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
entomology
crop protection
conservation
forestry
agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,093
5,472
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Entomology
Animal Migration
Radar Entomology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,480
4,709
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Chemical ecology
pests & pathogens of social insects
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,341
5,006
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Entomology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,378
2,174
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
bees
pollination
pathology
behaviour
pesticides
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,636
2,393
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Malaria
Geographic Medicine
Field Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,623
1,670
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Arachnology
Entomology
Palaeontology
Palaeoentomology
Amber Palaeobiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,968
1,444
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Entomology
Ecology
Sustainability
Reliable Data
Urban Greenspace Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,930
1,615
0.837
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Invertebrate pathology
Population ecology
Biopesticides
Biological control
Eco-toxicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,494
739
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Entomology
ecology
invasion biology
parasitism
citizen science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,462
759
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Entomology
Biological recording
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,441
935
0.649
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Entomology
crop protection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,321
603
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Malaria Control
Insecticide Resistance
Vector-Parasite Interactions
Vector Borne Diseases
Entomological Surveillance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
923
587
0.636
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Entomology
ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
877
846
0.965
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Entomology
Neuropterida
Palaeoentomology
Insect distribution and diversity
Biological Recording
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
593
295
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Entomology
Parasitology
Microbiology
Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
522
520
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Entomology
insect migration
applied entomology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
398
366
0.920
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Entomology
Zoology
Microbiology
Biotechnology
antimicrobial compounds
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
374
175
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Chemical Ecology
Integrated Pest Management
Biopesticides
Biological Control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
267
258
0.966
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Entomology
Ecology and pest management
host-parasitoid interaction
symbiosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
236
183
0.775
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Entomology
Molecular Entomology
Insect toxicology
Insect microbiome
Ekoevo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193
173
0.896
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Entomology
Evolutionary Biology
Ecology
Lepidoptera
moths
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144
141
0.979
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Entomology
Ecology
Biomedical Science
Medical Entomology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
79
0.712
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
entomology
climate change
thermal limits
fertility limits
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
103
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Entomology
nematology
parasitology
vector control
biocontrol
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
40
0.471
Simon Leather
Harper Adams University
Newport, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,093
5,472
0.340
entomology
crop protection
conservation
forestry
agriculture
Don R Reynolds
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,480
4,709
0.377
Entomology
Animal Migration
Radar Entomology
Stephen John Martin
University of Salford
Salford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,341
5,006
0.406
Chemical ecology
pests & pathogens of social insects
Steve Compton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,378
2,174
0.232
Norman Carreck
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,636
2,393
0.361
bees
pollination
pathology
behaviour
pesticides
Trent Herdman
Public Health England
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,623
1,670
0.297
Malaria
Geographic Medicine
Field Epidemiology
David Penney
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,968
1,444
0.291
Arachnology
Entomology
Palaeontology
Palaeoentomology
Amber Palaeobiology
CM (Tilly) Collins|Catherine M Collins, C Matilda Collins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,930
1,615
0.837
Entomology
Ecology
Sustainability
Reliable Data
Urban Greenspace Design
Helen Hesketh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,494
739
0.495
Invertebrate pathology
Population ecology
Biopesticides
Biological control
Eco-toxicology
Richard F. Comont
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,462
759
0.519
Entomology
ecology
invasion biology
parasitism
citizen science
Martin C. Harvey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,441
935
0.649
Entomology
Biological recording
Tom W Pope
Harper Adams University
Newport, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,321
603
0.456
Entomology
crop protection
Mojca Kristan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
923
587
0.636
Malaria Control
Insecticide Resistance
Vector-Parasite Interactions
Vector Borne Diseases
Entomological Surveillance
Liam Crowley
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
877
846
0.965
James E Jepson
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
593
295
0.497
Entomology
Neuropterida
Palaeoentomology
Insect distribution and diversity
Biological Recording
Cintia Cansado Utrilla
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
522
520
0.996
Entomology
Parasitology
Microbiology
Virology
Richard Massy
University of Exeter
Exeter, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
398
366
0.920
Entomology
insect migration
applied entomology
Shanthakumar Sp
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
374
175
0.468
Entomology
Zoology
Microbiology
Biotechnology
antimicrobial compounds
Joe M. Roberts|Joe Roberts, Joseph M. Roberts
Harper Adams University
Newport, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
267
258
0.966
Chemical Ecology
Integrated Pest Management
Biopesticides
Biological Control
Mukta Mala
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
236
183
0.775
Entomology
Ecology and pest management
host-parasitoid interaction
symbiosis
Naciye Sena Çağatay
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193
173
0.896
Entomology
Molecular Entomology
Insect toxicology
Insect microbiome
Ekoevo
Jamie C Weir
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144
141
0.979
Entomology
Evolutionary Biology
Ecology
Lepidoptera
moths
Michael R Wilson
Swansea University
Swansea, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
79
0.712
Entomology
Ecology
Biomedical Science
Medical Entomology
Hester Weaving
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
103
1.000
entomology
climate change
thermal limits
fertility limits
Cassandra Edmunds
Liverpool John Moores University
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
40
0.471
Entomology
nematology
parasitology
vector control
biocontrol