Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 146 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
neurotechnology
innovation
personalized medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,099
35,421
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Internet-Technologies
Digital Education
Security Engineering
Sustainable AI
Design Thinking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,047
13,678
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Bioinformatics
Statistical Genetics
Genomics
Complex Traits
Personalized Medicine
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,323
12,894
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Data Profiling
Data Integration
Data Cleaning
Data Quality
Data Preparation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,764
5,286
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Algorithm Engineering
Randomness
Artificial Intelligence
Data Science
Network Science
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,306
5,677
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Digital Health
Connected Healthcare
Ubiquitous Computing
Data Mining
Machine Learning
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,078
3,834
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Statistical Genetics
Computational Biology
Machine Learning
Bioinformatics
Digital Health
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,678
3,391
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Efficient Deep Learning
Edge AI
Sustainable AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,366
4,283
0.798
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,171
3,416
0.661
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Human-centered Design
Business Innovation
Design Thinking
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,925
3,027
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,238
2,564
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,399
2,711
0.798
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Text Mining
Machine Learning
Information Retrieval
Natural Language Processing
Recommender Systems
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,397
1,964
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Cryptography
Security
Privacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,378
2,039
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Technology Management
Innovation Management
Digital Transformation
Entrepreneurship
Human Factors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,871
1,268
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Digital health
Translational medicine
Integrative medicine
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,403
1,927
0.802
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Databases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,230
727
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Databases
Data Profiling
Distributed Computing
Data Cleansing
Data Quality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,070
1,554
0.751
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,788
443
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
human-computer interaction
robotics
personal fabrication
haptic devices
interactive systems
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,602
1,130
0.705
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Deep Learning
Natural Language Processing
Information Retrieval
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,389
1,298
0.934
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
E-Learning
MOOCs
Collaborative Learning
Peer Assessment
Automated Assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,306
875
0.670
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,300
404
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
algorithms
graphs
random networks
geometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,126
689
0.612
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Digital health interventions
N-of-1 trials
causal inference & machine learning
biostatistics
molecular and genetic epidemiol
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,118
1,032
0.923
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,831
224
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Erwin Böttinger
Hasso Plattner Institute
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,099
35,421
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,426
1,114
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Christoph Meinel
Hasso Plattner Institute
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,047
13,678
0.488
Internet-Technologies
Digital Education
Security Engineering
Sustainable AI
Design Thinking
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,439
1,872
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Claudia Schurmann
Hasso Plattner Institute
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,323
12,894
0.667
Bioinformatics
Statistical Genetics
Genomics
Complex Traits
Personalized Medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,372
2,746
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Felix Naumann
Hasso Plattner Institute
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,764
5,286
0.358
Data Profiling
Data Integration
Data Cleaning
Data Quality
Data Preparation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,586
3,465
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Tobias Friedrich
Hasso Plattner Institute
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,306
5,677
0.461
Algorithm Engineering
Randomness
Artificial Intelligence
Data Science
Network Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
147,469
6,263
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Bert Arnrich
Hasso Plattner Institute
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,078
3,834
0.542
Digital Health
Connected Healthcare
Ubiquitous Computing
Data Mining
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,719
6,616
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Christoph Lippert
Hasso Plattner Institute
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,678
3,391
0.508
Statistical Genetics
Computational Biology
Machine Learning
Bioinformatics
Digital Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
195,045
8,045
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Haojin Yang
Hasso Plattner Institute
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,366
4,283
0.798
Efficient Deep Learning
Edge AI
Sustainable AI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
202,142
8,283
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Bernhard Renard
Hasso Plattner Institute
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,171
3,416
0.661
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
211,948
8,634
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Falk Uebernickel
Hasso Plattner Institute
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,925
3,027
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
243,839
9,763
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Tilmann Rabl
Hasso Plattner Institute
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,238
2,564
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
296,093
11,538
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Gloria Martrus
Hasso Plattner Institute
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,399
2,711
0.798
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
296,268
11,546
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ralf Krestel
Hasso Plattner Institute
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,397
1,964
0.578
Text Mining
Machine Learning
Information Retrieval
Natural Language Processing
Recommender Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
297,663
11,587
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Anja Lehmann
Hasso Plattner Institute
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,378
2,039
0.604
Cryptography
Security
Privacy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
340,449
13,024
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Katharina Hölzle
Hasso Plattner Institute
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,871
1,268
0.442
Technology Management
Innovation Management
Digital Transformation
Entrepreneurship
Human Factors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
391,531
14,674
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Nico Steckhan
Hasso Plattner Institute
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,403
1,927
0.802
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
413,921
15,376
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Lars Butzmann
Hasso Plattner Institute
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,230
727
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
437,020
16,099
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Thorsten Papenbrock
Hasso Plattner Institute
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,070
1,554
0.751
Databases
Data Profiling
Distributed Computing
Data Cleansing
Data Quality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
484,244
17,565
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Leen Lambers
Hasso Plattner Institute
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,788
443
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
521,095
18,657
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Robert Kovacs
Hasso Plattner Institute
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,602
1,130
0.705
human-computer interaction
robotics
personal fabrication
haptic devices
interactive systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
569,759
20,110
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Julian Risch
Hasso Plattner Institute
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,389
1,298
0.934
Deep Learning
Natural Language Processing
Information Retrieval
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
591,327
20,725
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Thomas Staubitz
Hasso Plattner Institute
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,306
875
0.670
E-Learning
MOOCs
Collaborative Learning
Peer Assessment
Automated Assessment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
593,018
20,780
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Arvid Heise
Hasso Plattner Institute
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,300
404
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
644,223
22,331
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Thomas Bläsius
Hasso Plattner Institute
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,126
689
0.612
algorithms
graphs
random networks
geometry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
646,583
22,402
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Stefan Konigorski
Hasso Plattner Institute
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,118
1,032
0.923
Digital health interventions
N-of-1 trials
causal inference & machine learning
biostatistics
molecular and genetic epidemiol