeffler
Markus Loeffler
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig , Germany
Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
Biometry
Bioinformatics
Modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,914
25,709
0.396
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
11,653
Country Rank
488
Institution Rank: 6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Germany
Hannes Zacher
Hannes Zacher
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig , Germany
Social Sciences / Psychology
Work Psychology
Organizational Psychology
Occupational Health Psychology
Aging
Lifespan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,324
21,290
0.809
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
12,543
Country Rank
531
Institution Rank: 7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Germany
Christian Wirth
Christian Wirth
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig , Germany
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
biodiversity
ecosystem functioning
functional plant ecology
fire ecology
forest ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,502
20,270
0.605
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
15,208
Country Rank
665
Institution Rank: 8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Germany
Stephan Bernhart
Stephan Bernhart
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig , Germany
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
Cancer research
RNA folding
Bioinformatics
Epigenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,488
17,797
0.647
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
20,110
Country Rank
902
Institution Rank: 9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Germany
Gerik Scheuermann
Gerik Scheuermann
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig , Germany
Natural Sciences / Mathematical Sciences
Visualization
Visual Analytics
Topology
Cliffordalgebra
Digital Humanities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,083
14,809
0.615
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
20,326
Country Rank
913
Institution Rank: 10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Germany
Philipp Lurz
Philipp Lurz
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig , Germany
Medical and Health Sciences / Cardiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,257
14,717
0.764
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
21,531
Country Rank
972
Institution Rank: 11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Germany
Antje Körner
Antje Körner
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig , Germany
Medical and Health Sciences / Pediatrics and Child Health
Obesity
adipose tissue
childhood obesity
pediatric endocrinology
genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,755
14,184
0.530
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
22,390
Country Rank
1,005
Institution Rank: 12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Germany
Miguel D Mahecha
Miguel D Mahecha
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig , Germany
Engineering & Technology / Earth Sciences
Environmental Data Sciences
Ecosystem functioning
Extreme events
Data Cubes
Society-Environment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,897
13,836
0.732
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
24,771
Country Rank
1,101
Institution Rank: 13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Germany
Anja Mehnert
Anja Mehnert
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig , Germany
Others
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,853
12,923
0.651
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
26,148
Country Rank
1,156
Institution Rank: 14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Germany
Marius Grundmann
Marius Grundmann
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig , Germany
Engineering & Technology / Electrical & Electronic Engineering
semiconductor
semiconductors
oxides
iodides
physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,960
12,480
0.260
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
30,767
Country Rank
1,361
Institution Rank: 15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Germany
Rolf Wachter
Rolf Wachter
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig , Germany
Medical and Health Sciences / Cardiology
Kardiologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,059
11,201
0.657
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
35,425
Country Rank
1,553
Institution Rank: 16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Germany
Johannes Lemke
Johannes Lemke
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig , Germany
Others
epilepsy genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,608
10,188
0.579
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
36,445
Country Rank
1,603
Institution Rank: 17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Germany
Jon Genuneit
Jon Genuneit
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig , Germany
Medical and Health Sciences / Pediatrics and Child Health
Pediatric Epidemiology
Biostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,503
9,987
0.571
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
37,106
Country Rank
1,631
Institution Rank: 18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Germany
Martin Potthast
Martin Potthast
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig , Germany
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Information Retrieval
Natural Language Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,217
9,875
0.695
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
41,913
Country Rank
1,826
Institution Rank: 19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Germany
Henryk Barthel
Henryk Barthel
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig , Germany
Others
PET and PET/MRI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,309
9,081
0.557
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
41,928
Country Rank
1,829
Institution Rank: 20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Germany
Georg Schomerus
Georg Schomerus
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig , Germany
Medical and Health Sciences / Psychiatry
Public attitudes towards mental illness
help-seeking for mental illness
stigma of substance use disorders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,158
9,079
0.641
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
43,652
Country Rank
1,912
Institution Rank: 21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Germany
Nadja Rüger
Nadja Rüger
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig , Germany
Agriculture & Forestry / Forestry
forest ecology
ecological modeling
community ecology
demography
life-history strategies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,889
8,828
0.685
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
43,900
Country Rank
1,922
Institution Rank: 22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Germany
Erich Schröger
Erich Schröger
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig , Germany
Social Sciences / Psychology
attention
perception
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,793
8,793
0.328
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
47,303
Country Rank
2,077
Institution Rank: 23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Germany
Johannes Quaas
Johannes Quaas
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig , Germany
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Climate- and Biodiversity Change
Clouds and Climate
Aerosol-Cloud Interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,323
8,348
0.677
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
47,364
Country Rank
2,083
Institution Rank: 24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Germany
Alexander Jobs *
Alexander Jobs *
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig , Germany
Others
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,746
8,341
0.954
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
49,881
Country Rank
2,187
Institution Rank: 25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Germany
Ansgar Zerfass|Ansgar Zerfaß
Ansgar Zerfass|Ansgar Zerfaß
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig , Germany
Business & Management / Strategic Management
Corporate Communications
Communication Management
Public Relations
Strategic Communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,058
8,048
0.501
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,205
Germany
125
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Elmar Braehler
Elmar Braehler
