Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
ASEAN Highly Cited Researchers CitationNatural Sciences / Biological Science 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
ecology
invasion biology
biodiversity
plant ecology
forest ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,249
48,584
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Systematics and Taxonomy
Biogeography
Ecology
decapod crustaceans
Brachyura
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,670
14,713
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
developmental genetics
disease models
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,625
6,582
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
conservation ecology
applied ecology
nature-based solutions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,837
14,209
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
influenza
virology
emerging infectious diseases
evolution
molecular epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,167
8,528
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Flavivirus
dengue virus
Zika virus
mosquito transmitted viruses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,895
11,066
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Mycology
Microbial Diversity
Microbial Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,549
14,231
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Operations Research
Hyper-heuristics
Evolutionary Computation
Metaheuristics
Publishing Ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,214
8,517
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Protein sciences
Toxinology
thrombosis and hemostasis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,454
6,392
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
zebrafish
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,778
7,024
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Computational and systems biology
algae
riboswitches
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,382
5,817
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
biotechnology
bioseparation
bioprocess engineering
bioproducts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,014
13,470
0.792
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
tropical forest ecology
forest management
sustainable use of forest resources
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,930
7,673
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Mycology
phylogenetics
taxonomy
invertebrate-pathogenic fungi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,819
10,870
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Mikrobiologi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,577
14,261
0.860
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Mitochondrial physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,409
8,419
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,188
8,190
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Mycoloby
Conservation biology
Biodiversity
Plant Pathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,748
12,055
0.817
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
herpetology
conservation
systematics
history of natural history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,510
6,876
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Biological Wastewater Treatment
Membrane Bioreactor
Membrane Fouling
Water Reuse
Microbial Fuel Cell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,801
8,634
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Biology and Biology Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,657
12,170
0.891
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Phycology
Algae Biotechnology
Seaweed Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,557
8,040
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,443
7,958
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Immunogenetics (Cancer)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,352
7,661
0.574
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
computational biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,129
8,342
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,468
10
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
David A Wardle
Nanyang Technological University
Jurong West, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,249
48,584
0.433
ecology
invasion biology
biodiversity
plant ecology
forest ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,394
98
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Peter KL Ng
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,670
14,713
0.401
Systematics and Taxonomy
Biogeography
Ecology
decapod crustaceans
Brachyura
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,938
108
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Philip Ingham
Nanyang Technological University
Jurong West, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,625
6,582
0.190
developmental genetics
disease models
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,841
148
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Lian Pin Koh
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,837
14,209
0.493
conservation ecology
applied ecology
nature-based solutions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,220
189
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Gavin Jd Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,167
8,528
0.339
influenza
virology
emerging infectious diseases
evolution
molecular epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,484
23
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Duncan R. Smith
Mahidol University
Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,895
11,066
0.483
Flavivirus
dengue virus
Zika virus
mosquito transmitted viruses
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,243
24
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Saisamorn Lumyong
Chiang Mai University
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,549
14,231
0.631
Mycology
Microbial Diversity
Microbial Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,964
51
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Graham Kendall
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,214
8,517
0.383
Operations Research
Hyper-heuristics
Evolutionary Computation
Metaheuristics
Publishing Ethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,350
249
127
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Manjunatha Kini
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,454
6,392
0.313
Protein sciences
Toxinology
thrombosis and hemostasis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,195
268
139
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Zhiyuan Gong
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,778
7,024
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,314
277
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Neil Clarke
Yale NUS College
College Ave West, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,382
5,817
0.300
Computational and systems biology
algae
riboswitches
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,511
102
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ling Tau Chuan
University of Malaya
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,014
13,470
0.792
biotechnology
bioseparation
bioprocess engineering
bioproducts
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,839
78
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Robert Nasi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,930
7,673
0.453
tropical forest ecology
forest management
sustainable use of forest resources
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,258
41
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Janet Jennifer Luangsa-ard
National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Thailand
Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,819
10,870
0.646
Mycology
phylogenetics
taxonomy
invertebrate-pathogenic fungi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,279
82
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Sri Hartin Rahayu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,577
14,261
0.860
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,660
377
201
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Karthik Mallilankaraman
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,409
8,419
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,772
52
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Alan D. Ziegler
Chiang Mai University
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,188
8,190
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,073
56
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ruvishika Jayawardena
Mae Fah Luang University
Chiang Rai, Thailand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,748
12,055
0.817
Mycoloby
Conservation biology
Biodiversity
Plant Pathology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,401
136
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Indraneil Das
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
Sawarak, Malaysia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,510
6,876
0.474
herpetology
conservation
systematics
history of natural history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,677
437
238
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
How Yong Ng
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,801
8,634
0.626
Biological Wastewater Treatment
Membrane Bioreactor
Membrane Fouling
Water Reuse
Microbial Fuel Cell
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,568
111
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Siti Zubaidah
Universitas Negeri Malang
Malang, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,657
12,170
0.891
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,223
155
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Siew Moi Phang
University of Malaya
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,557
8,040
0.593
Phycology
Algae Biotechnology
Seaweed Biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,918
453
143
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Xin Chen
Nanyang Technological University
Jurong West, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,443
7,958
0.592
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,525
160
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Noor Hasima Nagoor
University of Malaya
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,352
7,661
0.574
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,089
476
254
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Hyungwon Choi
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,129
8,342
0.635