Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
Deep Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,611
26,932
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
computational life scienes
machine learning
particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,950
22,365
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Functional Safety
STPA
data analysis
reliability
particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,521
13,215
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Novel photovoltaics
perovskite solar cells
organic semiconductors
device physics and modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,864
30,211
0.739
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
molecular evolution
genome evolution
bioinformatics
computational biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,389
13,774
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Vegetation science
Biodiversity
Macroecology
Ecoinformatics
Vegetation classification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,257
10,849
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,343
3,603
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Bacteriology
Pathogen ecology and epidemiology
Population genomics
microbe-host interactions
antibiotic resistance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,284
5,711
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,392
2,899
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Matrix microenvironment of stem cells
brown adipogenesis
stem cell technologies
macromolecular crowding
cell-based therapies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,361
4,927
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,906
4,784
0.537
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Microstructure and Materials Science
Energy Conversion
Porous and Composite Media
Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,892
3,886
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Entrepreneurship
startup process
entrepreneurship behaviour
small business
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,971
3,877
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Neuroprosthetics
Brain-Machine Interfaces
Artificial Intelligence
Responsible Innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,922
4,290
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Nonlinear optics
Optoelectronics
Terahertz photonics
Organic functional materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,140
3,130
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Data Science
Big Data
Database Systems
Natural Language Interfaces
Quantum Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,721
1,448
0.215
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Analytical Technologies
The Science and Technology of Coffee
Science Communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,502
2,233
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Social Psychiatry
Clinical Psychology
Public Mental Health
Psychopathology
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,352
4,736
0.746
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Software Engineering (SE)
cloud computing (CC)
and Data Science (DS)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,092
4,554
0.748
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
aquaponics
urban agriculture
building integrated agriculture
constructed wetlands
limnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,206
3,305
0.786
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,875
3,206
0.827
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Wireless networks
Information and network security
Cognitive radios
Green communications
Wireless multimedia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,683
2,640
0.717
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,587
2,082
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Bacterial diversity
fire blight
biological control
biosafety
quorum sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,486
1,551
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Power and Control Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,438
1,319
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,651
35
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Frank Peter Schilling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,611
26,932
0.248
Deep Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Particle Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,545
70
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Claus Horn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,950
22,365
0.276
computational life scienes
machine learning
particle physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,855
180
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Joanna Weng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,521
13,215
0.262
Functional Safety
STPA
data analysis
reliability
particle physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,795
248
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Wolfgang Tress
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,864
30,211
0.739
Novel photovoltaics
perovskite solar cells
organic semiconductors
device physics and modelling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,711
481
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Maria Anisimova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,389
13,774
0.503
molecular evolution
genome evolution
bioinformatics
computational biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,626
912
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jürgen Dengler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,257
10,849
0.629
Vegetation science
Biodiversity
Macroecology
Ecoinformatics
Vegetation classification
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,280
969
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Marcel Dettling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,343
3,603
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,283
1,066
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Brion Duffy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,284
5,711
0.374
Bacteriology
Pathogen ecology and epidemiology
Population genomics
microbe-host interactions
antibiotic resistance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,256
1,596
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Helmut Grabner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,392
2,899
0.279
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,600
1,605
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Michael Raghunath
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,361
4,927
0.476
Matrix microenvironment of stem cells
brown adipogenesis
stem cell technologies
macromolecular crowding
cell-based therapies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,335
1,849
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Dirk Baier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,906
4,784
0.537
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,541
1,854
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Lorenz Holzer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,892
3,886
0.437
Microstructure and Materials Science
Energy Conversion
Porous and Composite Media
Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
127,202
2,053
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Thierry Volery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,971
3,877
0.486
Entrepreneurship
startup process
entrepreneurship behaviour
small business
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,083
2,069
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ricardo Chavarriaga
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,922
4,290
0.542
Neuroprosthetics
Brain-Machine Interfaces
Artificial Intelligence
Responsible Innovation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
143,315
2,282
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mojca Jazbinsek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,140
3,130
0.438
Nonlinear optics
Optoelectronics
Terahertz photonics
Organic functional materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
152,632
2,408
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Kurt Stockinger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,721
1,448
0.215
Data Science
Big Data
Database Systems
Natural Language Interfaces
Quantum Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
157,915
2,468
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Chahan Yeretzian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,502
2,233
0.343
Analytical Technologies
The Science and Technology of Coffee
Science Communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
161,735
2,514
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Michael P Hengartner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,352
4,736
0.746
Social Psychiatry
Clinical Psychology
Public Mental Health
Psychopathology
Epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
168,823
2,613
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sebastiano Panichella
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,092
4,554
0.748
Software Engineering (SE)
cloud computing (CC)
and Data Science (DS)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
240,991
3,443
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ranka Junge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,206
3,305
0.786
aquaponics
urban agriculture
building integrated agriculture
constructed wetlands
limnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
259,576
3,660
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Matthias Filser
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,875
3,206
0.827
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
271,308
3,795
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Gurkan Gur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,683
2,640
0.717
Wireless networks
Information and network security
Cognitive radios
Green communications
Wireless multimedia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
277,512
3,878
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Markus Melloh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,587
2,082
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
284,496
3,950
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Fabio Rezzonico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,486
1,551
0.445
Bacterial diversity
fire blight
biological control
biosafety
quorum sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
287,892
3,985
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Petr Korba
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,438
1,319
0.384
Power and Control Systems