Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,595
21,061
0.576
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Mathematics Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,018
12,021
0.429
* 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
18,764
12,583
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
World Wide Web
Social Networks
Knowledge Discovery
Information Retrieval
Formal Concept Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,514
2,397
0.137
* 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
16,354
3,582
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Semiotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,729
4,236
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
layered inorganic materials
transition metal dichalcogenides
functionalisation
liquid exfoliation
optical spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,507
10,363
0.668
* 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
13,476
5,974
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
socio-industrial metabolism
sustainability assessment
systems analysis
footprints
resource policies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,984
5,220
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Clinical Psychology
Psychotherapy
Anxiety
Reproducibility
Mental Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,878
8,403
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,694
5,756
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,849
7,386
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Physik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,068
2,155
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,013
7,916
0.719
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Sustainability management
supply chain management
operations management
accountability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,675
7,958
0.745
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Hochschulforschung
Innovationsforschung
Wissenschaftssoziologie
Neoinstitutionalismus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,567
3,934
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Personality Disorder
Depression
Interpersonal Theory
Personality Assessment
Statistical Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,548
8,845
0.839
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Bodenphysik
Bodenhydrologie
Nicht-invasive Methoden
Bildanalyse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,164
5,527
0.603
* 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
9,010
5,630
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Plant Physiology
Evolutionary Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,720
2,338
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Soziologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,470
2,361
0.279
* 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
7,851
1,805
0.230
* 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
7,685
2,837
0.369
* 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
6,864
3,677
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,834
3,833
0.561
Stefan Seuring
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,595
21,061
0.576
Supply Chain Management
Supply Chain
Sustainability Management
Sustainable Supply Chains
Sustainable Supply Chain Management
Werner Blum
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,018
12,021
0.429
Tobias Plieninger
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,764
12,583
0.671
Sustainability science
Landscape ecology
Agroforestry
Ecosystem services
Social-ecological systems
Gerd Stumme
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,514
2,397
0.137
World Wide Web
Social Networks
Knowledge Discovery
Information Retrieval
Formal Concept Analysis
Johann Peter Reithmaier
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,354
3,582
0.219
Nano Science
Optoelectronics
Semiconductor Physics
Quantum Dot Lasers
Molecular Beam Epitaxy
Winfried Nöth
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,729
4,236
0.269
Claudia Backes
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,507
10,363
0.668
layered inorganic materials
transition metal dichalcogenides
functionalisation
liquid exfoliation
optical spectroscopy
Christoph Steiner
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,476
5,974
0.443
Nature conservation
sutainable agriculture
climate change
Stefan Bringezu
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,984
5,220
0.402
socio-industrial metabolism
sustainability assessment
systems analysis
footprints
resource policies
Christoph Flückiger
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,878
8,403
0.653
Clinical Psychology
Psychotherapy
Anxiety
Reproducibility
Mental Health
Andreas Buerkert
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,694
5,756
0.453
Ulrich Hamm
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,849
7,386
0.623
Thomas Baumert
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,068
2,155
0.195
Stephanie Eisner
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,013
7,916
0.719
Stefan Gold
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,675
7,958
0.745
Sustainability management
supply chain management
operations management
accountability
Georg Krücken
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,567
3,934
0.372
Hochschulforschung
Innovationsforschung
Wissenschaftssoziologie
Neoinstitutionalismus
Johannes Zimmermann
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,548
8,845
0.839
Personality Disorder
Depression
Interpersonal Theory
Personality Assessment
Statistical Modeling
Stephan Peth
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,164
5,527
0.603
Bodenphysik
Bodenhydrologie
Nicht-invasive Methoden
Bildanalyse
Martin Braun
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,010
5,630
0.625
Power System Planning
Control and Operation
Ulrich Kutschera
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,720
2,338
0.268
Plant Physiology
Evolutionary Biology
Heinz Bude
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,470
2,361
0.279
Kurt Geihs
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,851
1,805
0.230
Distributed Systems
Adaptive Systems
Multi-Robot-Systems
Socio-technical Design
Reiner Finkeldey
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,685
2,837
0.369
Plant genetics
Forest Genetics
Population Genetics
Bernhard Sick
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,864
3,677
0.536
Machine Learning
Pattern Recognition
Autonomous Learning
Intelligent Systems
Organic Computing
Maria Finckh
Universität Kassel
Kassel, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,834
3,833
0.561