Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Germany Highly Cited Researchers CitationNatural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics in Germany Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
162,891
105,006
0.645
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142,130
53,839
0.379
* 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
126,153
98,748
0.783
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Cell biology Membranes Lipidomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,410
22,292
0.178
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Genetic Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,356
76,317
0.718
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Functional Genomics
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,685
58,312
0.643
* 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
81,993
44,584
0.544
* 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
80,313
50,751
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Cytokines
Metalloproteases
Inflammation
Cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,339
32,417
0.414
* 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
75,598
43,641
0.577
* 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
73,036
42,608
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Bioinformatics
Phylogeny
Metagenomics
Algorithms
Software
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,615
28,958
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
computational biology
machine learning
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,719
55,835
0.801
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
cell biology
virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,515
21,635
0.316
* 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
66,512
33,686
0.506
* 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
63,603
49,083
0.772
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Ubiquitin
Cell death
Protein evolution
Bioinformatics
Homology domains
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,870
12,402
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,044
47,544
0.819
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
genomics
genomic technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,565
26,034
0.452
* 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
56,052
26,513
0.473
* 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
55,739
31,856
0.572
* 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
52,368
24,785
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Epigenetik
DNA Methylierung
genomweite Analyse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,206
22,001
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Proteomics
Chemical Biology
Systems Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,709
21,253
0.428
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,211
31
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
162,891
105,006
0.645
molecular neuropathology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,579
42
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Svante Paabo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142,130
53,839
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,984
55
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Simon Anders
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,153
98,748
0.783
biostatistics
high-throughput sequencing
quantum information
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,005
56
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Kai Simons
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,410
22,292
0.178
Cell biology Membranes Lipidomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,769
86
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Martina Mueller-Nurasyid
Helmholtz Institut Mainz
Mainz, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,356
76,317
0.718
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,755
127
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Uwe Völker
Ernst Moritz Arndt Universität Greifswald
Greifswald, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,685
58,312
0.643
Functional Genomics
Microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,058
142
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
4,435
160
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ivica Letunić
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,993
44,584
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,611
167
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Juergen Cox
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,313
50,751
0.632
Computational Biology
Proteomics
Mass Spectrometry
Systems Biology
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,834
175
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Stefan Rose John
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,339
32,417
0.414
Cytokines
Metalloproteases
Inflammation
Cancer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,150
192
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Marcel Kool
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,598
43,641
0.577
Pediatric Neurooncology
cancer genomics
brain tumors
medulloblastoma
ependymoma
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,434
204
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Bernd Timmermann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,036
42,608
0.583
Genome Research
Next Generation Sequencing
Cancer
Model Organism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,596
214
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Daniel H Huson
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,615
28,958
0.404
Bioinformatics
Phylogeny
Metagenomics
Algorithms
Software
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,858
225
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Fabian J Theis
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,719
55,835
0.801
computational biology
machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,022
233
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ralf Bartenschlager
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,515
21,635
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,319
243
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Markus M. Lerch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,512
33,686
0.506
Pathophysiology Cell Biology & Genetics of Pancreatic Diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,801
266
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Oliver Stegle
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,603
49,083
0.772
Systems Genetics
Single-cell genomics
Computational Biology
Statistical Genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,481
303
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Kay Hofmann
Universität zu Köln
Köln, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,870
12,402
0.207
Ubiquitin
Cell death
Protein evolution
Bioinformatics
Homology domains
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,844
315
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Anthony Bolger
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,044
47,544
0.819
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,954
320
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Vladimir Benes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,565
26,034
0.452
genomics
genomic technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,327
334
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Christine Klein
Universität zu Lubeck
Lübeck, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,052
26,513
0.473
Movement disorders
neurogenetics
molecular biology
genetics
stem cells
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,417
336
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Prokisch H
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,739
31,856
0.572
mitochondrial biology
mitochondria
mitochondrial disorders
inborn errors of metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,294
375
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Martin Hrabe De Angelis
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,368
24,785
0.473
genetics
diabetes
phenotyping
data mining
notch
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,631
388
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Christoph Plass
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,206
22,001
0.430
Epigenetik
DNA Methylierung
genomweite Analyse
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,110
406
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Bernhard Kuster
Technische Universität München
München, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,709
21,253
0.428
Proteomics
Chemical Biology
Systems Biology