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
Empirical Software Engineering
Software Engineering
Software Quality
Evidence-based Software
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,366
15,762
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Signal Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,488
3,643
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
software engineering
software processes
software metrics
software security
software process improvement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,871
9,684
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Empirical Software Engineering
Evidence-based SE
Human-centred SE
Applied Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,007
4,318
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Software Engineering
Technology Product Management
Requirements Engineering
Value Based
Agile / Lean
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,517
4,698
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Epidemiology
Geriatrics
Infectious diseases
Public Health
Applied Health Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,506
3,604
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Industrial Dynamics
Spatial Economics
Urban and Regional Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,318
2,815
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Software engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,091
3,037
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,487
1,879
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Quality of Experience
network measurements
fluid flow models
virtualisation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,300
1,493
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Steganography
image processing
medical imaging
computer vision
optical projection tomography and applied machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,316
1,887
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Global Software Engineering
Distributed Development
Outsourcing
Agile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,267
2,193
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Empirical Software Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,055
2,948
0.727
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Sustainable Design
Sustainable Product Development
Sustainable Engineering Design
Design for
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,958
2,162
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Software Engineering
Empirical Software Engineering
Requirements Engineering
Software Architecture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,674
672
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Software Engineering
Computer Science
Empirical Methods
Modeling
Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,587
2,526
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,476
1,884
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Requirements Engineering
Empirical Software Engineering
Natural Language Processing
Testing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,293
2,245
0.682
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Computer Science
Real-Time Scheduling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,225
1,108
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Empirical Software Engineering
Computer Science Education
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,211
1,571
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Engineering Design
Mechanical Engineering
Product-Service Systems
Innovation Engineering
Product
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,926
1,357
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Software Engineering
Software Business
Open Innovation
Product Management
Requirements Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,816
1,737
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Synthetic aperture radar
radar remote sensing
Signal processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,757
1,309
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Parallel programming
Computer Architecture
Machine Learning
AI
Image Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,722
1,253
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Communication Networks
Network Virtualization
Cloud Computing and Networking
Service Orchestration and Automation
Blockchain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,588
424
0.164
Claes Wohlin
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,366
15,762
0.459
Empirical Software Engineering
Software Engineering
Software Quality
Evidence-based Software
Mats Viberg
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,488
3,643
0.221
Kai Petersen
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,871
9,684
0.651
software engineering
software processes
software metrics
software security
software process improvement
Emilia Mendes
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,007
4,318
0.392
Empirical Software Engineering
Evidence-based SE
Human-centred SE
Applied Machine Learning
Tony Gorschek
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,517
4,698
0.494
Software Engineering
Technology Product Management
Requirements Engineering
Value Based
Agile / Lean
Sanmartin Berglund Johan
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,506
3,604
0.480
Epidemiology
Geriatrics
Infectious diseases
Public Health
Applied Health Technology
Martin Andersson
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,318
2,815
0.446
Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Industrial Dynamics
Spatial Economics
Urban and Regional Economics
Michael Mattsson
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,091
3,037
0.499
Hans Jürgen Zepernick
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,487
1,879
0.342
Markus Fiedler
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,300
1,493
0.282
Quality of Experience
network measurements
fluid flow models
virtualisation
Abbas Cheddad
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,316
1,887
0.437
Steganography
image processing
medical imaging
computer vision
optical projection tomography and applied machine learning
Darja Šmite
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,267
2,193
0.514
Global Software Engineering
Distributed Development
Outsourcing
Agile
Daniel Mendez
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,055
2,948
0.727
Empirical Software Engineering
Sophie I Hallstedt|Sophie Byggeth, Sophie Isaksson Hallstedt, Sophie Hallstedt
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,958
2,162
0.546
Sustainable Design
Sustainable Product Development
Sustainable Engineering Design
Design for
Mikael Svahnberg
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,674
672
0.183
Software Engineering
Empirical Software Engineering
Requirements Engineering
Software Architecture
Ludwik Kuźniarz
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,587
2,526
0.704
Software Engineering
Computer Science
Empirical Methods
Modeling
Education
Lisa Skär
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,476
1,884
0.542
Michael Unterkalmsteiner
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,293
2,245
0.682
Requirements Engineering
Empirical Software Engineering
Natural Language Processing
Testing
Lars Lundberg
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,225
1,108
0.344
Computer Science
Real-Time Scheduling
Jürgen Börstler
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,211
1,571
0.489
Empirical Software Engineering
Computer Science Education
Tobias Larsson|Tobias C. Larsson
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,926
1,357
0.464
Engineering Design
Mechanical Engineering
Product-Service Systems
Innovation Engineering
Product
Krzysztof Wnuk
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,816
1,737
0.617
Software Engineering
Software Business
Open Innovation
Product Management
Requirements Engineering
Mats Pettersson
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,757
1,309
0.475
Synthetic aperture radar
radar remote sensing
Signal processing
Håkan Grahn|Håkan Nilsson
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,722
1,253
0.460
Parallel programming
Computer Architecture
Machine Learning
AI
Image Processing
Kurt Tutschku
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,588
424
0.164
Communication Networks
Network Virtualization
Cloud Computing and Networking
Service Orchestration and Automation
Blockchain