Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Freie Universität Berlin Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There is still much work to be done in this area. See also for more specific citation analyses: "last 6 years citation index" Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Total Citations) and Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Last 6 Years Citations)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Qualitative Research
Health Psychology
Mixed Methods
Social Representations
Qualitative Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,935
59,711
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
health behavior
self-efficacy
social support
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,464
37,426
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
soil ecology
mycorrhiza
fungal ecology
biodiversity
ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,295
48,727
0.674
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,592
15,320
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Sequence analysis
Proteomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,870
9,521
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Many-body physics
quantum information theory
quantum technologies
quantum simulation
tensor networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,381
20,744
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
language
cognitive neuroscience
neural networks
speech language therapy
pragmatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,255
13,318
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Nanomaterials for application in eletronics and biomedicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,763
5,818
0.163
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
colloid physics
scattering methods
nanotechnology
catalysis with nanoparticles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,162
9,546
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
European Union
Governance
Comparative Regionalism
Diffusion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,606
10,844
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Management and organisation theory
strategic alliances and networks
project-based organizing
creativity and entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,136
9,789
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Neurotransmission
Membranlipide
Membranverkehr
Exo- und Endoztyose
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,511
14,698
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Sozialstrukturanalyse
Subj. Wohlbefinden
Umfrageforschung
Längsschnittanalyse
Grundeinkommen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,077
12,277
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Machine Learning
AI for Science
Deep Learning
Theoretical Biophysics
Chemical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,779
18,756
0.728
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Photosynthesis
Artificial Photosynthesis
Chemical Physics
Water Oxidation
Operando Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,587
12,141
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Experimental Psychology
Affective Neuroscience
Neurocognitive Poetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,341
9,507
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Education and Anthropology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,306
7,373
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
nanoscale condensed matter physics
2D_materials
graphene
TMDCs
MoS2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,852
9,973
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,779
11,945
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
nanoscience
plasmonics
carbon-based materials
light-matter coupling
Raman scattering & SERS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,719
9,440
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Management
Organization
Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,873
5,278
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Cognitive Neuroscience
Decision Neuroscience
Social Neuroscience
Aging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,951
9,963
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Discrete Geometry
polytopes
combinatorics
topology
optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,291
5,781
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
fractional calculus
stochastic processes
probability
applied mathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,835
7,770
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,750
8,866
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,596
43
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Uwe Flick
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,935
59,711
0.433
Qualitative Research
Health Psychology
Mixed Methods
Social Representations
Qualitative Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,005
94
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ralf Schwarzer
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,464
37,426
0.376
health behavior
self-efficacy
social support
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,324
200
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Matthias C Rillig
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,295
48,727
0.674
soil ecology
mycorrhiza
fungal ecology
biodiversity
ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,909
270
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Thomas Risse
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,592
15,320
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,299
521
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Knut Reinert
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,870
9,521
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,050
555
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jens Eisert
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,381
20,744
0.501
Many-body physics
quantum information theory
quantum technologies
quantum simulation
tensor networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,107
560
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Friedemann Pulvermüller
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,255
13,318
0.323
language
cognitive neuroscience
neural networks
speech language therapy
pragmatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,459
716
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Michael Giersig
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,763
5,818
0.163
Nanomaterials for application in eletronics and biomedicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,897
738
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Matthias Ballauff
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,162
9,546
0.271
colloid physics
scattering methods
nanotechnology
catalysis with nanoparticles
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,337
753
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Tanja Boerzel
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,606
10,844
0.313
European Union
Governance
Comparative Regionalism
Diffusion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,737
775
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jörg Sydow
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,136
9,789
0.287
Management and organisation theory
strategic alliances and networks
project-based organizing
creativity and entrepreneurship
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,068
941
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Volker Haucke
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,511
14,698
0.482
Neurotransmission
Membranlipide
Membranverkehr
Exo- und Endoztyose
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,344
1,115
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jürgen Schupp
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,077
12,277
0.453
Sozialstrukturanalyse
Subj. Wohlbefinden
Umfrageforschung
Längsschnittanalyse
Grundeinkommen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,296
1,185
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Noe Frank
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,779
18,756
0.728
Machine Learning
AI for Science
Deep Learning
Theoretical Biophysics
Chemical Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,577
1,193
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Holger Dau
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,587
12,141
0.474
Photosynthesis
Artificial Photosynthesis
Chemical Physics
Water Oxidation
Operando Spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,017
1,208
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Arthur M Jacobs
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,341
9,507
0.375
Experimental Psychology
Affective Neuroscience
Neurocognitive Poetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,077
1,213
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Christoph Wulf
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,306
7,373
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,840
1,249
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Kirill Bolotin
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,852
9,973
0.401
nanoscale condensed matter physics
2D_materials
graphene
TMDCs
MoS2
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,966
1,257
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Michael Eid
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,779
11,945
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,061
1,260
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Stephanie Reich
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,719
9,440
0.382
nanoscience
plasmonics
carbon-based materials
light-matter coupling
Raman scattering & SERS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,615
1,314
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Georg Schreyögg
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,873
5,278
0.221
Management
Organization
Leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,408
1,412
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Hauke Heekeren
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,951
9,963
0.434
Cognitive Neuroscience
Decision Neuroscience
Social Neuroscience
Aging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,728
1,472
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Günter M Ziegler
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,291
5,781
0.259
Discrete Geometry
polytopes
combinatorics
topology
optimization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,116
1,608
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Rudolf Gorenflo
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,835
7,770
0.373
fractional calculus
stochastic processes
probability
applied mathematics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,332
1,614
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Peter Robin Hiesinger
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,750
8,866
0.427