Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Universität Freiburg Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
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
Particle Physics
High Energy Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330,948
138,538
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168,908
142,794
0.845
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Image Analysis
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
Biomedical Applications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158,059
148,310
0.938
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
AI
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,270
48,548
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
AutoML
Meta-Learning
Neural Architecture Search
Deep Learning
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,661
72,064
0.893
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,390
34,525
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Landscape Ecology
Nature Conservation
Pollination Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,422
31,541
0.569
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
High energy physics
particle physics
Higgs boson
electroweak interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,309
23,537
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
statistical modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,498
20,804
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,854
15,356
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
statistical ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,952
30,096
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Pharmakologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,447
8,418
0.198
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Halbleiter großer Bandlücke
Leistungselektronik
Hochfrequenzelektronik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,217
12,330
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,221
11,813
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Educational Psychology
Educational Research
Instructional Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,957
14,412
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Control
Optimization
Model Predictive Control
Airborne Wind Energy
Robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,803
21,772
0.576
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Solar Cells
Photovoltaics
Silicon Solar Cells
III-V Solar Cells
Perovskite Solar Cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,695
13,786
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
plant ecology
biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
soundscape ecology
planetary health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,280
19,505
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,418
10,589
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Statistics
meta-analysis
statistical computing
R
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,087
19,790
0.658
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
silviculture
forest science
forest ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,866
19,015
0.637
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Computational Neuroscience
Systems Neuroscience
Neurotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,847
6,841
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Developmental Biology & Signalling Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,541
5,277
0.199
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,033
21,760
0.836
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,872
21,179
0.852
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
151
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Gregor Herten
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330,948
138,538
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,134
29
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Thomas Brox
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168,908
142,794
0.845
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Robotics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,291
33
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Olaf Ronneberger
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158,059
148,310
0.938
Image Analysis
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
Biomedical Applications
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,201
59
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Wolfram Burgard
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,270
48,548
0.407
Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
AI
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,567
164
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Frank Hutter
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,661
72,064
0.893
AutoML
Meta-Learning
Neural Architecture Search
Deep Learning
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,340
245
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Peter Auer
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,390
34,525
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,502
341
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Alexandra Maria Klein
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,422
31,541
0.569
Landscape Ecology
Nature Conservation
Pollination Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,050
365
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Karsten Köneke
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,309
23,537
0.442
High energy physics
particle physics
Higgs boson
electroweak interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,538
382
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Willi Sauerbrei
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,498
20,804
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,757
392
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Andrea Di Simone
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,854
15,356
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,674
430
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Carsten F Dormann
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,952
30,096
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,989
553
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Klaus Aktories
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,447
8,418
0.198
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,605
580
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Oliver Ambacher
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,217
12,330
0.299
Halbleiter großer Bandlücke
Leistungselektronik
Hochfrequenzelektronik
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,755
639
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Heinz Rennenberg
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,221
11,813
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,513
669
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Alexander Renkl
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,957
14,412
0.380
Educational Psychology
Educational Research
Instructional Design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,601
676
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Moritz Diehl
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,803
21,772
0.576
Control
Optimization
Model Predictive Control
Airborne Wind Energy
Robotics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,578
918
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Stefan W Glunz
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,695
13,786
0.435
Solar Cells
Photovoltaics
Silicon Solar Cells
III-V Solar Cells
Perovskite Solar Cells
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,008
940
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Michael Scherer Lorenzen
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,280
19,505
0.624
plant ecology
biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
soundscape ecology
planetary health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,881
976
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jens Timmer
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,418
10,589
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,277
986
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Guido Schwarzer
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,087
19,790
0.658
Statistics
meta-analysis
statistical computing
R
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,577
997
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Juergen Bauhus
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,866
19,015
0.637
silviculture
forest science
forest ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,496
1,155
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ad Aertsen
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,847
6,841
0.255
Computational Neuroscience
Systems Neuroscience
Neurotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,956
1,176
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Wolfgang Driever
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,541
5,277
0.199
Developmental Biology & Signalling Sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,789
1,209
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jost Tobias Springenberg
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,033
21,760
0.836
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,750
1,291
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Björn Grüning
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,872
21,179
0.852