Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 171 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
entrepreneurship
management
organizational behavior
organizational psychology
work psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,072
28,595
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Management
Umwelt
Nachhaltigkeit
Unternehmertum
Accounting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,317
24,398
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Political Science
Political Behavior
Public Opinion
Political Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,687
15,317
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Biodiversity conservation
Ecosystem services
Social-ecological systems
Sustainability Science
Nature values
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,884
25,704
0.661
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Sustainability Science
Landscape Ecology
Social-Ecological Systems
Conservation Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,993
15,888
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
International Firm Activities
Microeconometrics
Firm level data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,649
3,992
0.193
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Environmental governance
sustainability governance
sustainability transitions
collaborative
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,778
10,235
0.576
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sustainability Science
Transdisciplinarity
Transformative Research
Real-World Laboratories
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,876
10,825
0.641
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Methods
Sustainability Science
Ethics
Statistics
Normativity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,073
10,815
0.673
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sustainability Science
Ecosystem Services
Ecological Economics
Agriculture and Food Security
Landscape Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,167
9,891
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
plant-plant interactions
assembly
ecosystem functions and services
ecological restoration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,681
5,278
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Energiewirtschaft
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,575
4,215
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Financial Accounting
External Audit
Corporate Governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,068
7,032
0.775
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Biocultural diversity
Social-ecological systems
Conservation biology
Landscape Ecology
Sustainability Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,677
4,506
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Occupational Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,524
5,400
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Education for Sustanable Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,016
5,221
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
comparative politics
governments
chief executives
political parties
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,236
1,175
0.162
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Sustainability Management
Sustainable Entrepreneurship
Stakeholder Theory
Sustainable Consumption
Sustainability Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,582
5,368
0.816
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Human resources
bridge employment
silver work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,260
2,574
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,116
3,861
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Fermentation
Microalgae
Nutrient recycling in waste and wastewater treatments
Recycling of organic matter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,319
3,570
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Landscape Ecology
Sustainability Science
Biodiversity Conservation
Agriculture and Food Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,498
3,489
0.776
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Management Accounting
Corporate Sustainability
Sustainable Finance
Controlling
CSR
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,318
2,815
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Second Language Pragmatics
Variational Pragmatics
Contrastive Genre Analysis
Irish English
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,313
1,587
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,288
2,120
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,298
154
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Michael Frese
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,072
28,595
0.336
entrepreneurship
management
organizational behavior
organizational psychology
work psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,845
450
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Stefan Schaltegger
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,317
24,398
0.505
Management
Umwelt
Nachhaltigkeit
Unternehmertum
Accounting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,315
613
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Christian Welzel
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,687
15,317
0.376
Political Science
Political Behavior
Public Opinion
Political Sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,384
670
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Berta Martín López
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,884
25,704
0.661
Biodiversity conservation
Ecosystem services
Social-ecological systems
Sustainability Science
Nature values
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,368
754
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Joern Fischer
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,993
15,888
0.441
Sustainability Science
Landscape Ecology
Social-Ecological Systems
Conservation Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,839
1,722
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Joachim Wagner
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,649
3,992
0.193
International Firm Activities
Microeconometrics
Firm level data
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,818
2,112
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jens Newig
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,778
10,235
0.576
Environmental governance
sustainability governance
sustainability transitions
collaborative
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,321
2,279
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Daniel J Lang
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,876
10,825
0.641
Sustainability Science
Transdisciplinarity
Transformative Research
Real-World Laboratories
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,936
2,441
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Henrik von Wehrden
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,073
10,815
0.673
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,384
2,643
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
David J Abson
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,167
9,891
0.652
Sustainability Science
Ecosystem Services
Ecological Economics
Agriculture and Food Security
Landscape Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,416
4,076
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Vicky Martine Temperton
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,681
5,278
0.494
plant-plant interactions
assembly
ecosystem functions and services
ecological restoration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,868
4,608
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Claudia Kemfert
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,575
4,215
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,623
4,875
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Patrick Velte
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,068
7,032
0.775
Financial Accounting
External Audit
Corporate Governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,390
5,095
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jan Hanspach
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,677
4,506
0.519
Biocultural diversity
Social-ecological systems
Conservation biology
Landscape Ecology
Sustainability Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120,825
5,203
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Dirk Lehr
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,524
5,400
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,209
5,517
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Matthias Barth
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,016
5,221
0.651
Education for Sustanable Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
144,385
6,141
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ferdinand Müller-Rommel
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,236
1,175
0.162
comparative politics
governments
chief executives
political parties
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
159,341
6,724
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jacob Hörisch
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,582
5,368
0.816
Sustainability Management
Sustainable Entrepreneurship
Stakeholder Theory
Sustainable Consumption
Sustainability Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
167,767
7,053
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Juergen Deller
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,260
2,574
0.411
Human resources
bridge employment
silver work
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
171,702
7,198
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Michael Gielnik
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,116
3,861
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
197,066
8,104
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Daniel Pleissner
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,319
3,570
0.671
Fermentation
Microalgae
Nutrient recycling in waste and wastewater treatments
Recycling of organic matter
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
231,313
9,302
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jacqueline Loos
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,498
3,489
0.776
Landscape Ecology
Sustainability Science
Biodiversity Conservation
Agriculture and Food Security
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
240,237
9,626
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Rainer Lueg
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,318
2,815
0.652
Management Accounting
Corporate Sustainability
Sustainable Finance
Controlling
CSR
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
240,511
9,633
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Anne Barron
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,313
1,587
0.368
Second Language Pragmatics
Variational Pragmatics
Contrastive Genre Analysis
Irish English
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
241,758
9,684
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Dominik Leiss
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,288
2,120
0.494