Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 1.382 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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,691
83,658
0.742
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Photovoltaics
Organic Solar Cells - Perovksite Solar Cells
Non Destructive Imaging and Accelerated
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,863
38,891
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,523
30,319
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Light Microscopy
Image Processing
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,009
45,902
0.685
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,203
14,251
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,893
32,667
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,536
24,081
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
High energy astrophysics
active galaxies
black holes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,730
22,076
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
adsorption
porous materials characterization
separation
gas storage
catalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,721
25,529
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Physik
physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,387
5,036
0.131
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,173
13,531
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,001
3,683
0.115
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
neuroscience
disease modeling using stem cell derived models
hiPSC
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,648
12,858
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Immunology
Autoimmunity
Inflammation
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,558
11,277
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mechanistic studies of inorganic and bioinorganic reactions
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,440
4,607
0.147
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Medical Imaging
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,716
12,890
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Plant Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,202
7,769
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
malignant melanoma
metastasis
tumor development
melanocyte differentiation
chondrogenic differentiation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,048
7,730
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
drug transporters
drug-drug interactions
medication safety
personalized medicine
pharmacogenomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,927
5,306
0.205
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Psychotherapy
Depression
E-Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,475
14,425
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Surface and interface science
ionic liquids & liquid metal catalysts
supported graphene
porphyrins
energy storage molecules
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,446
8,183
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Materials Science
ceramics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,318
7,086
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Applied Mathematics
Partial Differential Equations
Numerics
Control
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,281
7,760
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
computational mechanics
configurational mechanics
material modelling
biomechanics
numerical methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,606
10,425
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
paleobiology
reef evolution
mass extinctions
paleontology
palaeontology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,874
12,204
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,540
72
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Lei Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,691
83,658
0.742
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,583
73
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Christoph J Brabec
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,863
38,891
0.348
Photovoltaics
Organic Solar Cells - Perovksite Solar Cells
Non Destructive Imaging and Accelerated
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,604
120
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Stefan Funk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,523
30,319
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,406
249
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Benjamin Schmid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,009
45,902
0.685
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,062
280
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Dirk Guldi
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,203
14,251
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,112
283
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Robert Schober
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,893
32,667
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,747
438
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Anton Gisela
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,536
24,081
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,797
493
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Joern Wilms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,730
22,076
0.483
High energy astrophysics
active galaxies
black holes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,801
494
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Matthias Thommes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,721
25,529
0.558
adsorption
porous materials characterization
separation
gas storage
catalysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,667
683
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Lothar Ley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,387
5,036
0.131
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,463
719
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Thomas Brabletz
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,173
13,531
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,797
926
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jürgen Behrens
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,001
3,683
0.115
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,146
948
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Beate Winner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,648
12,858
0.406
neuroscience
disease modeling using stem cell derived models
hiPSC
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,241
951
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Falk Nimmerjahn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,558
11,277
0.357
Immunology
Autoimmunity
Inflammation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,380
957
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Rudi van Eldik
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,440
4,607
0.147
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,124
987
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Joachim Hornegger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,716
12,890
0.420
Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Medical Imaging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,991
1,056
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Uwe Sonnewald
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,202
7,769
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,880
1,173
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Anja Bosserhoff
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,048
7,730
0.286
malignant melanoma
metastasis
tumor development
melanocyte differentiation
chondrogenic differentiation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,654
1,244
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Martin F Fromm
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,927
5,306
0.205
drug transporters
drug-drug interactions
medication safety
personalized medicine
pharmacogenomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,220
1,351
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Matthias Berking
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,475
14,425
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,292
1,355
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Hans Peter Steinrück
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,446
8,183
0.335
Surface and interface science
ionic liquids & liquid metal catalysts
supported graphene
porphyrins
energy storage molecules
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,500
1,365
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Peter Greil
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,318
7,086
0.291
Materials Science
ceramics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,563
1,369
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Enrique Zuazua|Enrike Zuazua, Enrique Z. Iriondo, Enrike Z. Iriondo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,281
7,760
0.320
Applied Mathematics
Partial Differential Equations
Numerics
Control
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,880
1,429
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Paul Steinmann
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,606
10,425
0.442
computational mechanics
configurational mechanics
material modelling
biomechanics
numerical methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,606
1,584
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Wolfgang Kiessling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,874
12,204
0.558
paleobiology
reef evolution
mass extinctions
paleontology
palaeontology