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
Marine Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166,947
80,159
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Marine Biology
Coral Reef Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,615
10,815
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,983
1,423
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Marine Pollution
Biomarkers
EIA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,395
2,196
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Aquaculture
Immunology
Physiology
Feed additives
Nanotoxicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,440
3,299
0.959
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Marine Ecology
Marine Pollution
Environmental Monitoring
Fisheries Ecology
Alien Species
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,188
2,417
0.758
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Marine ecology
Acoustics
Mesopelagic fishes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,892
1,715
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Fish diseases
plant diseases
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,641
2,226
0.843
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Marine Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,442
2,103
0.861
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Marine Natural Products
Drug Discovery
Anticancer and Anti-infective Agents
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,158
1,163
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Aquaculture Nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,095
985
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
fish nutration and management Aquaculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,000
1,559
0.780
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Fish Biology
Fish Taxonomy
Fish Embryology
Fish Morphology
Fish Toxicology...
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,966
808
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Marine ecology
marine biomonitoring
DNA metabarcoding
marine ecological assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,518
1,232
0.812
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Fish Early Life History
Marine Biology
Sea Turtle Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,379
603
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Marine ecology
Microbiology
Biogeochemistry
Climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,075
765
0.712
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Marine Geochemistry
Marine sediments
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,013
392
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Marine Environmental Pollution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
993
589
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Marine Production and Environmental Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
986
394
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Aquatic biology
Ecotoxicology
Phycology
Algal physiology
Algal products
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
675
453
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Fish Biology
Fisheries stock assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
641
393
0.613
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Marine Geology
Environmental Micropaleontology
Biostratigraphy
Taxonomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
600
364
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Aquaculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
384
232
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Fish taxonomy
Biodiversity
Fisheries
Aquaculture
Ornamental fisheries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
76
0.776
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Fish ecology
Marine Megafauna
Conservation Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
70
1.000
Carlos M Duarte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166,947
80,159
0.480
Michael Berumen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,615
10,815
0.581
Sou Miyake
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,983
1,423
0.286
Periyadan K Krishnakumar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,395
2,196
0.500
Abdallah Tageldein Mansour
King Faisal University
Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,440
3,299
0.959
Aquaculture
Immunology
Physiology
Feed additives
Nanotoxicology
Lotfi Rabaoui
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,188
2,417
0.758
Marine Ecology
Marine Pollution
Environmental Monitoring
Fisheries Ecology
Alien Species
Anders Røstad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,892
1,715
0.593
Marine ecology
Acoustics
Mesopelagic fishes
Ashraf Abdel Fattah Mostafa
King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,641
2,226
0.843
Fish diseases
plant diseases
Microbiology
Hanan Almahasheer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,442
2,103
0.861
Lamiaa Shaala
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,158
1,163
0.539
Marine Natural Products
Drug Discovery
Anticancer and Anti-infective Agents
Asaad H Mohamed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,095
985
0.470
Abdel Wahab Abdel Warith|Abdelwahab Abdelmoez abdelwarith
King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,000
1,559
0.780
fish nutration and management Aquaculture
Iaa Mekkawy
Taif University
Taif, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,966
808
0.411
Fish Biology
Fish Taxonomy
Fish Embryology
Fish Morphology
Fish Toxicology...
Eva Aylagas Martinez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,518
1,232
0.812
Marine ecology
marine biomonitoring
DNA metabarcoding
marine ecological assessment
Rommel H Maneja
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,379
603
0.437
Fish Early Life History
Marine Biology
Sea Turtle Ecology
Neus Garcias Bonet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,075
765
0.712
Marine ecology
Microbiology
Biogeochemistry
Climate change
Ali S Basaham
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,013
392
0.387
Marine Geochemistry
Marine sediments
Adnan J Turki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
993
589
0.593
Zenon Batang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
986
394
0.400
Marine Production and Environmental Studies
Sreejith Kottuparambil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
675
453
0.671
Aquatic biology
Ecotoxicology
Phycology
Algal physiology
Algal products
Yu Jia Lin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
641
393
0.613
Fish Biology
Fisheries stock assessment
Mohammed H Aljahdali
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
600
364
0.607
Marine Geology
Environmental Micropaleontology
Biostratigraphy
Taxonomy
Joseph Laranja
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
384
232
0.604
Sirajudheen Tk|Sirajudheen Thayyil Kadengal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
76
0.776
Fish taxonomy
Biodiversity
Fisheries
Aquaculture
Ornamental fisheries
Collin T Williams
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
70
1.000
Fish ecology
Marine Megafauna
Conservation Biology