Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 639 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
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Neural Networks
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
177,665
132,945
0.748
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Organic semiconductors
organic solar cells
bio-organic electronics
CO2 recycling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,326
15,020
0.158
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Volkswirtschaft
Finanzwissenschaft
Umweltökonomie
Schwarzarbeit
Steuerhinterziehung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,801
17,502
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Flexible electronics
stretchable electronics
electronic skin
ferroelectrets
soft materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,875
11,773
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
machine learning
chemoinformatics
deep learning
drug design
bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,702
23,366
0.875
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Solar Cells
Organic Semiconductors
Photovoltaics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,745
6,006
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Satisfiability
Automated Reasoning
Formal Verification
Model Checking
Debugging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,529
8,308
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Sound and Music Computing
Music Information Retrieval
Computational Musicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,590
6,541
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,380
3,981
0.217
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Education
Governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,176
4,971
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Semiconductor quantum dots
quantum dots
quantum optics
epitaxial growth
semiconductor physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,920
6,591
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Physics
Electronic Engineering
Organic Electronics
Mechanical Engineering
Soft Active Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,803
9,080
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,494
7,225
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Machine Learning
Neural Networks
Generative Neural Networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,126
14,529
0.901
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Deep Learning
Neural Networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,867
14,799
0.933
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Interpretability
Preference Learning
Rule Learning
Multilabel Classification
Game Playing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,984
5,491
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Aggregation Operators
Dependence Modeling
Fuzzy Logic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,612
3,208
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Symbolic Computation
Computer Algebra
Automated Reasoning
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,998
1,857
0.133
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,355
6,081
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
design automation
quantum computing
microfluidics
simulation
verification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,049
7,488
0.574
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Model Engineering
Software Engineering
Web Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Refactoring
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,011
6,075
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Sustainability innovation
Circular economy
Innovation management
Business models
PSS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,668
8,107
0.640
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Recommender Systems
Information Retrieval
Multimedia
Human-centered AI
Trustworthy AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,911
6,454
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Labor Economics
Economics
Demography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,747
3,559
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Calcium Signaling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,517
3,129
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,060
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Sepp Hochreiter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
177,665
132,945
0.748
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Neural Networks
Bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,557
15
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,326
15,020
0.158
Organic semiconductors
organic solar cells
bio-organic electronics
CO2 recycling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,714
30
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Friedrich Schneider
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,801
17,502
0.293
Volkswirtschaft
Finanzwissenschaft
Umweltökonomie
Schwarzarbeit
Steuerhinterziehung
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,709
81
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Siegfried Bauer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,875
11,773
0.319
Flexible electronics
stretchable electronics
electronic skin
ferroelectrets
soft materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,502
139
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Günter Klambauer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,702
23,366
0.875
machine learning
chemoinformatics
deep learning
drug design
bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,011
149
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Markus Scharber|Markus C. Scharber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,745
6,006
0.233
Solar Cells
Organic Semiconductors
Photovoltaics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,374
152
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Armin Biere
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,529
8,308
0.325
Satisfiability
Automated Reasoning
Formal Verification
Model Checking
Debugging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,745
221
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Gerhard Widmer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,590
6,541
0.334
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Sound and Music Computing
Music Information Retrieval
Computational Musicology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,685
251
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Thomas A Klar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,380
3,981
0.217
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,398
255
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Herbert Altrichter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,176
4,971
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,134
287
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Armando Rastelli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,920
6,591
0.390
Semiconductor quantum dots
quantum dots
quantum optics
epitaxial growth
semiconductor physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,616
289
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Martin Kaltenbrunner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,803
9,080
0.540
Physics
Electronic Engineering
Organic Electronics
Mechanical Engineering
Soft Active Materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,048
300
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Rainer Schindl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,494
7,225
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,715
313
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Martin Heusel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,126
14,529
0.901
Machine Learning
Neural Networks
Generative Neural Networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,845
320
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Hubert Ramsauer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,867
14,799
0.933
Deep Learning
Neural Networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,338
351
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Johannes Fürnkranz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,984
5,491
0.366
Interpretability
Preference Learning
Rule Learning
Multilabel Classification
Game Playing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,371
360
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Erich Peter Klement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,612
3,208
0.220
Aggregation Operators
Dependence Modeling
Fuzzy Logic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,075
377
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Bruno Buchberger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,998
1,857
0.133
Symbolic Computation
Computer Algebra
Automated Reasoning
Artificial Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,238
401
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Arthur Ernst
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,355
6,081
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,344
415
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Robert Wille
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,049
7,488
0.574
design automation
quantum computing
microfluidics
simulation
verification
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,609
416
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Manuel Wimmer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,011
6,075
0.467
Model Engineering
Software Engineering
Web Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Refactoring
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,073
424
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Erik G Hansen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,668
8,107
0.640
Sustainability innovation
Circular economy
Innovation management
Business models
PSS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,974
474
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Markus Schedl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,911
6,454
0.542
Recommender Systems
Information Retrieval
Multimedia
Human-centered AI
Trustworthy AI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,443
484
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Rudolf Winter Ebmer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,747
3,559
0.303
Labor Economics
Economics
Demography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,346
492
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Christoph Romanin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,517
3,129
0.272