Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 784 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
Virology
Evolutionary Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,780
115,873
0.784
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Neurologie
Schlaganfall
Intensivmedizin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,467
57,730
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Gastroenterology
Hepatology
Immunology
Infectious Diseases
Critical Care Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,969
50,929
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mental Illness
Psychiatry
Clinical Neuroscience
Neurotransmission
Intercultural Psychotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,508
36,525
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Digital Health
Systems Biology
Cancer Research
Medical Informatics
Data Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,035
46,297
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Allergy
Dermatology
Mast Cell Biology
Urticaria
Angioedema
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,001
36,414
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
clinical immunology
reg. medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,979
19,632
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Dermatology
Allergology
Urticaria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,148
27,953
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Stroke
brain imaging
translational medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,196
21,935
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
urology
cancer genomics
precision oncology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,980
46,117
0.721
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Virology
Zoonoses
virus host interaction
coronaviruses
autophagy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,754
51,084
0.841
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
myocarditis
Hfpef
heart failure
cardiomyopathy
shock
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,328
36,418
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
virology
zoonoses
emerging infectious diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,818
43,953
0.848
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Psychobiology
Stress
Trauma
Development
Disease Risk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,466
15,143
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Psychiatry
Cognitive Neuroscience
Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,987
26,891
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Neuroimmunologie
Multiple Sklerose
Neuromyelitis optica
MRT
optische Kohärenztomographie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,558
31,011
0.639
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Hematology
Oncology
Tumorimmunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,963
20,824
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,241
20,660
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Epidemiology
Population Health
Health Data Sciences
Neurovascular-epidemiology
Causal Inference
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,426
16,379
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Medicine
Genomics
Pharmacology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,325
25,857
0.641
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Molecular Pharmacology
Signal Transduction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,755
2,826
0.071
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Transplantation
kidney
genetic diseases
eHealth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,781
15,743
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,413
19,610
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Neuroscience
Alzheimer's disease
microglia
neuropathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,747
17,824
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Clinical pharmacology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,486
3,124
0.091
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,516
41
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Christian Drosten
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,780
115,873
0.784
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,316
105
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Matthias Endres
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,467
57,730
0.586
Neurologie
Schlaganfall
Intensivmedizin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,222
147
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Frank Tacke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,969
50,929
0.592
Gastroenterology
Hepatology
Immunology
Infectious Diseases
Critical Care Medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,333
155
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Andreas Heinz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,508
36,525
0.432
Mental Illness
Psychiatry
Clinical Neuroscience
Neurotransmission
Intercultural Psychotherapy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,694
171
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Roland Eils
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,035
46,297
0.571
Digital Health
Systems Biology
Cancer Research
Medical Informatics
Data Sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,909
177
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Marcus Maurer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,001
36,414
0.461
Allergy
Dermatology
Mast Cell Biology
Urticaria
Angioedema
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,234
196
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Hans Dieter Volk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,979
19,632
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,549
211
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Torsten Zuberbier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,148
27,953
0.382
Dermatology
Allergology
Urticaria
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,390
248
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ulrich Dirnagl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,196
21,935
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,925
275
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Thorsten Schlomm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,980
46,117
0.721
urology
cancer genomics
precision oncology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,505
302
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Marcel A Müller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,754
51,084
0.841
Virology
Zoonoses
virus host interaction
coronaviruses
autophagy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,008
324
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Tschope C
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,328
36,418
0.624
myocarditis
Hfpef
heart failure
cardiomyopathy
shock
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,722
393
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Victor Max Corman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,818
43,953
0.848
virology
zoonoses
emerging infectious diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,440
418
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Christine Heim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,466
15,143
0.306
Psychobiology
Stress
Trauma
Development
Disease Risk
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,581
425
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Henrik Walter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,987
26,891
0.549
Psychiatry
Cognitive Neuroscience
Philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,737
437
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Friedemann Paul
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,558
31,011
0.639
Neuroimmunologie
Multiple Sklerose
Neuromyelitis optica
MRT
optische Kohärenztomographie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,305
473
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Lars Bullinger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,963
20,824
0.443
Hematology
Oncology
Tumorimmunology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,993
501
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Georg N Duda
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,241
20,660
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,377
525
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Tobias Kurth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,426
16,379
0.369
Epidemiology
Population Health
Health Data Sciences
Neurovascular-epidemiology
Causal Inference
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,482
623
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Reinhold Kreutz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,325
25,857
0.641
Medicine
Genomics
Pharmacology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,820
642
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Guenter Schultz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,755
2,826
0.071
Molecular Pharmacology
Signal Transduction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,076
695
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Klemens Budde
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,781
15,743
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,314
710
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Josef Priller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,413
19,610
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,292
808
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Frank Heppner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,747
17,824
0.513
Neuroscience
Alzheimer's disease
microglia
neuropathology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,497
820
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ivar Roots
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,486
3,124
0.091