Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
International Trade
European Integration
Economic Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,966
6,319
0.576
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Industrial economics
Structural Change
Growth and Competitiveness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,224
1,935
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Industrial economics
firm growth
structural change
business surveys
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,721
1,628
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Sozialpolitik
Nonprofit Organisationen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,235
435
0.134
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Ökonomie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,163
923
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,379
416
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Public finance
taxation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,346
947
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
regional economic modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,106
697
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
political economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,926
786
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Corporate Taxation
Tax Competition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,882
871
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Agricultural Economics
Resource Economics
Environmental Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,735
735
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Growth Theory
Decision Theory
Voting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,510
507
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Labour Economics
Social Policy
Long-term Care
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,487
693
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Macroeconomics
Distribution
Ecological Economics
Modelling
Post-Keynesian Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,332
507
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Economics of technical change
innovation
industrial organisation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,286
445
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Kimaökonomie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,268
529
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Risk and Insurance
EMU
Applied Econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,256
427
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Economics of Innovation
economics of science
innovation and science policy
growth policies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,249
652
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Labour Economics
Applied Econometrics
Social Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,232
499
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Arbeit
Gender
Digitalisierung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,162
590
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Dynamic Microsimulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
996
364
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
climate policy
carbon taxes
subsidies
environmental innovation
water economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
812
396
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
industrial economics
development
industrial policy
investment
value chains
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
818
540
0.660
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
795
570
0.717
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
788
633
0.803
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,040
513
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Gabriel Felbermayr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,966
6,319
0.576
International Trade
European Integration
Economic Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
197,641
1,144
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Michael Peneder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,224
1,935
0.370
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Industrial economics
Structural Change
Growth and Competitiveness
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
270,620
1,514
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Werner Hölzl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,721
1,628
0.438
Industrial economics
firm growth
structural change
business surveys
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
305,193
1,699
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Christoph Badelt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,235
435
0.134
Sozialpolitik
Nonprofit Organisationen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
310,923
1,735
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Peter Huber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,163
923
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
390,373
2,140
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Stephan Schulmeister
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,379
416
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
394,402
2,167
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Margit Schratzenstaller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,346
947
0.404
Public finance
taxation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
427,191
2,297
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Gerhard Streicher
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,106
697
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
455,576
2,431
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Hans Pitlik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,926
786
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
462,999
2,463
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Simon Loretz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,882
871
0.463
Corporate Taxation
Tax Competition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
489,537
2,573
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Franz Sinabell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,735
735
0.424
Agricultural Economics
Resource Economics
Environmental Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
536,684
2,792
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Serguei Kaniovski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,510
507
0.336
Growth Theory
Decision Theory
Voting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
541,839
2,832
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ulrike Famira-Muehlberger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,487
693
0.466
Labour Economics
Social Policy
Long-term Care
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
580,035
3,001
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Stefan Ederer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,332
507
0.381
Macroeconomics
Distribution
Ecological Economics
Modelling
Post-Keynesian Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
592,546
3,054
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Andreas Reinstaller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,286
445
0.346
Economics of technical change
innovation
industrial organisation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
597,457
3,073
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Angela Köppl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,268
529
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
600,745
3,094
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Thomas Url
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,256
427
0.340
Risk and Insurance
EMU
Applied Econometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
602,640
3,105
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Juergen Janger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,249
652
0.522
Economics of Innovation
economics of science
innovation and science policy
growth policies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
607,546
3,118
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Helmut Mahringer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,232
499
0.405
Labour Economics
Applied Econometrics
Social Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
628,525
3,211
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Julia Bock-Schappelwein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,162
590
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
684,325
3,455
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Martin Spielauer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
996
364
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
757,918
3,793
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Daniela Kletzan-Slamanig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
812
396
0.488
climate policy
carbon taxes
subsidies
environmental innovation
water economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
755,179
3,783
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Klaus Friesenbichler|Klaus Sylvester Friesenbichler, Klaus S. Friesenbichler, KS Friesenbichler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
818
540
0.660
industrial economics
development
industrial policy
investment
value chains
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
765,154
3,834
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Walter Hyll
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
795
570
0.717
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
768,235
3,840
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mark Sommer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
788
633
0.803