Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 499 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
Cardiovascular Disease
Atherosclerosis
Lipid Metabolism
Nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,909
96,406
0.877
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Polymers
Polymer Chemistry
Batteries
Nanomedicine
Organic chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,275
34,348
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Cardiology
Heart Failure
Cardiogenic Shock
Structural Heart Disease
Cardiac Metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,964
40,166
0.773
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Computational Neuroimaging
Computational Anatomy
Neuroanatomy
Brain Plasticity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,732
14,591
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Professor of Internal Medicine (Nephrology
Diabetology)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,573
7,057
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
evolutionary ecology
evolutionary genetics
behavioral ecology
biostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,292
16,785
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Entrepreneurship
Innovation
Economic Geography
History
Culture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,912
7,703
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Brain imaging
psychiatric disorders
psychotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,933
11,347
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Laser Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,590
5,179
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ultrafast Science
X-rays
Nonlinear Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,901
4,200
0.169
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Plasma Physics
Laser Interactions
Laser Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,449
6,874
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Psychologie
Human Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,736
5,521
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Evolutionary developmental biology
flower development
transcription factors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,410
7,416
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Mathematical Biology
Theoretical Biology
Systems Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,356
5,197
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
pain
error processing
anxiety
hypnosis
rehabilitation of motor disorders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,000
4,530
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
head neck cancer
facial nerve
salivary glands
biophotonics
deep learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,760
9,613
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,522
8,570
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Insect Evolution
Morphology
Phylogeny
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,509
8,343
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
attosecond and strong-field laser physics
relativistic optics
ultrashort laser pulses
X-ray polarimetry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,571
5,698
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Cognitive Psychology
Aging Research
Life-Span Development
Implicit Measures
Action Control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,553
7,573
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Materials Science and Engineering
Biomaterials
Antimicrobial Materials
Protein Adsorption
Functional Polymers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,270
4,202
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Biochemistry of oxidative stress
stress-induced signaling
micronutrients
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,057
4,436
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
cardiac surgery
cardiovascular physiology
cardiovascular medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,446
8,042
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Raman
TERS
Plasmonics
near-field optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,399
7,036
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Polymer chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,924
8,413
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,681
82
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Stefan Lorkowski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,909
96,406
0.877
Cardiovascular Disease
Atherosclerosis
Lipid Metabolism
Nutrition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,268
104
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ulrich S. Schubert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,275
34,348
0.346
Polymers
Polymer Chemistry
Batteries
Nanomedicine
Organic chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,679
390
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
P. Christian Schulze
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,964
40,166
0.773
Cardiology
Heart Failure
Cardiogenic Shock
Structural Heart Disease
Cardiac Metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,523
762
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Christian Gaser
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,732
14,591
0.408
Computational Neuroimaging
Computational Anatomy
Neuroanatomy
Brain Plasticity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,288
859
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Gunter Wolf
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,573
7,057
0.210
Professor of Internal Medicine (Nephrology
Diabetology)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,134
1,101
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Holger Schielzeth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,292
16,785
0.593
evolutionary ecology
evolutionary genetics
behavioral ecology
biostatistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,611
1,124
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Michael Fritsch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,912
7,703
0.276
Entrepreneurship
Innovation
Economic Geography
History
Culture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,056
1,180
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Gerd Wagner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,933
11,347
0.421
Brain imaging
psychiatric disorders
psychotherapy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,614
1,201
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Michael Schmitt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,590
5,179
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,462
1,321
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Christian Spielmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,901
4,200
0.169
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,284
1,354
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Matt Zepf
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,449
6,874
0.281
Plasma Physics
Laser Interactions
Laser Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,614
1,417
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Rainer K. Silbereisen
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,736
5,521
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,356
1,535
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Günter Theißen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,410
7,416
0.331
Evolutionary developmental biology
flower development
transcription factors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,849
1,640
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Stefan Schuster
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,356
5,197
0.243
Mathematical Biology
Theoretical Biology
Systems Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,789
1,678
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Wolfgang Hr Miltner
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,000
4,530
0.216
pain
error processing
anxiety
hypnosis
rehabilitation of motor disorders
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,429
1,707
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Orlando Guntinas-Lichius
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,760
9,613
0.463
head neck cancer
facial nerve
salivary glands
biophotonics
deep learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,099
1,736
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Andreas Stallmach
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,522
8,570
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,128
1,738
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Rolf Georg Beutel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,509
8,343
0.407
Insect Evolution
Morphology
Phylogeny
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,698
1,841
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Gerhard G. Paulus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,571
5,698
0.291
attosecond and strong-field laser physics
relativistic optics
ultrashort laser pulses
X-ray polarimetry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,977
1,982
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Klaus Rothermund
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,553
7,573
0.408
Cognitive Psychology
Aging Research
Life-Span Development
Implicit Measures
Action Control
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,651
2,204
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Klaus D. Jandt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,270
4,202
0.243
Materials Science and Engineering
Biomaterials
Antimicrobial Materials
Protein Adsorption
Functional Polymers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,472
2,240
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Lars Oliver Klotz
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,057
4,436
0.260
Biochemistry of oxidative stress
stress-induced signaling
micronutrients
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,118
2,371
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Torsten Doenst
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,446
8,042
0.489
cardiac surgery
cardiovascular physiology
cardiovascular medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,333
2,382
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Volker Deckert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,399
7,036
0.429
Raman
TERS
Plasmonics
near-field optics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,456
2,459
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Martin D. Hager
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,924
8,413
0.528