Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 1.103 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
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,236
26,303
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ultrafast nano-optics
plasmonics and sensing
micro-optics
ultrafast spectroscopy
ultrafast near- and mid IR lasers and light sources
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,987
22,482
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
perovskite solar cells
semiconductors
optoelectronic devices
plasmonics
simulations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,191
29,099
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Cloud
Service Computing
Middleware
Pattern Languages
Quantum Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,815
9,060
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Artificial Intelligence
Knowledge Graphs
Simulation Science
Intelligent User Interfaces
Web Sci
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,876
8,786
0.196
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
systems theory
automatic control
control systems
networked control
model predictive control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,770
15,337
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Statistical physics
biophysics
stochastic thermodynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,648
11,196
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Molecular epigenetics
DNA methyltransferase
Protein methyltransferase
DNA and protein methylation
Synthetic biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,029
8,507
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Spatial planning /Raumplanung
Climate Change /Klimawandel
Vulnerability
Adaptation
Resilience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,752
15,555
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,673
9,096
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
communication theory
information theory
MIMO
coding theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,245
6,448
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Cell Biology
Systems Biology
Cancer
Cell Death
Cancer Therapeutics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,397
13,285
0.523
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,780
11,248
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ubiquitin
proteasome
protein degradation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,751
2,834
0.115
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Computational Mechanics
Theory of Materials
Multiscale and Multifield Problems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,190
10,538
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Solid State Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,018
7,336
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Visualization
Computer Graphics
Visual Analytics
Human Computer Interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,479
5,293
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Catalysis
Polymer Chemistry
Material Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,695
6,554
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
semantics
pure and applied logic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,672
3,093
0.136
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Bayesian Statistics
Uncertainty Quantification
Simulation-Based Inference
Prior Specification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,339
20,540
0.919
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ideation
Technological Innovation
Technology Transfer
Technology Entrepreneurship
R&D
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,906
14,672
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Soft Matter Physics
Polyelectrolytes
Active Matter
Magnetic fluids
Ionic Liquids
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,059
5,680
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Vision
Intelligent User Interfaces
Eye Tracking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,990
11,064
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
hydrologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,846
5,166
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Design and optimization of processes and products for environmental applications
waste minimization and energy recovery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,710
10,745
0.574
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,250
291
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jörg Wrachtrup
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,236
26,303
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,016
400
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Harald Giessen
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,987
22,482
0.441
Ultrafast nano-optics
plasmonics and sensing
micro-optics
ultrafast spectroscopy
ultrafast near- and mid IR lasers and light sources
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,892
454
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Michael Saliba
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,191
29,099
0.604
perovskite solar cells
semiconductors
optoelectronic devices
plasmonics
simulations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,386
476
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Frank Leymann
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,815
9,060
0.194
Cloud
Service Computing
Middleware
Pattern Languages
Quantum Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,198
515
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Steffen Staab
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,876
8,786
0.196
Artificial Intelligence
Knowledge Graphs
Simulation Science
Intelligent User Interfaces
Web Sci
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,120
698
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Frank Allgöwer
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,770
15,337
0.406
systems theory
automatic control
control systems
networked control
model predictive control
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,200
951
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Udo Seifert
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,648
11,196
0.354
Statistical physics
biophysics
stochastic thermodynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,514
1,120
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Albert Jeltsch
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,029
8,507
0.304
Molecular epigenetics
DNA methyltransferase
Protein methyltransferase
DNA and protein methylation
Synthetic biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,896
1,136
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
JOERN BIRKMANN
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,752
15,555
0.561
Spatial planning /Raumplanung
Climate Change /Klimawandel
Vulnerability
Adaptation
Resilience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,010
1,139
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Tilman Pfau
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,673
9,096
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,198
1,222
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Stephan ten Brink
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,245
6,448
0.246
communication theory
information theory
MIMO
coding theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,613
1,289
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Markus Morrison Rehm *
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,397
13,285
0.523
Cell Biology
Systems Biology
Cancer
Cell Death
Cancer Therapeutics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,734
1,327
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Laura NA Liu
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,780
11,248
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,788
1,330
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Dieter H Wolf
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,751
2,834
0.115
Ubiquitin
proteasome
protein degradation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,796
1,379
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Christian Miehe
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,190
10,538
0.436
Computational Mechanics
Theory of Materials
Multiscale and Multifield Problems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,135
1,392
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Martin Dressel
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,018
7,336
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,207
1,446
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Thomas Ertl
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,479
5,293
0.225
Visualization
Computer Graphics
Visual Analytics
Human Computer Interaction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,810
1,508
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Michael Buchmeiser
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,695
6,554
0.289
Catalysis
Polymer Chemistry
Material Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,864
1,511
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Hans Kamp
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,672
3,093
0.136
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,599
1,547
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Paul Buerkner
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,339
20,540
0.919
Bayesian Statistics
Uncertainty Quantification
Simulation-Based Inference
Prior Specification
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,128
1,691
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Alexander Brem|亚历山大 伯尔尼
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,906
14,672
0.702
Ideation
Technological Innovation
Technology Transfer
Technology Entrepreneurship
R&D
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,370
1,914
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Christian Holm
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,059
5,680
0.298
Soft Matter Physics
Polyelectrolytes
Active Matter
Magnetic fluids
Ionic Liquids
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,615
1,922
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Andreas Bulling
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,990
11,064
0.583
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Vision
Intelligent User Interfaces
Eye Tracking
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,075
1,946
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Bardossy Andras
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,846
5,166
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,520
1,966
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jaya Narayan Sahu
Universität Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,710
10,745
0.574
Design and optimization of processes and products for environmental applications
waste minimization and energy recovery