Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Ludwig Maximilians Universität München Highly Cited Researchers Citation Natural Sciences Rankings 2025
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
Particle physics
detector development
distributed computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
277,204
141,708
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
experimental high energy physics
particle physics
quantum computing
education & outreach
science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235,732
119,825
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
astrophysics
cosmology
information theory
information field theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,468
54,900
0.569
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Pathophysiology Cell Biology & Genetics of Pancreatic Diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,853
32,107
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Nanoscience
Physical Chemistry of Interfaces
Porous Materials
Energy Conversion
Drug delivery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,809
25,277
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Genetically tailored large animal models
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,593
15,356
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Semiconductor Physics
Plasmonics
Solar Energy Conversion
Quantum Dots
Optical Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,210
15,571
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Cosmology
Structure Formation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,275
25,777
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,830
8,010
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Cosmological surveys
weak gravitational lensing
clusters of galaxies
galaxies
artificial intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,290
32,907
0.838
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
DNA Modifications
BioImaging
Epigenetics
Antibody engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,136
15,589
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Theoretical Physics
Cosmology
Strings
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,215
9,639
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Energetic Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,947
11,666
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
tumor biology
microRNA
p53 and c-MYC transcription factors
metastasis/EMT
miR-34
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,459
7,055
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Inflammation
atherosclerosis
vascular biology
chemokines
MIF
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,859
9,795
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Computational Evolutionary Biology
Phylogenetics
Bayesian Inference
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,335
18,578
0.656
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Chemie
Biochemie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,929
7,776
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Biology
Systematics
Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,824
12,220
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Social Vulnerability
Environmental Change
Transformation
Urbanization
Asia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,026
16,578
0.637
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Animal Behaviour
Behavioural Ecology
Evolutionary Ecology
Quantitative Genetics
Personality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,976
13,372
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Nitrides
Oxonitrides
solid state chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,694
10,406
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Theoretical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,551
11,103
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
Biochemisty
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,762
7,433
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Nanoscience
Quantum Dots
Quantum Transport
Spectroscopy
Nanomechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,938
2,575
0.117
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Biological Physics
Soft Matter
Nonequilibrium Dynamics
Statistical Physics
Quantitative Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,749
7,422
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
272
11
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Federica Legger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
277,204
141,708
0.511
Particle physics
detector development
distributed computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
503
16
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sascha Mehlhase
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235,732
119,825
0.508
experimental high energy physics
particle physics
quantum computing
education & outreach
science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,201
102
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Torsten Ensslin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,468
54,900
0.569
astrophysics
cosmology
information theory
information field theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,333
250
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Markus M. Lerch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,853
32,107
0.495
Pathophysiology Cell Biology & Genetics of Pancreatic Diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,043
277
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Thomas Bein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,809
25,277
0.416
Nanoscience
Physical Chemistry of Interfaces
Porous Materials
Energy Conversion
Drug delivery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,429
419
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Eckhard Wolf
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,593
15,356
0.323
Genetically tailored large animal models
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,567
426
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jochen Feldmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,210
15,571
0.330
Semiconductor Physics
Plasmonics
Solar Energy Conversion
Quantum Dots
Optical Spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,891
445
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Joe Mohr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,275
25,777
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,059
464
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Hermann E.Gaub
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,830
8,010
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,184
612
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Daniel Gruen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,290
32,907
0.838
Cosmological surveys
weak gravitational lensing
clusters of galaxies
galaxies
artificial intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,197
706
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Heinrich Leonhardt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,136
15,589
0.431
DNA Modifications
BioImaging
Epigenetics
Antibody engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,459
815
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
V. Mukhanov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,215
9,639
0.290
Theoretical Physics
Cosmology
Strings
Particle Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,607
867
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Klapoetke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,947
11,666
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,124
942
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Hermeking H
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,459
7,055
0.232
tumor biology
microRNA
p53 and c-MYC transcription factors
metastasis/EMT
miR-34
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,764
973
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Juergen Bernhagen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,859
9,795
0.328
Inflammation
atherosclerosis
vascular biology
chemokines
MIF
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,671
1,047
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sebastian Höhna
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,335
18,578
0.656
Computational Evolutionary Biology
Phylogenetics
Bayesian Inference
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,554
1,123
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Herbert Mayr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,929
7,776
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,691
1,130
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Susanne S. Renner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,824
12,220
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,906
1,164
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Matthias Garschagen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,026
16,578
0.637
Social Vulnerability
Environmental Change
Transformation
Urbanization
Asia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,974
1,166
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Niels Dingemanse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,976
13,372
0.515
Animal Behaviour
Behavioural Ecology
Evolutionary Ecology
Quantitative Genetics
Personality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,406
1,188
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Wolfgang Schnick
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,694
10,406
0.405
Nitrides
Oxonitrides
solid state chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,643
1,197
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ulrich Schollwöck
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,551
11,103
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,757
1,425
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Martin Parniske
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,762
7,433
0.327
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
Biochemisty
Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,473
1,503
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jörg P. Kotthaus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,938
2,575
0.117
Nanoscience
Quantum Dots
Quantum Transport
Spectroscopy
Nanomechanics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,334
1,615
91
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Erwin Frey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,749
7,422
0.358
Biological Physics
Soft Matter
Nonequilibrium Dynamics
Statistical Physics
Quantitative Biology