Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
EECA Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers 6.343 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
plant ecology
biodiversity
biological invasions
macroecology
conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,900
49,613
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
molecular evolution
phylogenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,644
62,122
0.693
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
biological physics
complex networks
collective behaviour
complex systems
statistical physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,991
16,247
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
High Energy Physics
Distributed Computing
Grid computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,366
21,541
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
high energy physics
computing physics
particle physics
relativity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,711
21,046
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
multiple system atrophy
neurodegeneration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,908
19,540
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Human ecology
social ecology
land use
energy
long-term socio-ecological research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,098
19,555
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
taxonomy
biodiversity informatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,603
20,145
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,315
14,593
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
human reproductive ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,272
24,372
0.654
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
phylogenetic methods
evolutionary trees
phylogenetics
method development
ML methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,310
28,502
0.785
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
biological invasions
plant ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,126
22,435
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Bioacoustics
Cognitive Evolution
Bio-Musicology
Evolution of Language
Bio-Aesthetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,393
11,433
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Avian haemosporidia
Parasitology
Molecular evolutionary genetics
Ornithology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,884
29,266
0.864
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
land system research
social ecology
human ecology
land use and land cover
long-term socio-ecological research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,774
17,954
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Genomics
Systems Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,683
18,365
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
microbial oceanography
ocean biogeochemistry
biological oceanography
aquatic microbial ecology
marine microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,923
10,508
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Theoretische Chemie und Evolutionstheorie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,328
3,605
0.112
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
multivariate statistics
plant community ecology
arbuscular mycorrhiza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,920
7,634
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Botany
Ethnobotany
Ethnobiology
Ethnoecology
Vegetation Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,634
24,031
0.760
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Drosophila
natural selection
experimental evolution
adaptation to novel environments
polygenic adaptation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,179
7,961
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
phytochrome
light signalling
photomorphogenesis
Arabidopsis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,886
5,422
0.181
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
охрана природы
геоэкология
экология
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,466
5,723
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Developmental Biology
Cell Biology
Biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,142
8,460
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
ecology
botany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,215
9,910
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,005
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Petr Pyšek
Institute of Botany CAS
Průhonice, Czech Republic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,900
49,613
0.478
plant ecology
biodiversity
biological invasions
macroecology
conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,964
16
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Arndt Von Haeseler
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,644
62,122
0.693
molecular evolution
phylogenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,146
18
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Tamas Vicsek
Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,991
16,247
0.235
biological physics
complex networks
collective behaviour
complex systems
statistical physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,691
17
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ion Sorin Zgura
Institute of Space Science
Măgurele, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,366
21,541
0.330
High Energy Physics
Distributed Computing
Grid computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,945
18
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Mihai Niculescu
Institute of Space Science
Măgurele, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,711
21,046
0.358
high energy physics
computing physics
particle physics
relativity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,386
31
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Gregor K Wenning
Medizinische Universität Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,908
19,540
0.343
multiple system atrophy
neurodegeneration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,527
62
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Helmut Haberl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,098
19,555
0.465
Human ecology
social ecology
land use
energy
long-term socio-ecological research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,551
14
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Urmas KÞµljalg
University of Tartu
Tartu, Estonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,603
20,145
0.522
taxonomy
biodiversity informatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,747
15
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Martin Zobel
University of Tartu
Tartu, Estonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,315
14,593
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,445
32
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Grazyna Jasienska
Jagiellonian University
Krakow, Poland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,272
24,372
0.654
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,129
83
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Heiko A Schmidt
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,310
28,502
0.785
phylogenetic methods
evolutionary trees
phylogenetics
method development
ML methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,274
18
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jan Pergl
Institute of Botany CAS
Průhonice, Czech Republic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,126
22,435
0.621
biological invasions
plant ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,845
86
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
W Tecumseh Fitch
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,393
11,433
0.323
Bioacoustics
Cognitive Evolution
Bio-Musicology
Evolution of Language
Bio-Aesthetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,051
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sargis A Aghayan *
Yerevan State University
Yerevan, Armenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,884
29,266
0.864
Avian haemosporidia
Parasitology
Molecular evolutionary genetics
Ornithology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,149
90
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Karl Heinz Erb
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,774
17,954
0.532
land system research
social ecology
human ecology
land use and land cover
long-term socio-ecological research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,238
92
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Thomas Rattei
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,683
18,365
0.545
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Genomics
Systems Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,927
95
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Gerhard J Herndl
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,923
10,508
0.319
microbial oceanography
ocean biogeochemistry
biological oceanography
aquatic microbial ecology
marine microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,517
99
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Peter Schuster
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,328
3,605
0.112
Theoretische Chemie und Evolutionstheorie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,923
25
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Petr Šmilauer
University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,920
7,634
0.239
multivariate statistics
plant community ecology
arbuscular mycorrhiza
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,217
8
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Rainer W Bussmann
Ilia State University
Tbilisi, Georgia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,634
24,031
0.760
Botany
Ethnobotany
Ethnobiology
Ethnoecology
Vegetation Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,689
104
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Christian Schlötterer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,179
7,961
0.255
Drosophila
natural selection
experimental evolution
adaptation to novel environments
polygenic adaptation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,219
35
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ferenc Nagy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,886
5,422
0.181
phytochrome
light signalling
photomorphogenesis
Arabidopsis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,748
78
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Иванов Василий Васильевич
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,466
5,723
0.194
охрана природы
геоэкология
экология
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,124
119
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Carl-Philipp Heisenberg
Institute of Science and Technology, Austria
Klosterneuburg, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,142
8,460
0.290
Developmental Biology
Cell Biology
Biophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,288
28
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jan Lepš
University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,215
9,910
0.351