Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science Highly Cited Researchers 37 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
Machine Learning
AI for Science
Deep Learning
Theoretical Biophysics
Chemical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,781
18,754
0.675
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Software engineering
empirical software engineering
agile methods
pair programming
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,934
3,954
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
AI
Cybersecurity
Machine Learning
Information Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,326
3,495
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Algorithms
computational geometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,260
1,248
0.199
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Computer Networks
Internet Routing
Internet Measurement
Security
IoT
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,925
2,909
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Artificial Intelligence
Automated Reasoning
Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
Logic
Formal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,292
1,404
0.265
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Corporate Semantic Web
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Data Analytics
Semantic Technologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,487
1,438
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Dependable Architectures
Stochastic Models
Data Analysis
Data-driven Prediction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,817
2,140
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Information security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,209
605
0.189
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Digital Collaboration
Explainable Artificial Intelligence
Generative AI
Technology Acceptance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,036
2,485
0.819
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Machine Learning
AI for Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,675
2,418
0.904
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Data Science
Infectious Disease
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,542
1,000
0.649
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Networking and Security System
Embedded System
Software Engineering
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,041
582
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
self-organisation
electrochemistry
non-linear dynamics
machine learning
programming
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
962
63
0.065
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
AI
Data Governance
Data Journalism
Civic Tech
Digital Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
930
619
0.666
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Machine Learning
Healthcare
Unsupervised Learning
Social networks
Apis mellifera
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
917
753
0.821
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Data Science
Machine Learning
Predictive Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
778
393
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Computational Biophysics
Molecular Dynamics
Machine Learning
Coarse-Graining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
691
583
0.844
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
interpretability of machine learning
unsupervised learning
information theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
686
581
0.847
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Artificial Intelligence
Cognitive Systems
Human-Centered AI
Cognitive Science
Creative Problem Solving
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
626
348
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Aerospace
Dependable Networks
Quantum Algorithms
Tensor Networks
Complexity Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
604
368
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Information Centric Networking
Internet of Things
Software Engineering for Embedded Hardware
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
601
476
0.792
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
metastability
Monte Carlo methods
coarse-graining
deep learning techniques
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
521
355
0.681
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
machine learning
neural networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
378
269
0.712
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Machine Learning
Physics
Computational Physics
Biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
308
294
0.955
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,862
1,133
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Noe Frank
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,781
18,754
0.675
Machine Learning
AI for Science
Deep Learning
Theoretical Biophysics
Chemical Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,794
3,590
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Lutz Prechelt
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,934
3,954
0.331
Software engineering
empirical software engineering
agile methods
pair programming
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,525
6,060
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Gerhard Wunder
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,326
3,495
0.477
AI
Cybersecurity
Machine Learning
Information Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
167,783
7,052
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Helmut Alt
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,260
1,248
0.199
Algorithms
computational geometry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
177,265
7,403
97
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Matthias Wählisch
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,925
2,909
0.491
Computer Networks
Internet Routing
Internet Measurement
Security
IoT
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
198,080
8,137
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Christoph Benzmüller
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,292
1,404
0.265
Artificial Intelligence
Automated Reasoning
Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
Logic
Formal
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
231,883
9,324
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Adrian Paschke
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,487
1,438
0.320
Corporate Semantic Web
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Data Analytics
Semantic Technologies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
268,458
10,617
132
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Katinka Wolter
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,817
2,140
0.561
Dependable Architectures
Stochastic Models
Data Analysis
Data-driven Prediction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
311,409
12,039
144
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Volker Roth
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,209
605
0.189
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
325,996
12,537
152
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Christian Meske
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,036
2,485
0.819
Digital Collaboration
Explainable Artificial Intelligence
Generative AI
Technology Acceptance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
361,100
13,666
170
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jonas Köhler|Jonas Koehler
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,675
2,418
0.904
Machine Learning
AI for Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
535,137
19,047
244
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Alexander Ullrich
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,542
1,000
0.649
Data Science
Infectious Disease
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Biophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
673,762
23,212
300
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Agus Kurniawan
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,041
582
0.559
Networking and Security System
Embedded System
Software Engineering
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
702,299
24,053
309
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ludwig Pohlmann
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
962
63
0.065
self-organisation
electrochemistry
non-linear dynamics
machine learning
programming
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
714,271
24,430
315
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Stefan Baack
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
930
619
0.666
AI
Data Governance
Data Journalism
Civic Tech
Digital Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
719,266
24,563
317
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Benjamin Wild
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
917
753
0.821
Machine Learning
Healthcare
Unsupervised Learning
Social networks
Apis mellifera
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
777,733
26,334
344
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Animesh Agarwal
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
778
393
0.505
Data Science
Machine Learning
Predictive Modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
818,241
27,564
370
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Aleksander Durumeric
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
691
583
0.844
Computational Biophysics
Molecular Dynamics
Machine Learning
Coarse-Graining
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
820,755
27,638
372
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Leon Sixt
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
686
581
0.847
interpretability of machine learning
unsupervised learning
information theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
851,497
28,626
388
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ana Maria Olteteanu
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
626
348
0.556
Artificial Intelligence
Cognitive Systems
Human-Centered AI
Cognitive Science
Creative Problem Solving
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
863,131
29,007
396
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Martin Schwarz
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
604
368
0.609
Aerospace
Dependable Networks
Quantum Algorithms
Tensor Networks
Complexity Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
864,708
29,062
397
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Martine S. Lenders
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
601
476
0.792
Information Centric Networking
Internet of Things
Software Engineering for Embedded Hardware
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
914,732
30,806
416
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Wei Zhang
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
521
355
0.681
metastability
Monte Carlo methods
coarse-graining
deep learning techniques
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,045,942
35,633
451
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Marcus Edel
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
378
269
0.712
machine learning
neural networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,129,392
38,679
474
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Amanuel Wolde-Kidan
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
308
294
0.955
Machine Learning
Physics
Computational Physics
Biophysics