Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 14.677 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: 1
Evolution
Evolutionary biology
Molecular evolution
Population genetics
Phylogenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
426,197
69,202
0.162
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Computational Biology
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Metagenomics
Biomedical Data Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
368,238
160,555
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
271,241
56,823
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
267,541
84,809
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
ecology
sustainable agriculture
biodiversity
climate change ecology
conservation ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
254,529
86,249
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
253,936
142,524
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Biology
Gene Regulation
MicroRNAs
Noncoding RNA
Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
248,029
60,769
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244,060
75,096
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
gene control
transcription
hormones
nuclear receptors
metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
240,828
38,643
0.160
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Biotechnology
imaging
drugs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207,603
58,295
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
environmental biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
205,790
49,767
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
fungi
mycology
evolution
phylogeny
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
196,976
72,322
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Systems biology
genomics
personalized medicine
cancer
neurodegeneration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,118
28,504
0.146
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
High Energy Physics
Data Science
High Performance Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176,764
43,147
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Biology
Genetics
Genomics
Epigenetics
Cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171,339
49,758
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
ecology
microbiology
biogeochemistry
microbial ecology
ecosystem ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168,699
87,427
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
statistical ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,661
38,289
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
systems biology
developmental biology
cell biology
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,193
22,060
0.156
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Biology
Medicine
Genomics
Regulatory RNAs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139,228
72,896
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Computational Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,051
71,404
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Population biology
human ecology
evolution
coevolution
conservation biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,319
31,277
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Mass spectrometry
SLIM technology
separations
proteomics
MS-based pan-omics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,119
29,982
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Crystallography
Cryo-EM
Computational methods
Structural biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,955
52,334
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Biology
Genetics
Genomics
Evolution
Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,898
19,553
0.154
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Alzheimer Disease
Parkinson Disease
Oxidative Stress
Amyloid
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,792
33,855
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57
31
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Masatoshi Nei
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
426,197
69,202
0.162
Evolution
Evolutionary biology
Molecular evolution
Population genetics
Phylogenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107
53
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Steven Salzberg
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
368,238
160,555
0.436
Computational Biology
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Metagenomics
Biomedical Data Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
348
146
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Fred "Rusty" Gage
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
271,241
56,823
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
366
154
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Eugene Koonin
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
267,541
84,809
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
447
180
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
David Tilman
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
254,529
86,249
0.339
ecology
sustainable agriculture
biodiversity
climate change ecology
conservation ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
451
184
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Heng Li
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
253,936
142,524
0.561
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
Genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
485
196
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
David Bartel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
248,029
60,769
0.245
Biology
Gene Regulation
MicroRNAs
Noncoding RNA
Molecular Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
517
205
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Rakesh Jain|Rakesh Jain
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244,060
75,096
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
545
213
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ronald M Evans
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
240,828
38,643
0.160
gene control
transcription
hormones
nuclear receptors
metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
770
304
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ralph Weissleder
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207,603
58,295
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
790
310
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Harold Mooney
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
205,790
49,767
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
867
352
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
John W Taylor
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
196,976
72,322
0.367
fungi
mycology
evolution
phylogeny
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
885
361
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Leroy Hood
Institute for Systems Biology
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,118
28,504
0.146
Systems biology
genomics
personalized medicine
cancer
neurodegeneration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,066
448
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ian Fisk
Flatiron Institute
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176,764
43,147
0.244
High Energy Physics
Data Science
High Performance Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,133
482
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Richard Young
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171,339
49,758
0.290
Biology
Genetics
Genomics
Epigenetics
Cancer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,165
494
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Noah Fierer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168,699
87,427
0.518
ecology
microbiology
biogeochemistry
microbial ecology
ecosystem ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,533
676
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
David Anderson
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,661
38,289
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,652
738
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Marc Kirschner
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,193
22,060
0.156
systems biology
developmental biology
cell biology
evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,695
757
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Howard Y Chang
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139,228
72,896
0.524
Biology
Medicine
Genomics
Regulatory RNAs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,750
786
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Gabor T Marth
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,051
71,404
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,819
815
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Paul R Ehrlich
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,319
31,277
0.233
Population biology
human ecology
evolution
coevolution
conservation biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,929
874
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Richard D Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,119
29,982
0.230
Mass spectrometry
SLIM technology
separations
proteomics
MS-based pan-omics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,934
877
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Paul D Adams
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,955
52,334
0.403
Crystallography
Cryo-EM
Computational methods
Structural biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,020
925
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Michael B Eisen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,898
19,553
0.154
Biology
Genetics
Genomics
Evolution
Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,026
930
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
George Perry
University of Texas San Antonio
San Antonio, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,792
33,855
0.267
Alzheimer Disease
Parkinson Disease
Oxidative Stress
Amyloid
Neuroscience