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
Biological Physics
Soft Matter
Active Matter
Fluid Dynamics
Mesoscale Simulations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,416
13,158
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Structrual Biochemistry
Alzheimer Disease
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Protein Aggregation
NMR Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,402
13,640
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Structural biology
electron cryo microscopy
cryo-EM
autophagy
protein aggregation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,798
9,708
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Computational Structural Biology
Electron Microscopy
X-ray Crystallography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,455
4,750
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Photosynthesis
Algal Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,504
3,302
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Computational Neuroscience
Data analysis
statistics of point processes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,301
2,654
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
biophysics
computational physics
soft and active matter
simulations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,225
4,031
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Biological Physics
Active Matter
Growing Tissues
tissue_mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,411
4,162
0.649
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Retina
Retinadegeneration
Sehen
visuelle Informationsverarbeitung
Biophysik von Ionenkanälen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,373
1,818
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
High Performance Computing
Computational Structural Biology
Theoretical Biological Physics
Molecular Dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,048
1,983
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
microfluidics
lab on a chip
single-cell analysis
biotechnology
microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,854
2,192
0.569
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Plant Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,774
1,918
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Degradomics
Proteomics
Proteolysis
Signal transduction
Plant Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,156
1,854
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
biological neuronal networks
field theory of neuronal networks
simulation technology
Fokker-Planck theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,145
1,833
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Biological Physics
Soft Condensed Matter
Active Matter
Simulations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,976
1,660
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Modeling
Simulation
Biotechnology
Chromatography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,949
1,896
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Landscape ecology
ecosystem models
resilience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,586
1,434
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Phylogenetics
Evolutionary Biology
Botany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,456
1,497
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Plant biology
Plant physiology
NMR
MRI
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,240
1,127
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Structural Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,065
706
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
ceramics
microstructure evolution
defects
functional materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,694
1,512
0.893
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
brain asymmetry
individual differences
structure-function relationship
interhemispheric processes
brain evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,387
1,332
0.960
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Soil Ecology
biodiversity
nematodes
earth worms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,373
516
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Protein structure and self assembly
Molecular dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,239
623
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Computational Biophysics
Computational Structural Biology
High-Performance Computing
Python
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
905
457
0.505
Gerhard Gompper
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,416
13,158
0.447
Biological Physics
Soft Matter
Active Matter
Fluid Dynamics
Mesoscale Simulations
Dieter Willbold
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,402
13,640
0.498
Structrual Biochemistry
Alzheimer Disease
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Protein Aggregation
NMR Spectroscopy
Carsten Sachse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,798
9,708
0.490
Structural biology
electron cryo microscopy
cryo-EM
autophagy
protein aggregation
Gunnar F. Schröder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,455
4,750
0.502
Computational Structural Biology
Electron Microscopy
X-ray Crystallography
Ladislav Nedbal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,504
3,302
0.440
Photosynthesis
Algal Biotechnology
Sonja Grün
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,301
2,654
0.364
Computational Neuroscience
Data analysis
statistics of point processes
Dmitry A. Fedosov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,225
4,031
0.558
biophysics
computational physics
soft and active matter
simulations
Jens Elgeti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,411
4,162
0.649
Biological Physics
Active Matter
Growing Tissues
tissue_mechanics
Frank Müller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,373
1,818
0.285
Retina
Retinadegeneration
Sehen
visuelle Informationsverarbeitung
Biophysik von Ionenkanälen
Alexander Schug
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,048
1,983
0.490
High Performance Computing
Computational Structural Biology
Theoretical Biological Physics
Molecular Dynamics
Dietrich Kohlheyer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,854
2,192
0.569
microfluidics
lab on a chip
single-cell analysis
biotechnology
microbiology
Shizue Matsubara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,774
1,918
0.508
Pitter F. Huesgen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,156
1,854
0.587
Degradomics
Proteomics
Proteolysis
Signal transduction
Plant Biology
Moritz Helias
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,145
1,833
0.583
biological neuronal networks
field theory of neuronal networks
simulation technology
Fokker-Planck theory
Thorsten Auth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,976
1,660
0.558
Biological Physics
Soft Condensed Matter
Active Matter
Simulations
Eric Von Lieres
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,949
1,896
0.643
Modeling
Simulation
Biotechnology
Chromatography
Kris Van Looy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,586
1,434
0.555
Landscape ecology
ecosystem models
resilience
Jan Schnitzler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,456
1,497
0.610
Phylogenetics
Evolutionary Biology
Botany
Carel W. Windt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,240
1,127
0.503
Plant biology
Plant physiology
NMR
MRI
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Matthias Stoldt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,065
706
0.342
Wolfgang Rheinheimer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,694
1,512
0.893
ceramics
microstructure evolution
defects
functional materials
Patrick Friedrich
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,387
1,332
0.960
brain asymmetry
individual differences
structure-function relationship
interhemispheric processes
brain evolution
Maria Postma Blaauw
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,373
516
0.376
Soil Ecology
biodiversity
nematodes
earth worms
Bogdan Barz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,239
623
0.503
Protein structure and self assembly
Molecular dynamics
Jan H. Meinke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
905
457
0.505
Computational Biophysics
Computational Structural Biology
High-Performance Computing
Python