Universität Leipzig Leipzig, Germany Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,463
48,709
0.557
Social Sciences / Psychology
Medizinische Psychologie
Medizinische Soziologie
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,404
Germany
136
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Michael Stumvoll
Michael Stumvoll
Universität Leipzig Leipzig, Germany Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,195
46,909
0.438
Others
diabetes
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,734
Germany
232
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Peter F Stadler
Peter F Stadler
Universität Leipzig Leipzig, Germany Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,025
33,727
0.406
Natural Sciences / Mathematical Sciences
Bioinformatics
Discrete Mathematics
Complex Systems
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,429
Germany
357
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Florian Lordick
Florian Lordick
Universität Leipzig Leipzig, Germany Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,536
26,320
0.542
Medical and Health Sciences / Medical Oncology
Oncology
Cancer Research
Gastrointestinal Cancer
Clinical Trials
Personalized Medicine
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,747
Germany
369
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Markus Loeffler
Markus Loeffler
Universität Leipzig Leipzig, Germany Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,914
25,709
0.396
Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
Biometry
Bioinformatics
Modelling
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,653
Germany
488
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Hannes Zacher
Hannes Zacher
Universität Leipzig Leipzig, Germany Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,324
21,290
0.809
Social Sciences / Psychology
Work Psychology
Organizational Psychology
Occupational Health Psychology
Aging
Lifespan
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,543
Germany
531
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Christian Wirth
Christian Wirth
Universität Leipzig Leipzig, Germany Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,502
20,270
0.605
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
biodiversity
ecosystem functioning
functional plant ecology
fire ecology
forest ecology
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,208
Germany
665
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Stephan Bernhart
Stephan Bernhart
Universität Leipzig Leipzig, Germany Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,488
17,797
0.647
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
Cancer research
RNA folding
Bioinformatics
Epigenetics
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,110
Germany
902
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Gerik Scheuermann
Gerik Scheuermann
Universität Leipzig Leipzig, Germany Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,083
14,809
0.615
Natural Sciences / Mathematical Sciences
Visualization
Visual Analytics
Topology
Cliffordalgebra
Digital Humanities
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,326
Germany
913
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Philipp Lurz
Philipp Lurz
Universität Leipzig Leipzig, Germany Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,257
14,717
0.764
Medical and Health Sciences / Cardiology
See All Rankings and Analysis

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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,531
Germany
972
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Antje Körner
Antje Körner
Universität Leipzig Leipzig, Germany Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,755
14,184
0.530
Medical and Health Sciences / Pediatrics and Child Health
Obesity
adipose tissue
childhood obesity
pediatric endocrinology
genetics
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,390
Germany
1,005
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Miguel D Mahecha
Miguel D Mahecha
Universität Leipzig Leipzig, Germany Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,897
13,836
0.732
Engineering & Technology / Earth Sciences
Environmental Data Sciences
Ecosystem functioning
Extreme events
Data Cubes
Society-Environment
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,771
Germany
1,101
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Anja Mehnert
Anja Mehnert
Universität Leipzig Leipzig, Germany Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,853
12,923
0.651
Others
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,148
Germany
1,156
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Marius Grundmann
Marius Grundmann
Universität Leipzig Leipzig, Germany Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,960
12,480
0.260
Engineering & Technology / Electrical & Electronic Engineering
semiconductor
semiconductors
oxides
iodides
physics
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,767
Germany
1,361
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Rolf Wachter
Rolf Wachter
Universität Leipzig Leipzig, Germany Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,059
11,201
0.657
Medical and Health Sciences / Cardiology
Kardiologie
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,425
Germany
1,553
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Johannes Lemke
Johannes Lemke
Universität Leipzig Leipzig, Germany Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,608
10,188
0.579
Others
epilepsy genetics
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,445
Germany
1,603
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jon Genuneit
Jon Genuneit
Universität Leipzig Leipzig, Germany Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,503
9,987
0.571
Medical and Health Sciences / Pediatrics and Child Health
Pediatric Epidemiology
Biostatistics
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,106
Germany
1,631
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Martin Potthast
Martin Potthast
Universität Leipzig Leipzig, Germany Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,217
9,875
0.695
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Information Retrieval
Natural Language Processing
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,913
Germany
1,826
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Henryk Barthel
Henryk Barthel
Universität Leipzig Leipzig, Germany Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,309
9,081
0.557
Others
PET and PET/MRI
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,928
Germany
1,829
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Georg Schomerus
Georg Schomerus
Universität Leipzig Leipzig, Germany Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,158
9,079
0.641
Medical and Health Sciences / Psychiatry
Public attitudes towards mental illness
help-seeking for mental illness
stigma of substance use disorders
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,652
Germany
1,912
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Nadja Rüger
Nadja Rüger
Universität Leipzig Leipzig, Germany Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,889
8,828
0.685
Agriculture & Forestry / Forestry
forest ecology
ecological modeling
community ecology
demography
life-history strategies
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,900
Germany
1,922
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Erich Schröger
Erich Schröger
Universität Leipzig Leipzig, Germany Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,793
8,793
0.328
Social Sciences / Psychology
attention
perception
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,303
Germany
2,077
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Johannes Quaas
Johannes Quaas
Universität Leipzig Leipzig, Germany Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,323
8,348
0.677
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Climate- and Biodiversity Change
Clouds and Climate
Aerosol-Cloud Interactions
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,364
Germany
2,083
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Alexander Jobs *
Alexander Jobs *
Universität Leipzig Leipzig, Germany Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,746
8,341
0.954
Others
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,881
Germany
2,187
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ansgar Zerfass|Ansgar Zerfaß
Ansgar Zerfass|Ansgar Zerfaß
Universität Leipzig Leipzig, Germany Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,058
8,048
0.501
Business & Management / Strategic Management
Corporate Communications
Communication Management
Public Relations
Strategic Communication
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