Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 34 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
Theoretical Chemistry
Theoretical Physics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,901
11,227
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Organic Materials
Acene Chemistry
Arene Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,153
7,879
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Chemie
Physik
Biomatereialien
Biomedizin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,776
3,745
0.122
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Theoretical Chemistry
Excited electronic states
Photochemistry
Computational Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,059
12,576
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Quantum Molecular Dynamics
MCTDH
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,838
6,478
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
FETs
carbon nanotubes
organic electronics
electrolyte-gating
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,531
5,449
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Coordination Chemistry
Bioinorganic Chemistry
Computational Chemistry
Oxidation Catalysis
Medicinal Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,236
3,447
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,895
2,783
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Organic & Supramolecular Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,197
4,277
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Theoretical Chemistry / Quantum Molecular Dynamics / Ultrafast Molecular Science / Atomic
Molecular
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,859
2,286
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
surface physics
time-resolved spectroscopy
charge transfer processes
molecular electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,927
1,257
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Organic Synthesis
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Organic Solar Cells
Mechanochemistry
DFT Calculations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,368
1,050
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Molecular electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,643
1,047
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,483
433
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Quantum Chemistry
excited states
density embedding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,160
1,012
0.872
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Chemical Biology
Protein engineering
Nucleic acids
Aptamers
Super-resolution imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,159
630
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Chemistry
Science
Biomedical Chemistry
Radiology
Nature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
933
546
0.585
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Theoretical and computational chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
897
412
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Attosecond physics
Quantum Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
894
597
0.668
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
FETs
Sensors
carbon nanotubes
printed electronics
aerosol jet printing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
745
544
0.730
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Theoretical Chemistry
Computational Modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
681
400
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
NMR
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
668
261
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Synthetic Organic chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
521
451
0.866
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Computational chemistry
Biopolymers
Polymeric macromolecules
3d printing of polymers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
481
207
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Glycobiology
O-mannosylation
Mass spectrometry
Proteomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
382
176
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,618
342
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Lorenz S Cederbaum
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,901
11,227
0.201
Theoretical Chemistry
Theoretical Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,786
839
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Uwe Bunz
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,153
7,879
0.231
Organic Materials
Acene Chemistry
Arene Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,064
982
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Michael H.Grunze
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,776
3,745
0.122
Chemie
Physik
Biomatereialien
Biomedizin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,410
1,112
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Andreas Dreuw
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,059
12,576
0.448
Theoretical Chemistry
Excited electronic states
Photochemistry
Computational Spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,213
1,185
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Hans Dieter Meyer
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,838
6,478
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,683
2,158
93
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jana Zaumseil
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,531
5,449
0.311
FETs
carbon nanotubes
organic electronics
electrolyte-gating
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,470
2,895
114
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Peter Comba
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,236
3,447
0.242
Coordination Chemistry
Bioinorganic Chemistry
Computational Chemistry
Oxidation Catalysis
Medicinal Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,065
3,988
140
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Juergen Kopitz
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,895
2,783
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
125,803
5,403
175
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Michael Mastalerz
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,197
4,277
0.522
Organic & Supramolecular Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
214,738
8,740
231
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Oriol Vendrell
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,859
2,286
0.470
Theoretical Chemistry / Quantum Molecular Dynamics / Ultrafast Molecular Science / Atomic
Molecular
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
261,376
10,357
263
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Petra Tegeder
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,927
1,257
0.320
surface physics
time-resolved spectroscopy
charge transfer processes
molecular electronics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
298,475
11,624
293
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Xuan Yang
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,368
1,050
0.312
Organic Synthesis
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Organic Solar Cells
Mechanochemistry
DFT Calculations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
363,914
13,775
332
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ioan Baldea
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,643
1,047
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
547,356
19,458
431
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Evgeniy Gromov
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,483
433
0.292
Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
633,434
21,996
477
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Stefan Prager
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,160
1,012
0.872
Quantum Chemistry
excited states
density embedding
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
633,918
22,012
479
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Murat Sunbul
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,159
630
0.544
Chemical Biology
Protein engineering
Nucleic acids
Aptamers
Super-resolution imaging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
711,563
24,381
516
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ralph Huebner
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
933
546
0.585
Chemistry
Science
Biomedical Chemistry
Radiology
Nature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
725,799
24,764
524
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
David Mendive Tapia
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
897
412
0.459
Theoretical and computational chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
726,834
24,796
526
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Victor Despré
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
894
597
0.668
Attosecond physics
Quantum Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
790,660
26,776
555
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Marcel Rother
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
745
544
0.730
FETs
Sensors
carbon nanotubes
printed electronics
aerosol jet printing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
821,495
27,698
565
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Inga Ulusoy
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
681
400
0.587
Theoretical Chemistry
Computational Modelling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
827,925
27,903
571
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jürgen Graf
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
668
261
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
912,403
30,768
605
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Bahiru Punja Benke
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
521
451
0.866
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
945,665
31,967
625
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Farooq Ahmad Kiani
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
481
207
0.430
Computational chemistry
Biopolymers
Polymeric macromolecules
3d printing of polymers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,039,425
35,452
688
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Patrick Neubert
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
382
176
0.461
Glycobiology
O-mannosylation
Mass spectrometry
Proteomics