Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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
Empirical Software Engineering
Software Quality
Evidence-based Software Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,300
16,641
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Signal Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,680
3,804
0.228
* 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
15,358
10,149
0.661
* 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
11,280
4,568
0.405
* 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
9,753
4,925
0.505
* 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
7,776
3,866
0.497
* 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
6,521
2,964
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Software engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,217
3,151
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,567
1,954
0.351
* 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
5,386
1,573
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Global Software Engineering
Distributed Development
Outsourcing
Agile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,427
2,346
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Steganography
image processing
medical imaging
computer vision
optical projection tomography and applied machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,388
1,951
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Empirical Software Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,277
3,170
0.741
* 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
4,148
2,348
0.566
* 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
3,725
718
0.193
* 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
3,713
2,646
0.713
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,550
1,954
0.550
* 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
3,409
2,360
0.692
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Empirical Software Engineering
Computer Science Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,300
1,651
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Computer Science
Real-Time Scheduling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,286
1,162
0.354
* 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
2,993
1,422
0.475
* 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
2,892
1,811
0.626
* 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
2,888
1,435
0.497
* 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
2,811
1,339
0.476
* 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
2,604
442
0.170
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,393
210
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Claes Wohlin
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,300
16,641
0.471
Empirical Software Engineering
Software Quality
Evidence-based Software Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,866
698
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mats Viberg
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,680
3,804
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,937
770
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Kai Petersen
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,358
10,149
0.661
software engineering
software processes
software metrics
software security
software process improvement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,535
1,220
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Emilia Mendes
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,280
4,568
0.405
Empirical Software Engineering
Evidence-based SE
Human-centred SE
Applied Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
101,323
1,475
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Tony Gorschek
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,753
4,925
0.505
Software Engineering
Technology Product Management
Requirements Engineering
Value Based
Agile / Lean
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
130,709
1,938
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Sanmartin Berglund Johan
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,776
3,866
0.497
Epidemiology
Geriatrics
Infectious diseases
Public Health
Applied Health Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
157,473
2,344
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Martin Andersson
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,521
2,964
0.455
Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Industrial Dynamics
Spatial Economics
Urban and Regional Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
165,473
2,464
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Michael Mattsson
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,217
3,151
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
184,568
2,801
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Hans Jürgen Zepernick
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,567
1,954
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
190,528
2,896
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Markus Fiedler
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,386
1,573
0.292
Quality of Experience
network measurements
fluid flow models
virtualisation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
229,951
3,491
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Darja Šmite
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,427
2,346
0.530
Global Software Engineering
Distributed Development
Outsourcing
Agile
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
231,785
3,513
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Abbas Cheddad
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,388
1,951
0.445
Steganography
image processing
medical imaging
computer vision
optical projection tomography and applied machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
237,283
3,589
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Daniel Mendez
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,277
3,170
0.741
Empirical Software Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
244,168
3,702
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
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
4,148
2,348
0.566
Sustainable Design
Sustainable Product Development
Sustainable Engineering Design
Design for
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
268,670
4,089
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mikael Svahnberg
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,725
718
0.193
Software Engineering
Empirical Software Engineering
Requirements Engineering
Software Architecture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
269,352
4,095
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ludwik Kuźniarz
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,713
2,646
0.713
Software Engineering
Computer Science
Empirical Methods
Modeling
Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
280,053
4,251
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Lisa Skär
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,550
1,954
0.550
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
289,968
4,403
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Michael Unterkalmsteiner
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,409
2,360
0.692
Requirements Engineering
Empirical Software Engineering
Natural Language Processing
Testing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
298,123
4,533
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jürgen Börstler
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,300
1,651
0.500
Empirical Software Engineering
Computer Science Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
299,249
4,549
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Lars Lundberg
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,286
1,162
0.354
Computer Science
Real-Time Scheduling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
323,383
4,916
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Tobias Larsson|Tobias C. Larsson
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,993
1,422
0.475
Engineering Design
Mechanical Engineering
Product-Service Systems
Innovation Engineering
Product
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
332,473
5,048
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Krzysztof Wnuk
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,892
1,811
0.626
Software Engineering
Software Business
Open Innovation
Product Management
Requirements Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
332,851
5,055
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Mats Pettersson
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,888
1,435
0.497
Synthetic aperture radar
radar remote sensing
Signal processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
340,263
5,179
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Håkan Grahn|Håkan Nilsson
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,811
1,339
0.476
Parallel programming
Computer Architecture
Machine Learning
AI
Image Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
361,855
5,497
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Kurt Tutschku
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,604
442
0.170
Communication Networks
Network Virtualization
Cloud Computing and Networking
Service Orchestration and Automation
Blockchain