Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Natural Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 2.327 Scientists Citation in France 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
France
Guido Kroemer
aging
cancer
immunology
medicine
metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
418,771
171,585
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
France
Anders Pape Møller
behavior
ecology
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,322
26,252
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
France
Wilfried Thuiller
Ecology
biogeography
community ecology
macroecology
functional ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,925
47,998
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
France
Michel Loreau
Ecology
Biodiversity
Ecosystems
Sustainability
Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,041
36,328
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
France
Pierre Taberlet
environmental DNA
DNA metabarcoding
molecular ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,628
29,282
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
France
Olivier Gascuel
Evolution Phylogenetics Algorithms Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,519
25,826
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
France
Jerome Chave
ecology
evolution
environment
tropical forests
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,930
30,212
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
France
Benno Schwikowski
Systems Biology
Systems Medicine
Machine Learning
Algorithms
Statistical Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,518
33,334
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
France
Francois Rousset
evolutionary biology
social behaviour
life-history traits
statistical inference
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,440
9,908
0.170
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
France
Eric Westhof
RNA structure
folding
and evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,718
9,502
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
France
Michel Raymond
Human Evolutionary Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,302
6,592
0.142
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
France
Jean Clobert
evolutionary ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,152
14,520
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
France
Moras Dino
biologie moléculaire
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,442
4,697
0.103
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
France
Michael Nilges
structural biology
computational biophysics
bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,433
4,643
0.102
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
France
Patrick Grimont
Molecular microbiology and taxonomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,859
7,917
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
France
Henri Weimerskirch
ecology
seabirds
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,359
13,512
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
France
Carole Dufouil
Inserm center 1219
ISPED
CIC-EC7 - Bordeaux
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,758
21,458
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
France
Jean Michel Gaillard
Ecology
Evolutionary biology
demography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,736
15,322
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
France
Patrick Lavelle
Ecologie du sol
Sciences de l'environnement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,952
12,131
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
France
Julien Tap
Biology
Metagenomics
Microbiome
Microbial Ecology
Microbiota
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,289
19,291
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
France
Roland Brosch
mycobacteria
tuberculosis
microbiology
secretion systems
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,887
10,163
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
France
Jean Francois Soussana
climate change
grassland
biodiversity
livestock
carbon cycle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,598
15,598
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
France
Rémy Petit
Pollination ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,756
8,199
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
France
Paul Leadley
Ecology
Climate change
Biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,522
19,817
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
France
James Aronson
Restoration Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,855
14,216
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61
France
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Guido Kroemer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
418,771
171,585
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,563
France
50
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Anders Pape Møller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,322
26,252
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,780
France
54
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Wilfried Thuiller
Université Grenoble Alpes Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,925
47,998
0.445
Ecology
biogeography
community ecology
macroecology
functional ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,764
France
66
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Michel Loreau
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,041
36,328
0.395
Ecology
Biodiversity
Ecosystems
Sustainability
Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,512
France
80
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Pierre Taberlet
Université Grenoble Alpes Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,628
29,282
0.354
environmental DNA
DNA metabarcoding
molecular ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,405
France
95
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Olivier Gascuel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,519
25,826
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,767
France
114
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jerome Chave
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,930
30,212
0.465
ecology
evolution
environment
tropical forests
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,964
France
139
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Benno Schwikowski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,518
33,334
0.570
Systems Biology
Systems Medicine
Machine Learning
Algorithms
Statistical Modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,983
France
140
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Francois Rousset
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,440
9,908
0.170
evolutionary biology
social behaviour
life-history traits
statistical inference
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,364
France
174
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Eric Westhof
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,718
9,502
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,573
France
200
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Michel Raymond
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,302
6,592
0.142
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,624
France
201
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jean Clobert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,152
14,520
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,918
France
211
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Moras Dino
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,442
4,697
0.103
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,923
France
212
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Michael Nilges
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,433
4,643
0.102
structural biology
computational biophysics
bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,176
France
215
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Patrick Grimont
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,859
7,917
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,412
France
223
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Henri Weimerskirch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,359
13,512
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,166
France
235
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Carole Dufouil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,758
21,458
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,180
France
237
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jean Michel Gaillard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,736
15,322
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,574
France
247
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Patrick Lavelle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,952
12,131
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,932
France
253
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Julien Tap
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,289
19,291
0.467
Biology
Metagenomics
Microbiome
Microbial Ecology
Microbiota
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,749
France
272
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Roland Brosch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,887
10,163
0.255
mycobacteria
tuberculosis
microbiology
secretion systems
evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,913
France
277
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jean Francois Soussana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,598
15,598
0.394
climate change
grassland
biodiversity
livestock
carbon cycle
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,421
France
285
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Rémy Petit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,756
8,199
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,250
France
300
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Paul Leadley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,522
19,817
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,444
France
322
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
James Aronson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,855
14,216
0.396
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