Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 374 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
Supply Chain Management
Supply Chain
Sustainability Management
Sustainable Supply Chains
Sustainable Supply Chain Management
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,923
20,098
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mathematics Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,243
10,934
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Sustainability science
Landscape ecology
Agroforestry
Ecosystem services
Social-ecological systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,088
12,182
0.606
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
World Wide Web
Social Networks
Knowledge Discovery
Information Retrieval
Formal Concept Analysis
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,713
1,870
0.106
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Nano Science
Optoelectronics
Semiconductor Physics
Quantum Dot Lasers
Molecular Beam Epitaxy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,585
3,079
0.186
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
layered inorganic materials
transition metal dichalcogenides
functionalisation
liquid exfoliation
optical spectroscopy
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,194
9,344
0.577
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Semiotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,049
3,738
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Nature conservation
sutainable agriculture
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,884
5,167
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
socio-industrial metabolism
sustainability assessment
systems analysis
footprints
resource policies
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,835
5,419
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Clinical Psychology
Psychotherapy
Anxiety
Reproducibility
Mental Health
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,783
8,176
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,276
5,397
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,571
7,034
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,733
7,446
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Personality Disorder
Depression
Interpersonal Theory
Personality Assessment
Statistical Modeling
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,689
9,112
0.780
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Sustainability management
supply chain management
operations management
accountability
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,564
7,979
0.690
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Physik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,276
1,951
0.173
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Hochschulforschung
Innovationsforschung
Wissenschaftssoziologie
Neoinstitutionalismus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,895
3,456
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Bodenphysik
Bodenhydrologie
Nicht-invasive Methoden
Bildanalyse
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,775
5,375
0.550
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Power System Planning
Control and Operation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,653
5,496
0.569
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Plant Physiology
Evolutionary Biology
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,932
2,054
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Soziologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,641
2,069
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Distributed Systems
Adaptive Systems
Multi-Robot-Systems
Socio-technical Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,955
1,491
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Plant genetics
Forest Genetics
Population Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,934
2,569
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Machine Learning
Pattern Recognition
Autonomous Learning
Intelligent Systems
Organic Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,242
3,559
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
empirical economics
environmental economics
stated choice experiments
climate and energy policy
sustainable investments
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,231
3,291
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,358
667
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Stefan Seuring
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,923
20,098
0.516
Supply Chain Management
Supply Chain
Sustainability Management
Sustainable Supply Chains
Sustainable Supply Chain Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,008
1,056
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Werner Blum
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,243
10,934
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,332
1,775
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Tobias Plieninger
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,088
12,182
0.606
Sustainability science
Landscape ecology
Agroforestry
Ecosystem services
Social-ecological systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,088
2,121
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Gerd Stumme
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,713
1,870
0.106
World Wide Web
Social Networks
Knowledge Discovery
Information Retrieval
Formal Concept Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,590
2,342
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Johann Peter Reithmaier
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,585
3,079
0.186
Nano Science
Optoelectronics
Semiconductor Physics
Quantum Dot Lasers
Molecular Beam Epitaxy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,397
2,426
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Claudia Backes
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,194
9,344
0.577
layered inorganic materials
transition metal dichalcogenides
functionalisation
liquid exfoliation
optical spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,053
2,445
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Winfried Nöth
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,049
3,738
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,779
2,987
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Christoph Steiner
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,884
5,167
0.372
Nature conservation
sutainable agriculture
climate change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,077
2,997
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Stefan Bringezu
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,835
5,419
0.392
socio-industrial metabolism
sustainability assessment
systems analysis
footprints
resource policies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,409
3,010
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Christoph Flückiger
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,783
8,176
0.593
Clinical Psychology
Psychotherapy
Anxiety
Reproducibility
Mental Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,770
3,160
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Andreas Buerkert
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,276
5,397
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,761
3,385
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ulrich Hamm
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,571
7,034
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,541
3,678
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Stephanie Eisner
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,733
7,446
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,906
3,688
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Johannes Zimmermann
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,689
9,112
0.780
Personality Disorder
Depression
Interpersonal Theory
Personality Assessment
Statistical Modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,956
3,742
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Stefan Gold
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,564
7,979
0.690
Sustainability management
supply chain management
operations management
accountability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,596
3,833
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Thomas Baumert
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,276
1,951
0.173
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,267
3,989
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Georg Krücken
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,895
3,456
0.317
Hochschulforschung
Innovationsforschung
Wissenschaftssoziologie
Neoinstitutionalismus
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,421
4,502
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Stephan Peth
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,775
5,375
0.550
Bodenphysik
Bodenhydrologie
Nicht-invasive Methoden
Bildanalyse
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,873
4,566
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Martin Braun
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,653
5,496
0.569
Power System Planning
Control and Operation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,601
4,956
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ulrich Kutschera
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,932
2,054
0.230
Plant Physiology
Evolutionary Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,951
5,117
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Heinz Bude
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,641
2,069
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
130,338
5,552
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Kurt Geihs
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,955
1,491
0.187
Distributed Systems
Adaptive Systems
Multi-Robot-Systems
Socio-technical Design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
130,701
5,565
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Reiner Finkeldey
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,934
2,569
0.324
Plant genetics
Forest Genetics
Population Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
144,256
6,131
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Bernhard Sick
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,242
3,559
0.491
Machine Learning
Pattern Recognition
Autonomous Learning
Intelligent Systems
Organic Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
144,476
6,145
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Andreas Ziegler
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,231
3,291
0.455
empirical economics
environmental economics
stated choice experiments
climate and energy policy
sustainable investments