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
Computational Neuroscience
Vision
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Data Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,782
13,975
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Networked Systems
Cloud Computing
Mobile and Edge Computing
Social Computing
Big Data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,034
6,343
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
computational neuroscience
computational vision
statistics
machine learning
neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,914
2,706
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Software Engineering
Software Evolution
Quality Assurance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,801
1,092
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Data Science
Time Series Analysis
Biostatistics
Geostatistics
Complex Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,998
866
0.217
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Data Fusion
Tracking
Estimation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,797
2,245
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Data Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,690
994
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Privacy and Security
Human-centric Computing
Emerging Technologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,376
868
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Husbandry Systems
Automatic image Analysis
Machine Learning
Animal Behaviour
Modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,336
1,326
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Image and Data Analysis
Optimal Transport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,110
1,574
0.746
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Theoretical Computer Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,000
870
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
electromyography
myoelectric control
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,792
1,143
0.638
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Pattern recognition
Machine Learning
Prosthetic control
EMG
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,354
728
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
efficient machine learning
neuromorphic engineering
computational neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,245
966
0.776
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Machine Learning
Pattern Recognition
Image Processing
Computer Vision
Biometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,080
402
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
FSPM
Plant Phenotyping
Image Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,032
702
0.680
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Irrigation mapping
remote sensing
machine/deep learning
geography
agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
604
595
0.985
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Haplotype Blocks
Genomic Prediction
Imputation
Deep Learning
quantitative genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
477
468
0.981
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Theoretical Chemistry
Computational Chemistry
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
370
357
0.965
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Data Science
Software Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
366
330
0.902
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Computer Networks
Telecommunication Networks
Mobility
NTN
ML/AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
315
235
0.746
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Computational Biology
Machine learning
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
310
268
0.865
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
computational neuroscience
self-organization
synaptic plasticity
artificial intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164
65
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
SE4AI
Software Testing
Machine Learning
Mutation Analysis
Algorithms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
46
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
machine learning
computer vision
markerless tracking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
32
0.970
Alexander S Ecker
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,782
13,975
0.672
Computational Neuroscience
Vision
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Data Science
Xiaoming Fu
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,034
6,343
0.527
Networked Systems
Cloud Computing
Mobile and Edge Computing
Social Computing
Big Data
Fabian Sinz
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,914
2,706
0.551
computational neuroscience
computational vision
statistics
machine learning
neuroscience
Jens Grabowski
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,801
1,092
0.227
Software Engineering
Software Evolution
Quality Assurance
Annette Witt
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,998
866
0.217
Data Science
Time Series Analysis
Biostatistics
Geostatistics
Complex Systems
Marcus Baum
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,797
2,245
0.591
Data Fusion
Tracking
Estimation
Jens Nieschulze
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,690
994
0.370
Delphine Reinhardt
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,376
868
0.365
Privacy and Security
Human-centric Computing
Emerging Technologies
Imke Traulsen
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,336
1,326
0.568
Husbandry Systems
Automatic image Analysis
Machine Learning
Animal Behaviour
Modelling
Bernhard Schmitzer
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,110
1,574
0.746
Image and Data Analysis
Optimal Transport
Florin Manea
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,000
870
0.435
Theoretical Computer Science
Janne M Hahne
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,792
1,143
0.638
electromyography
myoelectric control
machine learning
Sebastian Amsuess
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,354
728
0.538
Pattern recognition
Machine Learning
Prosthetic control
EMG
David Kappel
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,245
966
0.776
efficient machine learning
neuromorphic engineering
computational neuroscience
Carsten Gottschlich
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,080
402
0.372
Machine Learning
Pattern Recognition
Image Processing
Computer Vision
Biometrics
Michael Henke
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,032
702
0.680
FSPM
Plant Phenotyping
Image Processing
Wanxue Zhu
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
604
595
0.985
Irrigation mapping
remote sensing
machine/deep learning
geography
agriculture
Torsten Pook
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
477
468
0.981
Haplotype Blocks
Genomic Prediction
Imputation
Deep Learning
quantitative genetics
Marco Eckhoff
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
370
357
0.965
Theoretical Chemistry
Computational Chemistry
Machine Learning
Fabian Trautsch
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
366
330
0.902
Data Science
Software Engineering
Sripriya Srikant Adhatarao
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
315
235
0.746
Computer Networks
Telecommunication Networks
Mobility
NTN
ML/AI
Youngjun Park|Youngjune Park
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
310
268
0.865
Computational Biology
Machine learning
Bioinformatics
Daniel Carl Miner
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164
65
0.396
computational neuroscience
self-organization
synaptic plasticity
artificial intelligence
Zaheed Ahmed
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
46
0.630
SE4AI
Software Testing
Machine Learning
Mutation Analysis
Algorithms
Timo Hüser
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
32
0.970
machine learning
computer vision
markerless tracking