Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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
Human nutrition
Public health nutrition
Sustainability
Consumer Science
Food policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,548
55,339
0.929
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Surgical Oncology
Pancreatic Diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,103
19,526
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,590
13,485
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ecology
Conservation Biology
Biodiversity Theory
Biodiversity Monitoring
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,460
18,738
0.636
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Biodiversity
Vegetation Ecology
Biogeography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,154
21,844
0.749
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Density Functional Theory
Materials Science
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,305
13,116
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Pharmaceutics
Drug Delivery
Imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,198
8,287
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
soil
minerals
organic matter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,995
9,472
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Mycology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,217
9,076
0.428
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Material Science
Sustainable Materials
Material Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,755
4,600
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ecology
Evolution
Behaviour
Bee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,714
10,156
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Poymer synthesis
Polymer Materials with novel responsive and adaptive properties
Biohybrid Polymers
3D Printing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,490
6,859
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Statistical Physics
Medical Physics
Complex Systems
Networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,353
5,984
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sociology of health and illness
Social Determinants of Health
Child and adolescent health
Life
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,249
6,823
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Drug Discovery
Drug Design
Epigenetics
RNA binding proteins
HDAC
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,390
7,891
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Molecular Cell
RNA and tumor biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,785
8,823
0.597
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,764
3,363
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Theoretical solid state physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,471
6,806
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Genomics
Machine Learning
Bayesian Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,345
6,451
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Spintronik
Nanolithographie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,065
2,686
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
play
playfulness
psychological assessment
humor
test development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,889
7,680
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Evolution Equations
Free Boundary Problems
Volterra Equations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,438
4,331
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
NMR spectroscopy
polymer physics
soft matter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,116
5,253
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Haematology
Genome Editing
Leukemia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,869
8,054
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Genome Engineering
RNA biology
cancer and metastasis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,587
6,348
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,552
306
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Toni Meier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,548
55,339
0.929
Human nutrition
Public health nutrition
Sustainability
Consumer Science
Food policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,192
516
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jörg Kleeff
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,103
19,526
0.443
Surgical Oncology
Pancreatic Diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,768
834
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Michael Weiss
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,590
13,485
0.401
Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,093
1,023
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Henrique Miguel Pereira
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,460
18,738
0.636
Ecology
Conservation Biology
Biodiversity Theory
Biodiversity Monitoring
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,449
1,036
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Bruelheide Helge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,154
21,844
0.749
Biodiversity
Vegetation Ecology
Biogeography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,794
1,330
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Miguel Alexandre Lopes Marques
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,305
13,116
0.540
Density Functional Theory
Materials Science
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,934
1,437
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Karsten Mäder|Karsten Maeder, Karsten Mader
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,198
8,287
0.357
Pharmaceutics
Drug Delivery
Imaging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,471
1,543
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Klaus Kaiser
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,995
9,472
0.431
soil
minerals
organic matter
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,322
1,613
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Uwe Braun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,217
9,076
0.428
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,197
1,910
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ralf Wehrspohn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,755
4,600
0.245
Material Science
Sustainable Materials
Material Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,350
1,916
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Robert Paxton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,714
10,156
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,637
2,288
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Wolfgang H. Binder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,490
6,859
0.416
Poymer synthesis
Polymer Materials with novel responsive and adaptive properties
Biohybrid Polymers
3D Printing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,226
2,322
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jan Kantelhardt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,353
5,984
0.366
Statistical Physics
Medical Physics
Complex Systems
Networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,722
2,357
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Matthias Richter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,249
6,823
0.420
Sociology of health and illness
Social Determinants of Health
Child and adolescent health
Life
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,771
2,517
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Wolfgang Sippl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,390
7,891
0.513
Drug Discovery
Drug Design
Epigenetics
RNA binding proteins
HDAC
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,864
2,661
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Stefan Hüttelmaier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,785
8,823
0.597
Molecular Cell
RNA and tumor biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,926
2,951
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Gary Sawers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,764
3,363
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,752
3,021
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ingrid Mertig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,471
6,806
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,581
3,063
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ivo Grosse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,345
6,451
0.483
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Genomics
Machine Learning
Bayesian Statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,521
3,155
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Georg Schmidt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,065
2,686
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,725
3,208
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Proyer René T
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,889
7,680
0.596
play
playfulness
psychological assessment
humor
test development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,982
3,340
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jan Prüss
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,438
4,331
0.348
Evolution Equations
Free Boundary Problems
Volterra Equations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,425
3,456
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Kay Saalwächter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,116
5,253
0.434
NMR spectroscopy
polymer physics
soft matter
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,402
3,534
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Dirk Heckl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,869
8,054
0.679
Haematology
Genome Editing
Leukemia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,274
4,044
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Tony Gutschner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,587
6,348
0.600
Genome Engineering
RNA biology
cancer and metastasis