Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
asia Highly Cited Researchers CitationNatural Sciences / Biological Science 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
evolutionary genetics
evolutionary biology
genomics
phylogenetics
bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
281,470
125,245
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142,982
54,263
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
ecology
invasion biology
biodiversity
plant ecology
forest ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,468
47,856
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
medical sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,338
16,716
0.181
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Epidemiology
Global Burden of Diseases
Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Antimicrobial resistance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,145
76,691
0.860
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
human evolution
genome evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,304
19,663
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,625
22,074
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Evolutionary Computation
Swarm Intelligence
Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm
Brain Storm Optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,040
24,096
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Evolutionary Computation
Evolutionary Algorithms
Computational Intelligence
Neural Networks
SBSE
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,929
34,093
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Palaeontology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,836
44,011
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Microbial Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,490
39,645
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,893
16,763
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Ecology - Forestry - Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,596
30,965
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Genome biology
Plant-microbe interactions
Comparative genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,507
17,852
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
biology
medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,405
27,656
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,633
32,162
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Systems Biology
Metabolism
Sustainability Science
Global Ecology
Synthetic Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,019
34,595
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Bacterial infection
Innate immunity and Pyroptosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,831
38,799
0.695
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Immunology
Apoptosis
Tumor
Stem Cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,793
30,047
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Cancer Biology
Pharmacology
Molecular Biology
Chronic Diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,613
26,891
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Photosynthesis
environmental stress
genetic engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,598
11,192
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,760
11,601
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
High Energy Nuclear Physics
Heavy-Ion Collisions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,157
27,025
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Microbial Ecology and Global Change Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,152
24,097
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Particle Physics
High Energy Physics
Nuclear Instruments and Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,090
25,742
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
268
5
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Koichiro Tamura
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Hachioji, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
281,470
125,245
0.445
evolutionary genetics
evolutionary biology
genomics
phylogenetics
bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,548
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Munther Hamza Rathi
Diyala University
Baqubah, Iraq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142,982
54,263
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,482
10
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
David A Wardle
Nanyang Technological University
Jurong West, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,468
47,856
0.429
ecology
invasion biology
biodiversity
plant ecology
forest ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,604
70
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Xiaodong Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,338
16,716
0.181
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,841
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Karzan Abdulmuhsin Mohammad
Salahaddin University Erbil
Erbil, Iraq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,145
76,691
0.860
Epidemiology
Global Burden of Diseases
Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Antimicrobial resistance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,983
47
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Saitou Naruya
National Institute of Genetics, Japan
Yokohama, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,304
19,663
0.225
human evolution
genome evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,537
10
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ciechanover A|shaked, yuval
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,625
22,074
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,601
105
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Yuhui Shi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,040
24,096
0.301
Evolutionary Computation
Swarm Intelligence
Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm
Brain Storm Optimization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,716
109
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Xin Yao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,929
34,093
0.432
Evolutionary Computation
Evolutionary Algorithms
Computational Intelligence
Neural Networks
SBSE
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,965
118
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Zhang Zhifei
Northwest University
Xi'an, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,836
44,011
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,109
55
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jong Guk Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,490
39,645
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,944
16
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Eviatar Nevo
University of Haifa
Haifa, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,893
16,763
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,260
45
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mostafa Jafari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,596
30,965
0.465
Ecology - Forestry - Climate Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,430
76
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Shusei Sato
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,507
17,852
0.273
Genome biology
Plant-microbe interactions
Comparative genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,617
42
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
GG Chen
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,405
27,656
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,111
195
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jingyun Fang
Peking University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,633
32,162
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,810
29
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ron Milo
Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,019
34,595
0.596
Systems Biology
Metabolism
Sustainability Science
Global Ecology
Synthetic Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,322
225
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Feng Shao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,831
38,799
0.695
Bacterial infection
Innate immunity and Pyroptosis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,333
228
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Yufang Shi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,793
30,047
0.539
Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Immunology
Apoptosis
Tumor
Stem Cells
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,895
95
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ajaikumar B Kunnumakkara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,613
26,891
0.502
Cancer Biology
Pharmacology
Molecular Biology
Chronic Diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,906
107
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Murata Norio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,598
11,192
0.209
Photosynthesis
environmental stress
genetic engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,701
114
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Mitsuhiro Yanagida
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,760
11,601
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,894
286
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Subhash Singha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,157
27,025
0.539
High Energy Nuclear Physics
Heavy-Ion Collisions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,900
289
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Weixing Liu(刘卫星)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,152
24,097
0.480
Microbial Ecology and Global Change Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,920
292
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Gang Li|G Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,090
25,742
0.514
Particle Physics
High Energy Physics
Nuclear Instruments and Methods