Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Rheinisch Westfalische Technische Hochschule Aachen 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
Teilchen- und Astroteilchenphysik
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
252,150
94,330
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Business Process Management
Data Science
Process Mining
Petri nets
Information Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,833
52,939
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Particle Physics
Quantum Gravity
Extra Dimension
Generalised Searches
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,847
74,118
0.757
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
electronic materials
memory devices
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,811
24,494
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Machine Learning
Speech Recognition
Machine Translation
Computer Vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,696
19,797
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Experimental High Energy Physics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,255
51,169
0.772
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,355
27,916
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Organic Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,305
19,728
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
databases
information systems
requirements engineering
conceptual modeling
data warehouse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,955
10,068
0.177
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Solid State Physics
Materials Science
Solid State Chemistry
Quantum Materials
Phase Change Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,153
20,377
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Chemical Engineering
Membrane Science
Membrane Technology
Additive fabrication
Microfluidics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,171
21,086
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Theoretical particle physics
Strong interactions
Electroweak interactions
Top quark physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,403
14,359
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Computer Vision
Object Recognition
Tracking
Scene Understanding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,234
19,101
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Signaling
ADP-ribosylation
gene expression
chromatin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,696
12,740
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Energy
Battery systems
Lithium-base batteries
Renewable Energies
Electromobility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,799
23,905
0.687
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Combustion
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Fluid Mechanics
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,610
16,551
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Astroparticle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,367
14,738
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
formal methods
model checking
concurrency theory
probabilistic programming
program verification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,447
10,819
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
solid-state chemistry
quantum chemistry
(neutron) diffraction
chemical bonding
chemical crystallography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,020
17,623
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Neuropsychologie
kognitive Psychologie
Psychometrie
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,343
8,222
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Computer Science
Semantic Web
Linked Data
Knowledge Graphs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,193
5,263
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Computer Graphics
Geometry Processing
Geometric Modeling
Computer Aided Design
Computer Vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,808
7,843
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Open Innovation
Mass Customization
Business Model Innovation
User Innovation
Hybrid Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,746
10,563
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Fetuin Protein Family
Cell-Material Interactions
Biological Activity of Nanoparticles
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,155
9,024
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Geology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,576
10,848
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
429
15
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Stefan Schael
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
252,150
94,330
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,351
35
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Wil van der Aalst
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,833
52,939
0.344
Business Process Management
Data Science
Process Mining
Petri nets
Information Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,254
104
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Tobias Pook
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,847
74,118
0.757
Particle Physics
Quantum Gravity
Extra Dimension
Generalised Searches
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,464
207
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Rainer Waser
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,811
24,494
0.336
electronic materials
memory devices
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,143
237
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Hermann Ney
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,696
19,797
0.292
Machine Learning
Speech Recognition
Machine Translation
Computer Vision
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,362
249
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Wael Haj Ahmad|Vael HAJAHMAD
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,255
51,169
0.772
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,658
258
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jürgen Floege
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,355
27,916
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,799
313
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Carsten Bolm
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,305
19,728
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,102
325
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Matthias Jarke
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,955
10,068
0.177
databases
information systems
requirements engineering
conceptual modeling
data warehouse
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,167
513
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Matthias Wuttig
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,153
20,377
0.462
Solid State Physics
Materials Science
Solid State Chemistry
Quantum Materials
Phase Change Materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,632
535
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Matthias Wessling
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,171
21,086
0.488
Chemical Engineering
Membrane Science
Membrane Technology
Additive fabrication
Microfluidics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,581
726
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Michal Czakon
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,403
14,359
0.394
Theoretical particle physics
Strong interactions
Electroweak interactions
Top quark physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,687
731
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Bastian Leibe
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,234
19,101
0.527
Computer Vision
Object Recognition
Tracking
Scene Understanding
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,092
748
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Bernhard Lüscher
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,696
12,740
0.357
Signaling
ADP-ribosylation
gene expression
chromatin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,808
777
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Dirk Uwe Sauer
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,799
23,905
0.687
Energy
Battery systems
Lithium-base batteries
Renewable Energies
Electromobility
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,953
783
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Heinz Pitsch
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,610
16,551
0.478
Combustion
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Fluid Mechanics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,896
889
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Thomas Bretz
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,367
14,738
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,113
1,025
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Joost Pieter Katoen
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,447
10,819
0.367
formal methods
model checking
concurrency theory
probabilistic programming
program verification
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,616
1,047
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Richard Dronskowski
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,020
17,623
0.607
solid-state chemistry
quantum chemistry
(neutron) diffraction
chemical bonding
chemical crystallography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,774
1,131
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Klaus Willmes
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,343
8,222
0.301
Neuropsychologie
kognitive Psychologie
Psychometrie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,006
1,145
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Stefan Decker
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,193
5,263
0.194
Computer Science
Semantic Web
Linked Data
Knowledge Graphs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,558
1,157
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Leif Kobbelt
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,808
7,843
0.293
Computer Graphics
Geometry Processing
Geometric Modeling
Computer Aided Design
Computer Vision
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,248
1,227
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Frank Piller|Frank T. Piller
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,746
10,563
0.410
Open Innovation
Mass Customization
Business Model Innovation
User Innovation
Hybrid Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,241
1,267
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Willi Jahnen Dechent
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,155
9,024
0.359
Fetuin Protein Family
Cell-Material Interactions
Biological Activity of Nanoparticles
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,285
1,314
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ralf Littke
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,576
10,848
0.441