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
magnetism
spin waves
magnonics
spintronics
nano magnetism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,176
17,666
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Materials Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,147
11,068
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
theoretical quantum optics
many-body physics
ultra-cold quantum gases
quantum information
DMRG
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,226
8,262
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,193
8,887
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
aneuploidy
polyploidy
genome stability
cancer
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,047
10,714
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Mitochondria
Redox Biology
Aging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,177
8,461
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Chemical Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,050
8,886
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
ultrafast phenomena at surfaces
fs-magnetism
ultrafast nanooptics
time-resolved ARPES
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,194
7,065
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
ecology
systematics
cyanobacteria
algae
lichens
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,977
7,352
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,907
9,404
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Atom-
Molekül-
Optische Physik
Lasermesstechnik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,335
3,123
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
3D laserlithography
nanophotonics
optical quantum simulators
spinwaves
terahertz technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,853
6,106
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Mobile and wireless communications
industrial radio
industrial internet
security
Industrie 4.0
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,705
10,594
0.720
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,559
3,411
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
augmented reality
computer vision
image processing
body sensor networks
hci
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,343
9,059
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Software Engineering
Processes
Measurement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,139
2,592
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,935
5,406
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Plant Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,576
7,014
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Plant Cell Biology
Vacuole
Plant Pathology
Endomembrane System
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,993
7,227
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,952
4,831
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Biomonitoring
eDNA
Mikrobiologie
Ökologie
Umweltforschung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,848
7,200
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Iron-sulfur proteins
Spectroscopy
Enzymology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,428
3,658
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Molecular biology of plant pathogenic fungi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,404
4,550
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Manufacturing Technology
Production Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,142
6,864
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,838
3,800
0.321
Burkard Hillebrands
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,176
17,666
0.451
magnetism
spin waves
magnonics
spintronics
nano magnetism
Friedrich K
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,147
11,068
0.298
Michael Fleischhauer
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,226
8,262
0.273
theoretical quantum optics
many-body physics
ultra-cold quantum gases
quantum information
DMRG
Lukas Goossen
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,193
8,887
0.383
Zuzana Storchova
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,047
10,714
0.509
aneuploidy
polyploidy
genome stability
cancer
evolution
Johannes M Herrmann
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,177
8,461
0.441
Mitochondria
Redox Biology
Aging
Hans Hasse
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,050
8,886
0.492
Martin Aeschlimann
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,194
7,065
0.411
ultrafast phenomena at surfaces
fs-magnetism
ultrafast nanooptics
time-resolved ARPES
Burkhard Büdel
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,977
7,352
0.433
ecology
systematics
cyanobacteria
algae
lichens
Alexander A Serga
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,907
9,404
0.556
Klaas Bergmann
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,335
3,123
0.191
Atom-
Molekül-
Optische Physik
Lasermesstechnik
Georg von Freymann
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,853
6,106
0.385
3D laserlithography
nanophotonics
optical quantum simulators
spinwaves
terahertz technology
Hans D Schotten
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,705
10,594
0.720
Mobile and wireless communications
industrial radio
industrial internet
security
Industrie 4.0
Rolf Arnold
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,559
3,411
0.234
Didier Stricker
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,343
9,059
0.632
augmented reality
computer vision
image processing
body sensor networks
hci
Dieter Rombach
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,139
2,592
0.183
Software Engineering
Processes
Measurement
Ekkehard Neuhaus
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,935
5,406
0.388
Torsten Möhlmann
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,576
7,014
0.517
David Scheuring *
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,993
7,227
0.556
Plant Cell Biology
Vacuole
Plant Pathology
Endomembrane System
Urbassek
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,952
4,831
0.373
Thorsten Stoeck
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,848
7,200
0.560
Biomonitoring
eDNA
Mikrobiologie
Ökologie
Umweltforschung
Antonio Pierik
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,428
3,658
0.294
Iron-sulfur proteins
Spectroscopy
Enzymology
Matthias Hahn
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,404
4,550
0.367
Molecular biology of plant pathogenic fungi
Jan C Aurich
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,142
6,864
0.565
Manufacturing Technology
Production Systems
Volker Schünemann
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,838
3,800
0.321