Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers Citation in New Zealand 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
Phylogenetics
Evolutionary Biology
Molecular Evolution
Computational Biology
Computer Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,315
61,021
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
ecological statistics
multivariate analysis
community ecology
biodiversity
marine ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,550
32,435
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Evolutionary ecology of parasitism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,730
18,821
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,436
15,188
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Limnology
Lake Ecosystems
Fatty acids in aquatic food webs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,245
21,446
0.817
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
molecular evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,736
3,837
0.149
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,527
10,188
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Palaeoecology
biogeography
ecology
geology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,842
6,569
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Evolutionary Biology
Genetics
Genomics
Reproductive Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,475
10,553
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Genetics
neuroscience
Neurodegenerative diseases
Autism
Bovine genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,631
5,858
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Ecology
Conservation
Invasive Species
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,376
5,101
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Computational biology
Phylogenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,197
10,084
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
peptides and peptidomimetics
organic synthesis
natural products chemistry
asymmetric synthesis
medicinal chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,841
8,606
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Biodiversity Monitoring
Invasive plants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,807
11,366
0.638
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Protein structure
X-ray crystallography
Retroviral proteins
Viral assembly
restriction factors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,597
7,881
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Benthic ecology
statistical ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,548
5,681
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
mycology
bacteriology
taxonomy
systematics
plant pathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,477
8,958
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
conservation biology
restoration ecology
ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,194
4,204
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Plant cell walls
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,002
3,129
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
ecology
marine biology
conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,902
7,062
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
genetics molecular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,610
2,375
0.163
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Systematics
Entomology
Genomics
Evolutionary Biology
Phylogenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,440
5,864
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Stream ecology
freshwater
algae
periphyton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,977
2,704
0.193
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
cancer cell biology
therapy resistance
mitochondrial injury
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,723
7,072
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,339
4,359
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,010
10
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Alexei J Drummond
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,315
61,021
0.487
Phylogenetics
Evolutionary Biology
Molecular Evolution
Computational Biology
Computer Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,715
18
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Marti Jane Anderson
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,550
32,435
0.460
ecological statistics
multivariate analysis
community ecology
biodiversity
marine ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,794
29
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Robert Poulin
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,730
18,821
0.371
Evolutionary ecology of parasitism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,615
45
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
S Wratten
Lincoln University Canterbury
Christchurch, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,436
15,188
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,449
87
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Samiullah Khan
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,245
21,446
0.817
Limnology
Lake Ecosystems
Fatty acids in aquatic food webs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,269
90
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
David Penny
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,736
3,837
0.149
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,609
92
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
William (Bill) George Lee
Landcare Research Ltd
Lincoln, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,527
10,188
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,287
133
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Matt S McGlone
Landcare Research Ltd
Lincoln, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,842
6,569
0.315
Palaeoecology
biogeography
ecology
geology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,280
141
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Neil J Gemmell
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,475
10,553
0.515
Evolutionary Biology
Genetics
Genomics
Reproductive Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,589
167
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Russell G Snell
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,631
5,858
0.314
Genetics
neuroscience
Neurodegenerative diseases
Autism
Bovine genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,504
172
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mick N Clout
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,376
5,101
0.278
Ecology
Conservation
Invasive Species
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,136
176
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Joseph Heled
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,197
10,084
0.554
Computational biology
Phylogenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,420
184
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Margaret Anne Brimble
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,841
8,606
0.482
peptides and peptidomimetics
organic synthesis
natural products chemistry
asymmetric synthesis
medicinal chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,547
185
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Norman Mason
Landcare Research Ltd
Lincoln, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,807
11,366
0.638
Biodiversity Monitoring
Invasive plants
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,194
210
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Dave Goldstone
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,597
7,881
0.475
Protein structure
X-ray crystallography
Retroviral proteins
Viral assembly
restriction factors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,412
211
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Judi Hewitt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,548
5,681
0.343
Benthic ecology
statistical ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,339
235
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Bevan Weir
Landcare Research Ltd
Lincoln, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,477
8,958
0.579
mycology
bacteriology
taxonomy
systematics
plant pathology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,744
243
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
David Norton
University of Canterbury
Christchurch, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,194
4,204
0.277
conservation biology
restoration ecology
ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,806
250
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Philip J Harris
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,002
3,129
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,269
252
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ashley Rowden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,902
7,062
0.474
ecology
marine biology
conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,833
259
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Richard Gardner
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,610
2,375
0.163
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,805
262
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Thomas R. Buckley
Landcare Research Ltd
Lincoln, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,440
5,864
0.406
Systematics
Entomology
Genomics
Evolutionary Biology
Phylogenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,577
275
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Barry JF Biggs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,977
2,704
0.193
Stream ecology
freshwater
algae
periphyton
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,175
284
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Melanie J. Mcconnell
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,723
7,072
0.515
cancer cell biology
therapy resistance
mitochondrial injury
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,635
299
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Dave Kelly
University of Canterbury
Christchurch, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,339
4,359
0.327