Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 214 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
17,851
5,709
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
pain research
neuropsychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,621
5,936
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
personality
assessment
emotional intelligence
self-esteem
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,820
7,615
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Information Systems
Business IT alignment
HRIS/eHRM
technostress
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,615
6,582
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
empirical aesthetics
perceptual psychology
art perception
face perception
innovation leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,026
5,030
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Information Systems
Digital Transformation
Behavioral Interventions
Decision Support Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,609
3,377
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
pain
facial expression
affect
dementia
neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,237
4,011
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Customer management
key account management
pricing
digitalisation
sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,122
2,800
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Finance
Risk Management
Financial Markets
Behavioral Economics
Household Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,747
2,198
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Behavioral Economics
Economic Dynamics
Nonlinear Dynamical Systems
Complex Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,657
1,786
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Artificial Intelligence
Computational Social Science
Digital Media
Governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,402
3,365
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
coalitions
legislative studies
representation
ethnic minorities
text-as-data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,043
1,493
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Leadership
occupational health psychology
job performance
career success
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,032
2,906
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Controlling
Mittelstand
Digitalisierung
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,683
1,704
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
International institutions
European integration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,493
1,082
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Digital transformation
outsourcing
IT governance
business/IT alignment
business process standardization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,394
1,727
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Information Systems
Network Science
Computational Social Science
Crisis Informatics
Collective Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,324
1,931
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
migration and integration of immigrants and ethnic minorities
social stratification and inequality
sociology of education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,073
900
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Data stream management for sensor-based applications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,750
587
0.157
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
(global) careers
expatriation
work flexibilization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,700
2,211
0.598
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Interpretable Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Cognitive Science
Inductive Programming
Analogy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,650
1,887
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
work
education
life course
social policy
sociology and economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,204
618
0.193
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Economics of Education
Labor Economics
Empirical Microeconomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,136
1,057
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
complexity theory
complex causality
research methods
digitalisation
urbanism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,135
1,522
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Elites
Democracy
Political Culture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,034
529
0.174
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,570
2,100
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Cordula Artelt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,851
5,709
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,454
2,139
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Stefan Lautenbacher
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,621
5,936
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,551
2,287
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Astrid Schuetz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,820
7,615
0.453
personality
assessment
emotional intelligence
self-esteem
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,439
3,368
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Tim Weitzel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,615
6,582
0.522
Information Systems
Business IT alignment
HRIS/eHRM
technostress
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,445
4,374
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Claus Christian Carbon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,026
5,030
0.502
empirical aesthetics
perceptual psychology
art perception
face perception
innovation leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,870
5,814
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Thorsten Staake
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,609
3,377
0.444
Information Systems
Digital Transformation
Behavioral Interventions
Decision Support Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
144,353
6,138
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Miriam Kunz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,237
4,011
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
146,844
6,225
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Björn Sven Ivens
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,122
2,800
0.393
Customer management
key account management
pricing
digitalisation
sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
182,783
7,613
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Andreas Oehler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,747
2,198
0.382
Finance
Risk Management
Financial Markets
Behavioral Economics
Household Finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
185,624
7,709
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Frank H Westerhoff
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,657
1,786
0.316
Behavioral Economics
Economic Dynamics
Nonlinear Dynamical Systems
Complex Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
194,084
8,010
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Andreas Jungherr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,402
3,365
0.623
Artificial Intelligence
Computational Social Science
Digital Media
Governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
207,645
8,465
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Thomas Saalfeld
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,043
1,493
0.296
coalitions
legislative studies
representation
ethnic minorities
text-as-data
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
208,079
8,484
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Judith Volmer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,032
2,906
0.578
Leadership
occupational health psychology
job performance
career success
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
222,795
9,006
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Wolfgang Becker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,683
1,704
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
231,602
9,319
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Thomas Gehring
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,493
1,082
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
236,350
9,478
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Daniel Beimborn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,394
1,727
0.393
Digital transformation
outsourcing
IT governance
business/IT alignment
business process standardization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
239,933
9,614
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Kai Fischbach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,324
1,931
0.447
Information Systems
Network Science
Computational Social Science
Crisis Informatics
Collective Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
253,571
10,074
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Cornelia Kristen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,073
900
0.221
migration and integration of immigrants and ethnic minorities
social stratification and inequality
sociology of education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
272,625
10,741
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Daniela Nicklas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,750
587
0.157
Data stream management for sensor-based applications
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
275,724
10,845
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Maike Andresen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,700
2,211
0.598
(global) careers
expatriation
work flexibilization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
279,101
10,958
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ute Schmid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,650
1,887
0.517
Interpretable Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Cognitive Science
Inductive Programming
Analogy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
311,837
12,052
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Olaf Struck
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,204
618
0.193
work
education
life course
social policy
sociology and economy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
317,449
12,230
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Guido Heineck
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,136
1,057
0.337
Economics of Education
Labor Economics
Empirical Microeconomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
317,502
12,234
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Lasse Gerrits
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,135
1,522
0.485
complexity theory
complex causality
research methods
digitalisation
urbanism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
326,246
12,552
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ursula Hoffmann Lange
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,034
529
0.174