Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers 1.914 Scientists Citation in Canada 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
ecology
community ecology
beta diversity
phylogenetic analysis
multivariate statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,272
80,485
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
ecology
evolution
epidemiology
statistics
theoretical biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,655
82,940
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Biodiversity Science
Evolution
Genetics
Ecology
DNA barcoding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,354
37,360
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
systems biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,922
73,521
0.669
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ecotoxicology
Environmental Chemistry
Aquatic Toxicology
Ecology
Environmental Toxicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,106
29,853
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
ecology
ecosystem services
phosphorus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,110
45,964
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Plant-bacteria interaction
Molecular biotechnology
Ethylene
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,663
35,137
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
conservation biology
agroecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,443
37,713
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Origin and evolution of antibiotic resistance genes
especially integron-associated determinants
Antibiotic biosynthesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,567
16,744
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
landscape ecology
conservation biology
ecology
road ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,937
24,147
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Landscape ecology
landscape genetics
conservation
multivariate and spatial statistics
ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,210
37,954
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Proteomics
signal transduction
cancer biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,122
25,361
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Evolutionary Biology
Evolution
Plant Evolution
Plant Biology
Evolutionary Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,103
18,932
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
limnology
biogeochemistry
aquatic sciences
aquatic ecology
boreal ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,988
12,100
0.202
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Evolution
Ecology
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,777
14,291
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mitochondrial Dynamics
Oxygen Sensing
Epigenetic
Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Ventricle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,177
16,120
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Marine ecology
biodiversity science
conservation biology
fisheries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,325
20,932
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Conservation genetics
evolutionary biology
population genetics
molecular ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,271
17,946
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Biologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,314
8,980
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Evolutionary biology
Evolutionary genetics
Evolutionary ecology
Plant reproduction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,709
11,351
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Phylogenetic biology
arachnology
Salticidae
systematics
taxonomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,264
9,363
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
biodiversity change
evolutionary rescue
mesoecology
connectivity conservation
sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,666
24,013
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ecologie forestiere
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,208
14,189
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
ecology
wildlife management
population dynamics
modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,654
14,395
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Evolution
genomics
microbiology
philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,756
6,218
0.145
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
884
38
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Pierre Legendre
Université de Montréal
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,272
80,485
0.412
ecology
community ecology
beta diversity
phylogenetic analysis
multivariate statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,123
81
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ben Bolker
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,655
82,940
0.671
ecology
evolution
epidemiology
statistics
theoretical biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,425
89
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Paul Dn Hebert
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,354
37,360
0.324
Biodiversity Science
Evolution
Genetics
Ecology
DNA barcoding
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,685
102
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Lei Li
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,922
73,521
0.669
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,161
118
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
John Giesy
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,106
29,853
0.295
Ecotoxicology
Environmental Chemistry
Aquatic Toxicology
Ecology
Environmental Toxicology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,420
130
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Elena M Bennett
McGill University
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,110
45,964
0.473
ecology
ecosystem services
phosphorus
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,629
176
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Bernard R Glick
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,663
35,137
0.430
Plant-bacteria interaction
Molecular biotechnology
Ethylene
Microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,661
178
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Claire Kremen
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,443
37,713
0.463
conservation biology
agroecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,074
197
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Julian Davies
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,567
16,744
0.216
Origin and evolution of antibiotic resistance genes
especially integron-associated determinants
Antibiotic biosynthesis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,001
235
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Lenore Fahrig
Carleton University
Ottawa, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,937
24,147
0.345
landscape ecology
conservation biology
ecology
road ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,546
251
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Helene H Wagner
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,210
37,954
0.573
Landscape ecology
landscape genetics
conservation
multivariate and spatial statistics
ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,092
267
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Anne-Claude Gingras
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,122
25,361
0.402
Proteomics
signal transduction
cancer biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,269
273
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Loren Rieseberg
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,103
18,932
0.305
Evolutionary Biology
Evolution
Plant Evolution
Plant Biology
Evolutionary Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,671
288
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
DW Schindler
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,988
12,100
0.202
limnology
biogeochemistry
aquatic sciences
aquatic ecology
boreal ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,722
290
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Dolph Schluter
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,777
14,291
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,569
328
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Stephen L Archer
Queen's University Kingston
Kingston, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,177
16,120
0.287
Mitochondrial Dynamics
Oxygen Sensing
Epigenetic
Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Ventricle
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,289
365
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Boris Worm
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,325
20,932
0.393
Marine ecology
biodiversity science
conservation biology
fisheries
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,307
368
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Louis Bernatchez
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,271
17,946
0.337
Conservation genetics
evolutionary biology
population genetics
molecular ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,898
388
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Guy G Poirier
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,314
8,980
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,394
405
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Spencer Ch Barrett
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,709
11,351
0.228
Evolutionary biology
Evolutionary genetics
Evolutionary ecology
Plant reproduction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,525
410
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Wayne P Maddison
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,264
9,363
0.190
Phylogenetic biology
arachnology
Salticidae
systematics
taxonomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,857
464
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Andrew Gonzalez
McGill University
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,666
24,013
0.526
biodiversity change
evolutionary rescue
mesoecology
connectivity conservation
sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,040
468
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Yves Bergeron
Université du Québec Abitibi-Temiscamingue
Rouyn-Noranda, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,208
14,189
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,293
478
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Mark S Boyce
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,654
14,395
0.322
ecology
wildlife management
population dynamics
modelling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,200
514
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
W Ford Doolittle
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,756
6,218
0.145
Evolution
genomics
microbiology
philosophy