Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Carl Von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025

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 indexUniversities 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
Germany
Helmut Hillebrand
Marine Ecology
Biodiversity
Community Ecology
Phytoplankton
Ecological Stoichiometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,819
19,324
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Germany
Thorsten Dittmar
Professor for Marine Geochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,948
21,247
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Germany
Christoph S Herrmann
EEG
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,237
15,084
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Germany
Michael Kleyer
Ecology
Land management
Nature Conservation
Landscape Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,202
14,788
0.637
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Germany
Stefan Debener
Cognitive Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,320
10,022
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Germany
Olaf Rp Bininda-Emonds
phylogenetics
supertrees
molecular evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,771
5,986
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Germany
Christian Schneider
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,454
13,045
0.638
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Germany
Meinhard Simon
Marine microbiology
microbial oceanography
aquatic microbial ecology
biogeography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,982
5,992
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Germany
Hans-J. Brumsack
Inorganic Geochemistry
Marine Chemistry
Environmental Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,415
6,318
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Germany
Birger Kollmeier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,322
6,143
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Germany
Rene Hurlemann
Psychiatric Neuroscience
Social Neuroscience
Imaging Neuroscience
Non-invasive Brain Stimulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,003
8,139
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Germany
Joachim Peinke
Turbulence
wind energy
stochastic processes
econophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,904
6,150
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Germany
Bernd Blasius
Theoretical Ecology
Mathematical Modelling
Complex Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,384
7,733
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Germany
Jutta Kunz
field theory
gravity
compact objects
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,678
6,995
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Germany
Christoph Lienau
Ultrafast optics
Ultrafast Phenomena
Nano-optics
Ultrafast nano-optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,096
4,762
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Germany
Heribert Cypionka
Microbial Physiology & Ecology
3D-Imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,813
2,845
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Germany
Martin Heidenreich
Regional and national patterns of employment
management and innovation and the Europeanization of national societies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,208
2,291
0.188
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Germany
Henrik Mouritsen
Animal navigation
Magnetic sense
Orientation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,104
5,785
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Germany
Olaf Zawacki-Richter
Distance Education
Open Education
Educational Technology
Systematic Review
Mediendidaktik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,770
8,954
0.831
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Germany
Susanne Boll|Boll-Westermann
Human Computer Interaction
Interactive Multimedia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,415
4,523
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Germany
Dirk C. Albach
Systematics
phylogenetics
evolution of plants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,784
3,750
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Germany
Martin Koenneke
Marine Microbiology
Ecophysiology
Biogeochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,667
4,148
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Germany
Niklas Nilius
Scanning tunneling microscopy
STM luminescence spectroscopy
oxides
surface science
quantization effects
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,603
2,603
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Germany
Gregor Theilmeier
Anesthesiology
Cardiovascular Medicine
Inflammation
Coagulation
Biomarkers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,313
1,707
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Germany
Simon Doclo
Signal Processing
Speech and Audio Processing
Microphone Arrays
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,762
4,054
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,334
Germany
571
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Helmut Hillebrand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,819
19,324
0.473
Marine Ecology
Biodiversity
Community Ecology
Phytoplankton
Ecological Stoichiometry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,068
Germany
743
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Thorsten Dittmar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,948
21,247
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,357
Germany
951
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Christoph S Herrmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,237
15,084
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,889
Germany
1,379
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Michael Kleyer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,202
14,788
0.637
Ecology
Land management
Nature Conservation
Landscape Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,934
Germany
1,567
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Stefan Debener
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,320
10,022
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,282
Germany
1,612
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Olaf Rp Bininda-Emonds
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,771
5,986
0.288
phylogenetics
supertrees
molecular evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,098
Germany
1,648
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Christian Schneider
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,454
13,045
0.638
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,434
Germany
1,961
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Meinhard Simon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,982
5,992
0.333
Marine microbiology
microbial oceanography
aquatic microbial ecology
biogeography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,483
Germany
2,048
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Hans-J. Brumsack
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,415
6,318
0.363
Inorganic Geochemistry
Marine Chemistry
Environmental Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,805
Germany
2,259
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Birger Kollmeier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,322
6,143
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,192
Germany
2,322
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Rene Hurlemann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,003
8,139
0.509
Psychiatric Neuroscience
Social Neuroscience
Imaging Neuroscience
Non-invasive Brain Stimulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,486
Germany
2,562
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Joachim Peinke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,904
6,150
0.413
Turbulence
wind energy
stochastic processes
econophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,186
Germany
2,677
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Bernd Blasius
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,384
7,733
0.538
Theoretical Ecology
Mathematical Modelling
Complex Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,416
Germany
2,876
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jutta Kunz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,678
6,995
0.511
field theory
gravity
compact objects
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,187
Germany
3,042
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Christoph Lienau
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,096
4,762
0.364
Ultrafast optics
Ultrafast Phenomena
Nano-optics
Ultrafast nano-optics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,122
Germany
3,128
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Heribert Cypionka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,813
2,845
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,472
Germany
3,318
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Martin Heidenreich
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,208
2,291
0.188
Regional and national patterns of employment
management and innovation and the Europeanization of national societies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,626
Germany
3,713
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Henrik Mouritsen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,104
5,785
0.521
Animal navigation
Magnetic sense
Orientation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,788
Germany
3,853
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Olaf Zawacki-Richter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,770
8,954
0.831
Distance Education
Open Education
Educational Technology
Systematic Review
Mediendidaktik
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,358
Germany
4,004
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Susanne Boll|Boll-Westermann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,415
4,523
0.434
Human Computer Interaction
Interactive Multimedia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,222
Germany
4,291
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Dirk C. Albach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,784
3,750
0.383
Systematics
phylogenetics
evolution of plants
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,510
Germany
4,356
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Martin Koenneke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,667
4,148
0.429
Marine Microbiology
Ecophysiology
Biogeochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,215
Germany
4,377
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Niklas Nilius
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,603
2,603
0.271
Scanning tunneling microscopy
STM luminescence spectroscopy
oxides
surface science
quantization effects
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,798
Germany
4,517
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Gregor Theilmeier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,313
1,707
0.183
Anesthesiology
Cardiovascular Medicine
Inflammation
Coagulation
Biomarkers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,267
Germany
4,837
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Simon Doclo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,762
4,054
0.463
Signal Processing
Speech and Audio Processing
Microphone Arrays