Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Spain Highly Cited Researchers Citation Natural Sciences / Biological Science in Spain 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
High energy physics
theoretical physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
252,301
125,871
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
High Energy Physics
Particle Physics
LHC
LHCb
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163,091
67,310
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
global ecology
atmosphere-biosphere interactions
remote sensing
climate change impacts
ecometabolomics and biogenic VOCs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157,996
96,346
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Biogeography
Conservation
Geography
Global Change
Macroecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,638
39,236
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
High Energy Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,395
49,452
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
evolución humana
genética
redes cerebrales
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,218
9,277
0.171
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Biological invasions
Ecological impacts
Mediterranean ecosystems
Non-native plants
Plant-animal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,570
26,229
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Complex Systems
Network Theory
Statistical Physics
Mathematical Epidemiology
Evolutionary Game
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,435
23,091
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Phylogenomics
Phylogenetics
Evolution
Computational Biology
Metagenomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,504
39,531
0.815
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Global change ecology
plant ecology and physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,271
22,874
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Ecology
Fire Ecology
Plant Ecology
Evolutionary Ecology
Evolutionary Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,430
25,672
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Global change
drought
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,918
28,342
0.660
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Coevolution
Network science
Evolutionary ecology
Plant-animal interactions
Ecological networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,428
18,194
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Environmental Biotechnology
Molecular Microbiology
Environmental Microbiology
Metabolic Engineering
Synthetic Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,153
13,038
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Complement
Lafora Disease
Alkaptonuria
Genetics
Rare Diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,139
14,718
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Taxonomy
Zoology
Invertebrates
Malacology
Phylogenetic relationship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,918
5,355
0.145
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Evolutionary Biology
Evolutionary Thinking
Symbiosis
Microbiome
Systems and Synthetic Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,912
12,627
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Multidrug resistance
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
microbial evolution
nosocomial infections
pseudomonas aeruginosa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,640
18,257
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Pseudomonas
gene regulation
industrial biotechnology
organic solvents
phosphatase
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,155
9,178
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Complex systems
Synthetic Biology
Systems Biology
Artificial Life
evolutionary ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,336
8,865
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
aging
metabolism
cancer
autophagy
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,945
15,015
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
behavioural ecology
JEBED
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,442
11,213
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Ecology
Global Change
Marine
Macrophytes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,024
16,996
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Evolution
Microbial Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,328
7,794
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Developmental Biology. Cellular theraphy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,965
8,167
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
415
14
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Juan Antonio Aguilar Saavedra
Universidad de Granada
Granada, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
252,301
125,871
0.499
High energy physics
theoretical physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,197
36
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Eugeni Graugés Pous
Universitat de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163,091
67,310
0.413
High Energy Physics
Particle Physics
LHC
LHCb
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,273
39
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Josep Penuelas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157,996
96,346
0.610
global ecology
atmosphere-biosphere interactions
remote sensing
climate change impacts
ecometabolomics and biogenic VOCs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,523
77
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Miguel Bastos Araújo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,638
39,236
0.419
Biogeography
Conservation
Geography
Global Change
Macroecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,824
82
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ricardo Vázquez Gómez
Universitat de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,395
49,452
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,748
157
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Francisco J. Ayala
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,218
9,277
0.171
evolución humana
genética
redes cerebrales
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,458
167
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Montserrat Vilà Planella
Universidad de Sevilla
Sevilla, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,570
26,229
0.509
Biological invasions
Ecological impacts
Mediterranean ecosystems
Non-native plants
Plant-animal
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,495
169
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Yamir Moreno
Universidad de Zaragoza
Zaragoza, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,435
23,091
0.449
Complex Systems
Network Theory
Statistical Physics
Mathematical Epidemiology
Evolutionary Game
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,422
181
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jaime Huerta-Cepas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,504
39,531
0.815
Phylogenomics
Phylogenetics
Evolution
Computational Biology
Metagenomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,864
189
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Fernando Valladares
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,271
22,874
0.484
Global change ecology
plant ecology and physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,155
193
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Juli G. Pausas
Universitat de València
Valencia, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,430
25,672
0.553
Ecology
Fire Ecology
Plant Ecology
Evolutionary Ecology
Evolutionary Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,687
213
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Vicente-Serrano Sm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,918
28,342
0.660
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,439
220
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Pedro Jordano
Universidad de Sevilla
Sevilla, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,428
18,194
0.439
Coevolution
Network science
Evolutionary ecology
Plant-animal interactions
Ecological networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,324
245
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Víctor De Lorenzo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,153
13,038
0.342
Environmental Biotechnology
Molecular Microbiology
Environmental Microbiology
Metabolic Engineering
Synthetic Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,991
261
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Santiago Rodriguez De Cordoba
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,139
14,718
0.396
Complement
Lafora Disease
Alkaptonuria
Genetics
Rare Diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,148
265
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Fernando García Guerrero
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,918
5,355
0.145
Taxonomy
Zoology
Invertebrates
Malacology
Phylogenetic relationship
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,851
275
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Andres Moya
Universitat de València
Valencia, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,912
12,627
0.352
Evolutionary Biology
Evolutionary Thinking
Symbiosis
Microbiome
Systems and Synthetic Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,824
293
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jose Luis Martinez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,640
18,257
0.527
Multidrug resistance
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
microbial evolution
nosocomial infections
pseudomonas aeruginosa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,993
341
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Juan L. Ramos
Universidad de Sevilla
Sevilla, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,155
9,178
0.285
Pseudomonas
gene regulation
industrial biotechnology
organic solvents
phosphatase
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,867
356
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ricard Solé
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,336
8,865
0.283
Complex systems
Synthetic Biology
Systems Biology
Artificial Life
evolutionary ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,242
364
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Guillermo Mariño
Universidad de Oviedo
Asturias, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,945
15,015
0.485
aging
metabolism
cancer
autophagy
evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,748
377
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Juan Moreno
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,442
11,213
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,255
390
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Nuria Marba
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,024
16,996
0.566
Ecology
Global Change
Marine
Macrophytes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,155
404
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Daniel J. Richter
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,328
7,794
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,862
446
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Salvador Martinez Perez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,965
8,167
0.292
Developmental Biology. Cellular theraphy