Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 444 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
clinical research
pulmonary circulation
translational medicine
cardio-pulmonary interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,397
37,698
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Antibiotikaresistenz
Wirt-Pathogen-Interaktionen
Listerien
Bioinformatik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,375
16,927
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Statistical Physics
Time series Analysis
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,114
8,811
0.179
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,146
9,130
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Physiologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,906
11,580
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Mikrobiologie
Taxonomie
Mikrobielle Ökologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,662
10,283
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Physical Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Diamondoids
Quantum Mechanical Tunneling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,281
10,354
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Interventionelle Kardiologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,172
22,177
0.711
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Microbiome
RNA structure prediction
dynamic programming
stochastic context free grammars
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,534
25,812
0.905
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Latent variable models Values
theory of planned behavior
national identity and attitudes toward immigration-cross-national ana
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,141
11,865
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,067
9,003
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Urology
Urogenital tract infections and inflammations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,198
11,810
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Theoretical Nuclear Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,539
3,148
0.140
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Biotechnology
Plant Pathology
Gene Silencing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,408
7,611
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Insect Biotechnology
Evolutionary Biology
Ecology
Molecular Biology
Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,155
10,193
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
RNA viruses
innate immunity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,709
8,299
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Biochemie
Molekularbiologie
Parasitologie
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,629
5,425
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Nanomaterialien
Sol-Gel-Chemie
Kohlenstoffe
Röntgenbeugung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,561
5,430
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,855
7,058
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Neurogenetics
Dystonia
Alzheimer
PSP
SCA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,867
5,163
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Visual Perception
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,486
5,970
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Kern- und Atomphysik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,788
2,919
0.164
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
climate variability and climate change
extreme events
atmospheric circulation
mechanisms
climate-society interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,511
7,301
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Affective Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,428
6,803
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Infektionsprävention
Hygiene
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,574
3,225
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,676
122
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Hossein Ardeschir Ghofrani
Justus Liebig Universität Giessen
Giessen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,397
37,698
0.404
clinical research
pulmonary circulation
translational medicine
cardio-pulmonary interaction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,248
372
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Trinad Chakraborty
Justus Liebig Universität Giessen
Giessen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,375
16,927
0.317
Antibiotikaresistenz
Wirt-Pathogen-Interaktionen
Listerien
Bioinformatik
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,546
422
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Armin Bunde
Justus Liebig Universität Giessen
Giessen, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,114
8,811
0.179
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,196
654
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Klaus T Preissner
Justus Liebig Universität Giessen
Giessen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,146
9,130
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,332
666
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Rainer Schulz
Justus Liebig Universität Giessen
Giessen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,906
11,580
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,368
812
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Peter Kämpfer
Justus Liebig Universität Giessen
Giessen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,662
10,283
0.297
Mikrobiologie
Taxonomie
Mikrobielle Ökologie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,534
961
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Peter R Schreiner
Justus Liebig Universität Giessen
Giessen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,281
10,354
0.331
Physical Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Diamondoids
Quantum Mechanical Tunneling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,644
965
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Holger Nef
Justus Liebig Universität Giessen
Giessen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,172
22,177
0.711
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,826
1,089
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Stefan Janssen
Justus Liebig Universität Giessen
Giessen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,534
25,812
0.905
Microbiome
RNA structure prediction
dynamic programming
stochastic context free grammars
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,022
1,307
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Peter Schmidt
Justus Liebig Universität Giessen
Giessen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,141
11,865
0.472
Latent variable models Values
theory of planned behavior
national identity and attitudes toward immigration-cross-national ana
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,973
1,389
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Volkmar Wolters
Justus Liebig Universität Giessen
Giessen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,067
9,003
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,677
1,471
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Florian Wagenlehner
Justus Liebig Universität Giessen
Giessen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,198
11,810
0.509
Urology
Urogenital tract infections and inflammations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,048
1,521
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ulrich Mosel
Justus Liebig Universität Giessen
Giessen, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,539
3,148
0.140
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,360
1,536
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Karl Heinz Kogel
Justus Liebig Universität Giessen
Giessen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,408
7,611
0.340
Biotechnology
Plant Pathology
Gene Silencing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,926
1,564
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Andreas Vilcinskas
Justus Liebig Universität Giessen
Giessen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,155
10,193
0.460
Insect Biotechnology
Evolutionary Biology
Ecology
Molecular Biology
Biochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,980
1,597
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Friedemann Weber
Justus Liebig Universität Giessen
Giessen, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,709
8,299
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,800
1,722
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Katja Becker
Justus Liebig Universität Giessen
Giessen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,629
5,425
0.263
Biochemie
Molekularbiologie
Parasitologie
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,991
1,732
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Bernd Smarsly
Justus Liebig Universität Giessen
Giessen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,561
5,430
0.264
Nanomaterialien
Sol-Gel-Chemie
Kohlenstoffe
Röntgenbeugung
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,898
1,801
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Saverio Bellusci
Justus Liebig Universität Giessen
Giessen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,855
7,058
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,907
1,938
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ulrich Müller
Justus Liebig Universität Giessen
Giessen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,867
5,163
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,195
1,993
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Karl Gegenfurtner
Justus Liebig Universität Giessen
Giessen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,486
5,970
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,679
2,107
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Werner Scheid
Justus Liebig Universität Giessen
Giessen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,788
2,919
0.164
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,766
2,162
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Elena Xoplaki
Justus Liebig Universität Giessen
Giessen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,511
7,301
0.417
climate variability and climate change
extreme events
atmospheric circulation
mechanisms
climate-society interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,192
2,374
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Rudolf Stark
Justus Liebig Universität Giessen
Giessen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,428
6,803
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,120
2,532
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Eugen Domann
Justus Liebig Universität Giessen
Giessen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,574
3,225
0.207