Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics Highly Cited Researchers 18.146 Scientists Citation in United States 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: 26
lipoproteins
pharmacogenomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203,404
59,080
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Genetics
Genomics
Informatics
Metagenomics
Infectious Diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,811
54,945
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Molecular and cell biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180,548
26,743
0.148
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Genetics
Genomics
Methylomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
177,617
98,677
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Human Reference
Genome Sequencing
Administration and Study of Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175,655
66,094
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Human genetics and genomics
Molecular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
174,546
73,780
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
statistical genetics
neurodegeneration
data science
biostatistics
genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173,711
75,873
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Cancer Genomics
Signaling Pathways
Bioinformatics
Computational Oncology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173,356
100,053
0.577
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Computational Biology
bioinformatics
cancer genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173,308
46,323
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Bioinformatics
Epigenetics
Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168,154
49,249
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Genomics
genetics
schizophrenia
major depressive disorder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,889
81,826
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Computational genomics
RNA biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,187
48,129
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Cancer genetics
head and neck cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166,638
96,683
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Cancer Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165,955
58,282
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Cell Signaling
Receptor tyrosine Kinases
Cancer
Drug discovery First interest
Second interest
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164,672
18,487
0.112
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Cancer Genetics
Breast Cancer
Stem Cells
Molecular Biology
Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163,306
37,456
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160,340
43,924
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Cancer Epigenetics
Lung Cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157,504
35,365
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Genomics
Cancer
Machine Learning
Probability
Statistical Mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157,360
70,356
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Evolutionary biology
phylogenetic methods
population genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156,698
23,993
0.153
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Public health genomics
genetic epidemiology
precision public health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154,796
45,613
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
population genetics evolutionary genomics heterochromatin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154,080
44,317
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Epigenetics
DNA methylation
CIMP
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152,911
84,855
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Bioinformatics
Sequence Alignment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151,226
44,554
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
apoptosis
inflammasome
ubiquitin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,913
35,548
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
811
322
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Ronald M Krauss
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203,404
59,080
0.290
lipoproteins
pharmacogenomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
878
358
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
George Weinstock
Jackson Laboratory
Maine, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,811
54,945
0.281
Genetics
Genomics
Informatics
Metagenomics
Infectious Diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,019
427
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Tony Hunter
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180,548
26,743
0.148
Molecular and cell biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,058
445
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
David J Van Den Berg
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
177,617
98,677
0.556
Genetics
Genomics
Methylomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,081
456
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Lucinda Fulton
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175,655
66,094
0.376
Human Reference
Genome Sequencing
Administration and Study of Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,090
462
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Steven A Mccarroll
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
174,546
73,780
0.423
Human genetics and genomics
Molecular biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,104
467
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Mike A Nalls
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173,711
75,873
0.437
statistical genetics
neurodegeneration
data science
biostatistics
genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,111
471
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Nikolaus Schultz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173,356
100,053
0.577
Cancer Genomics
Signaling Pathways
Bioinformatics
Computational Oncology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,113
472
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Jinghui Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173,308
46,323
0.267
Computational Biology
bioinformatics
cancer genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,173
500
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
W James Kent
University of California Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168,154
49,249
0.293
Bioinformatics
Epigenetics
Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,175
502
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Patrick F Sullivan
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,889
81,826
0.487
Genomics
genetics
schizophrenia
major depressive disorder
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,185
510
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Sean R Eddy
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,187
48,129
0.288
Computational genomics
RNA biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,193
513
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
D Neil Hayes Ms
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166,638
96,683
0.580
Cancer genetics
head and neck cancer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,206
521
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Stephen Chanock
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165,955
58,282
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,223
531
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Joseph Schlessinger
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164,672
18,487
0.112
Cell Signaling
Receptor tyrosine Kinases
Cancer
Drug discovery First interest
Second interest
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,247
543
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Stewart Wolmark
Portland Community College
Portland, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163,306
37,456
0.229
Cancer Genetics
Breast Cancer
Stem Cells
Molecular Biology
Biochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,290
566
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Glass CK
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160,340
43,924
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,334
589
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
James Herman
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157,504
35,365
0.225
Cancer Epigenetics
Lung Cancer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,336
590
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Pablo Tamayo
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157,360
70,356
0.447
Genomics
Cancer
Machine Learning
Probability
Statistical Mechanics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,346
594
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Joe Felsenstein
University of Washington
Seattle, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156,698
23,993
0.153
Evolutionary biology
phylogenetic methods
population genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,379
604
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Muin J Khoury
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154,796
45,613
0.295
Public health genomics
genetic epidemiology
precision public health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,393
609
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Andrew G Clark
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154,080
44,317
0.288
population genetics evolutionary genomics heterochromatin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,412
618
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Dan Weisenberger
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152,911
84,855
0.555
Epigenetics
DNA methylation
CIMP
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,436
630
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Thomas L Madden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151,226
44,554
0.295
Bioinformatics
Sequence Alignment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,448
638
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Vishva Dixit
Genentech, Inc
South San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,913
35,548
0.236
apoptosis
inflammasome
ubiquitin