Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 1.123 Scientists Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) - 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.
* Last 6 Years 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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Stroke
Dementia
Genetics
Imaging
Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180,460
82,918
0.459
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Biomedicine
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
267,914
72,943
0.272
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
astrophysics
cosmology
information theory
information field theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,629
51,436
0.511
* Last 6 Years 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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Psychology
Education
Emotion
Control-Value Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,138
43,175
0.507
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Epidemiology Air pollution Cohort studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,267
37,259
0.347
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
nanophotonics
plasmonics
metamaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,843
34,709
0.414
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Cosmological surveys
weak gravitational lensing
clusters of galaxies
galaxies
artificial intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,249
32,337
0.748
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Aortic aneurismal disease
Aortic surgery
Carotid artery disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,896
30,251
0.778
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Pathophysiology Cell Biology & Genetics of Pancreatic Diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,753
30,133
0.445
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Atherosclerosis
Inflammation
non-coding RNAs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,380
29,885
0.350
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
climate change
carbon cycle
Earth system modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,684
29,847
0.752
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Lipoprotein metabolism
Diabetes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,685
29,724
0.554
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,007
29,557
0.348
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Meningitis
Emergency Medicine
CNS Infections
Encephalitis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,181
29,215
0.539
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
natural language processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,891
29,052
0.355
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,087
26,250
0.403
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Cosmology
Structure Formation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,118
24,603
0.501
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Schizophrenia
Neuroimaging
Neurobiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,188
24,135
0.415
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Nephrology/Immunology/Rheumatology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,761
23,858
0.545
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Psychiatry
psychopharmacology
biological psychiatry
psychoses
dementia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,024
23,202
0.209
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
210
7
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
426
15
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
986
33
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,356
40
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
H Erich Wichmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
267,914
72,943
0.272
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,456
90
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,899
108
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,307
134
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Reinhard Pekrun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,138
43,175
0.507
Psychology
Education
Emotion
Control-Value Theory
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,719
145
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,166
160
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Joachim Heinrich
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,267
37,259
0.347
Epidemiology Air pollution Cohort studies
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,667
180
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Stefan A Maier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,843
34,709
0.414
nanophotonics
plasmonics
metamaterials
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,239
205
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Daniel Gruen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,249
32,337
0.748
Cosmological surveys
weak gravitational lensing
clusters of galaxies
galaxies
artificial intelligence
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,822
235
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Nikolaos Tsilimparis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,896
30,251
0.778
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Aortic aneurismal disease
Aortic surgery
Carotid artery disease
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,848
238
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,929
241
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Christian Weber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,380
29,885
0.350
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,941
242
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Julia Pongratz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,684
29,847
0.752
climate change
carbon cycle
Earth system modeling
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,980
245
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Klaus Parhofer *
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,685
29,724
0.554
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,032
248
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Berthold Koletzko
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,007
29,557
0.348
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,134
251
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Matthias Klein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,181
29,215
0.539
Meningitis
Emergency Medicine
CNS Infections
Encephalitis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,196
254
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Hinrich Schütze
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,891
29,052
0.355
natural language processing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,242
295
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Veit Hornung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,087
26,250
0.403
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,035
333
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Joe Mohr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,118
24,603
0.501
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,281
341
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Peter Falkai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,188
24,135
0.415
Schizophrenia
Neuroimaging
Neurobiology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,429
347
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Hans Joachim Anders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,761
23,858
0.545
Nephrology/Immunology/Rheumatology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,829
361
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,074
377
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
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