Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 847 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
Qualitative Research
Health Psychology
Mixed Methods
Social Representations
Qualitative Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,960
55,514
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
health behavior
self-efficacy
social support
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,427
34,242
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
soil ecology
mycorrhiza
fungal ecology
biodiversity
ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,881
50,171
0.636
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,062
13,158
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Many-body physics
quantum information theory
quantum technologies
quantum simulation
tensor networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,054
20,596
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Sequence analysis
Proteomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,676
8,467
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
language
cognitive neuroscience
neural networks
speech language therapy
pragmatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,386
11,920
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Nanomaterials for application in eletronics and biomedicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,185
4,931
0.136
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
colloid physics
scattering methods
nanotechnology
catalysis with nanoparticles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,831
8,301
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
European Union
Governance
Comparative Regionalism
Diffusion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,667
9,502
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Management and organisation theory
strategic alliances and networks
project-based organizing
creativity and entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,958
8,711
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Neurotransmission
Membranlipide
Membranverkehr
Exo- und Endoztyose
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,662
13,349
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Sozialstrukturanalyse
Subj. Wohlbefinden
Umfrageforschung
Längsschnittanalyse
Grundeinkommen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,053
11,252
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Machine Learning
AI for Science
Deep Learning
Theoretical Biophysics
Chemical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,781
18,754
0.675
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Photosynthesis
Artificial Photosynthesis
Chemical Physics
Water Oxidation
Operando Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,495
11,121
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Experimental Psychology
Affective Neuroscience
Neurocognitive Poetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,178
8,540
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Education and Anthropology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,071
6,564
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,934
11,338
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
nanoscale condensed matter physics
2D_materials
graphene
TMDCs
MoS2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,610
8,681
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
nanoscience
plasmonics
carbon-based materials
light-matter coupling
Raman scattering & SERS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,585
9,034
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Management
Organization
Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,397
4,703
0.193
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Cognitive Neuroscience
Decision Neuroscience
Social Neuroscience
Aging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,786
9,017
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Discrete Geometry
polytopes
combinatorics
topology
optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,795
5,309
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
fractional calculus
stochastic processes
probability
applied mathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,396
7,050
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,317
7,866
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,574
42
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Uwe Flick
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,960
55,514
0.383
Qualitative Research
Health Psychology
Mixed Methods
Social Representations
Qualitative Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,031
95
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ralf Schwarzer
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,427
34,242
0.331
health behavior
self-efficacy
social support
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,935
180
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Matthias C Rillig
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,881
50,171
0.636
soil ecology
mycorrhiza
fungal ecology
biodiversity
ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,099
283
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Thomas Risse
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,062
13,158
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,576
537
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jens Eisert
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,054
20,596
0.468
Many-body physics
quantum information theory
quantum technologies
quantum simulation
tensor networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,772
546
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Knut Reinert
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,676
8,467
0.194
Sequence analysis
Proteomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,397
571
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Friedemann Pulvermüller
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,386
11,920
0.281
language
cognitive neuroscience
neural networks
speech language therapy
pragmatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,228
746
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Michael Giersig
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,185
4,931
0.136
Nanomaterials for application in eletronics and biomedicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,504
761
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Matthias Ballauff
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,831
8,301
0.232
colloid physics
scattering methods
nanotechnology
catalysis with nanoparticles
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,616
766
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Tanja Boerzel
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,667
9,502
0.266
European Union
Governance
Comparative Regionalism
Diffusion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,172
797
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jörg Sydow
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,958
8,711
0.249
Management and organisation theory
strategic alliances and networks
project-based organizing
creativity and entrepreneurship
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,187
948
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Volker Haucke
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,662
13,349
0.422
Neurotransmission
Membranlipide
Membranverkehr
Exo- und Endoztyose
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,483
1,115
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jürgen Schupp
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,053
11,252
0.401
Sozialstrukturanalyse
Subj. Wohlbefinden
Umfrageforschung
Längsschnittanalyse
Grundeinkommen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,861
1,133
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Noe Frank
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,781
18,754
0.675
Machine Learning
AI for Science
Deep Learning
Theoretical Biophysics
Chemical Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,831
1,205
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Holger Dau
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,495
11,121
0.420
Photosynthesis
Artificial Photosynthesis
Chemical Physics
Water Oxidation
Operando Spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,319
1,226
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Arthur M Jacobs
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,178
8,540
0.326
Experimental Psychology
Affective Neuroscience
Neurocognitive Poetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,494
1,234
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Christoph Wulf
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,071
6,564
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,707
1,245
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Michael Eid
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,934
11,338
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,228
1,265
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Kirill Bolotin
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,610
8,681
0.339
nanoscale condensed matter physics
2D_materials
graphene
TMDCs
MoS2
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,268
1,270
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Stephanie Reich
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,585
9,034
0.353
nanoscience
plasmonics
carbon-based materials
light-matter coupling
Raman scattering & SERS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,439
1,362
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Georg Schreyögg
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,397
4,703
0.193
Management
Organization
Leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,593
1,416
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Hauke Heekeren
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,786
9,017
0.379
Cognitive Neuroscience
Decision Neuroscience
Social Neuroscience
Aging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,588
1,503
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Günter M Ziegler
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,795
5,309
0.233
Discrete Geometry
polytopes
combinatorics
topology
optimization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,845
1,634
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Rudolf Gorenflo
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,396
7,050
0.330
fractional calculus
stochastic processes
probability
applied mathematics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,035
1,647
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Peter Robin Hiesinger
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,317
7,866
0.369