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Social Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 3.664 Scientists Citation in Germany Rankings - 2026

See how widely and consistently research is cited with real-time citation rankings.
Covering 2.6 million scientists, this list evaluates both total and last 5 years’ citation counts to measure scientific influence and highlight Highly Cited Researchers.
Built on transparency, it also addresses unethical practices and encourages reporting of violations. Compare results across 13 fields and 221 disciplines.

* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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659
World Rank
19
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Social Sciences / Psychology
Psychiatrie | Psychologi

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    242,805
  • Last 5 Years
    81,174
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.334
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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1,516
World Rank
40
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Social Sciences / Psychology
Qualitative Research | Health Psychology | Mixed Methods | Social Representations | Qualitative Method

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    161,639
  • Last 5 Years
    72,211
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.447
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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1,654
World Rank
45
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Social Sciences / Psychology
Cognitive Modeling | Memory | Judgmen

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    155,912
  • Last 5 Years
    100,242
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.643
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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2,310
World Rank
62
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Social Sciences / Psychology
Clinical Psychology | Psychotherapy | Psychology | Diagnostics | Developmental Psycholog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    131,435
  • Last 5 Years
    32,916
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.250
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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3,494
World Rank
115
Country Rank
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Social Sciences / Psychology
stress | endocrinology | burnout | saliva | hai

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    105,970
  • Last 5 Years
    35,391
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.334
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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3,837
World Rank
132
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Social Sciences / Psychology
Medizinische Psychologie | Medizinische Soziologi

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    100,784
  • Last 5 Years
    55,276
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.548
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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4,182
World Rank
151
Country Rank
10
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Social Sciences / Psychology
Psychology | Education | Emotion | Control-Value Theor

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    95,828
  • Last 5 Years
    53,997
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.563
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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4,571
World Rank
172
Country Rank
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    90,596
  • Last 5 Years
    33,534
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.370
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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5,323
World Rank
204
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Social Sciences / Psychology
Psychology | Developmental Psychology | Cognitive Science | Behavioural Scienc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    82,960
  • Last 5 Years
    35,608
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.429
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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6,637
World Rank
263
Country Rank
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Social Sciences / Psychology
Placebo | Nocebo | Mental disorders | psychosomatic disorders | psychotherap

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    72,696
  • Last 5 Years
    38,316
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.527
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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6,856
World Rank
277
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Social Sciences / Psychology
Psychoneuroendocrinolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    71,436
  • Last 5 Years
    18,278
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.256
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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6,871
World Rank
281
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Social Sciences / Psychology
traumatic stress | PTSD | aggression | neuroplasticit

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    71,256
  • Last 5 Years
    19,112
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.268
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Rankings

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7,608
World Rank
309
Country Rank
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Social Sciences / Sociology
Sociology | Economic Sociology | Social Processes | Spatial Sociology | Mixed Method

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    66,772
  • Last 5 Years
    35,242
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.528
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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7,783
World Rank
316
Country Rank
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    65,724
  • Last 5 Years
    8,788
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.134
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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8,511
World Rank
351
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    62,086
  • Last 5 Years
    18,868
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.304
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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8,562
World Rank
353
Country Rank
10
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
linguistics | statistics | morphology | cognitive models of language processin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    61,932
  • Last 5 Years
    24,493
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.395
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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8,602
World Rank
356
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Social Sciences / Psychology
occupational stress | well-being | recovery | health behavior | proactivit

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    61,799
  • Last 5 Years
    31,679
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.513
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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10,896
World Rank
446
Country Rank
16
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Social Sciences / Psychology
Psychobiology | Stress | Trauma | Development | Disease Ris

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    53,102
  • Last 5 Years
    18,554
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.349
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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11,522
World Rank
471
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Social Sciences / Anthropology
molecular biology | ancient DNA | evolutionary genetic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    51,275
  • Last 5 Years
    27,781
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.542
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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11,752
World Rank
487
Country Rank
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Social Sciences / Psychology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging | Psychoneuroendocrinology | Stres

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    50,609
  • Last 5 Years
    19,537
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.386
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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12,035
World Rank
505
Country Rank
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Social Sciences / Psychology
Neuropsychology | Dementia | Schizophrenia | OCD | epidemiolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    49,879
  • Last 5 Years
    29,668
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.595
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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12,392
World Rank
524
Country Rank
17
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Social Sciences / Psychology
Depression | Psychotherapieforschung | Kognitive Verhaltenstherapi

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    49,020
  • Last 5 Years
    21,133
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.431
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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13,030
World Rank
561
Country Rank
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Social Sciences / Anthropology
linguistics | linguistic typology | syntax | syntactic theory | morpholog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    47,657
  • Last 5 Years
    18,690
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.392
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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13,935
World Rank
594
Country Rank
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Social Sciences / Psychology
Psychophysics | Recognition | Multisensory Perception | Human Machine Interaction | Handling Qualitie

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    45,691
  • Last 5 Years
    12,996
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.284
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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14,536
World Rank
628
Country Rank
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations
Political Science | Politikwissenschaft | Public Opinion | Comparative Politic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    44,578
  • Last 5 Years
    19,100
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.428
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