Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers 2.402 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
biology
computational biology
systems biology
bioinformatics
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
399,629
173,568
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Bioimage Informatics
Bioinformatics
String Algorithms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
287,243
69,188
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Molecular genetics
cancer
pathomechanisms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,670
40,058
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Algorithms
Parallel Computing
Bioinformatics
Phylogenetics
Evolutionary Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,923
47,254
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ecophysiology
Molecular to physiological bases of ecological processes. Role of climate factors (temperature
carbon dioxide
o
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,057
48,962
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Protein folding
molecular chaperones
protein aggregation
neurodegenerative disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,072
21,661
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
stellar populations
star clusters
galaxy evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,989
30,155
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,384
37,926
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
evolutionary biology
developmental biology
imaging
image analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,707
53,266
0.644
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mass spectrometry
Lipidomics
Proteomics
Archaeometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,241
16,249
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Systems Biology
Developmental Biology
Gene Regulation
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,950
32,029
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Evolutionary biology
evolutionary genetics
comparative genomics
Molecular Evolution
Zoology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,187
18,637
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Plant biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,902
17,231
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Gravitational waves
LIGO
LISA
Black hole formation and evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,964
51,763
0.797
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Developmental Biology
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,890
20,514
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Infection
Microbiology
Cancer
Helicobacter
Chlamydia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,790
17,004
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,479
12,319
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
clinical neurobiology
neurotrophic factors
axonal RNA metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,316
16,008
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Landscape Ecology
Nature Conservation
Pollination Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,654
28,081
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Germline
Stem Cells
Pluripotency
Reprogramming
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,069
11,085
0.198
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,908
10,517
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Computational biology
systems medicine
host-microbiome interaction
antibiotics
data science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,278
30,099
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
nuclear medicine
tracer development
oncology
biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,255
28,238
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
biological invasions
climate change impacts
urban ecology
spatial analyses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,182
27,890
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Antibiotikaresistenz
Wirt-Pathogen-Interaktionen
Listerien
Bioinformatik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,375
16,927
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Peer Bork
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
399,629
173,568
0.434
biology
computational biology
systems biology
bioinformatics
evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
274
11
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Gene Myers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
287,243
69,188
0.241
Bioimage Informatics
Bioinformatics
String Algorithms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,220
60
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Peter Lichter
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,670
40,058
0.332
Molecular genetics
cancer
pathomechanisms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,055
97
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Alexandros Stamatakis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,923
47,254
0.459
Algorithms
Parallel Computing
Bioinformatics
Phylogenetics
Evolutionary Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,708
124
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Hans Poertner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,057
48,962
0.526
Ecophysiology
Molecular to physiological bases of ecological processes. Role of climate factors (temperature
carbon dioxide
o
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,770
129
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ulrich Hartl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,072
21,661
0.235
Protein folding
molecular chaperones
protein aggregation
neurodegenerative disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,147
143
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Eva K Grebel
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,989
30,155
0.347
stellar populations
star clusters
galaxy evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,283
151
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Aa Hyman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,384
37,926
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,516
166
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Pavel Tomancak
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,707
53,266
0.644
evolutionary biology
developmental biology
imaging
image analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,107
188
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Andrej Shevchenko
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,241
16,249
0.210
Mass spectrometry
Lipidomics
Proteomics
Archaeometry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,135
193
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Nikolaus Rajewsky
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,950
32,029
0.416
Systems Biology
Developmental Biology
Gene Regulation
Genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,969
229
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Axel Meyer
Universität Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,187
18,637
0.266
Evolutionary biology
evolutionary genetics
comparative genomics
Molecular Evolution
Zoology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,599
256
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ian T Baldwin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,902
17,231
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,777
264
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Bhooshan Gadre|Bhooshan Uday Gadre, B. U. Gadre
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,964
51,763
0.797
Gravitational waves
LIGO
LISA
Black hole formation and evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,490
301
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Didier Stainier
Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research
Bad Nauheim, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,890
20,514
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,518
302
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Thomas F. Meyer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,790
17,004
0.280
Infection
Microbiology
Cancer
Helicobacter
Chlamydia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,579
306
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Alfred Pühler
Universität Bielefeld
Bielefeld, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,479
12,319
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,283
332
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Michael Sendtner
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,316
16,008
0.279
clinical neurobiology
neurotrophic factors
axonal RNA metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,442
338
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Alexandra Maria Klein
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,654
28,081
0.496
Landscape Ecology
Nature Conservation
Pollination Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,591
340
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Hans Schöler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,069
11,085
0.198
Germline
Stem Cells
Pluripotency
Reprogramming
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,879
355
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Marino Zerial
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,908
10,517
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,049
365
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Sofia K. Forslund
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,278
30,099
0.555
Computational biology
systems medicine
host-microbiome interaction
antibiotics
data science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,056
366
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Uwe Haberkorn
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,255
28,238
0.520
nuclear medicine
tracer development
oncology
biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,076
367
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ingolf Kühn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,182
27,890
0.515
biological invasions
climate change impacts
urban ecology
spatial analyses
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,269
373
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Trinad Chakraborty
Justus Liebig Universität Giessen
Giessen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,375
16,927
0.317
Antibiotikaresistenz
Wirt-Pathogen-Interaktionen
Listerien
Bioinformatik