Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Europe Natural Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 17.281 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
Genomics
Human genetics
Bioinformatics
Computational biology
Genome evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
338,045
141,015
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Genetics
Genomics
Heart Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
289,997
87,191
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Wnt
Intestine
Organoid
Adult stem cell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
281,599
121,675
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
257,517
99,796
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Genetiikka
epigenetiikka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
252,131
115,376
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
genome
microbiome
diabetes
metabolism
cardiovascular disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246,224
94,181
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Cattle nutrition
fertility
growth
molecular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229,718
66,635
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Evolution
Bioinformatics
Sequence Alignment
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
224,790
40,417
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
proteomics
mass spectrometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217,539
53,024
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
genetic epidemiology
substance use
sleep
obesity
physical inactivity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216,325
86,970
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
noncoding RNA
genetics
molecular biology
genomics
cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
212,319
44,030
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Genetics of common
chronic disease. Disease risk assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,524
101,368
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Computational-Biology
embl_ebi_research_group
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,027
62,774
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Computational analysis
statistics
data mining
cancer genomics
particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181,604
70,911
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
molecular neuropathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166,821
96,768
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Epigenetics
neuropsychiatric disease
dementia
genomics
neurodevelopment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165,448
44,887
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
carbohydrate-active enzymes
glycogenomics
glycoscience
glycobiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163,451
59,549
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Protein structure
RNA
EMBL-EBI-Research-Group
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160,737
70,305
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Statistical Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159,933
66,328
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Cancer genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158,957
72,126
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Cancer Epigenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149,291
42,305
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Membrane protiens
bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148,609
37,031
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Genome Informatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,650
39,347
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Computational biology
protein structural biology
bioinformatics
ageing
EMBL-EBI-Research-Group
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,629
27,877
0.189
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Genetics
Diabetes
Obesity
Gut Microbiome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,577
66,271
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
149
13
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Richard Durbin
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
338,045
141,015
0.417
Genomics
Human genetics
Bioinformatics
Computational biology
Genome evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
263
24
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Panos Deloukas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
289,997
87,191
0.301
Genetics
Genomics
Heart Disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
302
5
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Hans Clevers
Hubrecht Institute
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
281,599
121,675
0.432
Wnt
Intestine
Organoid
Adult stem cell
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
423
36
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mark McCarthy
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
257,517
99,796
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
461
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Lehtimaki T
BioMediTech
Tampere, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
252,131
115,376
0.458
Genetiikka
epigenetiikka
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
496
3
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Oluf Pedersen
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246,224
94,181
0.383
genome
microbiome
diabetes
metabolism
cardiovascular disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
608
2
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
David A Kenny
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229,718
66,635
0.290
Cattle nutrition
fertility
growth
molecular biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
642
3
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Des Higgins
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
224,790
40,417
0.180
Evolution
Bioinformatics
Sequence Alignment
Genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
691
13
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Aebersold R
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217,539
53,024
0.244
proteomics
mass spectrometry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
701
6
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jaakko Kaprio
University of Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216,325
86,970
0.402
genetic epidemiology
substance use
sleep
obesity
physical inactivity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
730
54
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Gregory Hannon
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
212,319
44,030
0.207
noncoding RNA
genetics
molecular biology
genomics
cancer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
784
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Vilmundur Gudnason
University of Iceland
Reykjavík, Iceland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,524
101,368
0.491
Genetics of common
chronic disease. Disease risk assessment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
788
60
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ewan Birney
European Bioinformatics Institute
Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,027
62,774
0.305
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Computational-Biology
embl_ebi_research_group
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,011
18
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sergey Senkin
World Health Organization
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181,604
70,911
0.390
Computational analysis
statistics
data mining
cancer genomics
particle physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,191
32
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Andreas von Deimling
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166,821
96,768
0.580
molecular neuropathology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,217
88
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jonathan Mill
University of Exeter
Exeter, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165,448
44,887
0.271
Epigenetics
neuropsychiatric disease
dementia
genomics
neurodevelopment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,246
6
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Bernard Henrissat
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163,451
59,549
0.364
carbohydrate-active enzymes
glycogenomics
glycoscience
glycobiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,287
92
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Alex Bateman
European Bioinformatics Institute
Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160,737
70,305
0.437
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Protein structure
RNA
EMBL-EBI-Research-Group
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,299
93
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Cathryn Lewis
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159,933
66,328
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,317
21
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Mark A Rubin
Universität Bern
Bern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158,957
72,126
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,486
45
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Manel Esteller
Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute
Barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149,291
42,305
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,498
20
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Gunnar Von Heijne
Stockholm University
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148,609
37,031
0.249
Membrane protiens
bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,523
116
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Tim Hubbard
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,650
39,347
0.266
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Genome Informatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,524
117
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Janet M Thornton
European Bioinformatics Institute
Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,629
27,877
0.189
Computational biology
protein structural biology
bioinformatics
ageing
EMBL-EBI-Research-Group
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,526
8
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Torben Hansen
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,577
66,271
0.449
Genetics
Diabetes
Obesity
Gut Microbiome