Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
EuropeNatural Sciences / Biological Science 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
aging
cancer
immunology
medicine
metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
410,959
187,928
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
biology
computational biology
systems biology
bioinformatics
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
392,172
189,701
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Proteomics
Systems biology
Metabolic diseases
Cancer
Signal Transduction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
351,351
120,805
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Bioimage Informatics
Bioinformatics
String Algorithms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
284,282
78,406
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
High energy physics
theoretical physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
249,860
125,293
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Ecology and Environment
Financial Systems.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203,813
48,181
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Molecular Evolution
Virology
Molecular Epidemiology
Computational Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181,460
102,875
0.567
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
High Energy Physics
Particle Physics
LHC
LHCb
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163,992
68,142
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
global ecology
atmosphere-biosphere interactions
remote sensing
climate change impacts
ecometabolomics and biogenic VOCs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160,235
98,489
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Bioinformatics
Systems Biology
Systems Medicine
Digital Health
Data Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152,701
64,306
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Conservation Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,297
59,445
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
metabolic engineering
metabolism
systems biology
synthetic biology
biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132,139
70,350
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Molecular genetics
cancer
pathomechanisms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,316
46,147
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,057
58,974
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Population Genetics
Evolutionary genetics
Evolution
Statistical Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,913
46,015
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
evolution
population genetics
range expansions
statistical genetics
demographic inference
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,726
29,898
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
behavior
ecology
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,126
30,512
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
biotechnology
protein science
protein engineering
antibody engineering
precision medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,649
53,868
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Ecology
biogeography
community ecology
macroecology
functional ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,569
53,107
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Protein Phosphorylation
Kinases
Ubiquitin
Signalling
Parkinson's Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,273
26,074
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Cancer Evolution and Genome Instability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,313
71,720
0.694
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
Protein Networks
Evolution
Microbial Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,198
64,314
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
plant ecology
biodiversity
biological invasions
macroecology
conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,618
54,642
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Algorithms
Parallel Computing
Bioinformatics
Phylogenetics
Evolutionary Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,278
54,347
0.537
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,159
22,225
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Guido Kroemer
Université Paris Cité
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
410,959
187,928
0.457
aging
cancer
immunology
medicine
metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Peer Bork
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
392,172
189,701
0.484
biology
computational biology
systems biology
bioinformatics
evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Matthias Mann
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
351,351
120,805
0.344
Proteomics
Systems biology
Metabolic diseases
Cancer
Signal Transduction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
262
10
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Gene Myers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
284,282
78,406
0.276
Bioimage Informatics
Bioinformatics
String Algorithms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
451
16
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Juan Antonio Aguilar Saavedra
Universidad de Granada
Granada, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
249,860
125,293
0.501
High energy physics
theoretical physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
768
59
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Robert M May
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203,813
48,181
0.236
Ecology and Environment
Financial Systems.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
987
74
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Andrew Rambaut
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181,460
102,875
0.567
Molecular Evolution
Virology
Molecular Epidemiology
Computational Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,189
36
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Eugeni Graugés Pous
Universitat de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163,992
68,142
0.416
High Energy Physics
Particle Physics
LHC
LHCb
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,252
39
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Josep Penuelas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160,235
98,489
0.615
global ecology
atmosphere-biosphere interactions
remote sensing
climate change impacts
ecometabolomics and biogenic VOCs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,375
7
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Søren Brunak
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152,701
64,306
0.421
Bioinformatics
Systems Biology
Systems Medicine
Digital Health
Data Sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,521
119
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Kevin J Gaston
University of Exeter
Exeter, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,297
59,445
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,826
23
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jens Nielsen
Chalmers University of Technology
Göteborg, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132,139
70,350
0.532
metabolic engineering
metabolism
systems biology
synthetic biology
biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,200
58
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Peter Lichter
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,316
46,147
0.387
Molecular genetics
cancer
pathomechanisms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,438
13
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Karsten Kristiansen
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,057
58,974
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,442
14
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Rasmus Nielsen
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,913
46,015
0.408
Population Genetics
Evolutionary genetics
Evolution
Statistical Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,495
33
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Laurent Excoffier
Universität Bern
Bern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,726
29,898
0.268
evolution
population genetics
range expansions
statistical genetics
demographic inference
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,523
50
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Anders Pape Møller
University of Paris-Sud
Bures-sur-Yvette, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,126
30,512
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,551
28
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Mathias Uhlén
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,649
53,868
0.487
biotechnology
protein science
protein engineering
antibody engineering
precision medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,804
54
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Wilfried Thuiller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,569
53,107
0.503
Ecology
biogeography
community ecology
macroecology
functional ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,882
226
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Dario Alessi
University of Dundee
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,273
26,074
0.250
Protein Phosphorylation
Kinases
Ubiquitin
Signalling
Parkinson's Disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,934
232
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Charles Swanton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,313
71,720
0.694
Cancer Evolution and Genome Instability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,986
40
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Christian Von Mering
Universität Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,198
64,314
0.629
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
Protein Networks
Evolution
Microbial Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,017
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Petr Pyšek
Institute of Botany CAS
Průhonice, Czech Republic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,618
54,642
0.538
plant ecology
biodiversity
biological invasions
macroecology
conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,039
96
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Alexandros Stamatakis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,278
54,347
0.537
Algorithms
Parallel Computing
Bioinformatics
Phylogenetics
Evolutionary Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,099
245
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Raymond Dwek
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,159
22,225
0.222