Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers 1.755 Scientists Citation in Australia 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 biology
Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152,742
85,895
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ecology
resilience
complex systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,798
47,539
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Metaheuristics
Engineering Optimization
Evolutionary Computation
Swarm Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,721
112,929
0.891
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
plant biology
global and climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,607
25,366
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Coral Reefs
climate change
resilience
ecology
coral reef ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,446
39,558
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Conservation Biology
Ecology
Forest Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,024
38,036
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Conservation Biology
Tropical Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,808
38,788
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
ecology
evolution
vegetation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,798
32,956
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
conservation
evolution
ecology
evolutionary ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,512
22,493
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ecology
Restoration Ecology
Conservation Biology
Landscape Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,748
19,209
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Salinity Tolerance
Plant Biology
Wheat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,933
23,519
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Evolutionary biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,745
16,924
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,055
9,029
0.156
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
bioinformatics
metagenomics
machine learning
information visualization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,804
38,358
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Evolutionary Ecology
Behavioural Ecology
Animal Behaviour
Meta-analysis
Biostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,660
34,153
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Wetlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,596
21,837
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Cell Metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,245
18,113
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Biodiversity
global change
modelling
conservation assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,006
24,405
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Conservation
Environment and Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,140
37,323
0.730
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Plant Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,705
10,679
0.215
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ecology
Coral Reefs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,661
20,718
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Antarctic biology
biodiversity
evolutionary physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,764
16,881
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Conservation genetics
Conservation biology
Evolutionary genetics
Quantitative genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,734
13,054
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
global change biology
tropical ecology
tropical biology
climate change biology
macroecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,802
17,157
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
systems biology
cell biology
diabetes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,339
12,707
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,414
39
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Edward C Holmes
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152,742
85,895
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,556
44
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Brian Walker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,798
47,539
0.326
Ecology
resilience
complex systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,027
64
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Seyedali Mirjalili|Ali Mirjalili
Torrens University Australia
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,721
112,929
0.891
Metaheuristics
Engineering Optimization
Evolutionary Computation
Swarm Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,410
88
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
GD Farquhar
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,607
25,366
0.219
plant biology
global and climate change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,910
106
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Terry Hughes
James Cook University
Townsville, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,446
39,558
0.375
Coral Reefs
climate change
resilience
ecology
coral reef ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,090
118
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
David Lindenmayer
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,024
38,036
0.373
Conservation Biology
Ecology
Forest Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,289
132
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
William F Laurance
James Cook University
Townsville, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,808
38,788
0.393
Conservation Biology
Tropical Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,645
147
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Mark Westoby
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,798
32,956
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,263
171
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Richard Shine
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,512
22,493
0.263
conservation
evolution
ecology
evolutionary ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,940
196
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Richard J Hobbs
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,748
19,209
0.244
Ecology
Restoration Ecology
Conservation Biology
Landscape Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,574
226
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Rana Munns
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,933
23,519
0.322
Salinity Tolerance
Plant Biology
Wheat
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,309
246
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Craig Moritz
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,745
16,924
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,087
316
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
TML Wigley
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,055
9,029
0.156
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,154
317
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Donovan Parks
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,804
38,358
0.664
bioinformatics
metagenomics
machine learning
information visualization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,419
326
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Shinichi Nakagawa|中川震一
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,660
34,153
0.603
Evolutionary Ecology
Behavioural Ecology
Animal Behaviour
Meta-analysis
Biostatistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,443
329
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Colin Maxwell Finlayson
Charles Sturt University
Bathurst, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,596
21,837
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,772
342
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Mark Febbraio
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,245
18,113
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,094
351
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Simon Ferrier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,006
24,405
0.452
Biodiversity
global change
modelling
conservation assessment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,937
391
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
James EM Watson
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,140
37,323
0.730
Conservation
Environment and Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,369
414
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Elizabeth S. Dennis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,705
10,679
0.215
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,698
425
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
John Pandolfi
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,661
20,718
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,012
444
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Steven L Chown
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,764
16,881
0.353
Antarctic biology
biodiversity
evolutionary physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,385
458
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Richard Dick Frankham
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,734
13,054
0.279
Conservation genetics
Conservation biology
Evolutionary genetics
Quantitative genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,767
471
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Stephen E Williams
James Cook University
Townsville, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,802
17,157
0.375
global change biology
tropical ecology
tropical biology
climate change biology
macroecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,956
476
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
David E James
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,339
12,707
0.280
systems biology
cell biology
diabetes