Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 91 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
Germany
J Gerhard Müller
sensors
materials
MEMS
nanotechnology
measurement and information gain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,611
1,269
0.147
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Germany
Michael Schmitt
Earth Observation
Remote Sensing
Data Fusion
Machine Learning
Synthetic Aperture Radar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,604
4,871
0.869
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Germany
Christoph M Hackl
renewable energy systems
electrical drives
power electronics
mechatronics
non-identifier based
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,140
2,617
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Germany
Rainer Schmidt
Platforms
Ecosystems
Assistants
Digital Transformation
Business Process Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,938
1,865
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Germany
Christian Schwarzbauer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,897
672
0.172
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Germany
Peter Krzystek
image processing
remote sensing
lidar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,581
1,531
0.428
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Germany
Oliver Bohlen
energy
energy storage
battery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,898
1,162
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Germany
Datong Wu
Photoacoustics
Ultrasound
Photonik
Thermal Waves
Terahertz-TDS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,572
484
0.188
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Germany
Andreas Humpe
Climate Change
Machine Learning
Econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,492
1,883
0.756

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Germany
Andreas M. Wüst
Political Sociology
Elections
Political Representation
Immigrants
Political Elites
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,426
685
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Germany
Michael Möhring
Analytics
Data Science
I4.0
BPM
Big Data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,407
1,469
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Germany
Susanne Schulmeister
phylogenetic systematics
Hymenoptera
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,276
727
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Germany
Sven Fuhrmann
Geovisualization
Cartography
Geoinformatics
Human-Centered Design
Spatial Cognition and Behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,056
358
0.174
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Germany
Patricia Arnold
Open Education
Online Learning
Communities of Practice
E-Portfolios
Community Informatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,027
714
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Germany
Robin Materlik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,909
1,400
0.733
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Germany
Michael reder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,749
673
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Germany
Lars Wischhof
mobile communication
vehicular communication
pedestrian communication
event-driven simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,735
196
0.113
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Germany
Carsten Franke born Ernemann
multi-objective online scheduling
evolutionary optimization
simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,671
222
0.133
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Germany
Florian Klug
Supply Chain Management
Operations Research
Quantum Algorithms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,166
365
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Germany
Daniel Metzler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,163
590
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Germany
Jessica Slamka née Winkler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,145
172
0.150
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Germany
Peter E Pfeffer
vehicle dynamics
automated driving
steering systems
automotive engineering
testing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
988
412
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Germany
Sophie Hobrack
elastomers
biomechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
936
336
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Germany
Thomas Schreck
IT Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
885
315
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Germany
Ney Henrique Moreira
computational materials science
theoretical chemistry
solid state physics
electrochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
828
170
0.205
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,198
Germany
5,134
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
J Gerhard Müller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,611
1,269
0.147
sensors
materials
MEMS
nanotechnology
measurement and information gain
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
186,982
Germany
7,760
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Michael Schmitt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,604
4,871
0.869
Earth Observation
Remote Sensing
Data Fusion
Machine Learning
Synthetic Aperture Radar
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
249,281
Germany
9,939
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Christoph M Hackl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,140
2,617
0.632
renewable energy systems
electrical drives
power electronics
mechatronics
non-identifier based
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
260,819
Germany
10,335
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Rainer Schmidt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,938
1,865
0.474
Platforms
Ecosystems
Assistants
Digital Transformation
Business Process Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
263,216
Germany
10,416
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Christian Schwarzbauer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,897
672
0.172
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
283,241
Germany
11,117
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Peter Krzystek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,581
1,531
0.428
image processing
remote sensing
lidar
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
337,963
Germany
12,937
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Oliver Bohlen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,898
1,162
0.401
energy
energy storage
battery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
371,834
Germany
14,031
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Datong Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,572
484
0.188
Photoacoustics
Ultrasound
Photonik
Thermal Waves
Terahertz-TDS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
380,862
Germany
14,331
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Andreas Humpe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,492
1,883
0.756
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
388,967
Germany
14,585
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Andreas M. Wüst
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,426
685
0.282
Political Sociology
Elections
Political Representation
Immigrants
Political Elites

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
391,224
Germany
14,661
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Michael Möhring
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,407
1,469
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
407,842
Germany
15,186
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Susanne Schulmeister
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,276
727
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
439,409
Germany
16,179
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Sven Fuhrmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,056
358
0.174
Geovisualization
Cartography
Geoinformatics
Human-Centered Design
Spatial Cognition and Behavior
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
443,863
Germany
16,308
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Patricia Arnold
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,027
714
0.352
Open Education
Online Learning
Communities of Practice
E-Portfolios
Community Informatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
463,034
Germany
16,881
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Robin Materlik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,909
1,400
0.733
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
491,870
Germany
17,777
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Michael reder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,749
673
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
494,544
Germany
17,850
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Lars Wischhof
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,735
196
0.113
mobile communication
vehicular communication
pedestrian communication
event-driven simulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
507,102
Germany
18,239
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Carsten Franke born Ernemann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,671
222
0.133
multi-objective online scheduling
evolutionary optimization
simulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
632,042
Germany
21,944
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Florian Klug
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,166
365
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
632,876
Germany
21,973
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Daniel Metzler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,163
590
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
638,634
Germany
22,150
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jessica Slamka née Winkler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,145
172
0.150
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
691,305
Germany
23,764
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Peter E Pfeffer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
988
412
0.417
vehicle dynamics
automated driving
steering systems
automotive engineering
testing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
710,781
Germany
24,341
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Sophie Hobrack
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
936
336
0.359
elastomers
biomechanics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
730,940
Germany
24,899
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Thomas Schreck
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
885
315
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
754,590
Germany
25,623
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ney Henrique Moreira
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
828
170
0.205
computational materials science
theoretical chemistry
solid state physics
electrochemistry
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