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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 is still much work to be done in this area. See also for more specific citation analyses: "last 6 years citation index" Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Total Citations) and Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Last 6 Years Citations)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
molecular evolution
phylogenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,969
60,267
0.726
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
multiple system atrophy
neurodegeneration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,025
21,022
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Human ecology
social ecology
land use
energy
long-term socio-ecological research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,076
20,552
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Bioacoustics
Cognitive Evolution
Bio-Musicology
Evolution of Language
Bio-Aesthetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,207
12,533
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
phylogenetic methods
evolutionary trees
phylogenetics
method development
ML methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,755
26,783
0.818
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Theoretische Chemie und Evolutionstheorie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,017
4,157
0.130
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
land system research
social ecology
human ecology
land use and land cover
long-term socio-ecological research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,964
18,628
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
microbial oceanography
ocean biogeochemistry
biological oceanography
aquatic microbial ecology
marine microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,960
11,388
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Genomics
Systems Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,918
19,224
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Drosophila
natural selection
experimental evolution
adaptation to novel environments
polygenic adaptation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,477
9,113
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Developmental Biology
Cell Biology
Biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,419
9,246
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
biology of symbioses
lichens
slime molds
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,310
13,459
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Social
Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,063
14,080
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Integative Structural Biology & Signalling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,610
13,540
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
global change ecology
functional ecology
biogeochemical cycles
plant-soil interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,573
14,031
0.650
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Molecular microbial ecology
intestinal microbiota
sulfur microorganisms
human microbiome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,197
10,712
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Microbial Biotechnology
Recombinant Protein Production
Metabolic Engineering
Systems Biology
Biorefinery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,432
7,595
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
biotechnology
food biotechnology
enzymes
oxidoreductases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,022
6,043
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Biotechnology
enzymology
applied glycosciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,788
7,123
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Evolution
Development
EvoDevo
Theoretical Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,414
4,903
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Game theory
Logic and automata theory
Algorithms
Evolutionary Game theory
Algorithmic Game Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,383
8,362
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Global resource flows
International supply chains
Resource extraction impacts
Industrial Ecology
Ecological Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,961
8,111
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
plant biology
autophagy
vesicle trafficking
receptor signalling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,312
8,523
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
social complexity
bird social physiology
human-animal
wolf domestication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,483
5,234
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Zoology
Biology
Physiology
Behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,149
5,200
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,186
17
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Arndt Von Haeseler
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,969
60,267
0.726
molecular evolution
phylogenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,265
31
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Gregor K Wenning
Medizinische Universität Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,025
21,022
0.382
multiple system atrophy
neurodegeneration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,742
64
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Helmut Haberl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,076
20,552
0.513
Human ecology
social ecology
land use
energy
long-term socio-ecological research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,671
86
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
W Tecumseh Fitch
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,207
12,533
0.366
Bioacoustics
Cognitive Evolution
Bio-Musicology
Evolution of Language
Bio-Aesthetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,830
90
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Heiko A Schmidt
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,755
26,783
0.818
phylogenetic methods
evolutionary trees
phylogenetics
method development
ML methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,547
93
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Peter Schuster
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,017
4,157
0.130
Theoretische Chemie und Evolutionstheorie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,597
94
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Karl Heinz Erb
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,964
18,628
0.583
land system research
social ecology
human ecology
land use and land cover
long-term socio-ecological research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,599
95
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Gerhard J Herndl
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,960
11,388
0.356
microbial oceanography
ocean biogeochemistry
biological oceanography
aquatic microbial ecology
marine microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,641
96
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Thomas Rattei
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,918
19,224
0.602
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Genomics
Systems Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,101
103
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Christian Schlötterer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,477
9,113
0.299
Drosophila
natural selection
experimental evolution
adaptation to novel environments
polygenic adaptation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,574
112
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Carl-Philipp Heisenberg
Institute of Science and Technology, Austria
Klosterneuburg, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,419
9,246
0.325
Developmental Biology
Cell Biology
Biophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,462
132
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Martin Grube
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,310
13,459
0.512
biology of symbioses
lichens
slime molds
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,455
145
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Claus Lamm
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,063
14,080
0.562
Social
Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,098
160
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Tobias Madl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,610
13,540
0.573
Integative Structural Biology & Signalling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,319
181
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Michael Bahn
Universität Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,573
14,031
0.650
global change ecology
functional ecology
biogeochemical cycles
plant-soil interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,773
199
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Alexander Loy
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,197
10,712
0.530
Molecular microbial ecology
intestinal microbiota
sulfur microorganisms
human microbiome
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,409
255
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Diethard Mattanovich
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,432
7,595
0.436
Microbial Biotechnology
Recombinant Protein Production
Metabolic Engineering
Systems Biology
Biorefinery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,977
265
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Dietmar Haltrich
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,022
6,043
0.355
biotechnology
food biotechnology
enzymes
oxidoreductases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,894
272
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Bernd Nidetzky
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,788
7,123
0.424
Biotechnology
enzymology
applied glycosciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,941
316
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Gerd B Müller
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,414
4,903
0.318
Evolution
Development
EvoDevo
Theoretical Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,072
318
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Krishnendu Chatterjee
Institute of Science and Technology, Austria
Klosterneuburg, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,383
8,362
0.544
Game theory
Logic and automata theory
Algorithms
Evolutionary Game theory
Algorithmic Game Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,138
329
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Stefan Giljum
Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,961
8,111
0.542
Global resource flows
International supply chains
Resource extraction impacts
Industrial Ecology
Ecological Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,609
352
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Yasin Dagdas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,312
8,523
0.596
plant biology
autophagy
vesicle trafficking
receptor signalling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,674
375
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Kurt Kotrschal
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,483
5,234
0.388
social complexity
bird social physiology
human-animal
wolf domestication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,839
388
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Karl Crailsheim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,149
5,200
0.395
Zoology
Biology
Physiology
Behavior