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Highly Cited Researchers 681 Scientists Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) - 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.
* Last 6 Years 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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* Last 6 Years 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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Cytokines
Metalloproteases
Inflammation
Cance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,362
30,361
0.373
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,345
23,932
0.505
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Clinical Chemistry
Lipids
Atherosclerosis
Genetics
Epidemiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,650
18,849
0.475
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Biological attachment
Functional morphology
Biomechanics
Biotribology
Biomimetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,209
18,301
0.444
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Neurogeriatrie
Neurologi
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,277
16,370
0.600
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Educational Psychology
Well-being
teacher competence
teacher-student relationshi
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,219
13,840
0.508
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
molecular (epi)genetic characterisation of lymphoma
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,609
13,826
0.562
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
metal organic frameworks and coordination polymer
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,929
12,345
0.495
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Zahnärztliche Prothetik
Implantologie
Biomaterialie
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,757
12,228
0.352
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Education
Psycholog
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,869
11,018
0.346
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,423
10,381
0.773
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Cell Death
Death Receptors
Cancer
Sphingolipid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,427
10,190
0.585
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
space
Sun
planets
radiation
instrumentatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,132
9,714
0.508
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Microbiome
Metagenome
Evolutio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,271
9,607
0.935
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Coastal Risks
Sea-Level Rise
Impact and Risk assessmentinteres
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,739
9,540
0.694
* Last 6 Years 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
* Last 6 Years 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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Lysosomes
Cell Biology
neurodegeneratio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,591
8,619
0.464
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Self-Concept
Reading
Motivatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,178
8,486
0.525
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Developmental Biology
Hydra
Metaorganism
symbiosis
evolutio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,070
8,482
0.423
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Institute for Natural Resourse Conservatio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,005
8,177
0.481
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,189
37
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Franz Faul
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,609
82,457
0.617
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,742
190
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,415
260
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Stefan Rose John
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,362
30,361
0.373
Cytokines
Metalloproteases
Inflammation
Cance
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,637
318
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,710
353
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,390
391
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Oliver Lüdtke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,345
23,932
0.505
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,503
578
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Joachim Thiery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,650
18,849
0.475
Clinical Chemistry
Lipids
Atherosclerosis
Genetics
Epidemiolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,110
600
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Stanislav Gorb
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,209
18,301
0.444
Biological attachment
Functional morphology
Biomechanics
Biotribology
Biomimetic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,680
726
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Walter Maetzler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,277
16,370
0.600
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,522
956
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
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
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,550
959
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Julia Richter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,609
13,826
0.562
molecular (epi)genetic characterisation of lymphoma
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,610
1,135
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Norbert Stock
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,929
12,345
0.495
metal organic frameworks and coordination polymer
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,982
1,145
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Matthias Kern
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,757
12,228
0.352
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,362
1,350
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Olaf Köller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,869
11,018
0.346
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,181
1,448
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Bimba Franziska Hoyer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,423
10,381
0.773
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,136
1,485
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Dieter Adam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,427
10,190
0.585
Cell Death
Death Receptors
Cancer
Sphingolipid
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,594
1,581
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Robert Wimmer Schweingruber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,132
9,714
0.508
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,183
1,613
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Malte Christoph Rühlemann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,271
9,607
0.935
Microbiome
Metagenome
Evolutio
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,578
1,629
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Athanasios Vafeidis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,739
9,540
0.694
Coastal Risks
Sea-Level Rise
Impact and Risk assessmentinteres
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,337
1,665
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Michael Weichenthal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,078
9,411
0.408
Skin Cancer
Melanoma
Psoriasis
Dermatology
Oncolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,366
1,828
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,549
1,885
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Markus Damme *
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,591
8,619
0.464
Lysosomes
Cell Biology
neurodegeneratio
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,495
1,927
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jens Möller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,178
8,486
0.525
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,523
1,928
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,918
2,038
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Felix Müller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,005
8,177
0.481