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![Reinhard Pekrun](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ef/5275025.jpg)
Psychology
Education
Emotion
Control-Value Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,081
44,551
0.556
![Thomas Cremer](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ae/921054.jpg)
nuclear architecture
4D nucleome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,987
6,502
0.159
![Dieter Frey](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/0e/4987321.jpg)
Leadership
selective exposure
information search
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,449
10,177
0.334
![Frank Padberg](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d2/1761802.jpg)
Psychotherapy
Brain Stimulation (www.gcbs.network)
Affective Disorders
Posttraumatic Stress Disorders
CBASP
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,126
17,095
0.567
![Frank Fischer](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/62/4987344.jpg)
learning sciences
computer-supported collaborative learning
learning and instruction
scientific reasoning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,914
13,222
0.474
![Christoph Knill](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/5f/1761799.jpg)
Comparative Public Policy
Comparative Public Administration
Regulation
Environmental Policy
Morality Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,013
7,324
0.318
![Wolfgang Enard](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c3/4987404.jpg)
human evolution
brain evolution
RNA-seq
iPSC
comparative methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,479
9,589
0.446
![Martha Merrow](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
The circadian clock
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,431
10,506
0.490
![Paul Sauseng](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,083
8,320
0.414
![Hermann J. Mueller](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Psychology
Attention
Visual Search
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,880
7,033
0.354
![Felix Schönbrodt](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/94/4987447.jpg)
meta-science
statistics
psychology
motivation
personality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,848
11,553
0.834
![Josef Brüderl](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e2/4987462.jpg)
Sociology
Methods of Social Research
Inequality
Family Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,372
3,742
0.280
![Mario Gollwitzer](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/11/4987399.jpg)
Sozialpsychologie
Methodenlehre
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,523
6,373
0.553
![Hans-Jörg Schmid](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/75/4987481.jpg)
English language
Linguistics
English Linguistics
Cognitive Linguistics
Linguistic theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,194
3,707
0.331
![Adrian Meule](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c9/4987380.jpg)
eating behavior
psychology
mental disorders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,585
6,488
0.677
![Berthold Rittberger](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/6c/4987469.jpg)
Political Science
International Relations
European Politics
European Union
Regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,980
3,105
0.389
![Hans J. Pongratz](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/6f/4987505.jpg)
Sociology of Work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,428
1,709
0.230
![Sabine Walper](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/9c/4987460.jpg)
Familienforschung
family diversity
Armutsforschung
Entwicklungspsychologie
child well-being
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,090
2,698
0.381
![Stefan Feuerriegel](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b6/1078407.jpg)
AI in Management
Business Analytics
Computational Social Science
AI for Good
Causal ML
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,871
6,040
0.879
![Philipp W. Stockhammer](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/1a/4987476.jpg)
Archaeology
Prehistoric Archaeology
Aegean Prehistory
Archaeological Science
Bronze Age
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,708
5,520
0.823
![Klaus H Goetz](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/06/4987449.jpg)
Comparative Government
Public Administration
Public Policy
Time and Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,519
1,291
0.198
![Simone Schütz-Bosbach](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d3/4987431.jpg)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,190
2,767
0.447
![Bernhard Zangl](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/fb/1761892.jpg)
International Relations
Global Governance
International Institutions
Indirect Governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,898
2,287
0.388
![Paula-Irene Villa (Braslavsky)](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/6d/4987472.jpg)
gender
biopolitics
sociological theories
cultural studies
care
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,640
2,702
0.479
![Katja Bertsch](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/9a/4987484.jpg)
personality disorders
interpersonal dysfunctions
emotion processing
neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,675
3,344
0.715
Reinhard Pekrun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,081
44,551
0.556
Psychology
Education
Emotion
Control-Value Theory
Thomas Cremer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,987
6,502
0.159
Dieter Frey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,449
10,177
0.334
Leadership
selective exposure
information search
Frank Padberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,126
17,095
0.567
Psychotherapy
Brain Stimulation (www.gcbs.network)
Affective Disorders
Posttraumatic Stress Disorders
CBASP
Frank Fischer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,914
13,222
0.474
learning sciences
computer-supported collaborative learning
learning and instruction
scientific reasoning
Christoph Knill
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,013
7,324
0.318
Comparative Public Policy
Comparative Public Administration
Regulation
Environmental Policy
Morality Policy
Wolfgang Enard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,479
9,589
0.446
human evolution
brain evolution
RNA-seq
iPSC
comparative methods
Martha Merrow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,431
10,506
0.490
Paul Sauseng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,083
8,320
0.414
Hermann J. Mueller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,880
7,033
0.354
Felix Schönbrodt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,848
11,553
0.834
meta-science
statistics
psychology
motivation
personality
Josef Brüderl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,372
3,742
0.280
Sociology
Methods of Social Research
Inequality
Family Research
Mario Gollwitzer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,523
6,373
0.553
Hans-Jörg Schmid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,194
3,707
0.331
English language
Linguistics
English Linguistics
Cognitive Linguistics
Linguistic theory
Adrian Meule
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,585
6,488
0.677
eating behavior
psychology
mental disorders
Berthold Rittberger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,980
3,105
0.389
Political Science
International Relations
European Politics
European Union
Regulation
Hans J. Pongratz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,428
1,709
0.230
Sabine Walper
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,090
2,698
0.381
Familienforschung
family diversity
Armutsforschung
Entwicklungspsychologie
child well-being
Stefan Feuerriegel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,871
6,040
0.879
AI in Management
Business Analytics
Computational Social Science
AI for Good
Causal ML
Philipp W. Stockhammer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,708
5,520
0.823
Archaeology
Prehistoric Archaeology
Aegean Prehistory
Archaeological Science
Bronze Age
Klaus H Goetz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,519
1,291
0.198
Comparative Government
Public Administration
Public Policy
Time and Politics
Simone Schütz-Bosbach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,190
2,767
0.447
Bernhard Zangl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,898
2,287
0.388
International Relations
Global Governance
International Institutions
Indirect Governance
Paula-Irene Villa (Braslavsky)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,640
2,702
0.479
gender
biopolitics
sociological theories
cultural studies
care
Katja Bertsch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,675
3,344
0.715
personality disorders
interpersonal dysfunctions
emotion processing
neuroscience