Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 94 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
sustainable development
climate change
water
health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,585
24,907
0.789
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Human Physiology
Neurobiology of Pain
Brain Imaging
Virtual Reality and Simulation in Medicine
heart rate variability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,914
1,830
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Computer Networks
Distributed Systems
Internet Technologies
Internet Security
Internet of Things
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,624
3,525
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Search engines
Web search
information behavior
information retrieval
information science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,226
1,694
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,367
250
0.106
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
environmental chemistry
analytical chemistry
ecotoxicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,139
629
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Data analytics
control engineering
process industries
automation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,983
854
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
sediment ecotoxicology
environmental assessment
rare earth elements
toxicity of nanomaterial
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,926
570
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Sustainability
Wireless Cellular Networks
Stochastic Petri Nets
Flow Control
Protocols
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,687
356
0.211
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Depression
Child Psychotherapy
Clinical Child Psychology
Residential Child Care
Multiprofessional Collaboration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,658
719
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Multi-agent Systems
Digital Twins
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,650
925
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Mixed Reality
Human-Computer Interaction
Games
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,619
1,284
0.793
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Kite Control
Airborne Wind Energy
Cold Atoms
Quantum Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,434
286
0.199
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,384
930
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Marktforschung
Konsumentenverhalten
Ernährung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,310
1,113
0.850
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Digitale Kommunikation
Digitale Öffentlichkeit
Algorithmic Public Spheres
Digital Journalism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,246
349
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
real time communication
embedded systems
communication structures for automotive systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,127
532
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Spectroscopy
Sensors
Acoustics
Lasers
Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,110
533
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
condensed matter physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,018
449
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
IoT
ICN
Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
994
810
0.815
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Turbomachinery
CFD
Transition Modelling
Aircraft Engines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
987
427
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
961
772
0.803
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Software Testing
Quality Assurance
UML
Model-based testing
traceability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
958
41
0.043
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Real-time Ethernet
In-car network
time-triggered communication
real-time systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
936
315
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Erneuerbare Energien
Power-to-Gas
Power-to-Liquid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
932
911
0.977
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,219
950
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Walter Leal Filho
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,585
24,907
0.789
sustainable development
climate change
water
health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
130,860
5,581
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Juergen Lorenz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,914
1,830
0.231
Human Physiology
Neurobiology of Pain
Brain Imaging
Virtual Reality and Simulation in Medicine
heart rate variability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,346
5,796
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Thomas C Schmidt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,624
3,525
0.462
Computer Networks
Distributed Systems
Internet Technologies
Internet Security
Internet of Things
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
244,607
9,781
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Dirk Lewandowski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,226
1,694
0.401
Search engines
Web search
information behavior
information retrieval
information science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
396,291
14,818
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Julia Padberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,367
250
0.106
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
426,989
15,798
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Gesine Witt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,139
629
0.294
environmental chemistry
analytical chemistry
ecotoxicology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
450,847
16,511
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Margret Bauer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,983
854
0.431
Data analytics
control engineering
process industries
automation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
460,258
16,794
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Susanne Heise
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,926
570
0.296
sediment ecotoxicology
environmental assessment
rare earth elements
toxicity of nanomaterial
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
503,961
18,146
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Rainer Schoenen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,687
356
0.211
Sustainability
Wireless Cellular Networks
Stochastic Petri Nets
Flow Control
Protocols
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
509,766
18,329
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Gunter Groen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,658
719
0.434
Depression
Child Psychotherapy
Clinical Child Psychology
Residential Child Care
Multiprofessional Collaboration
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
511,354
18,381
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Thomas Clemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,650
925
0.561
Multi-agent Systems
Digital Twins
Artificial Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
517,804
18,562
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Eike Langbehn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,619
1,284
0.793
Mixed Reality
Human-Computer Interaction
Games
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
559,105
19,805
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Michael Erhard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,434
286
0.199
Kite Control
Airborne Wind Energy
Cold Atoms
Quantum Optics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
571,283
20,145
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sunnia Gupta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,384
930
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
590,414
20,690
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Stephan GH Meyerding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,310
1,113
0.850
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
608,223
21,231
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Christian Stöcker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,246
349
0.280
Digitale Kommunikation
Digitale Öffentlichkeit
Algorithmic Public Spheres
Digital Journalism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
644,188
22,325
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Franz Korf
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,127
532
0.472
real time communication
embedded systems
communication structures for automotive systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
649,503
22,481
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Marcus Wolff
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,110
533
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
680,636
23,430
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Paweł Adam Buczek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,018
449
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
688,966
23,702
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Peter Kietzmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
994
810
0.815
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
691,690
23,775
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Dragan Kozulovic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
987
427
0.433
Turbomachinery
CFD
Transition Modelling
Aircraft Engines
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
701,042
24,034
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Meike Annika Wilke Schweisfurth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
961
772
0.803
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
702,432
24,090
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Zhen Ru Dai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
958
41
0.043
Software Testing
Quality Assurance
UML
Model-based testing
traceability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
710,805
24,342
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Till Steinbach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
936
315
0.337
Real-time Ethernet
In-car network
time-triggered communication
real-time systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
712,051
24,385
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Sebastian Timmerberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
932
911
0.977