Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
Biometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,678
5,407
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Environmental & Development Economics
Ecosystem Services
Biodiversity
empirical Media and Culture Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,755
1,662
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
protein-ligand interaction
kinetics
thermodynamic signatures
drug discovery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,619
1,268
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
environmental psychology
sustainability psychology
transition studies
innovation studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,959
2,279
0.770
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Language Technology
Sentiment Analysis
Disinformation Detection
Leichte Sprache
Japanese
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,067
929
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Natural Language Processing
Summarization
Interaction Quality
Replicability
Ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,802
1,679
0.932
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Laser Diagnostics in Flows
Renewable Energies
Reactive Flows
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,736
758
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
human machine interaction
machine learning
computer graphics
computational linguistics
embedded systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,391
244
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,372
1,281
0.934
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Numerical mathematics
mechanics
composites
microstructure modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,234
415
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Public Relations
Online-PR
Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation
Lebenslanges Lernen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,219
432
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Artificial Intelligence
Software Architecture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,059
436
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Orgcom
CSR
Media Ethics
Stakeholder Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,006
757
0.752
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Human-Computer Interaction & Visual Analytics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
962
498
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
910
199
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Economics
Sociology
History of Social Theroy
History of Economic Thought
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
792
193
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Security for Ubiquitous Computing
Privacy
Usable Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
656
117
0.178
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Optics
Lighting Technology
Optical Materials
Physics
Superconductivity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
652
113
0.173
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
online journalism
journalism in latin america
eyetracking
media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
608
252
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Biometrics
Fairness in Biometric Systems
Presentation Attack Detection
Biometric Information Protection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
596
592
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Adaptive Visualization
Information Visualization
Visual Analytics
Human Computer Interaction
Process Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
569
300
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Semantic Web
Knowledge Representation
Mobile Information Systems
Context-aware Computing
Linked Data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
497
195
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
444
229
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
NPL
education
teaching methods
blended learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
416
143
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
International Relations
NGOs
Global Governance
Humanitarian Aid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
323
188
0.582
Christian Rathgeb
Hochschule Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,678
5,407
0.704
Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
Biometrics
Jan Barkmann
Hochschule Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,755
1,662
0.443
Environmental & Development Economics
Ecosystem Services
Biodiversity
empirical Media and Culture Research
Franz Josef Meyer Almes
Hochschule Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,619
1,268
0.350
protein-ligand interaction
kinetics
thermodynamic signatures
drug discovery
Daniel Hanss
Hochschule Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,959
2,279
0.770
environmental psychology
sustainability psychology
transition studies
innovation studies
Melanie Siegel
Hochschule Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,067
929
0.449
Language Technology
Sentiment Analysis
Disinformation Detection
Leichte Sprache
Japanese
Margot Mieskes
Hochschule Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,802
1,679
0.932
Natural Language Processing
Summarization
Interaction Quality
Replicability
Ethics
Dirk Geyer
Hochschule Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,736
758
0.437
Stefan Rapp
Hochschule Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,391
244
0.175
human machine interaction
machine learning
computer graphics
computational linguistics
embedded systems
U Scherhag
Hochschule Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,372
1,281
0.934
Romana Piat
Hochschule Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,234
415
0.336
Numerical mathematics
mechanics
composites
microstructure modeling
Thomas Pleil
Hochschule Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,219
432
0.354
Public Relations
Online-PR
Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation
Lebenslanges Lernen
Bernhard Humm
Hochschule Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,059
436
0.412
Artificial Intelligence
Software Architecture
Lars Rademacher
Hochschule Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,006
757
0.752
Kawa Nazemi
Hochschule Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
962
498
0.518
Ralf Blendowske
Hochschule Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
910
199
0.219
Ulrich Klüh
Hochschule Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
792
193
0.244
Economics
Sociology
History of Social Theroy
History of Economic Thought
Andreas Heinemann
Hochschule Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
656
117
0.178
Security for Ubiquitous Computing
Privacy
Usable Security
Matthias Brinkmann
Hochschule Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
652
113
0.173
Optics
Lighting Technology
Optical Materials
Physics
Superconductivity
Peter Schumacher
Hochschule Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
608
252
0.414
online journalism
journalism in latin america
eyetracking
media
Jascha Kolberg
Hochschule Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
596
592
0.993
Biometrics
Fairness in Biometric Systems
Presentation Attack Detection
Biometric Information Protection
Dirk Burkhardt
Hochschule Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
569
300
0.527
Adaptive Visualization
Information Visualization
Visual Analytics
Human Computer Interaction
Process Mining
Stefan Zander
Hochschule Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
497
195
0.392
Semantic Web
Knowledge Representation
Mobile Information Systems
Context-aware Computing
Linked Data
Benjamin Engelstätter
Hochschule Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
444
229
0.516
Wilhelm Hammel
Hochschule Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
416
143
0.344
Charlotte Dany
Hochschule Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
323
188
0.582
International Relations
NGOs
Global Governance
Humanitarian Aid