Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 32 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
colloid physics
scattering methods
nanotechnology
catalysis with nanoparticles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,831
8,301
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Supramolekulare Chemie
Massenspektrometrie
Gasphasenchemie
Oberflächenchemie
Rotaxanchemie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,756
4,320
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Organic Synthesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,115
3,281
0.217
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Organic chemistry
fluorine chemistry
photochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,085
6,645
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Computational Biochemistry
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,555
2,267
0.196
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Cheminformatics
Drug Design
Medicinal Chemistry
Molecular Modeling
Pharmacology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,487
4,812
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Peptide engineering
Fluorinated peptides and proteins
Phage display
Amyloids
Peptide drugs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,270
3,048
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ion mobility-mass spectrometry
gas-phase spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,164
4,492
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Organic Chemistry
Nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,825
3,820
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,255
1,547
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Organic Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,268
1,736
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Molecular Dynamics
Statistical Mechanics
Computational Chemistry
Theoretical Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,501
1,920
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Analytical Chemistry
Mass Spectrometry
Toxicology
Lipidomics
Metabolomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,120
2,603
0.834
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Chemical/Molecular Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,842
562
0.198
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Protein cross-Linking
Mass Spectrometry Software
Glycan Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,998
1,345
0.673
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Organic Chemistry
Biomaterials
Nano- and Microstructures
Drug Delivery
Antimicrobials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,779
1,189
0.668
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Computational and Theoretical Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,551
1,320
0.851
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Organophosphorus Chemistry
Coordination Chemistry
Organometallic Chemistry
Olefin Polymerization Catalysts and Polyolefins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,523
873
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,209
420
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Surface characterization
Self-degrading materials
Carbon-based nanomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,107
958
0.865
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Macromolecular Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
896
814
0.908
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Theoretical Chemistry
Quantum Computing
Surface Science
Quantum Dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
724
318
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Inorganic Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
650
454
0.698
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Materials chemistry
Low coordinating chalcogenido metalates
Alkali metal-ion batteries
Magnetic and electronic materials
Cry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
519
327
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Theoretical Chemistry
Computational Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
424
312
0.736
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,506
761
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Matthias Ballauff
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,831
8,301
0.232
colloid physics
scattering methods
nanotechnology
catalysis with nanoparticles
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,829
2,301
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Christoph Schalley
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,756
4,320
0.258
Supramolekulare Chemie
Massenspektrometrie
Gasphasenchemie
Oberflächenchemie
Rotaxanchemie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,651
2,654
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Hans Ulrich Reissig
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,115
3,281
0.217
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,576
2,929
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Matthew Hopkinson
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,085
6,645
0.472
Organic chemistry
fluorine chemistry
photochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,040
3,745
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Knapp EW
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,555
2,267
0.196
Computational Biochemistry
Bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,638
3,775
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Gerhard Wolber
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,487
4,812
0.419
Cheminformatics
Drug Design
Medicinal Chemistry
Molecular Modeling
Pharmacology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
124,864
5,352
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Beate Koksch
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,270
3,048
0.369
Peptide engineering
Fluorinated peptides and proteins
Phage display
Amyloids
Peptide drugs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
145,943
6,187
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Kevin Pagel
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,164
4,492
0.627
Ion mobility-mass spectrometry
gas-phase spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
153,513
6,482
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Siegfried Eigler
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,825
3,820
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
167,916
7,057
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Christian Müller
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,255
1,547
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
198,982
8,168
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mathias Christmann
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,268
1,736
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
289,235
11,310
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Bettina G Keller
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,501
1,920
0.548
Molecular Dynamics
Statistical Mechanics
Computational Chemistry
Theoretical Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
318,753
12,281
147
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Fabian Schumacher
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,120
2,603
0.834
Analytical Chemistry
Mass Spectrometry
Toxicology
Lipidomics
Metabolomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
344,017
13,152
163
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Burkhard Schmidt
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,842
562
0.198
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
449,084
16,442
206
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Michael Götze
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,998
1,345
0.673
Protein cross-Linking
Mass Spectrometry Software
Glycan Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
486,834
17,628
220
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sumati Bhatia
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,779
1,189
0.668
Organic Chemistry
Biomaterials
Nano- and Microstructures
Drug Delivery
Antimicrobials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
533,108
18,979
243
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Lluís Raich
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,551
1,320
0.851
Computational and Theoretical Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
539,298
19,184
247
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Erlin Yue
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,523
873
0.573
Organophosphorus Chemistry
Coordination Chemistry
Organometallic Chemistry
Olefin Polymerization Catalysts and Polyolefins
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
620,027
21,571
276
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Amit Verma
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,209
420
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
651,542
22,525
288
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ievgen Donskyi
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,107
958
0.865
Surface characterization
Self-degrading materials
Carbon-based nanomaterials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
727,587
24,794
321
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Alex J. Plajer
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
896
814
0.908
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
802,595
27,098
364
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Gernot Füchsel
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
724
318
0.439
Theoretical Chemistry
Quantum Computing
Surface Science
Quantum Dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
838,874
28,213
381
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Moritz Malischewski
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
650
454
0.698
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
916,293
30,867
417
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Mohammad Reza Ghazanfari
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
519
327
0.630
Materials chemistry
Low coordinating chalcogenido metalates
Alkali metal-ion batteries
Magnetic and electronic materials
Cry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
999,377
33,935
439
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Denis G. Artiukhin
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
424
312
0.736
Theoretical Chemistry
Computational Chemistry