Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 1.123 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
Particle physics
detector development
distributed computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
291,115
129,705
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Biomedicine
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
267,914
72,943
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
experimental high energy physics
particle physics
quantum computing
education & outreach
science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
248,596
107,906
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Stroke
Dementia
Genetics
Imaging
Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180,460
82,918
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Psychiatry
psychopharmacology
biological psychiatry
psychoses
dementia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,024
23,202
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Drug Discovery & Development
Precision Medicine
Alzheimer's disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,867
46,571
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Epidemiology Air pollution Cohort studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,267
37,259
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
astrophysics
cosmology
information theory
information field theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,629
51,436
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Atherosclerosis
Inflammation
non-coding RNAs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,380
29,885
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Psychology
Education
Emotion
Control-Value Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,138
43,175
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,007
29,557
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
nanophotonics
plasmonics
metamaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,843
34,709
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
natural language processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,891
29,052
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
large-scale structure
dark energy
galaxy clusters
cosmic microwave background
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,277
40,114
0.563
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Pathophysiology Cell Biology & Genetics of Pancreatic Diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,753
30,133
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,788
8,009
0.120
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,087
26,250
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Vertigo
Balance
Orientation
Vestibular System
Eye Movements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,675
17,060
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Nanoscience
Physical Chemistry of Interfaces
Porous Materials
Energy Conversion
Drug delivery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,657
22,789
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Schizophrenia
Neuroimaging
Neurobiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,188
24,135
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
drug delivery
targeted protein and nucleic acid delivery
pharmaceutical biotechnology
nanotechnology
gene therapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,646
9,870
0.181
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Meningitis
Emergency Medicine
CNS Infections
Encephalitis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,181
29,215
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
economics
economics of education
economic growth
economic history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,019
20,787
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Lipoprotein metabolism
Diabetes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,685
29,724
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
lymphoma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,847
21,764
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
261
9
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Federica Legger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
291,115
129,705
0.446
Particle physics
detector development
distributed computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
365
14
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
H Erich Wichmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
267,914
72,943
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
484
16
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Sascha Mehlhase
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
248,596
107,906
0.434
experimental high energy physics
particle physics
quantum computing
education & outreach
science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,026
27
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Martin Dichgans
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180,460
82,918
0.459
Stroke
Dementia
Genetics
Imaging
Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,631
77
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Hans Jürgen Möller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,024
23,202
0.209
Psychiatry
psychopharmacology
biological psychiatry
psychoses
dementia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,689
83
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Harald Hampel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,867
46,571
0.424
Drug Discovery & Development
Precision Medicine
Alzheimer's disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,822
89
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Joachim Heinrich
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,267
37,259
0.347
Epidemiology Air pollution Cohort studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,198
100
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Torsten Ensslin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,629
51,436
0.511
astrophysics
cosmology
information theory
information field theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,284
152
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Christian Weber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,380
29,885
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,295
153
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Reinhard Pekrun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,138
43,175
0.507
Psychology
Education
Emotion
Control-Value Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,303
155
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Berthold Koletzko
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,007
29,557
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,401
160
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Stefan A Maier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,843
34,709
0.414
nanophotonics
plasmonics
metamaterials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,602
167
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Hinrich Schütze
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,891
29,052
0.355
natural language processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,813
224
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jochen Weller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,277
40,114
0.563
large-scale structure
dark energy
galaxy clusters
cosmic microwave background
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,319
244
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Markus M. Lerch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,753
30,133
0.445
Pathophysiology Cell Biology & Genetics of Pancreatic Diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,457
253
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Gerd Binnig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,788
8,009
0.120
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,750
262
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Veit Hornung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,087
26,250
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,174
285
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Thomas Brandt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,675
17,060
0.272
Vertigo
Balance
Orientation
Vestibular System
Eye Movements
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,180
287
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Thomas Bein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,657
22,789
0.364
Nanoscience
Physical Chemistry of Interfaces
Porous Materials
Energy Conversion
Drug delivery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,071
326
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Peter Falkai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,188
24,135
0.415
Schizophrenia
Neuroimaging
Neurobiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,951
360
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ernst Wagner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,646
9,870
0.181
drug delivery
targeted protein and nucleic acid delivery
pharmaceutical biotechnology
nanotechnology
gene therapy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,077
368
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Matthias Klein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,181
29,215
0.539
Meningitis
Emergency Medicine
CNS Infections
Encephalitis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,111
371
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ludger Woessmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,019
20,787
0.385
economics
economics of education
economic growth
economic history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,197
372
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Klaus Parhofer *
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,685
29,724
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,445
382
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Martin Dreyling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,847
21,764
0.412