Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics Highly Cited Researchers 1.881 Scientists Citation in Germany 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
molecular neuropathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166,821
96,768
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,002
46,101
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
biostatistics
high-throughput sequencing
quantum information
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,961
91,510
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Cell biology Membranes Lipidomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,208
18,950
0.150
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Genetic Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,787
66,149
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Functional Genomics
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,628
51,376
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Epigenetics
Genome Regulation and Stem Cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,794
33,309
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Computational biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,034
42,377
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Computational Biology
Proteomics
Mass Spectrometry
Systems Biology
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,743
45,185
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Cytokines
Metalloproteases
Inflammation
Cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,463
28,640
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Pediatric Neurooncology
cancer genomics
brain tumors
medulloblastoma
ependymoma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,874
38,881
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Genome Research
Next Generation Sequencing
Cancer
Model Organism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,575
37,713
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Bioinformatics
Phylogeny
Metagenomics
Algorithms
Software
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,639
25,644
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
computational biology
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,560
54,817
0.755
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
cell biology
virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,210
18,887
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Pathophysiology Cell Biology & Genetics of Pancreatic Diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,753
30,133
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Systems Genetics
Single-cell genomics
Computational Biology
Statistical Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,592
45,010
0.686
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ubiquitin
Cell death
Protein evolution
Bioinformatics
Homology domains
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,254
10,622
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,861
43,675
0.730
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
genomics
genomic technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,511
23,063
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Movement disorders
neurogenetics
molecular biology
genetics
stem cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,201
24,354
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
mitochondrial biology
mitochondria
mitochondrial disorders
inborn errors of metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,988
28,785
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
genetics
diabetes
phenotyping
data mining
notch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,107
21,734
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Machine Learning
Computational Biology
Chromatin Architecture
Pathology Biomarkers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,495
43,985
0.838
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Epigenetik
DNA Methylierung
genomweite Analyse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,973
19,743
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,191
32
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Andreas von Deimling
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166,821
96,768
0.580
molecular neuropathology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,596
43
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Svante Paabo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,002
46,101
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,939
53
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Simon Anders
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,961
91,510
0.704
biostatistics
high-throughput sequencing
quantum information
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,048
56
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Kai Simons
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,208
18,950
0.150
Cell biology Membranes Lipidomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,750
85
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Martina Mueller-Nurasyid
Helmholtz Institut Mainz
Mainz, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,787
66,149
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,727
127
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Uwe Völker
Ernst Moritz Arndt Universität Greifswald
Greifswald, Germany
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,628
51,376
0.555
Functional Genomics
Microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,160
145
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Alexander Meissner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,794
33,309
0.384
Epigenetics
Genome Regulation and Stem Cells
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,387
159
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ivica Letunić
Biobyte Solutions GmbH
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,034
42,377
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,616
168
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Juergen Cox
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,743
45,185
0.553
Computational Biology
Proteomics
Mass Spectrometry
Systems Biology
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,870
176
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Stefan Rose John
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,463
28,640
0.360
Cytokines
Metalloproteases
Inflammation
Cancer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,145
194
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Marcel Kool
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,874
38,881
0.506
Pediatric Neurooncology
cancer genomics
brain tumors
medulloblastoma
ependymoma
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,409
204
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Bernd Timmermann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,575
37,713
0.506
Genome Research
Next Generation Sequencing
Cancer
Model Organism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,628
218
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Daniel H Huson
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,639
25,644
0.353
Bioinformatics
Phylogeny
Metagenomics
Algorithms
Software
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,643
219
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Fabian J Theis
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,560
54,817
0.755
computational biology
machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,111
235
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ralf Bartenschlager
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,210
18,887
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,320
244
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Markus M. Lerch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,753
30,133
0.445
Pathophysiology Cell Biology & Genetics of Pancreatic Diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,647
259
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Oliver Stegle
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,592
45,010
0.686
Systems Genetics
Single-cell genomics
Computational Biology
Statistical Genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,625
309
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Kay Hofmann
Universität zu Köln
Köln, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,254
10,622
0.176
Ubiquitin
Cell death
Protein evolution
Bioinformatics
Homology domains
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,701
310
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Anthony Bolger
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,861
43,675
0.730
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,983
320
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Vladimir Benes
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,511
23,063
0.394
genomics
genomic technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,313
334
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Christine Klein
Universität zu Lubeck
Lübeck, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,201
24,354
0.426
Movement disorders
neurogenetics
molecular biology
genetics
stem cells
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,366
335
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Prokisch H
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,988
28,785
0.505
mitochondrial biology
mitochondria
mitochondrial disorders
inborn errors of metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,356
377
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Martin Hrabe De Angelis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,107
21,734
0.409
genetics
diabetes
phenotyping
data mining
notch
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,549
385
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Eduardo Gade Gusmao
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,495
43,985
0.838
Machine Learning
Computational Biology
Chromatin Architecture
Pathology Biomarkers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,699
390
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Christoph Plass
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,973
19,743
0.380
Epigenetik
DNA Methylierung
genomweite Analyse