Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,004
1,010
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,577
1,119
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,964
1,752
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,553
4,522
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
135,322
5,731
91
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ladislav Nedbal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,504
3,302
0.440
Photosynthesis
Algal Biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
139,407
5,907
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
140,961
5,966
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
159,656
6,710
107
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
160,660
6,764
110
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
248,881
9,889
190
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
260,097
10,270
194
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
264,902
10,451
197
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Shizue Matsubara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,774
1,918
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
308,518
11,898
224
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
309,437
11,931
225
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
323,910
12,421
243
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
326,420
12,512
246
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Eric Von Lieres
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,949
1,896
0.643
Modeling
Simulation
Biotechnology
Chromatography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
362,769
13,697
262
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Kris Van Looy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,586
1,434
0.555
Landscape ecology
ecosystem models
resilience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
377,450
14,143
268
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jan Schnitzler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,456
1,497
0.610
Phylogenetics
Evolutionary Biology
Botany
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
404,529
15,041
280
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
429,549
15,815
297
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Matthias Stoldt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,065
706
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
493,103
17,758
324
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Wolfgang Rheinheimer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,694
1,512
0.893
ceramics
microstructure evolution
defects
functional materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
561,144
19,782
361
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
564,803
19,895
364
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Maria Postma Blaauw
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,373
516
0.376
Soil Ecology
biodiversity
nematodes
earth worms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
600,828
20,915
378
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Bogdan Barz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,239
623
0.503
Protein structure and self assembly
Molecular dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
713,803
24,320
445
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
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