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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
Evolutionary physiology - insect physiology - physiological plasticity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,628
7,382
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Epidemiology
climate change
health
biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,417
7,792
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Conservation biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,719
6,333
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Medical entomology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,234
2,244
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Biological Control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,838
4,033
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Agricultural Entomology
Environmental Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,269
4,197
0.577
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Invasion biology
distributions
distribution modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,785
3,737
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Entomology
Behaviour
Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,628
3,269
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Entomologie Médicale
arhtopodes vecteurs et pathogènes transmis par les vecteurs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,030
2,536
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Applied Entomology
Small Mammal Ecology
Pest Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,946
2,394
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Conservation Biology
Entomology
Landscape Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,675
3,638
0.778
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Forest entomology
invasive species
biological control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,098
2,589
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Entomology
Systematics
Nomenclature
Evolutionary Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,862
1,471
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Toxicology
Pesticides
Chemistry
Pharmacology
Antioxidant
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,773
2,456
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Conservation biology
ecology
mycology
entomology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,743
2,618
0.699
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Medical Entomology
Ecology of vectors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,732
2,483
0.665
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Entomology
Ecology
Ecotoxicology
Limnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,161
1,393
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Insect physiological ecology
climate change and pest management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,077
2,513
0.817
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Pollination Ecology
Ecosystem Services
Bee Ecology
Stingless Bees
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,640
1,957
0.741
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
entomology
ecology
pest management
law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,550
1,279
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
conservation ecology
agricultural conservation
entomology
landscape ecology
invasive insect management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,267
2,044
0.902
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Entomology
Mosquitoes
Medical Entomology
Forensic Entomolog
Insect control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,219
973
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Entomology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,163
1,357
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Fruit Fly Taxonomy
Ecology & Management
Insect Systematics
Presentation Skills
Pest Control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,129
1,139
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
molecular biology and entomology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,044
1,306
0.639
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,771
229
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
John S. Terblanche
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,628
7,382
0.542
Evolutionary physiology - insect physiology - physiological plasticity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,152
255
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Marlies Craig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,417
7,792
0.628
Epidemiology
climate change
health
biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,899
315
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Peter Lindsey
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,719
6,333
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,733
459
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Richard H Hunt
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,234
2,244
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,561
501
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Martin P Hill
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,838
4,033
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
140,608
557
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Van Den Berg, J. Johnnie
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,269
4,197
0.577
Agricultural Entomology
Environmental Sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
151,117
596
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mark Robertson
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,785
3,737
0.551
Invasion biology
distributions
distribution modelling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
182,683
745
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Marcus Byrne
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,628
3,269
0.581
Entomology
Behaviour
Physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
203,684
38
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ali Bouattour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,030
2,536
0.504
Entomologie Médicale
arhtopodes vecteurs et pathogènes transmis par les vecteurs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
207,093
28
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Rhodes H. Makundi
Sokoine University of Agriculture
Morogoro, Tanzania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,946
2,394
0.484
Applied Entomology
Small Mammal Ecology
Pest Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
218,466
919
114
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
James Pryke
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,675
3,638
0.778
Conservation Biology
Entomology
Landscape Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
246,906
1,046
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Brett Hurley
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,098
2,589
0.632
Forest entomology
invasive species
biological control
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
260,348
1,109
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Denis Brothers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,862
1,471
0.381
Entomology
Systematics
Nomenclature
Evolutionary Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
265,736
599
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Abdel-Tawab H. Mossa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,773
2,456
0.651
Toxicology
Pesticides
Chemistry
Pharmacology
Antioxidant
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
267,521
1,149
147
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Francois Roets
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,743
2,618
0.699
Conservation biology
ecology
mycology
entomology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
268,198
2
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sebastien Boyer
Institut Pasteur of Madagascar
Antananarivo, Madagascar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,732
2,483
0.665
Medical Entomology
Ecology of vectors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
309,092
1,369
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Abraham Addo-Bediako
University of Limpopo
Mankweng, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,161
1,393
0.441
Entomology
Ecology
Ecotoxicology
Limnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
316,051
22
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Casper Nyamukondiwa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,077
2,513
0.817
Insect physiological ecology
climate change and pest management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
357,806
163
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Peter Kofi Kwapong
University of Cape Coast
Cape Coast, Ghana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,640
1,957
0.741
Pollination Ecology
Ecosystem Services
Bee Ecology
Stingless Bees
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
367,676
97
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Maulid Walad Mwatawala
Sokoine University of Agriculture
Morogoro, Tanzania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,550
1,279
0.502
entomology
ecology
pest management
law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
401,905
1,876
244
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Rene Gaigher
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,267
2,044
0.902
conservation ecology
agricultural conservation
entomology
landscape ecology
invasive insect management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
408,443
1,258
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Essam Shaalan
Aswan University
Aswan, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,219
973
0.438
Entomology
Mosquitoes
Medical Entomology
Forensic Entomolog
Insect control
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
416,163
209
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ebenezer Oduro Owusu
University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,163
1,357
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
421,094
217
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Maxwell Billah
University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,129
1,139
0.535
Fruit Fly Taxonomy
Ecology & Management
Insect Systematics
Presentation Skills
Pest Control
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
433,878
1,408
101
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mohamed S Salama
Ain Shams University
Cairo, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,044
1,306
0.639
molecular biology and entomology