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
biology
genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,027
3,944
0.088
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ageing
Cancer
Age-related diseases
Proteostasis
Mitostasis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,126
11,395
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Cell Biology
Ageing
Development
Structural Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,564
7,749
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,733
5,833
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Industrial Biotechnology
Microbial Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,024
6,451
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Entomology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,979
9,128
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Professor of Biology - Nanomedicine
inflammatory bowel disease
cancer
biology
nanomedicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,875
6,183
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
ecology
fire ecology
biological invasions
conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,730
6,804
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,379
1,856
0.150
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Computational Optimization
Evolutionary Computation
Computational Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,066
2,060
0.171
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Biology
genetics
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,972
1,373
0.115
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Biochemistry
Crystallography
X-ray diffraction
Structural biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,849
4,226
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Water Resources Management
Environmental Engineering
Ecological Engineering
Ecohydrology
Ecohydraulics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,510
4,999
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Vegetation
Ecology
Plant species diversity
Habitats/Vegetation Mapping & Monitoring
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,593
5,451
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,294
2,555
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
environmental health
molecular epidemiology
biomarkers
cancer
toxicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,475
2,687
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
plant-microbe interactions
aerobiology
aromatic plants
mediterranean environment
protected areas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,244
3,210
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Systems Biology
Metabolic Engineering
Metabolomics
Bioinformatics
Network Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,059
1,801
0.223
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ecology
Biodiversity Conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,044
2,058
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
theoretical ecology
1/f-noise
extinction debt
neutral theories
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,893
3,073
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Fish Biology
Aquaculture
Fish Behaviour
Fish Morphology
Larval rearing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,867
2,151
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Biogeography
Island Ecology
Island Biogeography
Macroecology
Conservation Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,833
3,891
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Biological inorganic chemistry
Drugs design and development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,614
2,896
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Biotechnology of Pharmaceutical Plants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,247
2,227
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ecology
Biological Conservation
Ecological Modeling
Conservation Biogeography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,758
4,184
0.619
Argiris Efstratiadis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,027
3,944
0.088
Ioannis Trougakos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,126
11,395
0.472
Ageing
Cancer
Age-related diseases
Proteostasis
Mitostasis
Issidora Papassideri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,564
7,749
0.396
Cell Biology
Ageing
Development
Structural Biology
Dimitris Kletsas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,733
5,833
0.329
George Aggelis
University of Patras
Patras, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,024
6,451
0.379
Industrial Biotechnology
Microbial Biotechnology
Christos Athanassiou
University of Thessaly
Volos, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,979
9,128
0.538
Maria Gazouli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,875
6,183
0.366
Professor of Biology - Nanomedicine
inflammatory bowel disease
cancer
biology
nanomedicine
Margarita Arianoutsou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,730
6,804
0.496
ecology
fire ecology
biological invasions
conservation
Inga Siden-Kiamos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,379
1,856
0.150
Konstantinos Parsopoulos
University of Ioannina
Ioannina, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,066
2,060
0.171
Computational Optimization
Evolutionary Computation
Computational Intelligence
Eleftherios Zouros
University of Crete
Rethymno, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,972
1,373
0.115
Irene Margiolaki
University of Patras
Patras, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,849
4,226
0.357
Biochemistry
Crystallography
X-ray diffraction
Structural biology
Tsihrintzis Vassilios
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,510
4,999
0.434
Water Resources Management
Environmental Engineering
Ecological Engineering
Ecohydrology
Ecohydraulics
Panayotis Dimopoulos
University of Patras
Patras, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,593
5,451
0.568
Vegetation
Ecology
Plant species diversity
Habitats/Vegetation Mapping & Monitoring
Styliani Kokkini
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,294
2,555
0.275
Soterios A. Kyrtopoulos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,475
2,687
0.317
environmental health
molecular epidemiology
biomarkers
cancer
toxicology
Despoina Vokou
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,244
3,210
0.389
plant-microbe interactions
aerobiology
aromatic plants
mediterranean environment
protected areas
Maria I Klapa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,059
1,801
0.223
Systems Biology
Metabolic Engineering
Metabolomics
Bioinformatics
Network Biology
Andreas Troumbis
University of the Aegean
Mytilene, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,044
2,058
0.256
Ecology
Biodiversity Conservation
John M Halley
University of Ioannina
Ioannina, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,893
3,073
0.389
theoretical ecology
1/f-noise
extinction debt
neutral theories
Maroudio Kentouri
University of Crete
Rethymno, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,867
2,151
0.273
Fish Biology
Aquaculture
Fish Behaviour
Fish Morphology
Larval rearing
Kostas A Triantis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,833
3,891
0.497
Biogeography
Island Ecology
Island Biogeography
Macroecology
Conservation Biology
Sotiris Hadjikakou
University of Ioannina
Ioannina, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,614
2,896
0.380
Biological inorganic chemistry
Drugs design and development
Angelos K Kanellis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,247
2,227
0.307
Biotechnology of Pharmaceutical Plants
Antonios D Mazaris
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,758
4,184
0.619
Ecology
Biological Conservation
Ecological Modeling
Conservation Biogeography