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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 681 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Visual perceptio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,609
82,457
0.617
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Movement Disorders
Deep Brain stimulation
Tremo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,746
36,922
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Lysosomes
Lysosomal Storage Disorder
Enzyme Replacement Therapy
Proteases
Tetraspanin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,767
25,037
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Cytokines
Metalloproteases
Inflammation
Cance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,362
30,361
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Power Electronics
Reliability
Distributed Generation
Renewable Energies
Power Qualit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,591
27,281
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,345
23,932
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Biological attachment
Functional morphology
Biomechanics
Biotribology
Biomimetic
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,209
18,301
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Clinical Chemistry
Lipids
Atherosclerosis
Genetics
Epidemiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,650
18,849
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Zahnärztliche Prothetik
Implantologie
Biomaterialie
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,757
12,228
0.352
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Education
Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,869
11,018
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Pharmacogenomics
Drug Metabolism and Transpor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,464
6,699
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Neurogeriatrie
Neurologi
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,277
16,370
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Educational Psychology
Well-being
teacher competence
teacher-student relationshi
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,219
13,840
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
International Economic
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,993
6,008
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
metal organic frameworks and coordination polymer
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,929
12,345
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Space plasma physics
solar wind and corona
quantum field theor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,900
6,060
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
molecular (epi)genetic characterisation of lymphoma
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,609
13,826
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Science Educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,086
5,583
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Solid State Electrochemistry
All-Solid-State Batteries
Solid Electrolyte Fuel Cells
Chemical Sensors
Electrochromic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,102
7,629
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Skin Cancer
Melanoma
Psoriasis
Dermatology
Oncolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,078
9,411
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Analytical Geochemistry
laser ablation
trace element
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,314
8,784
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Developmental Biology
Hydra
Metaorganism
symbiosis
evolutio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,070
8,482
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Nanocomposites
plasma deposition
magnetoelectric sensors
plasmonic metamaterials
memristive device
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,633
7,652
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,418
4,264
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
space
Sun
planets
radiation
instrumentatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,132
9,714
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,919
56
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Franz Faul
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,609
82,457
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,801
130
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Günther Deuschl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,746
36,922
0.394
Movement Disorders
Deep Brain stimulation
Tremo
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,808
177
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Paul Saftig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,767
25,037
0.306
Lysosomes
Lysosomal Storage Disorder
Enzyme Replacement Therapy
Proteases
Tetraspanin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,848
182
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Stefan Rose John
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,362
30,361
0.373
Cytokines
Metalloproteases
Inflammation
Cance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,470
302
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Marco Liserre
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,591
27,281
0.436
Power Electronics
Reliability
Distributed Generation
Renewable Energies
Power Qualit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,639
487
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Oliver Lüdtke
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,345
23,932
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,592
626
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Stanislav Gorb
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,209
18,301
0.444
Biological attachment
Functional morphology
Biomechanics
Biotribology
Biomimetic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,549
682
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Joachim Thiery
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,650
18,849
0.475
Clinical Chemistry
Lipids
Atherosclerosis
Genetics
Epidemiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,069
853
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Matthias Kern
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,757
12,228
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,838
972
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Olaf Köller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,869
11,018
0.346
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,413
1,029
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ingolf Cascorbi
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,464
6,699
0.220
Pharmacogenomics
Drug Metabolism and Transpor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,669
1,207
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Walter Maetzler
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,277
16,370
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,759
1,210
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Uta Klusmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,219
13,840
0.508
Educational Psychology
Well-being
teacher competence
teacher-student relationshi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,468
1,366
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Holger Görg
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,993
6,008
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,602
1,373
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Norbert Stock
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,929
12,345
0.495
metal organic frameworks and coordination polymer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,654
1,375
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Eckart Marsch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,900
6,060
0.243
Space plasma physics
solar wind and corona
quantum field theor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,176
1,401
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Julia Richter
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,609
13,826
0.562
molecular (epi)genetic characterisation of lymphoma
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,195
1,450
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Reinders Duit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,086
5,583
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,180
1,537
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Weppner Werner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,102
7,629
0.330
Solid State Electrochemistry
All-Solid-State Batteries
Solid Electrolyte Fuel Cells
Chemical Sensors
Electrochromic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,234
1,542
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Michael Weichenthal
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,078
9,411
0.408
Skin Cancer
Melanoma
Psoriasis
Dermatology
Oncolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,467
1,717
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Dieter Garbe Schönberg|Dieter Garbeschönberg, Dieter Garbe-Schonberg, Dieter GarbeSchoenberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,314
8,784
0.412
Analytical Geochemistry
laser ablation
trace element
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,919
1,865
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Thomas CG Bosch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,070
8,482
0.423
Developmental Biology
Hydra
Metaorganism
symbiosis
evolutio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,205
1,920
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Franz Faupel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,633
7,652
0.390
Nanocomposites
plasma deposition
magnetoelectric sensors
plasmonic metamaterials
memristive device
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,863
1,947
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jürgen Harder
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,418
4,264
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,765
1,983
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Robert Wimmer Schweingruber
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,132
9,714
0.508