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Technische Universität Dortmund Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025

Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: Scientists Last 6 years Citation IndexUniversities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025

* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Germany
Wolfgang Rhode
astroparticle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,974
34,382
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Germany
Manfred Bayer
Laserspektroskopie an Halbleitern und anderer kondensierter Materie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,253
10,794
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Germany
Roland Winter
Chemie Physik Biologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,460
6,935
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Germany
Tekkaya A Erman
Metal Forming
Material Characterization
Solid Mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,786
11,017
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Germany
Oliver Kayser
Natural Product Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,172
7,205
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Germany
Gabriele Sadowski
Polymerthermodynamik
Biothermodynamik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,556
9,011
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Germany
Dmitri R Yakovlev
Semiconductor nanostructures
Spintronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,394
6,248
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Germany
Alex Seuthe
Experimental particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,224
16,420
0.953
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Germany
Mathis Börner
Astrophysics
Data Science
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,088
13,503
0.790
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Germany
Jörg Rahnenführer
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,333
8,710
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Germany
Andrzej Gorak
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,529
4,113
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Germany
Boris Otto
Information Management
Supply Chain Management
Data Governance
Data Quality
Enterprise Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,705
9,424
0.742
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Germany
Mario Botsch
Computer Graphics
Geometry Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,348
4,779
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Germany
Peter Marwedel
Embedded systems
cyber-physical systems
computer science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,986
1,758
0.160
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Germany
Matthias Fey
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Graph Neural Networks
Graph Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,563
10,525
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Germany
Erich Schubert
Outlier Detection
Cluster Analysis
Data Mining
High-dimensional data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,950
7,165
0.720
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Germany
Metin Tolan
x-ray scattering
surface science
soft matter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,909
2,327
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Germany
Christian Wietfeld
Wireless & Vehicular Communications
Mission-critical Machine-Type Communications
Rescue Robotics
Cyber-Physical Networking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,772
5,198
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Germany
Dietmar Fröhlich
Polaritons
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,725
2,057
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Germany
Götz S Uhrig
Solid state physics
quantum information
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,676
2,686
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Germany
Norbert Kockmann
multiphase flow
microreactors
transport phenomena
process intensification
flow chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,574
4,450
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Germany
Mirko Cinchetti
ultrafast spin dynamics
spintronics
molecular spintronics
hybrid interfaces
2D materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,103
4,185
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Germany
Emmanuel Müller
Data Mining
Machine Learning
Data Exploration
Databases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,863
5,414
0.689
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Germany
Walter Krämer
Statistik
VWL
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,747
1,756
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Germany
Jens Rowold
Training and Development
Coaching
Leadership
Health
Well-Being
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,283
3,630
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,024
Germany
185
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Wolfgang Rhode
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,974
34,382
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,793
Germany
1,053
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Manfred Bayer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,253
10,794
0.382
Laserspektroskopie an Halbleitern und anderer kondensierter Materie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,357
Germany
1,454
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Roland Winter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,460
6,935
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,230
Germany
1,610
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Tekkaya A Erman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,786
11,017
0.530
Metal Forming
Material Characterization
Solid Mechanics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,790
Germany
1,933
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Oliver Kayser
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,172
7,205
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,932
Germany
2,019
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Gabriele Sadowski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,556
9,011
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,568
Germany
2,050
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Dmitri R Yakovlev
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,394
6,248
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,193
Germany
2,083
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Alex Seuthe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,224
16,420
0.953
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,732
Germany
2,107
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Mathis Börner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,088
13,503
0.790
Astrophysics
Data Science
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,760
Germany
2,254
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jörg Rahnenführer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,333
8,710
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,370
Germany
2,925
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Andrzej Gorak
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,529
4,113
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,922
Germany
3,163
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Boris Otto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,705
9,424
0.742
Information Management
Supply Chain Management
Data Governance
Data Quality
Enterprise Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,463
Germany
3,268
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mario Botsch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,348
4,779
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,767
Germany
3,770
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Peter Marwedel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,986
1,758
0.160
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,834
Germany
3,942
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Matthias Fey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,563
10,525
0.996
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Graph Neural Networks
Graph Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,352
Germany
4,217
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Erich Schubert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,950
7,165
0.720
Outlier Detection
Cluster Analysis
Data Mining
High-dimensional data
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,180
Germany
4,753
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Metin Tolan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,909
2,327
0.261
x-ray scattering
surface science
soft matter
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,127
Germany
4,833
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Christian Wietfeld
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,772
5,198
0.593
Wireless & Vehicular Communications
Mission-critical Machine-Type Communications
Rescue Robotics
Cyber-Physical Networking
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,769
Germany
4,862
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Dietmar Fröhlich
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,725
2,057
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,517
Germany
4,885
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Götz S Uhrig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,676
2,686
0.310
Solid state physics
quantum information
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,075
Germany
4,946
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Norbert Kockmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,574
4,450
0.519
multiphase flow
microreactors
transport phenomena
process intensification
flow chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
121,464
Germany
5,218
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Mirko Cinchetti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,103
4,185
0.516
ultrafast spin dynamics
spintronics
molecular spintronics
hybrid interfaces
2D materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
125,588
Germany
5,385
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Emmanuel Müller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,863
5,414
0.689
Data Mining
Machine Learning
Data Exploration
Databases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
127,696
Germany
5,456
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Walter Krämer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,747
1,756
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,512
Germany
5,803
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jens Rowold
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,283
3,630
0.498
Training and Development
Coaching
Leadership
Health
Well-Being