Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Hacettepe University Highly Cited Researchers CitationNatural Sciences / Biological Science 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
Türkiye
Burak Akbaba
ecology
conservation biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,599
4,008
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Türkiye
Salih Bülent Alten
Ecology
Vector Ecology
Population Genetic
Taxonomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,998
2,741
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Türkiye
İdil Erte Yet
metabolomics
epigenetics
bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,655
3,379
0.726
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Türkiye
Çağatay Tavşanoğlu
fire ecology
plant ecology
vegetation dynamics
functional ecology
EkoEvo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,800
3,053
0.803
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Türkiye
Necdet Sağlam
Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine
Green Nano/Technology
Biotechnology
Biology education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,473
1,713
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Türkiye
Kadriye Sorkun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,420
1,396
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Türkiye
Ali Aslan Dönmez
Bitki Sistematiği
Koruma Biyolojisi
Moleküler filogeni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,171
1,378
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Türkiye
Ali Demirsoy
Evolution
Zoogeography
Biogeography
Entomology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,847
699
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Türkiye
Gülserap Nilgün Kazancı
Biomonitoring
benthic macroinvertebrate
climate change effects on aquatic ecosystems
running water ecology
biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,766
903
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Türkiye
Nurhayat Barlas
endocrine disruptors
developmental biology
cell toxicity
reproductive toxicity
histopathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,158
905
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Türkiye
Özge Erişöz Kasap
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,897
1,123
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Türkiye
İbrahim Çağatay Karaaslan
Allergy
Asthma
Immunology
Molecular Genetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,881
926
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Türkiye
Nevin Keskin
Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,827
720
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Türkiye
Selim Süalp Çağlar
Population Ecology
Ecosystem and Community Ecology
Biogeography
Biodiversity and Conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,394
486
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Türkiye
Mehmet Ali Onur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,308
453
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Türkiye
Aslı Özkök
Botanik
Arı Ürünleri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,269
904
0.712
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Türkiye
Betül Çelebi Saltık
Stem Cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,164
874
0.751
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Türkiye
Gülşah Merve Kılınç
archaeogenomics
population genetics
bioinformatics
computational biology
EkoEvo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,127
968
0.859
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Türkiye
Işık Perçin Demirçelik
affinity chromatography
biology
chemistry
plasmid DNA
lectins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,018
782
0.768
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Türkiye
Galip Akaydın
Botanik
Eczacılık
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
976
490
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Türkiye
Burcu Tarıkahya Hacıoğlu
PERLab
plant systematics
ekoevo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
873
374
0.428
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Türkiye
Osman Sert
Sistematik
Taksonomi
Adli Entomoloji
Davranış
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
865
413
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Türkiye
Cahit Doğan
plant anatomy
systematic botany
allergy
pollen morphology
Aeropalynology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
776
252
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Türkiye
Gencer Türkmen
Ephemeroptera
Limnology
Benthic Macroinvertebrate
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
762
400
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Türkiye
Nuran Diril
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
720
201
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,359
Türkiye
323
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Burak Akbaba
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,599
4,008
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
204,231
Türkiye
1,321
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Salih Bülent Alten
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,998
2,741
0.548
Ecology
Vector Ecology
Population Genetic
Taxonomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
218,618
Türkiye
1,476
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
İdil Erte Yet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,655
3,379
0.726
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
263,257
Türkiye
2,099
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Çağatay Tavşanoğlu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,800
3,053
0.803
fire ecology
plant ecology
vegetation dynamics
functional ecology
EkoEvo
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
284,519
Türkiye
2,379
140
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Necdet Sağlam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,473
1,713
0.493
Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine
Green Nano/Technology
Biotechnology
Biology education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
288,241
Türkiye
2,437
144
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Kadriye Sorkun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,420
1,396
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
307,305
Türkiye
2,762
155
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ali Aslan Dönmez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,171
1,378
0.435
Bitki Sistematiği
Koruma Biyolojisi
Moleküler filogeni
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
335,791
Türkiye
3,260
173
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ali Demirsoy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,847
699
0.246
Evolution
Zoogeography
Biogeography
Entomology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
343,800
Türkiye
3,421
179
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Gülserap Nilgün Kazancı
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,766
903
0.326
Biomonitoring
benthic macroinvertebrate
climate change effects on aquatic ecosystems
running water ecology
biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
415,748
Türkiye
4,868
222
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nurhayat Barlas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,158
905
0.419
endocrine disruptors
developmental biology
cell toxicity
reproductive toxicity
histopathology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
456,417
Türkiye
5,801
241
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Özge Erişöz Kasap
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,897
1,123
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
459,156
Türkiye
5,867
247
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
İbrahim Çağatay Karaaslan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,881
926
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
468,518
Türkiye
6,082
253
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Nevin Keskin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,827
720
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
559,565
Türkiye
8,419
296
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Selim Süalp Çağlar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,394
486
0.349
Population Ecology
Ecosystem and Community Ecology
Biogeography
Biodiversity and Conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
581,760
Türkiye
8,973
309
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mehmet Ali Onur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,308
453
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
592,322
Türkiye
9,288
316
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Aslı Özkök
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,269
904
0.712
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
622,868
Türkiye
10,158
329
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Betül Çelebi Saltık
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,164
874
0.751
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
634,440
Türkiye
10,521
340
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Gülşah Merve Kılınç
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,127
968
0.859
archaeogenomics
population genetics
bioinformatics
computational biology
EkoEvo
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
671,215
Türkiye
11,597
359
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Işık Perçin Demirçelik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,018
782
0.768
affinity chromatography
biology
chemistry
plasmid DNA
lectins
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
686,526
Türkiye
12,039
368
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Galip Akaydın
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
976
490
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
726,755
Türkiye
13,378
409
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Burcu Tarıkahya Hacıoğlu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
873
374
0.428
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
730,091
Türkiye
13,488
413
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Osman Sert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
865
413
0.477
Sistematik
Taksonomi
Adli Entomoloji
Davranış
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
768,757
Türkiye
14,827
433
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Cahit Doğan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
776
252
0.325
plant anatomy
systematic botany
allergy
pollen morphology
Aeropalynology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
774,929
Türkiye
15,052
437
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Gencer Türkmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
762
400
0.525
Ephemeroptera
Limnology
Benthic Macroinvertebrate
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
794,795
Türkiye
15,744
454
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Nuran Diril
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
720
201
0.279