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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 54 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Experience Design
Positive Psychology
Transformative Experience
eTouris
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,941
5,252
0.757
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Immunology
Immuntoxicology
IVD-examinations
Cell Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,543
2,508
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Artificial Intelligence
eTourism
Data Science
Tourism Management
Innovations in Touris
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,961
4,875
0.818
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,434
2,720
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
AI
machine learning
security for AI
statistics
data privac
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,965
1,179
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
corporate restructuring
management accounting
finance
family firms
SME
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,065
1,583
0.767
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Augmented Reality
Virtual Reality
Visualization
Human-computer Interactio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,219
769
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
smart grid privacy
video coding
video compressio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,086
758
0.698
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Digital Transformation
Work
Leisure
Tourism
Future
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,015
974
0.960
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Privacy-enhancing technologies
Smart Grid
Privacy
Security
Decentralized Technologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
990
802
0.810
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Systems Engineering
Smart Grid
Smart Cities
Automotive
Model Based Systems Engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
939
647
0.689
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
873
805
0.922
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Management Accounting
Controlling
Familienunternehmen
Family Busines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
598
494
0.826
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Business Engineering
Wirtschaftsinformatik
Business Process Redesig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
501
311
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Human-Computer Interaction
Tangible Interaction
Interaction Design
Games & Pla
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
472
290
0.614
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Democracy
European Union
Social Innovation
Political Theor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
429
215
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
tannin
natural polyphenol
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
427
418
0.979
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Machine Learning
Softwar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
425
424
0.998
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Management Accounting
Corporate Social Responsibility
Family Businesses
Small and Medium-sized Enterprise
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
392
370
0.944
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Computer Vision
Game
AR
VR
GenA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
290
225
0.776
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Model-based Systems Engineering
Information Engineering
Industrial Automatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
279
257
0.921
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Natural Language Processing
Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278
235
0.845
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Psychology
Neuropsychology
Sportpsychology
Communication Science
Medi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242
242
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
etourism
digitalization
communicatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
234
111
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
232
140
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,907
943
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Barbara Neuhofer
Fachhochschule Salzburg
Puch bei Hallein, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,941
5,252
0.757
Experience Design
Positive Psychology
Transformative Experience
eTouris
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
166,766
998
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Gertie Janneke Oostingh
Fachhochschule Salzburg
Puch bei Hallein, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,543
2,508
0.383
Immunology
Immuntoxicology
IVD-examinations
Cell Biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
183,302
1,084
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Roman Egger
Fachhochschule Salzburg
Puch bei Hallein, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,961
4,875
0.818
Artificial Intelligence
eTourism
Data Science
Tourism Management
Innovations in Touris
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
200,786
1,179
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Christine Vallaster
Fachhochschule Salzburg
Puch bei Hallein, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,434
2,720
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
269,545
1,519
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Günther Eibl
Fachhochschule Salzburg
Puch bei Hallein, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,965
1,179
0.297
AI
machine learning
security for AI
statistics
data privac
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
453,087
2,439
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Christine Mitter
Fachhochschule Salzburg
Puch bei Hallein, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,065
1,583
0.767
corporate restructuring
management accounting
finance
family firms
SME
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
633,961
3,262
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Markus Tatzgern
Fachhochschule Salzburg
Puch bei Hallein, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,219
769
0.631
Augmented Reality
Virtual Reality
Visualization
Human-computer Interactio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
675,299
3,435
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Andreas Unterweger
Fachhochschule Salzburg
Puch bei Hallein, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,086
758
0.698
smart grid privacy
video coding
video compressio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
699,772
3,552
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Mattia Rainoldi
Fachhochschule Salzburg
Puch bei Hallein, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,015
974
0.960
Digital Transformation
Work
Leisure
Tourism
Future
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
708,637
3,582
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Fabian Knirsch
Fachhochschule Salzburg
Puch bei Hallein, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
990
802
0.810
Privacy-enhancing technologies
Smart Grid
Privacy
Security
Decentralized Technologie
Smart Institutional Plan
Powerful Insights + Smart Membership = Institutional Success
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
727,900
3,675
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Christian Neureiter
Fachhochschule Salzburg
Puch bei Hallein, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
939
647
0.689
Systems Engineering
Smart Grid
Smart Cities
Automotive
Model Based Systems Engineerin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
753,927
3,811
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Clemens Havas|Clemens Rudolf Havas
Fachhochschule Salzburg
Puch bei Hallein, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
873
805
0.922
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
886,500
4,394
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Martina Sageder
Fachhochschule Salzburg
Puch bei Hallein, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
598
494
0.826
Management Accounting
Controlling
Familienunternehmen
Family Busines
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
957,111
4,756
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Egon Lüftenegger
Fachhochschule Salzburg
Puch bei Hallein, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
501
311
0.621
Business Engineering
Wirtschaftsinformatik
Business Process Redesig
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
982,128
4,891
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Bernhard Maurer
Fachhochschule Salzburg
Puch bei Hallein, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
472
290
0.614
Human-Computer Interaction
Tangible Interaction
Interaction Design
Games & Pla
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,021,959
5,085
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Markus Pausch
Fachhochschule Salzburg
Puch bei Hallein, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
429
215
0.501
Democracy
European Union
Social Innovation
Political Theor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,023,227
5,093
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Thomas Sepperer
Fachhochschule Salzburg
Puch bei Hallein, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
427
418
0.979
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,025,150
5,099
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Maximilian Ernst Tschuchnig
Fachhochschule Salzburg
Puch bei Hallein, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
425
424
0.998
Machine Learning
Softwar
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,058,927
5,262
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Michael Kuttner
Fachhochschule Salzburg
Puch bei Hallein, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
392
370
0.944
Management Accounting
Corporate Social Responsibility
Family Businesses
Small and Medium-sized Enterprise
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,188,870
5,856
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Radomir Dinic
Fachhochschule Salzburg
Puch bei Hallein, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
290
225
0.776
Computer Vision
Game
AR
VR
GenA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,206,452
5,926
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Christoph Binder
Fachhochschule Salzburg
Puch bei Hallein, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
279
257
0.921
Model-based Systems Engineering
Information Engineering
Industrial Automatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,208,302
5,935
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Cornelia Ferner
Fachhochschule Salzburg
Puch bei Hallein, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278
235
0.845
Natural Language Processing
Machine Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,272,674
6,226
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Michael Christian Leitner
Fachhochschule Salzburg
Puch bei Hallein, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242
242
1.000
Psychology
Neuropsychology
Sportpsychology
Communication Science
Medi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,290,504
6,310
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Mario Jooss
Fachhochschule Salzburg
Puch bei Hallein, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
234
111
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,294,406
6,327
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Michael Domhardt
Fachhochschule Salzburg
Puch bei Hallein, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
232
140
0.603