Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei (IGB) Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
Aquatic Microbial Ecology
Bacterial Phylogeny and Physilogy
Aquatic Fungi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,020
22,054
0.668
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Theoretical ecology
Invasion biology
Ecological novelty
Urban ecology
Conservation biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,344
17,495
0.719
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
animal physiology
ecotoxicology
endocrinology
sustainable aquaculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,630
12,298
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Limnology
Ecology
Long-term ecolology
climate impact studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,587
11,039
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Catchment hydrology
landscape-riverscapes
connectivity
isotope tracer
landscape ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,220
9,322
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
aquatic ecology
urban ecology
light pollution
artificial light at night
citizen science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,296
8,735
0.657
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Landscape Ecology
Conservation Planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,497
8,617
0.749
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
aquatic ecology
limnology
evolutionary ecology of fishes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,925
4,076
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
river ecology
fish ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,340
5,818
0.563
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Limnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,699
5,217
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Phycology
Ecology
Systematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,947
2,857
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
freshwater
molecular ecology
evolution
biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,747
4,446
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
benthic invertebrates river&lake ecology&management ecosystem services
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,030
3,904
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Animal Behaviour
Decision Making
Evolution
Theoretical Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,022
4,169
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
waterbodies
global change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,737
7,027
0.908
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Phosphorus cycling
Lake management
redox processes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,157
3,440
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Biodiversity
Freshwater megafauna
Global change
Modelling
Rivers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,068
4,968
0.703
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Environmental fate
Ecotoxicology
Marine pollution
Water
Soil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,059
6,645
0.941
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Freshwater biodiversity
conservation planning
biodiversity informatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,564
5,695
0.868
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
animal genomics
DNA/RNA sequencing
genome assembly
genome annotation
phylogenomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,421
3,258
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
ecohydrology
biogeochemistry
hydrology
interfaces
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,872
3,622
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
fish physiology
aquaculture
reproduction
fish nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,719
3,766
0.659
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Aquatic Ecology
Food Web Interactions
Plankton
Mesocosms
In Situ Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,524
2,378
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
ecophysiology
ecotoxicology
amphibian physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,498
1,637
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,662
1,997
0.428
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,247
857
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Hans-Peter Grossart
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,020
22,054
0.668
Aquatic Microbial Ecology
Bacterial Phylogeny and Physilogy
Aquatic Fungi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,719
1,328
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jonathan M. Jeschke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,344
17,495
0.719
Theoretical ecology
Invasion biology
Ecological novelty
Urban ecology
Conservation biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,850
1,682
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Werner Kloas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,630
12,298
0.596
animal physiology
ecotoxicology
endocrinology
sustainable aquaculture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,332
2,091
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Rita Adrian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,587
11,039
0.628
Limnology
Ecology
Long-term ecolology
climate impact studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,774
2,159
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Doerthe Tetzlaff
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,220
9,322
0.541
Catchment hydrology
landscape-riverscapes
connectivity
isotope tracer
landscape ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,918
3,079
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Franz Hölker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,296
8,735
0.657
aquatic ecology
urban ecology
light pollution
artificial light at night
citizen science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,631
3,677
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jaime Ricardo García Mí¡rquez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,497
8,617
0.749
Landscape Ecology
Conservation Planning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,857
3,908
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Thomas Mehner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,925
4,076
0.373
aquatic ecology
limnology
evolutionary ecology of fishes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,812
4,143
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Christian Wolter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,340
5,818
0.563
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
101,967
4,451
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sabine Hilt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,699
5,217
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,788
4,861
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Krienitz, Lothar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,947
2,857
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,708
4,968
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Michael T. Monaghan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,747
4,446
0.508
freshwater
molecular ecology
evolution
biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
126,169
5,413
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Martin Pusch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,030
3,904
0.486
benthic invertebrates river&lake ecology&management ecosystem services
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
126,292
5,417
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Max Wolf
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,022
4,169
0.520
Animal Behaviour
Decision Making
Evolution
Theoretical Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
131,420
5,593
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Benjamin M Kraemer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,737
7,027
0.908
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,922
6,080
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Michael Hupfer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,157
3,440
0.481
Phosphorus cycling
Lake management
redox processes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
144,832
6,152
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sonja C. Jähnig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,068
4,968
0.703
Biodiversity
Freshwater megafauna
Global change
Modelling
Rivers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
145,014
6,159
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Anderson Abel De Souza Machado
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,059
6,645
0.941
Environmental fate
Ecotoxicology
Marine pollution
Water
Soil
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,424
6,607
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sami Domisch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,564
5,695
0.868
Freshwater biodiversity
conservation planning
biodiversity informatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
159,961
6,757
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Heiner Kuhl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,421
3,258
0.507
animal genomics
DNA/RNA sequencing
genome assembly
genome annotation
phylogenomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
175,055
7,330
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jörg Lewandowski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,872
3,622
0.617
ecohydrology
biogeochemistry
hydrology
interfaces
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
179,774
7,501
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Sven Wuertz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,719
3,766
0.659
fish physiology
aquaculture
reproduction
fish nutrition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
185,943
7,725
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jens Nejstgaard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,524
2,378
0.430
Aquatic Ecology
Food Web Interactions
Plankton
Mesocosms
In Situ Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
186,773
7,756
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ilka Lutz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,498
1,637
0.298
ecophysiology
ecotoxicology
amphibian physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
219,075
8,892
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jan Köhler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,662
1,997
0.428