Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 81 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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,800
11,865
0.802
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sprachwissenschaft
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,720
2,947
0.200
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Classics
Roman religion
urban religion
Theory of religion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,039
3,988
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Decision making
development of decision competence
routines
probabilistic inference
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,322
2,301
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Energy security
Global Policy
International Political Economy
global energy governance
energy transition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,112
3,929
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,095
1,603
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
psycholinguistics
clinical linguistics
neurolinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,719
1,212
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,655
1,854
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Alte Geschichte
Antike Kultur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,043
830
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Usage-Based Model
Construction
Metaphor
Image Schema
Corpus Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,407
815
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Cooperation
Leadership
Experimental Economics
Virtual Reality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,983
619
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Applied Linguistics
Pragmatics
Intercultural Competence
Diversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,969
647
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
political economy
welfare state
development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,908
628
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
new media
children adolescent and the media
video games
media choice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,884
1,209
0.642
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Theory and History of International Relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,863
592
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Psychology
science education
technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,808
1,220
0.675
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Political Communication
Visual Communication
Media Effects
Empirical Methods
Online Protest
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,531
876
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,480
537
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Governance
Energy Cooperatives
Energiewende
Network Industries
New Institutional Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,216
653
0.537
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Judgment
Decision Making
Subjective Probability
Risk Perception
Probabilistic Reasoning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,063
568
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,062
305
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Public Policy
Entrepreneurship
Development
Public Administration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,046
391
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
English Language Teaching and Learning
Teacher knowledge
Literature in language
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
971
504
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
945
711
0.752
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Teacher Wellbeing
Teacher Education
Competences of teachers for vocational orientation at school
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
863
768
0.890
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,193
2,736
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Cornelia Betsch
Universität Erfurt
Erfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,800
11,865
0.802
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,632
2,756
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Christian Lehmann
Universität Erfurt
Erfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,720
2,947
0.200
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,070
4,367
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Joerg Ruepke|Jörg Rüpke, Jorg Rupke
Universität Erfurt
Erfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,039
3,988
0.397
Classics
Roman religion
urban religion
Theory of religion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,311
6,062
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Tilmann Betsch
Universität Erfurt
Erfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,322
2,301
0.314
Decision making
development of decision competence
routines
probabilistic inference
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
146,753
6,227
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Andreas C Goldthau
Universität Erfurt
Erfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,112
3,929
0.552
Energy security
Global Policy
International Political Economy
global energy governance
energy transition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
171,936
7,214
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Patrick Roessler
Universität Erfurt
Erfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,095
1,603
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
273,978
10,798
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Frank Domahs
Universität Erfurt
Erfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,719
1,212
0.326
psycholinguistics
clinical linguistics
neurolinguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
278,214
10,941
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Johannes Bauer
Universität Erfurt
Erfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,655
1,854
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
324,834
12,504
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Kai Brodersen
Universität Erfurt
Erfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,043
830
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
391,125
14,664
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Beate Hampe
Universität Erfurt
Erfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,407
815
0.339
Usage-Based Model
Construction
Metaphor
Image Schema
Corpus Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
450,708
16,514
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Özgür Gürerk
Universität Erfurt
Erfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,983
619
0.312
Cooperation
Leadership
Experimental Economics
Virtual Reality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
452,934
16,596
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Gila A Schauer
Universität Erfurt
Erfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,969
647
0.329
Applied Linguistics
Pragmatics
Intercultural Competence
Diversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
463,113
16,889
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Achim Kemmerling
Universität Erfurt
Erfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,908
628
0.329
political economy
welfare state
development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
467,042
17,005
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sven Joeckel
Universität Erfurt
Erfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,884
1,209
0.642
new media
children adolescent and the media
video games
media choice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
470,727
17,121
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Oliver Kessler
Universität Erfurt
Erfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,863
592
0.318
Theory and History of International Relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
480,391
17,448
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Michael Filsecker
Universität Erfurt
Erfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,808
1,220
0.675
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
536,404
19,105
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Stephanie Geise
Universität Erfurt
Erfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,531
876
0.572
Political Communication
Visual Communication
Media Effects
Empirical Methods
Online Protest
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
548,060
19,481
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Solveig Richter
Universität Erfurt
Erfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,480
537
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
616,599
21,481
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jakob R Müller
Universität Erfurt
Erfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,216
653
0.537
Governance
Energy Cooperatives
Energiewende
Network Industries
New Institutional Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
664,760
22,971
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Niels Haase
Universität Erfurt
Erfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,063
568
0.534
Judgment
Decision Making
Subjective Probability
Risk Perception
Probabilistic Reasoning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
665,214
22,978
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Manfred Lüders
Universität Erfurt
Erfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,062
305
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
670,687
23,152
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Heike Grimm
Universität Erfurt
Erfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,046
391
0.374
Public Policy
Entrepreneurship
Development
Public Administration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
697,256
23,947
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Petra Kirchhoff
Universität Erfurt
Erfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
971
504
0.519
English Language Teaching and Learning
Teacher knowledge
Literature in language
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
706,734
24,228
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Eva Thomm
Universität Erfurt
Erfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
945
711
0.752
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
739,368
25,171
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Benjamin Dreer
Universität Erfurt
Erfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
863
768
0.890
Teacher Wellbeing
Teacher Education
Competences of teachers for vocational orientation at school