Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 54 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
Christian Roos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,507
6,755
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Germany
Julia Fischer
Primate Communication
Cognition
Social Behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,474
5,063
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Germany
Dietmar Zinner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,679
4,462
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Germany
Roman M Stilling
Neurobiology
microbiome
host-microbe
epigenetics
social behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,381
4,228
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Germany
Jürgen Baudewig
Neuroimaging
fMRI
TMS
MRS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,238
1,880
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Germany
Rüdiger Behr
Stammzellen
Entwicklungsbiologie
Non-human primates
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,658
2,343
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Germany
Prerna Arora
Virology
Reverse Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,704
2,694
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Germany
Daniel Hillier
Mammalian visual system
translational neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,926
1,064
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Germany
Alexander Hahn
Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,909
1,448
0.759

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Germany
Igor Kagan
Neurophysiology
Functional Imaging
fMRI
Decision Making
Social Interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,736
796
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Germany
Christof Neumann
animal behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,728
1,004
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Germany
Vladan Rankovic
Auditory Neuroscience
Gene therapy
AAVs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,405
948
0.675
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Germany
Marcus Jeschke
Auditory Neuroscience
Learning and memory
Optogenetics
Gene therapy
Cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,126
712
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Germany
Giulia Germena
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,057
514
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Germany
Fazal Wahab
Stem Cell Biology
Neuroendocrinology
Neuroimmunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,047
460
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Germany
Joanna Malukiewicz
genomics
marmosets
speciation
hybridization
immunogenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,015
817
0.805
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Germany
Stefanie Keupp
cognitive development
social cognition
comparative psychology
animal cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
974
647
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Germany
Michael Ortiz-Rios
Systems neuroscience
fMRI
macaque
optogenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
892
715
0.802
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Germany
Claudia Richter
cardiac
optogenetics
arrhythmia
alternative methods
angiogenesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
680
476
0.700
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Germany
Enrico Ferrea
Brain-Computer Interfaces
Network Plasticity
Neurotechnologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
611
253
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Germany
Benjamin Dann
Neuroscience
Neurophysiology
Graph theory
Brain oscillations
Neuronal population analyses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
607
470
0.774
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Germany
Swathi Sheshadri
Manufacturing AI
Network Neuroscience
Motor Systems
Deep Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
512
351
0.686
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Germany
Andres Agudelo-Toro
Computational Neuroscience
Theoretical Neuroscience
BCI
Neuroengineering
Robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
511
278
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Germany
Naubahar Agha
Neural recording
Wireless Recording
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
487
273
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Germany
Anton Unakafov
High-Speed-Serial communications
signal integrity
digital signal processing
Test & measurements
Biomedical signal processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
417
248
0.595
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,505
Germany
2,549
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Christian Roos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,507
6,755
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,022
Germany
2,818
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Julia Fischer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,474
5,063
0.350
Primate Communication
Cognition
Social Behaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,366
Germany
4,543
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Dietmar Zinner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,679
4,462
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
141,159
Germany
6,004
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Roman M Stilling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,381
4,228
0.573
Neurobiology
microbiome
host-microbe
epigenetics
social behaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
168,115
Germany
7,068
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jürgen Baudewig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,238
1,880
0.301
Neuroimaging
fMRI
TMS
MRS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
223,472
Germany
9,034
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Rüdiger Behr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,658
2,343
0.503
Stammzellen
Entwicklungsbiologie
Non-human primates
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
357,440
Germany
13,557
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Prerna Arora
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,704
2,694
0.996
Virology
Reverse Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
460,186
Germany
16,791
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Daniel Hillier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,926
1,064
0.552
Mammalian visual system
translational neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
463,031
Germany
16,880
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Alexander Hahn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,909
1,448
0.759
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
494,273
Germany
17,843
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Igor Kagan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,736
796
0.459
Neurophysiology
Functional Imaging
fMRI
Decision Making
Social Interactions

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
495,816
Germany
17,897
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Christof Neumann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,728
1,004
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
566,020
Germany
20,023
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Vladan Rankovic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,405
948
0.675
Auditory Neuroscience
Gene therapy
AAVs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
644,434
Germany
22,327
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Marcus Jeschke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,126
712
0.632
Auditory Neuroscience
Learning and memory
Optogenetics
Gene therapy
Cognition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
667,058
Germany
23,036
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Giulia Germena
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,057
514
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
670,541
Germany
23,134
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Fazal Wahab
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,047
460
0.439
Stem Cell Biology
Neuroendocrinology
Neuroimmunology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
681,538
Germany
23,461
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Joanna Malukiewicz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,015
817
0.805
genomics
marmosets
speciation
hybridization
immunogenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
696,340
Germany
23,912
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Stefanie Keupp
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
974
647
0.664
cognitive development
social cognition
comparative psychology
animal cognition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
727,861
Germany
24,809
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Michael Ortiz-Rios
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
892
715
0.802
Systems neuroscience
fMRI
macaque
optogenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
822,197
Germany
27,699
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Claudia Richter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
680
476
0.700
cardiac
optogenetics
arrhythmia
alternative methods
angiogenesis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
857,740
Germany
28,862
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Enrico Ferrea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
611
253
0.414
Brain-Computer Interfaces
Network Plasticity
Neurotechnologies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
859,641
Germany
28,918
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Benjamin Dann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
607
470
0.774
Neuroscience
Neurophysiology
Graph theory
Brain oscillations
Neuronal population analyses
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
919,984
Germany
30,978
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Swathi Sheshadri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
512
351
0.686
Manufacturing AI
Network Neuroscience
Motor Systems
Deep Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
920,933
Germany
31,008
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Andres Agudelo-Toro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
511
278
0.544
Computational Neuroscience
Theoretical Neuroscience
BCI
Neuroengineering
Robotics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
940,712
Germany
31,695
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Naubahar Agha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
487
273
0.561
Neural recording
Wireless Recording
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,004,201
Germany
33,991
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Anton Unakafov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
417
248
0.595
High-Speed-Serial communications
signal integrity
digital signal processing
Test & measurements
Biomedical signal processing
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