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
electrochemistry
green chemistry
microbial fuel cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,783
9,210
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Semiconductor Technology
Quantum Technology
Optoelectronics
Gallium Nitride
Photonic Integration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,049
4,695
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Sustainability
Manufacturing
Life Cycle Engineering
Life Cycle Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,232
11,964
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Cellular metabolism
Biochemistry
Mass spectrometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,138
8,660
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Organic Chemistry
Catalysis
Fluorophores
Carbohydrates
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,014
7,345
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
spatial ecology
conservation biology
remote sensing
biodiversity monitoring
ecosystem functioning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,923
9,993
0.670
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Medical Informatics
Biomedical and Health Informatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,912
2,395
0.185
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
FRP
concrete
wood structures
bio-composites
hybrid construction materials and structures
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,129
6,404
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Entwicklungsbiologie/genetik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,343
1,356
0.163
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
technical electrocatalysis
fuel cells
electrolyzers
interface
electrochemical reactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,980
4,293
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Software Engineering
Formal Methods
Software Product Lines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,756
3,240
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Producion Management
Supply Chain Management
Logistics Management
Sustainability Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,437
2,918
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Electrochemical (Energy) Technologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,223
5,276
0.730
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Bioinformatics
Systems Medicine
Data Science
Network Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,977
5,703
0.817
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Robotics
Human-Robot Interaction
Process Modeling
Neural Computation
Digital Society
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,436
2,206
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Theoretical Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,392
2,538
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
Quantum Transport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,116
1,410
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Traffic Psychology
Human Factors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,001
2,411
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Genomics of cis-regulation and human disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,891
1,137
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Composites
Lightweight Design
Aircraft Construction
Function Integration
Buckling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,714
2,868
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Service Management
Customer Relationship Management
Brand Management
Sponsorship
Marketing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,637
2,106
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,514
1,889
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
orbit mechanics
atmospheric re-entry
orbit perturbations
space surveillance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,324
1,321
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Applied Analysis
Inverse Problems
Mathematical Image Processing
Convex optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,244
1,810
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Hydraulic Engineering
Environmental Hydraulics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,176
1,626
0.389
Uwe Schröder
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Braunschweig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,783
9,210
0.344
electrochemistry
green chemistry
microbial fuel cells
Andreas Waag
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Braunschweig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,049
4,695
0.204
Semiconductor Technology
Quantum Technology
Optoelectronics
Gallium Nitride
Photonic Integration
Christoph Herrmann
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Braunschweig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,232
11,964
0.622
Sustainability
Manufacturing
Life Cycle Engineering
Life Cycle Management
Karsten Hiller
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Braunschweig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,138
8,660
0.572
Cellular metabolism
Biochemistry
Mass spectrometry
Daniel B Werz
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Braunschweig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,014
7,345
0.489
Organic Chemistry
Catalysis
Fluorophores
Carbohydrates
Pedro J Leitão
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Braunschweig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,923
9,993
0.670
spatial ecology
conservation biology
remote sensing
biodiversity monitoring
ecosystem functioning
Reinhold Haux
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Braunschweig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,912
2,395
0.185
Libo Yan
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Braunschweig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,129
6,404
0.702
FRP
concrete
wood structures
bio-composites
hybrid construction materials and structures
Ralf Schnabel
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Braunschweig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,343
1,356
0.163
Mehtap Oezaslan
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Braunschweig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,980
4,293
0.538
technical electrocatalysis
fuel cells
electrolyzers
interface
electrochemical reactions
Ina Schaefer
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Braunschweig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,756
3,240
0.418
Software Engineering
Formal Methods
Software Product Lines
Thomas Stefan Spengler
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Braunschweig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,437
2,918
0.392
Producion Management
Supply Chain Management
Logistics Management
Sustainability Management
Ulrike Krewer
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Braunschweig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,223
5,276
0.730
Electrochemical (Energy) Technologies
Tim Kacprowski
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Braunschweig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,977
5,703
0.817
Bioinformatics
Systems Medicine
Data Science
Network Science
Jochen J. Steil
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Braunschweig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,436
2,206
0.343
Robotics
Human-Robot Interaction
Process Modeling
Neural Computation
Digital Society
Christoph Jacob
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Braunschweig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,392
2,538
0.397
Patrik Recher
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Braunschweig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,116
1,410
0.276
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
Quantum Transport
Mark Vollrath
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Braunschweig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,001
2,411
0.482
Traffic Psychology
Human Factors
TS Becker
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Braunschweig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,891
1,137
0.232
Genomics of cis-regulation and human disease
Christian Hühne
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Braunschweig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,714
2,868
0.608
Composites
Lightweight Design
Aircraft Construction
Function Integration
Buckling
David M. Woisetschläger
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Braunschweig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,637
2,106
0.454
Service Management
Customer Relationship Management
Brand Management
Sponsorship
Marketing
Rainer Krull
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Braunschweig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,514
1,889
0.418
Heiner Klinkrad
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Braunschweig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,324
1,321
0.306
orbit mechanics
atmospheric re-entry
orbit perturbations
space surveillance
Dirk Lorenz
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Braunschweig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,244
1,810
0.426
Applied Analysis
Inverse Problems
Mathematical Image Processing
Convex optimization
Jochen Aberle
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Braunschweig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,176
1,626
0.389
Hydraulic Engineering
Environmental Hydraulics