Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers 2.835 Scientists Citation in United Kingdom 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
Ecology and Environment
Financial Systems.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,578
42,327
0.205
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Molecular Evolution
Virology
Molecular Epidemiology
Computational Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186,110
97,203
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Conservation Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148,426
53,595
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Cancer Evolution and Genome Instability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,414
67,575
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Protein Phosphorylation
Kinases
Ubiquitin
Signalling
Parkinson's Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,469
22,823
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,954
19,131
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Animal Behaviour
Ecology
Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,744
20,719
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Evolution of sociality and cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,666
31,203
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ecosystem ecology
tropical forests
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,731
46,581
0.467
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
angiosperm phylogenetics and evolution
orchid phylogenetics and evolution
Nicotiana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,687
25,242
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
proteomics
bioinformatics
interactomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,853
35,969
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Statistical ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,607
20,471
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mitochondria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,298
37,809
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Evolutionary ecology
population biology
food security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,207
31,593
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Structural Biology
Virology
Crystallography
Synchrotron Radiation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,490
26,314
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
biodiversity
conservation
conservation biology
ornithology
conservation science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,528
28,031
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Computational Biology
Genomics
RNA
microRNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,403
18,492
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,334
33,404
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
evolution
ecology
conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,320
13,080
0.181
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Biodiversity
ecology
conservation
climate change
conservation biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,921
19,969
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ecosystem services
biodiversity
pollination
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,045
38,343
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
pollution
marine biology
environment and human health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,386
42,783
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
comparative cognition
comparative psychology
animal cognition
cognitive evolution
primate cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,127
21,632
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,583
35,132
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Palaeontology
Paleobiology
Geology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,299
26,777
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
794
61
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Robert M May
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,578
42,327
0.205
Ecology and Environment
Financial Systems.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
987
75
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Andrew Rambaut
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186,110
97,203
0.522
Molecular Evolution
Virology
Molecular Epidemiology
Computational Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,523
119
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Kevin J Gaston
University of Exeter
Exeter, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148,426
53,595
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,902
230
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Charles Swanton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,414
67,575
0.629
Cancer Evolution and Genome Instability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,931
234
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Dario Alessi
University of Dundee
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,469
22,823
0.216
Protein Phosphorylation
Kinases
Ubiquitin
Signalling
Parkinson's Disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,171
254
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Raymond Dwek
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,954
19,131
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,363
270
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Tim Clutton Brock
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,744
20,719
0.212
Animal Behaviour
Ecology
Evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,487
287
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Rim Dunbar
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,666
31,203
0.326
Evolution of sociality and cognition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,609
298
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Yadvinder Malhi
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,731
46,581
0.467
Ecosystem ecology
tropical forests
climate change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,648
303
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mark W. Chase
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Richmond, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,687
25,242
0.275
angiosperm phylogenetics and evolution
orchid phylogenetics and evolution
Nicotiana
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,708
306
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Henning Hermjakob
European Bioinformatics Institute
Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,853
35,969
0.357
proteomics
bioinformatics
interactomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,955
321
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
KR Clarke
Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,607
20,471
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,595
362
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Michael P Murphy
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,298
37,809
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,150
427
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Hugh Charles Jonathan Godfray
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,207
31,593
0.409
Evolutionary ecology
population biology
food security
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,157
428
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
David Stuart
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,490
26,314
0.340
Structural Biology
Virology
Crystallography
Synchrotron Radiation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,254
435
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
William J Sutherland
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,528
28,031
0.366
biodiversity
conservation
conservation biology
ornithology
conservation science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,552
466
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sam Griffiths Jones
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,403
18,492
0.252
Computational Biology
Genomics
RNA
microRNA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,635
472
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Meena Kumari
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,334
33,404
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,678
477
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Russell Lande
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,320
13,080
0.181
evolution
ecology
conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,160
521
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Chris D Thomas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,921
19,969
0.290
Biodiversity
ecology
conservation
climate change
conservation biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,245
531
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Simon Potts
University of Reading
Reading, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,045
38,343
0.555
Ecosystem services
biodiversity
pollination
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,328
539
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
t galloway
University of Exeter
Exeter, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,386
42,783
0.626
pollution
marine biology
environment and human health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,388
547
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Josep Call
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,127
21,632
0.322
comparative cognition
comparative psychology
animal cognition
cognitive evolution
primate cognition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,622
568
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Simon L Lewis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,583
35,132
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,889
587
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
David At Harper
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,299
26,777
0.423
Palaeontology
Paleobiology
Geology