Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 97 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
Germany
Marco Pennacchiotti
Data Science
Autonomous Driving
Natural Language Processing
Machine Learning
Search
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,571
2,246
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Germany
Sung-Jin Kim
Energy storage
Lithium ion battery
Battery materials
Solid state chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,079
2,826
0.693
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Germany
Frederik Naujoks
Automated Driving
Usability
Traffic Psychology
Human Factors
Ergonomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,688
2,695
0.731
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Germany
Andreas Keinath
Human Factors
Cognitive Ergonomics
Cognition
Automation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,530
1,568
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Germany
Sebastian Hergeth
Trust in Automation
Assisted and Automated Driving
Driver Distraction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,838
1,517
0.825
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Germany
Nikolaus Bee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,488
319
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Germany
Philipp Lutz
Robotics
Localization
Autonomous Vehicles
Multirotors
SLAM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,383
788
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Germany
Georg Tanzmeister
Autonomous Vehicles
Automated Driving
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,228
719
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Germany
Yannick Forster
Human Factors
Automated Driving
Usability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,205
1,019
0.846

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Germany
Peter Fertl
Communications
Signal Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,139
256
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Germany
Dominik Kellner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,138
841
0.739
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Germany
Ji Woo Kim
Li-ion Battery
Hydrogen Storage Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,084
298
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Germany
Tarek Zaki
Flexible Electronics
Organic Circuits
MEMS
Sensors and Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,001
341
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Germany
Jiahao Li
Battery research
Energy storage
Energy management
PV-battery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
974
479
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Germany
Christopher Schwenk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
892
270
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Germany
Monterey Gardiner
hydrogen
cryogenics
airships
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
815
437
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Germany
Karin Bee
Mobile HCI
Usability Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
812
86
0.106
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Germany
Jan Nowotsch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
775
252
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Germany
Dominik Jäckle
Data Governance
Data Science
Human-centered AI
Visual Analytics
Interactive Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
767
446
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Germany
Martin Liebner
Driver Intent Inference
Risk Assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
733
395
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Germany
Anastasios Deligiannis
signal processing
game theory
convex optimization
radars
sparse arrays
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
660
530
0.803
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Germany
Joost Venrooij
driving simulation
motion simulation
motion cueing
motion perception
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
651
329
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Germany
Robert Meszaros
Materials Science and Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
561
224
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Germany
Walter Bronzi
vehicular communications
short-range communication technologies
bluetooth
wlan
iot
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
514
221
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Germany
Thomas Kühbeck
automated driving
verification& validation
crowd sourcing
vr
ar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
506
374
0.739
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
137,372
Germany
5,841
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Marco Pennacchiotti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,571
2,246
0.297
Data Science
Autonomous Driving
Natural Language Processing
Machine Learning
Search
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
252,734
Germany
10,049
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sung-Jin Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,079
2,826
0.693
Energy storage
Lithium ion battery
Battery materials
Solid state chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
276,043
Germany
10,862
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Frederik Naujoks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,688
2,695
0.731
Automated Driving
Usability
Traffic Psychology
Human Factors
Ergonomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
376,536
Germany
14,196
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Andreas Keinath
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,530
1,568
0.620
Human Factors
Cognitive Ergonomics
Cognition
Automation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
475,160
Germany
17,274
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Sebastian Hergeth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,838
1,517
0.825
Trust in Automation
Assisted and Automated Driving
Driver Distraction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
546,459
Germany
19,415
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Nikolaus Bee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,488
319
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
571,572
Germany
20,158
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Philipp Lutz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,383
788
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
613,235
Germany
21,387
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Georg Tanzmeister
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,228
719
0.586
Autonomous Vehicles
Automated Driving
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
619,896
Germany
21,583
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Yannick Forster
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,205
1,019
0.846
Human Factors
Automated Driving
Usability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
640,424
Germany
22,203
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Peter Fertl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,139
256
0.225

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
640,514
Germany
22,208
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Dominik Kellner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,138
841
0.739
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
658,083
Germany
22,762
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ji Woo Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,084
298
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
686,702
Germany
23,637
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Tarek Zaki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,001
341
0.341
Flexible Electronics
Organic Circuits
MEMS
Sensors and Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
696,447
Germany
23,917
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jiahao Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
974
479
0.492
Battery research
Energy storage
Energy management
PV-battery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
728,139
Germany
24,819
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Christopher Schwenk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
892
270
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
760,008
Germany
25,790
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Monterey Gardiner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
815
437
0.536
hydrogen
cryogenics
airships
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
761,508
Germany
25,835
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Karin Bee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
812
86
0.106
Mobile HCI
Usability Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
777,638
Germany
26,349
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jan Nowotsch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
775
252
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
781,105
Germany
26,441
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Dominik Jäckle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
767
446
0.581
Data Governance
Data Science
Human-centered AI
Visual Analytics
Interactive Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
796,656
Germany
26,941
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Martin Liebner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
733
395
0.539
Driver Intent Inference
Risk Assessment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
831,936
Germany
28,006
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Anastasios Deligiannis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
660
530
0.803
signal processing
game theory
convex optimization
radars
sparse arrays
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
836,821
Germany
28,169
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Joost Venrooij
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
651
329
0.505
driving simulation
motion simulation
motion cueing
motion perception
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
886,161
Germany
29,809
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Robert Meszaros
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
561
224
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
918,604
Germany
30,930
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Walter Bronzi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
514
221
0.430
vehicular communications
short-range communication technologies
bluetooth
wlan
iot
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
924,794
Germany
31,127
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Thomas Kühbeck
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
506
374
0.739
automated driving
verification& validation
crowd sourcing
vr
ar
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