Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers 802 Scientists Citation in Switzerland 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
evolution
population genetics
range expansions
statistical genetics
demographic inference
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,797
25,351
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
Protein Networks
Evolution
Microbial Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,382
61,916
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ecology
Biogeography
Environment
Species distribution modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,305
39,395
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Computational Biology
Cancer Genomics
Cancer Epigenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,011
48,985
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
life sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,254
17,918
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Biologie de la fibrose
biologie vasculaire
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,732
10,553
0.139
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Systems Biology
Drug Discovery
Gene Orthology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,761
50,387
0.722
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Conservation Biology
Biodiversity
Extinction
Ecology
Ornithology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,763
25,245
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
primate behavior culture cooperation intelligence rainforest ecology conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,382
17,471
0.289
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Computational Structural Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,769
27,806
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
ecology
mycorrhizas
agricultural sustainability
soil biodiversity
plant-soil-interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,361
35,075
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Microbiome Research
Microbial Ecology
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,444
37,435
0.641
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Computational Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,268
19,122
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Biogeography
Community Ecology
Ornithology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,804
20,003
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Computational models
Gene Regulation
small RNAs
Polyadenylation
Translation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,345
11,514
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
Cancer
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,171
11,351
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Evolution
genetics
social life
animal behavior
behavioral ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,756
10,102
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
infectious disease dynamics
theoretical biology
mathematical biology
drug resistance
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,286
10,253
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Bioinformatics
Evolutionary Biology
Systems Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,903
17,084
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ecology
Biological Invasions
Invasion Biology
Biological Control
Macroecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,957
22,799
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
systems biology
personalized medicine
personal data
developmental biology
genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,334
5,951
0.164
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Biology and Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,297
3,769
0.110
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,114
11,244
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Life cycle assessment
Industrial Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,732
16,966
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
adaptive radiation
biodiversity
ecology
evolutionary biology
speciation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,117
12,085
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,545
33
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Laurent Excoffier
Universität Bern
Bern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,797
25,351
0.235
evolution
population genetics
range expansions
statistical genetics
demographic inference
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,965
40
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Christian Von Mering
Universität Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,382
61,916
0.582
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
Protein Networks
Evolution
Microbial Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,617
50
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Antoine Guisan
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,305
39,395
0.413
Ecology
Biogeography
Environment
Species distribution modelling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,746
55
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Giovanni Ciriello
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,011
48,985
0.532
Computational Biology
Cancer Genomics
Cancer Epigenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,710
73
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Didier Trono
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,254
17,918
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,294
85
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Giulio Gabbiani
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,732
10,553
0.139
Biologie de la fibrose
biologie vasculaire
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,289
99
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Damian Szklarczyk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,761
50,387
0.722
Systems Biology
Drug Discovery
Gene Orthology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,413
121
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Thomas Brooks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,763
25,245
0.409
Conservation Biology
Biodiversity
Extinction
Ecology
Ornithology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,598
123
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Carel P Van Schaik
Universität Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,382
17,471
0.289
primate behavior culture cooperation intelligence rainforest ecology conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,010
129
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Torsten Schwede
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,769
27,806
0.465
Computational Structural Biology
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,030
130
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Marcel Ga Van Der Heijden
Agroscope
Antwerp, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,361
35,075
0.591
ecology
mycorrhizas
agricultural sustainability
soil biodiversity
plant-soil-interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,213
137
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Shinichi Sunagawa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,444
37,435
0.641
Microbiome Research
Microbial Ecology
Bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,417
168
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Sven Bergmann
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,268
19,122
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,775
175
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Catherine H. Graham
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,804
20,003
0.386
Biogeography
Community Ecology
Ornithology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,389
245
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mihaela Zavolan
Universität Basel
Basel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,345
11,514
0.272
Computational models
Gene Regulation
small RNAs
Polyadenylation
Translation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,424
247
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Giovanna Ambrosini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,171
11,351
0.276
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
Cancer
Particle Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,568
283
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Laurent Keller
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,756
10,102
0.261
Evolution
genetics
social life
animal behavior
behavioral ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,858
289
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Sebastian Bonhoeffer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,286
10,253
0.268
infectious disease dynamics
theoretical biology
mathematical biology
drug resistance
evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,848
299
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Alexander Roth
Universität Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,903
17,084
0.463
Bioinformatics
Evolutionary Biology
Systems Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,916
302
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Sven Bacher
Université de Fribourg
Fribourg, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,957
22,799
0.617
Ecology
Biological Invasions
Invasion Biology
Biological Control
Macroecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,139
309
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ernst Hafen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,334
5,951
0.164
systems biology
personalized medicine
personal data
developmental biology
genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,676
346
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Bernard Rossier
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,297
3,769
0.110
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,794
352
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
F Gisou Van Der Goot
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,114
11,244
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,205
356
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Stefanie Hellweg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,732
16,966
0.488
Life cycle assessment
Industrial Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,964
383
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ole Seehausen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,117
12,085
0.376
adaptive radiation
biodiversity
ecology
evolutionary biology
speciation