Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science Highly Cited Researchers 171 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
Semantic Web
Knowledge Management
Intelligent Systems
Semantic Web Services
Linked Data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,344
3,480
0.119
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Computer vision
Multimodal interaction
Accessibility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,390
11,356
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
algorithm engineering
graph algorithms
data structures
parallel algorithms
algorithms for big data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,364
7,515
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Embedded Systems
Systems-on-Chip
Dependable Systems
Low Power Design
Thermal Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,666
7,320
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Decentralized Systems
VANETs
Vehicular Communication
IT Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,509
3,117
0.152
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Algorithm Engineering
Graph Algorithms
Combinatorial Optimization
Route Planning
Graph Drawing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,382
5,833
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Web Science
Semantic Web
Knowledge Management
Intelligent Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,508
1,267
0.101
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Web-based collaborative systems
Semantic Web
Wiki
Wikis
Semantic Wikis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,399
5,366
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
reliable computing
printed electronics
electronic design automation
design for test
emerging technologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,242
5,149
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Software engineering
parallelism
empirical software engineering
configuration management
AI and
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,374
1,099
0.106
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Performance Engineering
Systems Benchmarking
Cyber Security
Scientific Workflows
Data Analytics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,388
4,003
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Software Defined Radio
Cognitive Radio
Dynamic Spectrum Access
Radar
Mobile Communications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,366
1,252
0.134
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Software Architecture
Performance Engineering
Component Based Software Engineering
Non-functional
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,312
2,268
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
data mining
image processing
computational intelligence
zebrafish
energy informatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,024
4,928
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Information Systems
Digital Health
Cloud Computing
Blockchain
Trustworthy AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,822
6,008
0.681
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Hydrogen
Clean Energy
Advanced materials
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,898
4,396
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Computer Graphics
Visualization
Visual Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,929
2,098
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Data Mining
Software Engineering
NLP
Formal Methods
Semantic Web
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,429
5,167
0.804
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Information Systems
Software Engineering
Business Process Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,492
1,286
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Computer Vision
Computational Optics
Intelligent Vehicles
Autonomous Driving
Robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,976
4,631
0.931
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Automatic Speech Recognition
Speech Translation
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,856
2,521
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Informatik
computer networks
internet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,198
551
0.131
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Photogrammetry
Machine Vision
Computer Vision
Geodesy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,044
1,834
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
computational science and engineering
distributed systems
grid computing
data management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,013
779
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
Photogrammetry
Remote Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,946
2,677
0.678
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,901
1,047
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Rudi Studer
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,344
3,480
0.119
Semantic Web
Knowledge Management
Intelligent Systems
Semantic Web Services
Linked Data
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,366
1,451
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Rainer Stiefelhagen
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,390
11,356
0.486
Computer vision
Multimodal interaction
Accessibility
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,421
1,455
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Peter Sanders
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,364
7,515
0.322
algorithm engineering
graph algorithms
data structures
parallel algorithms
algorithms for big data
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,790
1,718
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jörg Henkel
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,666
7,320
0.354
Embedded Systems
Systems-on-Chip
Dependable Systems
Low Power Design
Thermal Design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,224
1,741
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Hannes Hartenstein
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,509
3,117
0.152
Decentralized Systems
VANETs
Vehicular Communication
IT Security
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,523
1,750
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Dorothea Wagner
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,382
5,833
0.286
Algorithm Engineering
Graph Algorithms
Combinatorial Optimization
Route Planning
Graph Drawing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,242
3,404
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
York Sure Vetter
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,508
1,267
0.101
Web Science
Semantic Web
Knowledge Management
Intelligent Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,437
3,797
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Denny Vrandečić
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,399
5,366
0.471
Web-based collaborative systems
Semantic Web
Wiki
Wikis
Semantic Wikis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,922
3,847
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Mehdi B Tahoori
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,242
5,149
0.458
reliable computing
printed electronics
electronic design automation
design for test
emerging technologies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,593
4,212
114
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Walter F Tichy
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,374
1,099
0.106
Software engineering
parallelism
empirical software engineering
configuration management
AI and
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,304
4,714
123
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Samuel Kounev
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,388
4,003
0.426
Performance Engineering
Systems Benchmarking
Cyber Security
Scientific Workflows
Data Analytics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,606
4,724
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Friedrich Jondral
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,366
1,252
0.134
Software Defined Radio
Cognitive Radio
Dynamic Spectrum Access
Radar
Mobile Communications
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,290
4,750
127
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ralf Reussner
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,312
2,268
0.244
Software Architecture
Performance Engineering
Component Based Software Engineering
Non-functional
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
113,255
4,901
129
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ralf Mikut
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,024
4,928
0.546
data mining
image processing
computational intelligence
zebrafish
energy informatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
116,189
5,021
130
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ali Sunyaev
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,822
6,008
0.681
Information Systems
Digital Health
Cloud Computing
Blockchain
Trustworthy AI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
131,369
5,601
143
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Bradley P Ladewig
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,898
4,396
0.557
Hydrogen
Clean Energy
Advanced materials
machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
151,085
6,406
160
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Carsten Dachsbacher
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,929
2,098
0.303
Computer Graphics
Visualization
Visual Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
163,286
6,883
173
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Viliam Simko
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,429
5,167
0.804
Data Mining
Software Engineering
NLP
Formal Methods
Semantic Web
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
190,984
7,908
199
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Andreas Oberweis
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,492
1,286
0.234
Information Systems
Software Engineering
Business Process Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
210,307
8,558
217
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Kailun Yang
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,976
4,631
0.931
Computer Vision
Computational Optics
Intelligent Vehicles
Autonomous Driving
Robotics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
215,321
8,751
223
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sebastian Stüker
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,856
2,521
0.519
Automatic Speech Recognition
Speech Translation
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
246,503
9,849
254
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Martina Zitterbart
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,198
551
0.131
Informatik
computer networks
internet
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
255,191
10,137
265
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Markus Ulrich
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,044
1,834
0.454
Photogrammetry
Machine Vision
Computer Vision
Geodesy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
256,964
10,200
269
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Achim Streit
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,013
779
0.194
computational science and engineering
distributed systems
grid computing
data management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
260,794
10,335
271
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Martin Weinmann
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,946
2,677
0.678
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
Photogrammetry
Remote Sensing