Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Universität Innsbruck Highly Cited Researchers CitationEngineering & Technology / Computer Science 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
Austria
Lukas Forer
Cloud Computing
Hadoop
Genetics
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,217
13,314
0.875
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Austria
Thomas Fahringer
Parallel Systems
Parallelizing Compilers
Heterogeneous energy-aware computing
Cloud and Grid Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,386
2,983
0.223
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Austria
Jan Beutel
mountain cryosphere
permafrost
natural hazards
climate impacts
cyber-physical systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,203
2,826
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Austria
Michael Felderer
Software Engineering
Software Technology
Software Quality and Security
Testing and Validation
Data and AI Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,152
6,588
0.808
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Austria
Justus Piater
computer vision
machine learning
robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,570
2,525
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Austria
Ruth Breu
Model-Driven Software Development
Software Quality Management
Security Engineering
Enterprise Architecture Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,571
1,955
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Austria
Günther Specht
Databases
Information Retrieval
Recommender Systems
Plagiarism Detection
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,401
2,546
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Austria
Hansi Weißensteiner|Hansi Weissensteiner
Bioinformatics
Genetics
Computer Science
mtDNA
mitochondria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,967
2,888
0.728
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Austria
Matthias Harders
Physically-Based Simulation
Computer Haptics
Augmented Reality
Surgical Simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,932
1,318
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Austria
Anna Fensel
semantic technology
knowledge graphs
explainable AI
data spaces
ontologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,402
1,072
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Austria
Wolfgang Freysinger
Computer Science in Surgery and Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,358
714
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Austria
Fulvio Flamini
Integrated quantum photonics
AI
Machine learning
Science communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,261
1,784
0.789
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Austria
Eva Zangerle
Recommender Systems
Music Information Retrieval
Natural Language Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,202
1,693
0.769
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Austria
Alexander Rietzler
Natural Language Processing
Robot Vision
Quantum Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,773
789
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Austria
Nikolaus Umlauf
Statistical Computing
Machine Learning
Semiparametric Regression
Spatial Statistics
Bayesian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,574
1,048
0.666
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Austria
Georg Moser
Logic
Proof Theory
Program Analysis
Automation
Quantum Computation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,404
463
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Austria
Antonio Rodriguez Sanchez
Computational neuroscience
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,306
833
0.638
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Austria
Stephan Antholzer
Machine Learning
Inverse Problems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,072
1,021
0.952
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Austria
Matteo Cesari
Biomedical signal processing
REM sleep behavior disorder
Machine learning
Artificial Intelligence
Sleep Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
727
700
0.963
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Austria
Sebastian Stabinger
machine learning
computer vision
deep learning
artificial intelligence
Bayesian models
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
658
622
0.945
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Austria
Philipp Gschwandtner
high performance computing
performance analysis
auto-tuning
multi-objective optimization
energy optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
644
387
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Austria
Michael Breu
Software Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
632
26
0.041
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Austria
Gerald Hiebel
Conceptual Modelling
Digital Archaeology
Geoinformation
Natural Language Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
549
337
0.614
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Austria
Georgios Fotakis
bioinformatics
algorithms
machine learning
immuno-oncology
tumor evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
495
494
0.998
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Austria
Harald Foidl
Data & Software Engineering
Machine Learning
Data Science
Industry 4.0
Quality Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
427
392
0.918
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,344
Austria
329
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Lukas Forer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,217
13,314
0.875
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,005
Austria
387
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Thomas Fahringer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,386
2,983
0.223
Parallel Systems
Parallelizing Compilers
Heterogeneous energy-aware computing
Cloud and Grid Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,742
Austria
730
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jan Beutel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,203
2,826
0.345
mountain cryosphere
permafrost
natural hazards
climate impacts
cyber-physical systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
123,593
Austria
736
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Michael Felderer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,152
6,588
0.808
Software Engineering
Software Technology
Software Quality and Security
Testing and Validation
Data and AI Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
155,746
Austria
936
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Justus Piater
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,570
2,525
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
183,854
Austria
1,068
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ruth Breu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,571
1,955
0.351
Model-Driven Software Development
Software Quality Management
Security Engineering
Enterprise Architecture Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
230,358
Austria
1,312
115
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Günther Specht
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,401
2,546
0.579
Databases
Information Retrieval
Recommender Systems
Plagiarism Detection
Bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
253,469
Austria
1,434
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Hansi Weißensteiner|Hansi Weissensteiner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,967
2,888
0.728
Bioinformatics
Genetics
Computer Science
mtDNA
mitochondria
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
255,508
Austria
1,444
126
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Matthias Harders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,932
1,318
0.335
Physically-Based Simulation
Computer Haptics
Augmented Reality
Surgical Simulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
383,979
Austria
2,102
181
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Anna Fensel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,402
1,072
0.446
semantic technology
knowledge graphs
explainable AI
data spaces
ontologies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
389,426
Austria
2,137
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Wolfgang Freysinger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,358
714
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
401,693
Austria
2,201
192
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Fulvio Flamini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,261
1,784
0.789
Integrated quantum photonics
AI
Machine learning
Science communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
409,643
Austria
2,229
194
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Eva Zangerle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,202
1,693
0.769
Recommender Systems
Music Information Retrieval
Natural Language Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
478,103
Austria
2,524
214
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Alexander Rietzler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,773
789
0.445
Natural Language Processing
Robot Vision
Quantum Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
518,143
Austria
2,694
227
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Nikolaus Umlauf
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,574
1,048
0.666
Statistical Computing
Machine Learning
Semiparametric Regression
Spatial Statistics
Bayesian
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
557,078
Austria
2,890
233
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Georg Moser
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,404
463
0.330
Logic
Proof Theory
Program Analysis
Automation
Quantum Computation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
582,169
Austria
2,999
243
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Antonio Rodriguez Sanchez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,306
833
0.638
Computational neuroscience
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Robotics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
652,474
Austria
3,315
266
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Stephan Antholzer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,072
1,021
0.952
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
790,988
Austria
3,928
121
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Matteo Cesari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
727
700
0.963
Biomedical signal processing
REM sleep behavior disorder
Machine learning
Artificial Intelligence
Sleep Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
825,154
Austria
4,082
305
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Sebastian Stabinger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
658
622
0.945
machine learning
computer vision
deep learning
artificial intelligence
Bayesian models
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
832,468
Austria
4,117
306
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Philipp Gschwandtner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
644
387
0.601
high performance computing
performance analysis
auto-tuning
multi-objective optimization
energy optimization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
838,959
Austria
4,145
309
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Michael Breu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
632
26
0.041
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
883,816
Austria
4,339
322
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Gerald Hiebel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
549
337
0.614
Conceptual Modelling
Digital Archaeology
Geoinformation
Natural Language Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
919,442
Austria
4,501
133
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Georgios Fotakis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
495
494
0.998
bioinformatics
algorithms
machine learning
immuno-oncology
tumor evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
979,149
Austria
4,801
351
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Harald Foidl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
427
392
0.918
Data & Software Engineering
Machine Learning
Data Science
Industry 4.0
Quality Engineering