Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 1.220 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
Machine learning
artificial intelligence
big data
computational neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152,271
76,908
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Image and Video Coding
Data Compression
Machine Learning
Communications
Digital Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,494
22,385
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Gesundheitssystemforschung
Versorgungsforschung
Gesundheitsökonomie
Health Technology Assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,583
55,717
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Electrochemistry
Nanomaterials
Electrocatalysis
Fuel Cells
Solar Fuels and Chemicals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,422
44,338
0.612
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
green photonics
VCSELs
quantum dot and high brightness lasers
nanostructures
nanoflash
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,624
7,579
0.107
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Chemie
Materialien
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,600
30,513
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sociology
Economic Sociology
Social Processes
Spatial Sociology
Mixed Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,809
25,623
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Deep Learning
Scientific Computing
Algorithm Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,977
42,717
0.838
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Information Theory
Communications
Signal Processing
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,900
14,926
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
enzyme networks
bioorthogonal catalysis
crosslinking mass spectrometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,183
18,142
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
food biotechnology
emerging technologies
process engineering
sustainable food systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,860
12,704
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
limnology
ecosystems
global change
aquatic ecology
microbial ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,711
17,531
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
condensed matter physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,234
5,549
0.157
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Energy Systems Transformation
Sustainable Energy
Climate Change Mitigation
Energy and Climate Policies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,921
25,263
0.723
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Brain-Computer Interfacing
Algorithms for Games and Puzzles
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,969
10,614
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Synthesis of novel molecular functions based on compounds with heavier main group elements (e.g. silicion and phosphorus chemistry). Organometallic chemistry yielding molecular models for heterogeneous catalysis (e.g. metal oxides)
electron-transfer-complexes and the synthesis of molecular single source precursors for nanostructured inorganic materials.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,539
14,930
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Energy Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,335
10,957
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement
Strategisches Projektmanagement
Entrepreneurship
Unternehmensführung
Marketing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,391
7,124
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,898
6,994
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Explainable AI
Machine Learning
Data Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,562
21,287
0.833
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
complex systems
nonlinear dynamics
control
delay
network physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,550
6,727
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,211
8,045
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
ZnO
ZnS
CuO
CVD
homoepitaxy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,974
3,769
0.157
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Semiconductor physics
Nanostructures
Devices
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,387
4,221
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,955
9,522
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,420
36
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Klaus Robert Müller
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152,271
76,908
0.505
Machine learning
artificial intelligence
big data
computational neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,432
160
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Thomas Wiegand
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,494
22,385
0.268
Image and Video Coding
Data Compression
Machine Learning
Communications
Digital Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,629
168
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Reinhard Busse
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,583
55,717
0.683
Gesundheitssystemforschung
Versorgungsforschung
Gesundheitsökonomie
Health Technology Assessment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,646
219
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Peter Strasser
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,422
44,338
0.612
Electrochemistry
Nanomaterials
Electrocatalysis
Fuel Cells
Solar Fuels and Chemicals
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,893
227
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Dieter Bimberg
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,624
7,579
0.107
green photonics
VCSELs
quantum dot and high brightness lasers
nanostructures
nanoflash
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,810
269
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Arne Thomas
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,600
30,513
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,632
343
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Nina Baur
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,809
25,623
0.459
Sociology
Economic Sociology
Social Processes
Spatial Sociology
Mixed Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,994
399
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Christian Weber
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,977
42,717
0.838
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,974
457
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Giuseppe Caire
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,900
14,926
0.312
Information Theory
Communications
Signal Processing
Statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,027
504
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Juri Rappsilber
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,183
18,142
0.402
enzyme networks
bioorthogonal catalysis
crosslinking mass spectrometry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,175
514
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Dietrich Knorr
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,860
12,704
0.283
food biotechnology
emerging technologies
process engineering
sustainable food systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,195
559
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Mark O Gessner
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,711
17,531
0.410
limnology
ecosystems
global change
aquatic ecology
microbial ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,917
782
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Christian Thomsen
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,234
5,549
0.157
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,144
796
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Gunnar Luderer
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,921
25,263
0.723
Energy Systems Transformation
Sustainable Energy
Climate Change Mitigation
Energy and Climate Policies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,831
886
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Benjamin Blankertz
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,969
10,614
0.322
Brain-Computer Interfacing
Algorithms for Games and Puzzles
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,249
901
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Matthias Drieß
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,539
14,930
0.459
Synthesis of novel molecular functions based on compounds with heavier main group elements (e.g. silicion and phosphorus chemistry). Organometallic chemistry yielding molecular models for heterogeneous catalysis (e.g. metal oxides)
electron-transfer-complexes and the synthesis of molecular single source precursors for nanostructured inorganic materials.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,437
1,158
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
George Tsatsaronis
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,335
10,957
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,931
1,210
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Hans Georg Gemünden
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,391
7,124
0.270
Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement
Strategisches Projektmanagement
Entrepreneurship
Unternehmensführung
Marketing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,696
1,246
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Kai Nagel
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,898
6,994
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,247
1,271
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Grégoire Montavon
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,562
21,287
0.833
Explainable AI
Machine Learning
Data Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,272
1,273
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Eckehard Schöll
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,550
6,727
0.263
complex systems
nonlinear dynamics
control
delay
network physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,683
1,376
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Hubert Knoblauch
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,211
8,045
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,143
1,394
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Bruno K Meyer
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,974
3,769
0.157
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,296
1,450
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Axel Hoffmann
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,387
4,221
0.180
Semiconductor physics
Nanostructures
Devices
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,172
1,493
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Roderich Suessmuth
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,955
9,522
0.415