Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
BRICS Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers 10.203 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
carbon cycle
savannas
earth observation
biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188,281
64,823
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
invasion ecology
invasion biology
invasion science
conservation biology
biological invasions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,136
38,338
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
medical sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,193
14,408
0.155
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Evolutionary Computation
Swarm Intelligence
Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm
Brain Storm Optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,117
20,756
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Evolutionary Computation
Evolutionary Algorithms
Computational Intelligence
Neural Networks
SBSE
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,515
30,382
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Palaeontology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,430
39,148
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ecology
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,468
26,303
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,428
28,936
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Bacterial infection
Innate immunity and Pyroptosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,916
36,899
0.637
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Immunology
Apoptosis
Tumor
Stem Cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,569
27,933
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
ecologia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,362
18,074
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Cancer Biology
Pharmacology
Molecular Biology
Chronic Diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,082
24,426
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Particle Physics
High Energy Physics
Nuclear Instruments and Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,391
24,641
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
High Energy Nuclear Physics
Heavy-Ion Collisions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,878
23,814
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Microbial Ecology and Global Change Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,322
21,159
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ecology
conservation Biology
Earth system science
Climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,239
20,362
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
circular economy
industrial ecology
climate change policy
water management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,960
31,226
0.638
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
community ecology
trophic interactions
grasslands
biological invasions
ecosystem ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,872
18,022
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Biotechnology
Solid-State Fermentation
Microalgae
Coffee
Cocoa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,689
21,353
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Plant diversity and evolution
palaeovegetation science
conservation science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,133
10,380
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Evolution
Evolutionary Biology
Phylogenetics
Molecular Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,946
6,577
0.143
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Synthetic Biology
Protein Engineering
Enzymology
Metabolic Engineering
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,321
22,393
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,136
26,804
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Synthetic Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,427
15,914
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
food science
food safety
food security
food studies
world agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,144
18,752
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
961
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Robert J Scholes
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188,281
64,823
0.344
carbon cycle
savannas
earth observation
biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,159
9
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
David M. Richardson
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,136
38,338
0.379
invasion ecology
invasion biology
invasion science
conservation biology
biological invasions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,702
74
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Xiaodong Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,193
14,408
0.155
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,691
113
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Yuhui Shi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,117
20,756
0.256
Evolutionary Computation
Swarm Intelligence
Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm
Brain Storm Optimization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,759
118
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Xin Yao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,515
30,382
0.377
Evolutionary Computation
Evolutionary Algorithms
Computational Intelligence
Neural Networks
SBSE
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,875
123
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Zhang Zhifei
Northwest University
Xi'an, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,430
39,148
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,068
18
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
William Bond
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,468
26,303
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,035
196
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jingyun Fang
Peking University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,428
28,936
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,143
224
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Feng Shao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,916
36,899
0.637
Bacterial infection
Innate immunity and Pyroptosis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,224
228
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Yufang Shi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,569
27,933
0.485
Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Immunology
Apoptosis
Tumor
Stem Cells
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,762
75
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Philip M Fearnside
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,362
18,074
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,841
92
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ajaikumar B Kunnumakkara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,082
24,426
0.443
Cancer Biology
Pharmacology
Molecular Biology
Chronic Diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,576
287
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Gang Li|G Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,391
24,641
0.470
Particle Physics
High Energy Physics
Nuclear Instruments and Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,726
293
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Subhash Singha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,878
23,814
0.459
High Energy Nuclear Physics
Heavy-Ion Collisions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,897
303
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Weixing Liu(刘卫星)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,322
21,159
0.412
Microbial Ecology and Global Change Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,229
28
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Guy Midgley
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,239
20,362
0.405
Ecology
conservation Biology
Earth system science
Climate change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,612
336
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Geng Yong
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,960
31,226
0.638
circular economy
industrial ecology
climate change policy
water management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,643
338
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Johannes MH Knops
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,872
18,022
0.369
community ecology
trophic interactions
grasslands
biological invasions
ecosystem ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,064
91
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Carlos Ricardo Soccol
Universidade Federal do Paraná
Copenhagen, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,689
21,353
0.448
Biotechnology
Solid-State Fermentation
Microalgae
Coffee
Cocoa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,663
36
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Richard M. Cowling
Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,133
10,380
0.225
Plant diversity and evolution
palaeovegetation science
conservation science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,732
376
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Masami Hasegawa
Fudan University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,946
6,577
0.143
Evolution
Evolutionary Biology
Phylogenetics
Molecular Evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,459
401
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
zhang liaoyuan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,321
22,393
0.505
Synthetic Biology
Protein Engineering
Enzymology
Metabolic Engineering
Microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,018
424
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Xing-Jie Liang
National Center for Nanoscience and Technology
Thiruvananthapuram, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,136
26,804
0.621
Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,379
440
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Guo-Qiang George Chen （陈国强）
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,427
15,914
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,506
446
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Harold Corke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,144
18,752
0.445
food science
food safety
food security
food studies
world agriculture