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
molecular evolution
phylogenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,500
63,745
0.737
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Human ecology
social ecology
land use
energy
long-term socio-ecological research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,154
21,544
0.523
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Bioacoustics
Cognitive Evolution
Bio-Musicology
Evolution of Language
Bio-Aesthetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,891
13,115
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
phylogenetic methods
evolutionary trees
phylogenetics
method development
ML methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,657
28,669
0.827
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
land system research
social ecology
human ecology
land use and land cover
long-term socio-ecological research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,964
19,562
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Genomics
Systems Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,894
20,169
0.613
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
microbial oceanography
ocean biogeochemistry
biological oceanography
aquatic microbial ecology
marine microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,468
11,854
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Theoretische Chemie und Evolutionstheorie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,203
4,326
0.134
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Drosophila
natural selection
experimental evolution
adaptation to novel environments
polygenic adaptation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,878
9,479
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Social
Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,007
14,938
0.574
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Molecular microbial ecology
intestinal microbiota
sulfur microorganisms
human microbiome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,815
11,305
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Microbial Biotechnology
Recombinant Protein Production
Metabolic Engineering
Systems Biology
Biorefinery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,821
7,950
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
biotechnology
food biotechnology
enzymes
oxidoreductases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,249
6,246
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Evolution
Development
EvoDevo
Theoretical Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,573
5,094
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
social complexity
bird social physiology
human-animal
wolf domestication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,724
5,442
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Tropical Ecology & Animal Biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,230
4,473
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Evolutionary Genomics
Plant Speciation
Phylogeography
Conservation Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,151
4,144
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Ökologie
Naturschutzbiologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,094
2,908
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Microbial Ecology
Human Microbiome
Gut Microbiota
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,817
9,005
0.703
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
EvoDevo
Molecular Evolution
Comparative Genomics
Cnidaria
Bilaterian evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,486
4,812
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Vergleichende Kognitionsforschung
Verhaltensbiologie
Zoologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,239
5,837
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Morphometrics
Geometric Morphometrics
Theoretical biology
Biological Anthropology
Evolutionary Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,874
5,794
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
behavioral biology
evolutionary biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,799
3,449
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Kognitionsbiologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,552
5,363
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Socio-Economic Metabolism
Circular Economy
Social Ecology
Industrial Ecology
Ecological Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,032
9,092
0.906
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,077
17
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Arndt Von Haeseler
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,500
63,745
0.737
molecular evolution
phylogenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,637
63
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Helmut Haberl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,154
21,544
0.523
Human ecology
social ecology
land use
energy
long-term socio-ecological research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,726
85
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
W Tecumseh Fitch
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,891
13,115
0.376
Bioacoustics
Cognitive Evolution
Bio-Musicology
Evolution of Language
Bio-Aesthetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,914
86
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Heiko A Schmidt
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,657
28,669
0.827
phylogenetic methods
evolutionary trees
phylogenetics
method development
ML methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,295
91
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Karl Heinz Erb
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,964
19,562
0.593
land system research
social ecology
human ecology
land use and land cover
long-term socio-ecological research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,363
92
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Thomas Rattei
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,894
20,169
0.613
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Genomics
Systems Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,778
94
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Gerhard J Herndl
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,468
11,854
0.365
microbial oceanography
ocean biogeochemistry
biological oceanography
aquatic microbial ecology
marine microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,059
96
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Peter Schuster
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,203
4,326
0.134
Theoretische Chemie und Evolutionstheorie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,400
103
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Christian Schlötterer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,878
9,479
0.307
Drosophila
natural selection
experimental evolution
adaptation to novel environments
polygenic adaptation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,828
143
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Claus Lamm
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,007
14,938
0.574
Social
Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,353
196
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Alexander Loy
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,815
11,305
0.543
Molecular microbial ecology
intestinal microbiota
sulfur microorganisms
human microbiome
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,494
256
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Diethard Mattanovich
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,821
7,950
0.446
Microbial Biotechnology
Recombinant Protein Production
Metabolic Engineering
Systems Biology
Biorefinery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,668
269
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Dietmar Haltrich
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,249
6,246
0.362
biotechnology
food biotechnology
enzymes
oxidoreductases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,866
319
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Gerd B Müller
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,573
5,094
0.327
Evolution
Development
EvoDevo
Theoretical Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,165
377
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Kurt Kotrschal
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,724
5,442
0.397
social complexity
bird social physiology
human-animal
wolf domestication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,372
397
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Konrad Fiedler
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,230
4,473
0.338
Tropical Ecology & Animal Biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,935
401
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Christian Lexer
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,151
4,144
0.315
Evolutionary Genomics
Plant Speciation
Phylogeography
Conservation Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,312
404
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Friedrich Schiemer
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,094
2,908
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,230
412
80
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
David Berry
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,817
9,005
0.703
Microbial Ecology
Human Microbiome
Gut Microbiota
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,652
423
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ulrich Technau
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,486
4,812
0.385
EvoDevo
Molecular Evolution
Comparative Genomics
Cnidaria
Bilaterian evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,439
437
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ludwig Huber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,239
5,837
0.477
Vergleichende Kognitionsforschung
Verhaltensbiologie
Zoologie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,369
457
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Mitteroecker Philipp
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,874
5,794
0.488
Morphometrics
Geometric Morphometrics
Theoretical biology
Biological Anthropology
Evolutionary Medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,973
461
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Dustin J Penn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,799
3,449
0.292
behavioral biology
evolutionary biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,634
537
106
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Thomas Bugnyar
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,552
5,363
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,139
570
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Dominik Wiedenhofer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,032
9,092
0.906
Socio-Economic Metabolism
Circular Economy
Social Ecology
Industrial Ecology
Ecological Economics