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.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Agronomy
Hydrology
Food Security
Modeling
Geosciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,511
20,247
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,781
14,689
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Agricultural Economics
Rural Development
Food Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,164
18,667
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Regeneration ecology
forest stand dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,969
13,421
0.747
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
Trophic interactions
Macroecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,961
3,559
0.717
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Plant Evolution
Streptophyte Algae
Evo-Physio
Comparative Genomics
Evolutionary Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,422
4,023
0.910
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
poultry
dairy cattle
functional traits
feed intake
feather pecking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,182
2,528
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
soil-forming processes
silicon in soils
palaeosols
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,697
1,495
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Soil Science
Ecology
Biogeochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,523
1,917
0.760
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Climate Change
Agricultural Economics
Agrobiodiversity
Food Security
Sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,416
2,108
0.873
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Agri-Food Studies
Development Studies
Urban Studies
Climate Resilience
Socionatures
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,062
1,349
0.654
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Forestry
Agroforestry
Forest Economics
Land-use modelling
Ecosystem services
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,512
1,351
0.894
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Agricultural Economics
Rural Development
Food Security and Nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,262
1,127
0.893
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
964
691
0.717
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
forest genetics
populations genomics
local adaptation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
669
436
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
biodiversity
conservation
agroforestry
land-use science
forest ecosystems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
580
576
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Carbon Cycle
Biogeochemistry
Ecosystem Ecology
Eddy Covariance
Soil Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
566
520
0.919
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Applied & Agricultural Economics
Marketing and Consumer behavior
Efficiency and productivity Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
481
232
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
forest structure
terrestrial laser scanning
remote sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
467
463
0.991
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
remote sensing
restoration ecology
forestry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
452
427
0.945
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Agricultural Markets & Trade
Global Value Chains
Environmental Productivity and Efficiency
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
417
412
0.988
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Agroecology
community ecology
ornithology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
285
282
0.989
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Plant Ecology
Restoration Ecology
Theoretical Ecology
Simulation Modelling
Ecological Modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198
198
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
soil ecology
HTS
nematode
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138
130
0.942
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Agricultural Economics & Policy
Water/Resource Economics
Agricultural Spatial Analysis & Modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
105
0.972
Stefan Siebert
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,511
20,247
0.604
Agronomy
Hydrology
Food Security
Modeling
Geosciences
Ivo Feussner
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,781
14,689
0.448
Matin Qaim
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,164
18,667
0.580
Agricultural Economics
Rural Development
Food Security
Christian Ammer
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,969
13,421
0.747
Regeneration ecology
forest stand dynamics
Andreas Schuldt
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,961
3,559
0.717
Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
Trophic interactions
Macroecology
Jan de Vries
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,422
4,023
0.910
Plant Evolution
Streptophyte Algae
Evo-Physio
Comparative Genomics
Evolutionary Bioinformatics
Jens Tetens
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,182
2,528
0.604
poultry
dairy cattle
functional traits
feed intake
feather pecking
Daniela Sauer
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,697
1,495
0.554
soil-forming processes
silicon in soils
palaeosols
Maxim Dorodnikov
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,523
1,917
0.760
Soil Science
Ecology
Biogeochemistry
Kibrom T Sibhatu
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,416
2,108
0.873
Climate Change
Agricultural Economics
Agrobiodiversity
Food Security
Sustainability
Markus Keck
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,062
1,349
0.654
Agri-Food Studies
Development Studies
Urban Studies
Climate Resilience
Socionatures
Carola Paul
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,512
1,351
0.894
Forestry
Agroforestry
Forest Economics
Land-use modelling
Ecosystem services
Makaiko Gonapanyanja Khonje
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,262
1,127
0.893
Agricultural Economics
Rural Development
Food Security and Nutrition
Irene Serrano
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
964
691
0.717
Katharina B Budde
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
669
436
0.652
forest genetics
populations genomics
local adaptation
Kristina Osen
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
580
576
0.993
biodiversity
conservation
agroforestry
land-use science
forest ecosystems
Simon Drollinger
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
566
520
0.919
Carbon Cycle
Biogeochemistry
Ecosystem Ecology
Eddy Covariance
Soil Science
Fatima Lambarraa-Lehnhardt
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
481
232
0.482
Applied & Agricultural Economics
Marketing and Consumer behavior
Efficiency and productivity Analysis
Katharina Willim
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
467
463
0.991
forest structure
terrestrial laser scanning
remote sensing
Nicolò Camarretta
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
452
427
0.945
remote sensing
restoration ecology
forestry
Bernhard Dalheimer
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
417
412
0.988
Agricultural Markets & Trade
Global Value Chains
Environmental Productivity and Efficiency
Carolina OcampoAriza
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
285
282
0.989
Agroecology
community ecology
ornithology
Sebastian Fiedler
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198
198
1.000
Plant Ecology
Restoration Ecology
Theoretical Ecology
Simulation Modelling
Ecological Modelling
Simin Wang
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138
130
0.942
soil ecology
HTS
nematode
Juliane Haensch
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
105
0.972
Agricultural Economics & Policy
Water/Resource Economics
Agricultural Spatial Analysis & Modelling