Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Portugal Highly Cited Researchers Citation Natural Sciences Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics in Portugal Rankings 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
Cell Biology
Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,904
9,418
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Cancer
Genetics
Immunology
Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,185
6,455
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Cell biology of lipids
membrane traffic
atherogenesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,234
8,006
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Cell Biology
Oncology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,700
12,829
0.725
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Infectious diseases
Tuberculosis
multi-drug resistance
molecular biology
drug development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,981
4,676
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Plant Functional Genomics
Plant development and molecular biology
Genomics of plant stress response
Plant biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,641
4,861
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Molecular & Cell Biology
Membrane Proteins
Cystic Fibrosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,139
4,731
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Cancer Genomics
Human Genetics
Functional Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,531
4,110
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
cancer research
apoptosis
endocytosis
computational protein design
cell biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,218
2,734
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
molecular biology of fungi
human genetics
microbiology
metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,005
3,958
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Genetics
Archaeogenetics
Phylogeography
Human Evolution
Yeast Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,425
3,310
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Cancer biology
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Targeted therapies
Signal transduction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,152
3,591
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
cytoskeleton
centrioles
cell division
cell motility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,090
2,953
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Bioinformatics
Microbiology
Bacterial Evolution and Population Structure
Linked Data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,641
3,860
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Evolution
Cytogenomics
Conservation Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,360
1,309
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Environmental genotoxicity
molecular epidemiology
toxicogenomics
nanotoxicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,992
3,661
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
population genetics
statistical genetics
human genetics
genomics
molecular ecology and speciation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,795
3,917
0.676
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Differentiation
Electrospinning
Biomaterials Surface BioFunctionalization
Drug Release Systems.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,625
2,667
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
AI for Science
Knowledge Graphs
Bioinformatics
Ontology Matching
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,391
2,465
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Molecular Cell Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,147
1,545
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Genetica Humana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,928
3,787
0.768
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Genetic Programming
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,649
2,329
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Virology
Microbiology
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,892
3,206
0.824
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
genetic basis of variation
eco-evo-devo
insect physiology
developmental plasticity
evolutionary novelty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,783
1,398
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Lipid Metabolism and Respiration
Arabidopsis
Soybean
microalgae
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,643
2,541
0.698
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,711
49
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Miguel C Seabra
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,904
9,418
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,921
77
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jose Carlos Machado
Universidade do Porto
Porto, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,185
6,455
0.291
Cancer
Genetics
Immunology
Molecular Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,498
96
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Otilia Vieira
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,234
8,006
0.416
Cell biology of lipids
membrane traffic
atherogenesis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,390
110
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Bruno Costa-Silva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,700
12,829
0.725
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,525
170
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Leonard Amaral
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,981
4,676
0.334
Infectious diseases
Tuberculosis
multi-drug resistance
molecular biology
drug development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,987
206
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
M. Margarida Oliveira
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,641
4,861
0.418
Plant Functional Genomics
Plant development and molecular biology
Genomics of plant stress response
Plant biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,289
252
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Margarida Amaral
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,139
4,731
0.467
Molecular & Cell Biology
Membrane Proteins
Cystic Fibrosis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
101,099
277
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ana Teresa Maia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,531
4,110
0.431
Cancer Genomics
Human Genetics
Functional Genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,615
336
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Carlos Francisco De Sousa Reis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,218
2,734
0.333
cancer research
apoptosis
endocytosis
computational protein design
cell biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
123,092
354
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Fernando Rodrigues
Universidade do Minho
Braga, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,005
3,958
0.494
molecular biology of fungi
human genetics
microbiology
metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
133,770
385
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Pedro A. Soares
Universidade do Minho
Braga, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,425
3,310
0.446
Genetics
Archaeogenetics
Phylogeography
Human Evolution
Yeast Evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
139,183
398
80
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
João T. Barata
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,152
3,591
0.502
Cancer biology
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Targeted therapies
Signal transduction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
140,472
407
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Monica Bettencourt Dias
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,090
2,953
0.417
cytoskeleton
centrioles
cell division
cell motility
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,454
438
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
João André Carriço
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,641
3,860
0.581
Bioinformatics
Microbiology
Bacterial Evolution and Population Structure
Linked Data
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
157,349
458
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Maria João Collares-Pereira
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,360
1,309
0.206
Evolution
Cytogenomics
Conservation Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
167,142
483
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Maria J Silva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,992
3,661
0.611
Environmental genotoxicity
molecular epidemiology
toxicogenomics
nanotoxicology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
172,812
502
108
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Vitor C. Sousa
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,795
3,917
0.676
population genetics
statistical genetics
human genetics
genomics
molecular ecology and speciation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
177,962
522
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Albino Martins
Universidade do Minho
Braga, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,625
2,667
0.474
Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Differentiation
Electrospinning
Biomaterials Surface BioFunctionalization
Drug Release Systems.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
185,579
548
118
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Catia Pesquita
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,391
2,465
0.457
AI for Science
Knowledge Graphs
Bioinformatics
Ontology Matching
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
193,936
581
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Peter Jordan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,147
1,545
0.300
Molecular Cell Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
202,351
609
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Miguel Brito
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,928
3,787
0.768
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
213,995
655
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Sara Silva
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,649
2,329
0.501
Genetic Programming
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
252,177
778
164
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Hugo Oliveira
Universidade do Minho
Braga, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,892
3,206
0.824
Virology
Microbiology
Genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
258,533
801
180
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Patrícia Beldade
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,783
1,398
0.370
genetic basis of variation
eco-evo-devo
insect physiology
developmental plasticity
evolutionary novelty
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
267,081
835
185
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ana Rita Matos
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,643
2,541
0.698
Lipid Metabolism and Respiration
Arabidopsis
Soybean
microalgae
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry