Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 500 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
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
Pathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,876
18,234
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Electrospinning
microplastic
polymer
sustainable
biobased polymers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,699
12,324
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,073
7,206
0.218
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,835
10,324
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,711
4,004
0.126
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Biogeography
Geoecology
Nature Conservation
Global Change Ecology
Vegetation Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,126
15,133
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Micrometeorology
Boundary-Layer-Meteorology
Forest Meteorology
Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,578
7,631
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
High Pressure
Mineral Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,562
9,750
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
biogeochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,323
6,588
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
bioinformatics
molecular evolution
structural biology
human genetics
molecular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,532
8,599
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,902
7,437
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Biodegradable polymers
microplastic
electrospinning
responsive polymers
bio-based polymers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,635
11,143
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
disturbance ecology
resilience
community ecology
biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,592
13,301
0.616
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Plant Physiology
Metal homeostasis
Metal hyperaccumulation
Biofortification
Metal tolerance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,846
7,014
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Earth Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,540
6,533
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Electron Microscopy
cryo-TEM
freeze fracture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,825
5,964
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Organic semiconductors
photophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,497
6,291
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Polymer chemistry
Solar energy conversion and storage (PV and Batteries)
Bioelectronics
Thermoelectrics
Material science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,014
5,187
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,771
4,876
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
aquatic ecology
indiucible defenses
Daphnia
microplastic
coral reef ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,269
10,218
0.669
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Environmental Citizenship
environmental attitudes
Inquiry-Based Science Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,794
7,725
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Alliances
Coopetition
Innovation
Cultural Distance
Knowledge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,270
10,183
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
High temperature plasma physics
nonlinear dynamics
computational physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,894
2,885
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Numerical Analysis
Scientific Computing
Radial Basis Functions
Meshfree Methods
Approximation Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,125
4,562
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
microplastics in the environment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,169
10,325
0.848
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,025
402
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Michael Vieth
Universität Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,876
18,234
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,701
582
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Andreas Greiner
Universität Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,699
12,324
0.296
Electrospinning
microplastic
polymer
sustainable
biobased polymers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,734
880
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
John Tenhunen
Universität Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,073
7,206
0.218
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,951
940
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Benedikt Westermann
Universität Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,835
10,324
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,079
944
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Busse
Universität Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,711
4,004
0.126
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,319
1,107
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Carl Beierkuhnlein
Universität Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,126
15,133
0.538
Biogeography
Geoecology
Nature Conservation
Global Change Ecology
Vegetation Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,217
1,270
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Thomas Foken
Universität Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,578
7,631
0.298
Micrometeorology
Boundary-Layer-Meteorology
Forest Meteorology
Climate Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,251
1,272
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Leonid Dubrovinsky
Universität Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,562
9,750
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,671
1,291
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Egbert Matzner
Universität Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,323
6,588
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,027
1,439
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Steffen Schmidt
Universität Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,532
8,599
0.365
bioinformatics
molecular evolution
structural biology
human genetics
molecular biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,522
1,581
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Rhett Kempe
Universität Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,902
7,437
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,146
1,606
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Seema Agarwal
Universität Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,635
11,143
0.515
Biodegradable polymers
microplastic
electrospinning
responsive polymers
bio-based polymers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,249
1,614
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Anke Jentsch
Universität Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,592
13,301
0.616
disturbance ecology
resilience
community ecology
biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,921
1,804
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Stephan Clemens
Universität Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,846
7,014
0.353
Plant Physiology
Metal homeostasis
Metal hyperaccumulation
Biofortification
Metal tolerance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,790
1,843
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Daniel Frost
Universität Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,540
6,533
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,048
1,947
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Markus Drechsler
Universität Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,825
5,964
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,160
1,992
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Anna Köhler
Universität Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,497
6,291
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,633
2,251
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Mukundan Thelakkat
Universität Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,014
5,187
0.305
Polymer chemistry
Solar energy conversion and storage (PV and Batteries)
Bioelectronics
Thermoelectrics
Material science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,647
2,297
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Dirk Schüler
Universität Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,771
4,876
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,760
2,606
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Christian Laforsch
Universität Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,269
10,218
0.669
aquatic ecology
indiucible defenses
Daphnia
microplastic
coral reef ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,227
2,738
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Bogner Franz
Universität Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,794
7,725
0.522
Environmental Citizenship
environmental attitudes
Inquiry-Based Science Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,251
2,882
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ricarda Bouncken
Universität Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,270
10,183
0.714
Alliances
Coopetition
Innovation
Cultural Distance
Knowledge
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,575
2,979
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Arthur Peeters
Universität Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,894
2,885
0.208
High temperature plasma physics
nonlinear dynamics
computational physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,649
3,214
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Holger Wendland
Universität Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,125
4,562
0.348
Numerical Analysis
Scientific Computing
Radial Basis Functions
Meshfree Methods
Approximation Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,702
3,507
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Martin Löder
Universität Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,169
10,325
0.848