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
theoretical physics
material science
theoretical chemistry
condensed matter theory
ab-initio simulations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,657
60,484
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Mineral Resources
Economic Geology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,323
6,360
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Materials Science & Engineering
Thermodynamics
Phase diagrams
Alloys
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,054
4,025
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Chemical Reaction Engineering
Heterogeneous Catalysis
Electrochemical Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,699
5,983
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Polymer Chemistry
Kinetics and Mechanisms
Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,890
2,035
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
multi-agent systems
distributed artifical intelligence
modeling socio-technical systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,561
1,060
0.140
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,889
1,903
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Artificial Intelligence (symbolic)
Knowledge Representation
Logics of strategic Reasoning
Multi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,490
584
0.106
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Glass
Glass Science
Glass-Ceramics
Sol-Gel-Coatings
Enamels
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,422
2,990
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Chemie
Chemieingenieurwesen
Elektronik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,054
2,247
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,828
1,490
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Keramik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,814
1,636
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Ionic Liquids
Electrodeposition
in situ Scanning Probe Microscopy
Energy Storage
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,551
1,416
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Organic Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,459
1,068
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Rock Mechanics
Petroleum Engineering
Geothermal
Underground Storage of Energy and CO2
THMC
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,943
2,442
0.619
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Software Systems Engineering
Requirements Engineering and Software Architecture
Design and Modeling
Engineering Processes
Process Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,684
1,306
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,560
775
0.218
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Computational Mechanics
Continuum Mechanics
Material Parameter Identification
Constitutive Modeling
Experimental Mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,519
1,416
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Geophysik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,501
1,568
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Cyber-Physical Systems
Formal Methods
Complexity theory
Reactive Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,256
2,502
0.768
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Marketing
Entrepreneurship
Innovation
Marketing Research
Social Media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,199
3,009
0.941
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Project Scheduling
Scheduling
Vehicle Routing
Workforce Planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,962
1,075
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Materials Science
Materials Physics
Diffusion
Solid State Kinetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,941
1,340
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
material science and technology
processing
metals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,894
1,734
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Surface Science
Plasma
Electrochemistry
Ionic Liquids
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,863
912
0.319
Peter E Blöchl
Technische Universität Clausthal
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,657
60,484
0.514
theoretical physics
material science
theoretical chemistry
condensed matter theory
ab-initio simulations
Bernd Lehmann
Technische Universität Clausthal
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,323
6,360
0.516
Mineral Resources
Economic Geology
Rainer Schmid Fetzer
Technische Universität Clausthal
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,054
4,025
0.334
Materials Science & Engineering
Thermodynamics
Phase diagrams
Alloys
Thomas Turek
Technische Universität Clausthal
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,699
5,983
0.617
Chemical Reaction Engineering
Heterogeneous Catalysis
Electrochemical Engineering
Sabine Beuermann
Technische Universität Clausthal
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,890
2,035
0.258
Polymer Chemistry
Kinetics and Mechanisms
Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
Jörg P Müller
Technische Universität Clausthal
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,561
1,060
0.140
multi-agent systems
distributed artifical intelligence
modeling socio-technical systems
Roman Weber
Technische Universität Clausthal
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,889
1,903
0.276
Jürgen Dix
Technische Universität Clausthal
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,490
584
0.106
Artificial Intelligence (symbolic)
Knowledge Representation
Logics of strategic Reasoning
Multi
Joachim Deubener
Technische Universität Clausthal
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,422
2,990
0.551
Ulrich Kunz
Technische Universität Clausthal
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,054
2,247
0.445
Chemie
Chemieingenieurwesen
Elektronik
Joachim Schachtner
Technische Universität Clausthal
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,828
1,490
0.309
Jürgen Heinrich
Technische Universität Clausthal
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,814
1,636
0.340
Natalia Borisenko
Technische Universität Clausthal
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,551
1,416
0.311
Ionic Liquids
Electrodeposition
in situ Scanning Probe Microscopy
Energy Storage
Dieter E Kaufmann
Technische Universität Clausthal
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,459
1,068
0.240
Zhengmeng Hou|Michael Zhengmeng Hou
Technische Universität Clausthal
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,943
2,442
0.619
Rock Mechanics
Petroleum Engineering
Geothermal
Underground Storage of Energy and CO2
THMC
Andreas Rausch
Technische Universität Clausthal
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,684
1,306
0.355
Software Systems Engineering
Requirements Engineering and Software Architecture
Design and Modeling
Engineering Processes
Process Management
Daniel Schaadt
Technische Universität Clausthal
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,560
775
0.218
Stefan Hartmann
Technische Universität Clausthal
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,519
1,416
0.402
Computational Mechanics
Continuum Mechanics
Material Parameter Identification
Constitutive Modeling
Experimental Mechanics
Weller A
Technische Universität Clausthal
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,501
1,568
0.448
Ruediger Ehlers
Technische Universität Clausthal
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,256
2,502
0.768
Cyber-Physical Systems
Formal Methods
Complexity theory
Reactive Systems
Thomas Niemand
Technische Universität Clausthal
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,199
3,009
0.941
Marketing
Entrepreneurship
Innovation
Marketing Research
Social Media
Jürgen Zimmermann
Technische Universität Clausthal
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,962
1,075
0.363
Project Scheduling
Scheduling
Vehicle Routing
Workforce Planning
Harald Schmidt
Technische Universität Clausthal
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,941
1,340
0.456
Materials Science
Materials Physics
Diffusion
Solid State Kinetics
Heinz Palkowski
Technische Universität Clausthal
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,894
1,734
0.599
material science and technology
processing
metals
Oliver Höfft
Technische Universität Clausthal
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,863
912
0.319