Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 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.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Empirical Software Engineering
Software Quality
Evidence-based Software Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,300
16,641
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
software engineering
software processes
software metrics
software security
software process improvement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,358
10,149
0.661
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Empirical Software Engineering
Evidence-based SE
Human-centred SE
Applied Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,280
4,568
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Software Engineering
Technology Product Management
Requirements Engineering
Value Based
Agile / Lean
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,753
4,925
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Software engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,217
3,151
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Global Software Engineering
Distributed Development
Outsourcing
Agile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,427
2,346
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Steganography
image processing
medical imaging
computer vision
optical projection tomography and applied machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,388
1,951
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Empirical Software Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,277
3,170
0.741
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Software Engineering
Empirical Software Engineering
Requirements Engineering
Software Architecture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,725
718
0.193
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Software Engineering
Computer Science
Empirical Methods
Modeling
Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,713
2,646
0.713
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Requirements Engineering
Empirical Software Engineering
Natural Language Processing
Testing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,409
2,360
0.692
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Empirical Software Engineering
Computer Science Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,300
1,651
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Computer Science
Real-Time Scheduling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,286
1,162
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Software Engineering
Software Business
Open Innovation
Product Management
Requirements Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,892
1,811
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Parallel programming
Computer Architecture
Machine Learning
AI
Image Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,811
1,339
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
computer science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,369
727
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Software Engineering
AI4SE
Software Testing
Lean
Agile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,139
1,625
0.760
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
software engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,957
1,405
0.718
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Software Engineering
Agile Methods
Global Software Development
Empirical Software Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,657
942
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Artificial Intelligence
Intelligent Logistics
Distributed Planning
Simulation
Container Terminal Operations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,611
513
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Empirical Software Engineering
Agile Software Development
Software Reuse and InnerSource
RE
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,606
1,212
0.755
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Computer Graphics
Perception
Eye Tracking
Game Development
Visual and Interactive Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,603
748
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Applied machine learning
computational criminology
data science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,471
901
0.613
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Empirical software engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,341
1,125
0.839
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
artificiell intelligens
spelteori
spel
potentialfält
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,301
246
0.189
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,393
210
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Claes Wohlin
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,300
16,641
0.471
Empirical Software Engineering
Software Quality
Evidence-based Software Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,937
770
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Kai Petersen
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,358
10,149
0.661
software engineering
software processes
software metrics
software security
software process improvement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,535
1,220
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Emilia Mendes
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,280
4,568
0.405
Empirical Software Engineering
Evidence-based SE
Human-centred SE
Applied Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
101,323
1,475
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Tony Gorschek
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,753
4,925
0.505
Software Engineering
Technology Product Management
Requirements Engineering
Value Based
Agile / Lean
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
165,473
2,464
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Michael Mattsson
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,217
3,151
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
229,951
3,491
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Darja Šmite
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,427
2,346
0.530
Global Software Engineering
Distributed Development
Outsourcing
Agile
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
231,785
3,513
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Abbas Cheddad
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,388
1,951
0.445
Steganography
image processing
medical imaging
computer vision
optical projection tomography and applied machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
237,283
3,589
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Daniel Mendez
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,277
3,170
0.741
Empirical Software Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
268,670
4,089
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Mikael Svahnberg
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,725
718
0.193
Software Engineering
Empirical Software Engineering
Requirements Engineering
Software Architecture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
269,352
4,095
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ludwik Kuźniarz
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,713
2,646
0.713
Software Engineering
Computer Science
Empirical Methods
Modeling
Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
289,968
4,403
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Michael Unterkalmsteiner
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,409
2,360
0.692
Requirements Engineering
Empirical Software Engineering
Natural Language Processing
Testing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
298,123
4,533
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jürgen Börstler
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,300
1,651
0.500
Empirical Software Engineering
Computer Science Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
299,249
4,549
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Lars Lundberg
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,286
1,162
0.354
Computer Science
Real-Time Scheduling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
332,473
5,048
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Krzysztof Wnuk
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,892
1,811
0.626
Software Engineering
Software Business
Open Innovation
Product Management
Requirements Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
340,263
5,179
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Håkan Grahn|Håkan Nilsson
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,811
1,339
0.476
Parallel programming
Computer Architecture
Machine Learning
AI
Image Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
389,086
5,918
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Bengt Carlsson
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,369
727
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
419,525
6,373
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Nauman Bin Ali
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,139
1,625
0.760
Software Engineering
AI4SE
Software Testing
Lean
Agile
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
447,536
6,830
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Carmine Giardino
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,957
1,405
0.718
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
501,963
7,624
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Samireh Jalali
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,657
942
0.568
Software Engineering
Agile Methods
Global Software Development
Empirical Software Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
511,515
7,756
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Lawrence E Henesey
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,611
513
0.318
Artificial Intelligence
Intelligent Logistics
Distributed Planning
Simulation
Container Terminal Operations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
512,454
7,775
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Muhammad Usman
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,606
1,212
0.755
Empirical Software Engineering
Agile Software Development
Software Reuse and InnerSource
RE
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
513,167
7,787
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Veronica Sundstedt
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,603
748
0.467
Computer Graphics
Perception
Eye Tracking
Game Development
Visual and Interactive Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
542,074
8,176
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Martin Boldt
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,471
901
0.613
Applied machine learning
computational criminology
data science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
573,936
8,597
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Davide Fucci
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,341
1,125
0.839
Empirical software engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
584,774
8,752
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Stefan J Johansson
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,301
246
0.189
artificiell intelligens
spelteori
spel
potentialfält