Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences / Psychology Highly Cited Researchers 30 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
Social Psychology
Social Cognition
Embodiment
Economic Psychology
Heuristics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,605
11,419
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Brain-Computer Interfaces
Regulation of Behavior
Addiction
Neurofeedback
Eating Disorders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,205
10,126
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Social Cognition
Moral Reasoning
Social Inequality
Research Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,063
3,383
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Cognitive Psychology
Human Memory
Emotion
Social Neuroscience
Psychology and Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,087
4,710
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Experimental Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Control
Cognitive Neuroscience
Consciousness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,868
4,142
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
educational psychology
cognitive psychology
developmental psychology
language
learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,318
4,600
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Kognitive Psychologie
Wahrnehmung
Lernen
Handlungssteuerung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,704
1,119
0.167
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
language development and assessment
reading comprehension
psychometrics
vocabulary
cognitive trainings
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,625
4,379
0.661
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Action Control
Perception and Action
Rule Violations
Psychological Research Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,196
3,213
0.618
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
psychology
neuroscience
psychophysiology
personality
decision making
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,188
2,508
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,538
2,719
0.769
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Usabilty
User Experience
HCI
Design for intuitive use
Psychology of Knowledge Work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,372
1,492
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
temporal preparation
probabilistic expectancy
sleep deprivation
mental fatigue
variable foreperiod effect - error processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,764
911
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,505
1,005
0.668
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Cognitive Neuroscience
Biological Psychology
Pain
Virtual Reality
Brain-Computer Interfaces
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,477
872
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
psychology of action
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,334
502
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Memory and Identity
(Biased) Information Processing
New Media
Theory and History of Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
839
823
0.981
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Psychology
Reading Development
Education
Cognitive Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
798
516
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Rule Violations
Action Control
Ideomotor Theory
Affective and Cognitive Task Disturbances
Movement Trajectory Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
769
503
0.654
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Neurobiologie
Verhaltensforschung
virtuelle Realität
RNA Sequenzierung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
597
350
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
regulatory focus
approach-avoidance training
implicit/explicit processing
persuasion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
431
397
0.921
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Contemplative Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience of Consciousness & Meditation
Prosociality
Brain & Neural Noise
Spontaneous
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217
116
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
competence development
developmental psychology
multilingualism
AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180
179
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Sense of Agency
Data Science
Eye Movements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180
150
0.833
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Cognitive Control
Affect Regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
95
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,750
437
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Fritz Strack
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,605
11,419
0.235
Social Psychology
Social Cognition
Embodiment
Economic Psychology
Heuristics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,786
838
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Andrea Kübler
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,205
10,126
0.296
Brain-Computer Interfaces
Regulation of Behavior
Addiction
Neurofeedback
Eating Disorders
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,646
3,925
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Roland Deutsch
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,063
3,383
0.306
Social Cognition
Moral Reasoning
Social Inequality
Research Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,775
4,350
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Matthias Gamer
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,087
4,710
0.467
Cognitive Psychology
Human Memory
Emotion
Social Neuroscience
Psychology and Law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
102,308
4,458
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Wilfried Kunde
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,868
4,142
0.420
Experimental Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Control
Cognitive Neuroscience
Consciousness
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,208
4,746
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Tobias Richter
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,318
4,600
0.494
educational psychology
cognitive psychology
developmental psychology
language
learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,417
6,599
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Joachim Hoffmann
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,704
1,119
0.167
Kognitive Psychologie
Wahrnehmung
Lernen
Handlungssteuerung
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
158,274
6,675
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Wolfgang Lenhard
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,625
4,379
0.661
language development and assessment
reading comprehension
psychometrics
vocabulary
cognitive trainings
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
201,608
8,253
123
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Roland Pfister
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,196
3,213
0.618
Action Control
Perception and Action
Rule Violations
Psychological Research Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
201,939
8,266
125
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Johannes Hewig
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,188
2,508
0.483
psychology
neuroscience
psychophysiology
personality
decision making
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
286,595
11,223
156
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Andre Pittig
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,538
2,719
0.769
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
298,742
11,625
159
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jörn Hurtienne
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,372
1,492
0.442
Usabilty
User Experience
HCI
Design for intuitive use
Psychology of Knowledge Work
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
489,730
17,707
212
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Michael B Steinborn
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,764
911
0.516
temporal preparation
probabilistic expectancy
sleep deprivation
mental fatigue
variable foreperiod effect - error processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
543,330
19,299
233
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Katharina A Schwarz
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,505
1,005
0.668
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
549,773
19,515
236
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ivo Käthner
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,477
872
0.590
Cognitive Neuroscience
Biological Psychology
Pain
Virtual Reality
Brain-Computer Interfaces
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
585,282
20,550
249
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Oliver Herbort
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,334
502
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
750,881
25,493
296
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Fabian Hutmacher
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
839
823
0.981
Memory and Identity
(Biased) Information Processing
New Media
Theory and History of Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
768,772
26,050
299
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Simon P Tiffin Richards
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
798
516
0.647
Psychology
Reading Development
Education
Cognitive Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
781,642
26,443
306
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Robert Wirth
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
769
503
0.654
Rule Violations
Action Control
Ideomotor Theory
Affective and Cognitive Task Disturbances
Movement Trajectory Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
867,020
29,147
332
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Dominik Kiser
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
597
350
0.586
Neurobiologie
Verhaltensforschung
virtuelle Realität
RNA Sequenzierung
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
992,378
33,683
386
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Anand Krishna
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
431
397
0.921
regulatory focus
approach-avoidance training
implicit/explicit processing
persuasion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,279,602
43,879
513
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
J Shashi Kiran Reddy (Jsk Reddy)
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217
116
0.535
Contemplative Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience of Consciousness & Meditation
Prosociality
Brain & Neural Noise
Spontaneous
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,358,734
46,356
545
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Martin J Koch
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180
179
0.994
competence development
developmental psychology
multilingualism
AI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,359,484
46,375
547
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Julian Gutzeit
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180
150
0.833
Sense of Agency
Data Science
Eye Movements
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,484,030
50,003
590
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Constantin Förster Birth Name: Schmidts |Constantin Förster, Constantin Schmidts
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
95
0.704