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 Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
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
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
Chemie Physik Biologie
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,460
6,935
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Metal Forming
Material Characterization
Solid Mechanics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,786
11,017
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Natural Product Biotechnology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,172
7,205
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Polymerthermodynamik
Biothermodynamik
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,556
9,011
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Semiconductor nanostructures
Spintronics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,394
6,248
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Experimental particle physics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,224
16,420
0.953
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Astrophysics
Data Science
Machine Learning
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,088
13,503
0.790
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
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
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
Information Management
Supply Chain Management
Data Governance
Data Quality
Enterprise Systems
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,705
9,424
0.742
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Computer Graphics
Geometry Processing
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,348
4,779
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Embedded systems
cyber-physical systems
computer science
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,986
1,758
0.160
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
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
Outlier Detection
Cluster Analysis
Data Mining
High-dimensional data
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,950
7,165
0.720
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
x-ray scattering
surface science
soft matter
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,909
2,327
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Wireless & Vehicular Communications
Mission-critical Machine-Type Communications
Rescue Robotics
Cyber-Physical Networking
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,772
5,198
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Polaritons
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,725
2,057
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
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
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
ultrafast spin dynamics
spintronics
molecular spintronics
hybrid interfaces
2D materials
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,103
4,185
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Data Mining
Machine Learning
Data Exploration
Databases
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,863
5,414
0.689
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Statistik
VWL
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,747
1,756
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Training and Development
Coaching
Leadership
Health
Well-Being
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,283
3,630
0.498
Wolfgang Rhode
Technische Universität Dortmund
Dortmund, Germany
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,974
34,382
0.459
Manfred Bayer
Technische Universität Dortmund
Dortmund, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,253
10,794
0.382
Laserspektroskopie an Halbleitern und anderer kondensierter Materie
Roland Winter
Technische Universität Dortmund
Dortmund, Germany
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,460
6,935
0.309
Tekkaya A Erman
Technische Universität Dortmund
Dortmund, Germany
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,786
11,017
0.530
Oliver Kayser
Technische Universität Dortmund
Dortmund, Germany
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,172
7,205
0.396
Gabriele Sadowski
Technische Universität Dortmund
Dortmund, Germany
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,556
9,011
0.513
Polymerthermodynamik
Biothermodynamik
Dmitri R Yakovlev
Technische Universität Dortmund
Dortmund, Germany
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,394
6,248
0.359
Semiconductor nanostructures
Spintronics
Alex Seuthe
Technische Universität Dortmund
Dortmund, Germany
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,224
16,420
0.953
Mathis Börner
Technische Universität Dortmund
Dortmund, Germany
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,088
13,503
0.790
Jörg Rahnenführer
Technische Universität Dortmund
Dortmund, Germany
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,333
8,710
0.533
Andrzej Gorak
Technische Universität Dortmund
Dortmund, Germany
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,529
4,113
0.304
Boris Otto
Technische Universität Dortmund
Dortmund, Germany
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
Mario Botsch
Technische Universität Dortmund
Dortmund, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,348
4,779
0.387
Computer Graphics
Geometry Processing
Peter Marwedel
Technische Universität Dortmund
Dortmund, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,986
1,758
0.160
Embedded systems
cyber-physical systems
computer science
Matthias Fey
Technische Universität Dortmund
Dortmund, Germany
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
Erich Schubert
Technische Universität Dortmund
Dortmund, Germany
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
Metin Tolan
Technische Universität Dortmund
Dortmund, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,909
2,327
0.261
Christian Wietfeld
Technische Universität Dortmund
Dortmund, Germany
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
Dietmar Fröhlich
Technische Universität Dortmund
Dortmund, Germany
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,725
2,057
0.236
Götz S Uhrig
Technische Universität Dortmund
Dortmund, Germany
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,676
2,686
0.310
Norbert Kockmann
Technische Universität Dortmund
Dortmund, Germany
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
Mirko Cinchetti
Technische Universität Dortmund
Dortmund, Germany
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
Emmanuel Müller
Technische Universität Dortmund
Dortmund, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,863
5,414
0.689
Data Mining
Machine Learning
Data Exploration
Databases
Walter Krämer
Technische Universität Dortmund
Dortmund, Germany
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,747
1,756
0.227
Jens Rowold
Technische Universität Dortmund
Dortmund, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,283
3,630
0.498
Training and Development
Coaching
Leadership
Health
Well-Being