Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Highly Cited Researchers CitationEngineering & Technology / Computer Science Rankings 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
29,044
4,082
0.141
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
algorithm engineering
graph algorithms
data structures
parallel algorithms
algorithms for big data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,614
8,299
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Computer vision
Multimodal interaction
Accessibility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,990
11,401
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Decentralized Systems
VANETs
Vehicular Communication
IT Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,274
3,911
0.193
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Embedded Systems
Systems-on-Chip
Dependable Systems
Low Power Design
Thermal Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,924
8,039
0.403
* 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
19,781
6,506
0.329
* 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
12,411
1,478
0.119
* 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
10,751
5,398
0.502
* 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
10,704
5,571
0.520
* 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
10,248
1,272
0.124
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Software Defined Radio
Cognitive Radio
Dynamic Spectrum Access
Radar
Mobile Communications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,240
1,516
0.164
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Software Architecture
Performance Engineering
Component Based Software Engineering
Non-functional
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,086
2,609
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Software Engineering
Systems Benchmarking
Modeling and Simulation
Autonomic/Self-Aware Computing
Cloud/Serverless Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,877
4,186
0.472
* 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
8,378
4,925
0.588
* 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
8,011
5,837
0.729
* 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
7,484
4,660
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Computer Graphics
Visualization
Visual Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,730
2,374
0.353
* 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
5,883
5,087
0.865
* 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
5,381
1,493
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Automatic Speech Recognition
Speech Translation
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,685
2,655
0.567
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Computer Vision
Computational Optics
Intelligent Vehicles
Autonomous Driving
Robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,201
4,079
0.971
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Informatik
computer networks
internet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,120
605
0.147
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
computational science and engineering
distributed systems
grid computing
data management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,888
856
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Photogrammetry
Machine Vision
Computer Vision
Geodesy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,819
1,915
0.501
* 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
3,635
2,777
0.764
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,797
1,007
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Rudi Studer
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,044
4,082
0.141
Semantic Web
Knowledge Management
Intelligent Systems
Semantic Web Services
Linked Data
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,064
1,441
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Peter Sanders
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,614
8,299
0.367
algorithm engineering
graph algorithms
data structures
parallel algorithms
algorithms for big data
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,346
1,499
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Rainer Stiefelhagen
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,990
11,401
0.518
Computer vision
Multimodal interaction
Accessibility
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,591
1,672
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Hannes Hartenstein
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,274
3,911
0.193
Decentralized Systems
VANETs
Vehicular Communication
IT Security
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,548
1,710
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jörg Henkel
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,924
8,039
0.403
Embedded Systems
Systems-on-Chip
Dependable Systems
Low Power Design
Thermal Design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,932
1,722
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Dorothea Wagner
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,781
6,506
0.329
Algorithm Engineering
Graph Algorithms
Combinatorial Optimization
Route Planning
Graph Drawing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,994
3,248
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
York Sure Vetter
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,411
1,478
0.119
Web Science
Semantic Web
Knowledge Management
Intelligent Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,001
3,861
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Denny Vrandečić
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,751
5,398
0.502
Web-based collaborative systems
Semantic Web
Wiki
Wikis
Semantic Wikis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,468
3,887
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
10,704
5,571
0.520
reliable computing
printed electronics
electronic design automation
design for test
emerging technologies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,086
4,085
110
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Walter F Tichy
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,248
1,272
0.124
Software engineering
parallelism
empirical software engineering
configuration management
AI and
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,741
4,562
118
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Friedrich Jondral
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,240
1,516
0.164
Software Defined Radio
Cognitive Radio
Dynamic Spectrum Access
Radar
Mobile Communications
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106,780
4,651
122
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ralf Reussner
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,086
2,609
0.287
Software Architecture
Performance Engineering
Component Based Software Engineering
Non-functional
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,643
4,770
126
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Samuel Kounev
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,877
4,186
0.472
Software Engineering
Systems Benchmarking
Modeling and Simulation
Autonomic/Self-Aware Computing
Cloud/Serverless Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,067
5,052
132
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ralf Mikut
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,378
4,925
0.588
data mining
image processing
computational intelligence
zebrafish
energy informatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
123,007
5,296
139
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ali Sunyaev
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,011
5,837
0.729
Information Systems
Digital Health
Cloud Computing
Blockchain
Trustworthy AI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
132,646
5,643
145
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Bradley P Ladewig
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,484
4,660
0.623
Hydrogen
Clean Energy
Advanced materials
machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
148,429
6,278
155
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Carsten Dachsbacher
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,730
2,374
0.353
Computer Graphics
Visualization
Visual Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
170,224
7,147
175
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Viliam Simko
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,883
5,087
0.865
Data Mining
Software Engineering
NLP
Formal Methods
Semantic Web
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
185,896
7,715
191
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Andreas Oberweis
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,381
1,493
0.277
Information Systems
Software Engineering
Business Process Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
212,469
8,645
218
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Sebastian Stüker
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,685
2,655
0.567
Automatic Speech Recognition
Speech Translation
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
235,021
9,418
237
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Kailun Yang
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,201
4,079
0.971
Computer Vision
Computational Optics
Intelligent Vehicles
Autonomous Driving
Robotics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
239,305
9,596
244
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Martina Zitterbart
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,120
605
0.147
Informatik
computer networks
internet
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
252,487
10,020
262
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Achim Streit
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,888
856
0.220
computational science and engineering
distributed systems
grid computing
data management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
256,371
10,160
267
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Markus Ulrich
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,819
1,915
0.501
Photogrammetry
Machine Vision
Computer Vision
Geodesy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
267,576
10,565
278
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Martin Weinmann
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,635
2,777
0.764
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
Photogrammetry
Remote Sensing