Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 495 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
Gastroenterology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,494
49,509
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Pharmaceutical Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,878
36,958
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,001
48,094
0.751
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,738
10,874
0.179
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Particle Physics
Neutrinos
Detector Development
Electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,580
13,239
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,977
12,732
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
experimental and clinical pharmacology of the cardiovascular and urogenital system
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,232
8,690
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Thrombosis and Hemostasis
Laboratory Medicine
Platelets
Protein Kinases
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,170
4,441
0.119
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Cardiovascular Medicine
Systems Medicine
Clinical Epidemiology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,906
18,791
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
theoretical chemistry
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,614
8,957
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Immunology
autoimmunity
inflammation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,379
18,433
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,059
20,417
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Chemistry
Materials Science
Polymer Science
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,020
6,482
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
biomaterials
tissue engineering
regenerative medicine
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,444
9,168
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
neurology
neuroimmunology
multiple sclerosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,541
13,516
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Reactive metabolites
epoxide hydrolase
dihydrodiol dehydrogenase
genotoxicity
carcinogenicity
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,903
2,665
0.081
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,696
5,171
0.174
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Functional Polymer Synthesis
Ring-Opening Polymerization
Anionic Polymer Synthesis
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,374
6,777
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,556
15,636
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,653
9,548
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Dark matter
Gamma-ray astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,715
11,136
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Quantum optics
Quantum information
cold atoms and ions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,125
7,543
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Psychopharmacology
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,059
6,718
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Cardiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,593
11,404
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Immunology
Dendritic Cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,111
6,686
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,340
65
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Peter Galle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,494
49,509
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,855
225
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Thomas Efferth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,878
36,958
0.521
Pharmaceutical Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,920
274
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Özlem Türeci
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,001
48,094
0.751
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,508
303
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Werner EG Müller
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,738
10,874
0.179
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,271
562
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Alfons Weber
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,580
13,239
0.311
Particle Physics
Neutrinos
Detector Development
Electronics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,699
633
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Beat Lutz
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,977
12,732
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,436
717
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Martin C Michel
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,232
8,690
0.233
experimental and clinical pharmacology of the cardiovascular and urogenital system
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,466
720
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ulrich Walter
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,170
4,441
0.119
Thrombosis and Hemostasis
Laboratory Medicine
Platelets
Protein Kinases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,653
730
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Philipp S. Wild
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,906
18,791
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,840
737
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jürgen Gauss
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,614
8,957
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,033
740
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ari Waisman
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,379
18,433
0.507
Immunology
autoimmunity
inflammation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,285
748
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Manfred Beutel
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,059
20,417
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,305
751
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Axel He Müller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,020
6,482
0.180
Chemistry
Materials Science
Polymer Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,529
824
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Charles James Kirkpatrick
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,444
9,168
0.266
biomaterials
tissue engineering
regenerative medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,365
863
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Frauke Zipp
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,541
13,516
0.403
neurology
neuroimmunology
multiple sclerosis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,898
889
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Franz Oesch
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,903
2,665
0.081
Reactive metabolites
epoxide hydrolase
dihydrodiol dehydrogenase
genotoxicity
carcinogenicity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,405
1,027
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Walter Erhard Muller
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,696
5,171
0.174
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,805
1,043
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Holger Frey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,374
6,777
0.231
Functional Polymer Synthesis
Ring-Opening Polymerization
Anionic Polymer Synthesis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,792
1,087
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Mathias Kläui
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,556
15,636
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,040
1,143
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Frank Birklein
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,653
9,548
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,651
1,420
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Uwe Oberlack
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,715
11,136
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,829
1,474
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ferdinand Schmidt-Kaler
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,125
7,543
0.326
Quantum optics
Quantum information
cold atoms and ions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,039
1,483
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Christoph Hiemke
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,059
6,718
0.291
Psychopharmacology
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,949
1,517
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Tommaso Gori
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,593
11,404
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,021
1,568
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Bjorn E Clausen
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,111
6,686
0.302