Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
fish
immunology
virology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,996
6,692
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Fish Immunology
Virus
Vaccines
Toxicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,805
6,302
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
fish biology
fisheries
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,780
3,709
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Aquaculture
Fish growth and nutrition
Nutrigenomics
Stress response
Selective breeding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,481
5,117
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Aquaculture
Lipids
Fatty acids
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,796
3,432
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Fish and Fisheries Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,237
3,403
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Aquaculture
Fish Pathology
Fish Parasitology
Fish Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,956
3,548
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
aquaculture
nutrition
animal health
histology
pathology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,818
3,533
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Fish neurobiology
Amphioxus
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,292
1,609
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Streams Ecology
Fish Populations & Communities Ecology
Life History
Fisheries
Salmonids
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,478
1,590
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Population genomics
molecular ecology
evolutionary biology
conservation genetics
fisheries genetics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,094
1,738
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Acuicultura
Aquaculture
flatfish
genomics
fisheries
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,878
2,589
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Fish Neuroendocrinology
Functional Neuroanatomy
Fish Chronobiology
Environmental Physiology
Aquaculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,876
2,430
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Marine Ecology
Conservation Biology
Biodiversity
Fisheries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,471
1,839
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Fish Nutrition
Lipid Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,118
2,979
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Fluvial Ecology
macroinvertebrados
fisheries
river restoration
water management
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,875
1,876
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
fish ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,739
2,197
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Fish physiology and endocrinology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,502
1,844
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Fisheries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,363
2,710
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Fish reproductive physiology
Endocrinology
Spermatology
Cryobiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,208
2,077
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Fishery management
Spatial modelling
Bayesian Analyses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,204
3,661
0.871
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Aquaculture
Developmental Biology
Comparative Endocrinology and Physiology
Fish
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,183
1,578
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
fisheries
stock assessment
cephalopods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,804
1,490
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Aquaporins
Cell Physiology
Molecular biology
gene expression and regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,648
929
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Aquaculture
Animal Nutrition
Maternal and Child Nutrition
Marine Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,639
1,863
0.512
Maria Del Mar Ortega-Villaizan
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,996
6,692
0.558
Alberto Cuesta
Universidad de Murcia
Murcia, Spain
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,805
6,302
0.534
Fish Immunology
Virus
Vaccines
Toxicology
Beatriz Morales-Nin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,780
3,709
0.315
Jaime Pérez-Sánchez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,481
5,117
0.446
Aquaculture
Fish growth and nutrition
Nutrigenomics
Stress response
Selective breeding
Navarro Juan Carlos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,796
3,432
0.390
Fran Saborido-Rey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,237
3,403
0.413
Ariadna Sitjà-Bobadilla
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,956
3,548
0.446
Aquaculture
Fish Pathology
Fish Parasitology
Fish Immunology
Maria Jose Caballero Cansino
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,818
3,533
0.452
aquaculture
nutrition
animal health
histology
pathology
Ramon Anadon
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,292
1,609
0.221
Javier Lobon-Cervia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,478
1,590
0.245
Streams Ecology
Fish Populations & Communities Ecology
Life History
Fisheries
Salmonids
Ciro Rico
Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC
Sevilla, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,094
1,738
0.285
Population genomics
molecular ecology
evolutionary biology
conservation genetics
fisheries genetics
Manuel Manchado
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,878
2,589
0.440
Acuicultura
Aquaculture
flatfish
genomics
fisheries
José Antonio Muñoz Cueto
Universidad de Cádiz
Cádiz, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,876
2,430
0.414
Fish Neuroendocrinology
Functional Neuroanatomy
Fish Chronobiology
Environmental Physiology
Aquaculture
Joan Moranta|J. Moranta, Moranta, J., Moranta, Joan
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,471
1,839
0.336
Marine Ecology
Conservation Biology
Biodiversity
Fisheries
Oscar Monroig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,118
2,979
0.582
Fish Nutrition
Lipid Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Diego Garcia De Jalon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,875
1,876
0.385
Fluvial Ecology
macroinvertebrados
fisheries
river restoration
water management
Miquel Palmer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,739
2,197
0.464
Encarnación Capilla
Universitat de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,502
1,844
0.410
Gorka Merino
AZTI-Tecnalia
Bangkok, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,363
2,710
0.621
Juan F Asturiano
Universitat Politècnica de València
Valencia, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,208
2,077
0.494
Fish reproductive physiology
Endocrinology
Spermatology
Cryobiology
Maria Grazia Pennino
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,204
3,661
0.871
Fishery management
Spatial modelling
Bayesian Analyses
Pep Rotllant
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,183
1,578
0.377
Aquaculture
Developmental Biology
Comparative Endocrinology and Physiology
Fish
Antoni Quetglas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,804
1,490
0.392
fisheries
stock assessment
cephalopods
Miriam Echevarria
Universidad de Sevilla
Sevilla, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,648
929
0.255
Aquaporins
Cell Physiology
Molecular biology
gene expression and regulation
Covadonga Rodriguez Gonzalez
Universidad de La Laguna
San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,639
1,863
0.512
Aquaculture
Animal Nutrition
Maternal and Child Nutrition
Marine Physiology