Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
asia Natural Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 14.555 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
evolutionary genetics
evolutionary biology
genomics
phylogenetics
bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
287,554
110,925
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
ecology
invasion biology
biodiversity
plant ecology
forest ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,014
42,452
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Epidemiology
Global Burden of Diseases
Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Antimicrobial resistance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,346
73,794
0.766
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
medical sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,193
14,408
0.155
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
human evolution
genome evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,170
16,740
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,963
19,774
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Evolutionary Computation
Swarm Intelligence
Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm
Brain Storm Optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,117
20,756
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Evolutionary Computation
Evolutionary Algorithms
Computational Intelligence
Neural Networks
SBSE
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,515
30,382
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Palaeontology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,430
39,148
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Microbial Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,205
35,508
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,933
14,694
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ecology - Forestry - Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,791
27,297
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Genome biology
Plant-microbe interactions
Comparative genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,377
15,188
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
biology
medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,807
24,537
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,428
28,936
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Systems Biology
Metabolism
Sustainability Science
Global Ecology
Synthetic Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,713
32,139
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Bacterial infection
Innate immunity and Pyroptosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,916
36,899
0.637
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Immunology
Apoptosis
Tumor
Stem Cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,569
27,933
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Cancer Biology
Pharmacology
Molecular Biology
Chronic Diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,082
24,426
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Photosynthesis
environmental stress
genetic engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,168
9,478
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Particle Physics
High Energy Physics
Nuclear Instruments and Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,391
24,641
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
High Energy Nuclear Physics
Heavy-Ion Collisions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,878
23,814
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,329
9,967
0.194
* 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
51,322
21,159
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ecological Statistics
biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,197
23,558
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
271
5
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Koichiro Tamura
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Hachioji, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
287,554
110,925
0.386
evolutionary genetics
evolutionary biology
genomics
phylogenetics
bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,496
10
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
David A Wardle
Nanyang Technological University
Jurong West, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,014
42,452
0.372
ecology
invasion biology
biodiversity
plant ecology
forest ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,485
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Karzan Abdulmuhsin Mohammad
Salahaddin University Erbil
Erbil, Iraq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,346
73,794
0.766
Epidemiology
Global Burden of Diseases
Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Antimicrobial resistance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,704
74
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Xiaodong Wang
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,193
14,408
0.155
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,070
48
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Saitou Naruya
National Institute of Genetics, Japan
Yokohama, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,170
16,740
0.190
human evolution
genome evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,600
12
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ciechanover A|shaked, yuval
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,963
19,774
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,693
113
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Yuhui Shi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,117
20,756
0.256
Evolutionary Computation
Swarm Intelligence
Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm
Brain Storm Optimization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,761
118
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Xin Yao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,515
30,382
0.377
Evolutionary Computation
Evolutionary Algorithms
Computational Intelligence
Neural Networks
SBSE
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,878
123
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Zhang Zhifei
Northwest University
Xi'an, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,430
39,148
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,119
54
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jong Guk Kim
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,205
35,508
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,005
16
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Eviatar Nevo
University of Haifa
Haifa, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,933
14,694
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,314
47
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Mostafa Jafari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,791
27,297
0.403
Ecology - Forestry - Climate Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,525
76
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Shusei Sato
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,377
15,188
0.229
Genome biology
Plant-microbe interactions
Comparative genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,616
44
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
GG Chen
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,807
24,537
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,037
196
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jingyun Fang
Peking University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,428
28,936
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,741
28
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ron Milo
Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,713
32,139
0.538
Systems Biology
Metabolism
Sustainability Science
Global Ecology
Synthetic Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,144
224
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Feng Shao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,916
36,899
0.637
Bacterial infection
Innate immunity and Pyroptosis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,226
228
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Yufang Shi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,569
27,933
0.485
Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Immunology
Apoptosis
Tumor
Stem Cells
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,845
93
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ajaikumar B Kunnumakkara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,082
24,426
0.443
Cancer Biology
Pharmacology
Molecular Biology
Chronic Diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,086
109
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Murata Norio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,168
9,478
0.175
Photosynthesis
environmental stress
genetic engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,580
287
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Gang Li|G Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,391
24,641
0.470
Particle Physics
High Energy Physics
Nuclear Instruments and Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,729
293
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Subhash Singha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,878
23,814
0.459
High Energy Nuclear Physics
Heavy-Ion Collisions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,898
116
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Mitsuhiro Yanagida
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,329
9,967
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,900
303
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Weixing Liu(刘卫星)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,322
21,159
0.412
Microbial Ecology and Global Change Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,246
36
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Anne Chao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,197
23,558
0.469
Ecological Statistics
biodiversity