Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 36 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
Education for Sustainable Development
Higher Education Development
Competencies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,590
7,351
0.694
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,605
1,572
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,516
632
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Behavioral Business Ethics
Cellular Agriculture
Corporate Social Responsibility
Cultured Meat
Sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,353
1,344
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
International vergleichende Forschung zum Wohlfahrtsstaat mit dem Fokus auf Care
Arbeitsorganisation und Professionalisierung C
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,993
638
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Wissenschaftsmanagement
resource allocation
strategic planning
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,336
199
0.149
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Agricultural Geography
Innovation Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,245
263
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
963
817
0.848
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
865
321
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Behavioral Economics
Personnel Economics
Economics of Education
Conflict Resolution
Organization Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
796
366
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Applied Statistics
Ecological Economics
Risk and Uncertainty
Sustainability Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
750
705
0.940
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Gerontology
Ageing Workforces
Ageism
Age-Management
Competence Development over the Life Course
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
737
647
0.878
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Linguistik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
707
68
0.096
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Life-Span Developmental Psychology
Civic Engagement
Life-Course Sociology
Gerontology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
697
379
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Gerontology
Public Health
Prevention
Epidemiology
Diabetes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
590
451
0.764
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Social Sciences
Humanities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
535
233
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
422
258
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Heterogenität
Bildung
Migration
Lehrkräfte
Schule
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
321
218
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Human Geography
Environment-Society Relations
Agri-Food Systems
Climate Adaptation
Smallholder Livelihoods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
318
259
0.814
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Mediendidaktik
Medienpädagogik
Digitalisierung
Schulentwicklung
Lehrer*innenbildung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193
122
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sport Pedagogy
Health
Physical Education
Teacher Training
Children
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
184
0.974
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Digital Humanities
Empirische Kulturwissenschaft
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
142
0.966
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Reflexivität
Beratung
Supervision
Kriminologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
60
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Higher Education
Teacher Education
Competence
Public Management
Social Research Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129
98
0.760
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
95
0.856
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,088
4,108
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Marco Rieckmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,590
7,351
0.694
Education for Sustainable Development
Higher Education Development
Competencies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,651
5,812
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Harald Künemund
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,605
1,572
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
378,051
14,249
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Uwe Fachinger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,516
632
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
397,821
14,873
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Nick Lin Hi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,353
1,344
0.571
Behavioral Business Ethics
Cellular Agriculture
Corporate Social Responsibility
Cultured Meat
Sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
449,061
16,461
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Hildegard Theobald
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,993
638
0.320
International vergleichende Forschung zum Wohlfahrtsstaat mit dem Fokus auf Care
Arbeitsorganisation und Professionalisierung C
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
583,618
20,515
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Andrea Ruf
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,336
199
0.149
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
608,328
21,246
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Hans Wilhelm Windhorst
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,245
263
0.211
Agricultural Geography
Innovation Research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
700,024
24,016
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Christopher Osterhaus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
963
817
0.848
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
738,867
25,153
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Monika Albrecht
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
865
321
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
768,105
26,059
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Gerald Eisenkopf
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
796
366
0.460
Behavioral Economics
Personnel Economics
Economics of Education
Conflict Resolution
Organization Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
788,350
26,712
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
John-Oliver Engler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
750
705
0.940
Applied Statistics
Ecological Economics
Risk and Uncertainty
Sustainability Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
794,406
26,893
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Laura Naegele
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
737
647
0.878
Gerontology
Ageing Workforces
Ageism
Age-Management
Competence Development over the Life Course
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
808,999
27,308
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Wilfried Kuerschner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
707
68
0.096
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
813,659
27,444
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Maria K Pavlova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
697
379
0.544
Life-Span Developmental Psychology
Civic Engagement
Life-Course Sociology
Gerontology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
868,797
29,239
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Andrea Teti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
590
451
0.764
Gerontology
Public Health
Prevention
Epidemiology
Diabetes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
902,460
30,396
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Oliver Kozlarek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
535
233
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
998,973
33,993
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Vanessa Mertins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
422
258
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,109,891
38,016
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Veronika Zimmer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
321
218
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,113,544
38,176
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Amelie Bernzen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
318
259
0.814
Human Geography
Environment-Society Relations
Agri-Food Systems
Climate Adaptation
Smallholder Livelihoods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,326,158
45,422
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Franco Rau
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193
122
0.632
Mediendidaktik
Medienpädagogik
Digitalisierung
Schulentwicklung
Lehrer*innenbildung
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,334,013
45,673
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Michael Braksiek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
184
0.974
Sport Pedagogy
Health
Physical Education
Teacher Training
Children
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,442,489
48,873
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Lina Franken
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
142
0.966
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,483,708
50,066
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Yvette Völschow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
60
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,498,668
50,497
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Julia-Carolin Osada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129
98
0.760
Higher Education
Teacher Education
Competence
Public Management
Social Research Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,559,865
52,206
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mareike Mähs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
95
0.856