Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Europe Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers 21.952 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
aging
cancer
immunology
medicine
metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
418,771
171,585
0.410
* 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
399,629
173,568
0.434
* 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
355,598
105,617
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Bioimage Informatics
Bioinformatics
String Algorithms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
287,243
69,188
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
High energy physics
theoretical physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
255,210
107,179
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ecology and Environment
Financial Systems.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
205,526
41,398
0.201
* 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
184,448
95,047
0.515
* 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
167,656
59,952
0.358
* 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
164,940
91,817
0.557
* 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
155,165
56,980
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Conservation Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,538
52,415
0.355
* 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
134,867
63,616
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Molecular genetics
cancer
pathomechanisms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,670
40,058
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,021
51,915
0.451
* 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
114,446
39,464
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
biotechnology
protein science
protein engineering
antibody engineering
precision medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,753
49,474
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
evolution
population genetics
range expansions
statistical genetics
demographic inference
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,639
24,940
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
behavior
ecology
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,322
26,252
0.234
* 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
107,925
47,998
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Cancer Evolution and Genome Instability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,689
65,691
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Protein Phosphorylation
Kinases
Ubiquitin
Signalling
Parkinson's Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,111
22,417
0.213
* 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
104,537
59,979
0.574
* 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
103,900
49,613
0.478
* 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
102,923
47,254
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Bioinformatics
Genome biology
Polyploidy
Gene and genome duplications
Systems biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,199
34,364
0.340
* 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
418,771
171,585
0.410
aging
cancer
immunology
medicine
metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72
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
399,629
173,568
0.434
biology
computational biology
systems biology
bioinformatics
evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
123
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Matthias Mann
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
355,598
105,617
0.297
Proteomics
Systems biology
Metabolic diseases
Cancer
Signal Transduction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
274
11
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Gene Myers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
287,243
69,188
0.241
Bioimage Informatics
Bioinformatics
String Algorithms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
443
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
255,210
107,179
0.420
High energy physics
theoretical physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
795
61
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Robert M May
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
205,526
41,398
0.201
Ecology and Environment
Financial Systems.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
990
75
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Andrew Rambaut
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
184,448
95,047
0.515
Molecular Evolution
Virology
Molecular Epidemiology
Computational Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,183
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
167,656
59,952
0.358
High Energy Physics
Particle Physics
LHC
LHCb
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,224
38
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Josep Penuelas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164,940
91,817
0.557
global ecology
atmosphere-biosphere interactions
remote sensing
climate change impacts
ecometabolomics and biogenic VOCs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,376
7
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Søren Brunak
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155,165
56,980
0.367
Bioinformatics
Systems Biology
Systems Medicine
Digital Health
Data Sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,527
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
147,538
52,415
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,810
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
134,867
63,616
0.472
metabolic engineering
metabolism
systems biology
synthetic biology
biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,220
60
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Peter Lichter
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,670
40,058
0.332
Molecular genetics
cancer
pathomechanisms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,450
13
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Karsten Kristiansen
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,021
51,915
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,472
14
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Rasmus Nielsen
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,446
39,464
0.345
Population Genetics
Evolutionary genetics
Evolution
Statistical Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,544
28
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mathias Uhlén
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,753
49,474
0.439
biotechnology
protein science
protein engineering
antibody engineering
precision medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,551
33
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Laurent Excoffier
Universität Bern
Bern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,639
24,940
0.221
evolution
population genetics
range expansions
statistical genetics
demographic inference
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,569
50
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Anders Pape Møller
University of Paris-Sud
Orsay, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,322
26,252
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,786
54
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Wilfried Thuiller
Université Grenoble Alpes
Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,925
47,998
0.445
Ecology
biogeography
community ecology
macroecology
functional ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,909
231
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Charles Swanton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,689
65,691
0.622
Cancer Evolution and Genome Instability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,938
235
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Dario Alessi
University of Dundee
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,111
22,417
0.213
Protein Phosphorylation
Kinases
Ubiquitin
Signalling
Parkinson's Disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,972
40
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Christian Von Mering
Universität Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,537
59,979
0.574
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
Protein Networks
Evolution
Microbial Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,005
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
103,900
49,613
0.478
plant ecology
biodiversity
biological invasions
macroecology
conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,055
97
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Alexandros Stamatakis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,923
47,254
0.459
Algorithms
Parallel Computing
Bioinformatics
Phylogenetics
Evolutionary Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,152
22
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Yves Van De Peer
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,199
34,364
0.340
Bioinformatics
Genome biology
Polyploidy
Gene and genome duplications
Systems biology