Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
Nonclassical laserinterferometry
Quantum control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,824
73,311
0.749
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Physics
Laser Nanotechnologies
Nanophotonics
Biofabrication
Laser Printing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,763
16,235
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Quantum Theory
Quantum Foundations
Mathematical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,937
10,479
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Quantum gases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,441
7,054
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Physik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,330
5,544
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Ultrafast Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,006
5,109
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Quantum optics
precision spectroscopy
fundamental tests
optical clocks
quantum logic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,405
6,825
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,870
6,652
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Quantum Physics
Quantum Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,416
5,177
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
quantum field theory
quantum physics
quantum mechanics
condensed matter physics
quantum information theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,594
4,867
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics
Strong-Field Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,471
3,399
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Ultracold polar molecules for quantum simulation and precision measurements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,413
2,401
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Nonlinear Optics
Quantum Optics
Integrated Photonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,505
5,649
0.868
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Quantum Field Theory
String Theory
Elementary Particles
Fundamental Interactions
Integrable Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,494
1,388
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
theoretical and mathematical physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,288
2,879
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Functional Nanostructures
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,895
3,175
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Trapped-ion quantum information processing and precision measurements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,728
2,496
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Quantum Photonics
Quantum Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,596
3,958
0.707
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Optik
Photonik
Laserspektroskopie
Optiksimulation
Fasersensorik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,324
3,231
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Biomedical Optics
Laser Manipulation of Cells and Tissues
Microscopy
Optogenetics
Laser Transfection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,036
1,692
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Quantum gases
cold atoms
matter-wave interferometry
fundamental tests
Space science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,922
3,792
0.770
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Quantum Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,423
2,026
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
ultrafast optics
quantum photonics
strong field physics
THz optics
nanophotonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,863
2,401
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,681
2,097
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Condensed Matter Physics
Quantum many-body theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,479
993
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,100
98
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Michele Heurs
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,824
73,311
0.749
Nonclassical laserinterferometry
Quantum control
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,485
624
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Boris Chichkov
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,763
16,235
0.419
Physics
Laser Nanotechnologies
Nanophotonics
Biofabrication
Laser Printing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,617
869
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Reinhard F Werner
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,937
10,479
0.328
Quantum Theory
Quantum Foundations
Mathematical Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,922
1,764
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Luis Santos
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,441
7,054
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,243
1,777
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Wolfgang Ertmer
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,330
5,544
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,041
2,122
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Uwe Morgner
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,006
5,109
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,173
2,960
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Piet O. Schmidt
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,405
6,825
0.509
Quantum optics
precision spectroscopy
fundamental tests
optical clocks
quantum logic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,117
3,436
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Rasel Ernst M
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,870
6,652
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,892
3,589
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Klemens Hammerer
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,416
5,177
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,526
3,925
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Tobias J Osborne
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,594
4,867
0.459
quantum field theory
quantum physics
quantum mechanics
condensed matter physics
quantum information theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
101,833
4,449
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Manfred Lein
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,471
3,399
0.359
Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics
Strong-Field Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
116,549
5,025
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Silke Ospelkaus
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,413
2,401
0.285
Ultracold polar molecules for quantum simulation and precision measurements
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
153,724
6,485
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Michael Kues
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,505
5,649
0.868
Nonlinear Optics
Quantum Optics
Integrated Photonics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
154,006
6,494
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Olaf Lechtenfeld
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,494
1,388
0.214
Quantum Field Theory
String Theory
Elementary Particles
Fundamental Interactions
Integrable Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
159,189
6,720
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Alexander D Popov
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,288
2,879
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
169,901
7,131
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Nadja C Bigall
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,895
3,175
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
174,812
7,309
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Christian Ospelkaus
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,728
2,496
0.436
Trapped-ion quantum information processing and precision measurements
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
178,864
7,462
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Sahand Mahmoodian
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,596
3,958
0.707
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
187,684
7,790
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Bernhard Roth
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,324
3,231
0.607
Optik
Photonik
Laserspektroskopie
Optiksimulation
Fasersensorik
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
198,148
8,121
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Alexander Heisterkamp
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,036
1,692
0.336
Biomedical Optics
Laser Manipulation of Cells and Tissues
Microscopy
Optogenetics
Laser Transfection
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
202,590
8,284
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Naceur Gaaloul
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,922
3,792
0.770
Quantum gases
cold atoms
matter-wave interferometry
fundamental tests
Space science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
224,100
9,033
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Hendrik Weimer
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,423
2,026
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
253,882
10,066
107
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ihar IV Babushkin
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,863
2,401
0.622
ultrafast optics
quantum photonics
strong field physics
THz optics
nanophotonics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
264,794
10,467
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ayhan Demircan
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,681
2,097
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
277,877
10,903
117
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Eric Jeckelmann
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,479
993
0.285
Condensed Matter Physics
Quantum many-body theory