Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Centre for Genomic Regulation Highly Cited Researchers Citation 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
Spain
Cedric Notredame
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,764
22,799
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Spain
Thomas Graf
Biomedicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,860
8,658
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Spain
Stephan Ossowski
Cancer and rare disease genomics
metagenomics
computational genomics
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,232
11,974
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Spain
Luciano Di Croce
Transcription
Epigenetics
Chromatin
Cancer and Stem Cell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,818
9,923
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Spain
Holger Heyn
Single Cell Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,855
13,701
0.690
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Spain
Genis Parra
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,642
5,825
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Spain
Tyler Alioto
Bioinformatics
gene prediction
genome assembly
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,941
8,884
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Spain
Marc A. Marti-Renom
3D Genomics
Computational Biology
Structural Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,923
7,506
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Spain
Juan Valcarcel
RNA biology
splicing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,556
5,772
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Spain
Diego Garrido-Martín
Multivariate statistics
NGS data analysis
Computational Biology
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,604
13,523
0.926
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Spain
Ben Lehner
Genomics
Biophysics
Evolution
Solving Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,467
7,715
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Spain
Francisco Câmara Ferreira
Bioinformatics
gene prediction
plant-based nutrition
genome annotation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,306
4,813
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Spain
Manuel İrimia
Evolution
Alternative Splicing
Transcriptome
Neuron
Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,294
8,206
0.574
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Spain
Dierssen Mara
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,010
5,554
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Spain
James Sharpe
biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,246
5,095
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Spain
Manuel Muñoz-Aguirre
Machine learning
data science
genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,456
9,800
0.937
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Spain
Sergi Beltran
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Rare Diseases
Cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,872
6,998
0.709
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Spain
Julia Ponomarenko
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,050
4,258
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Spain
Fatima Gebauer
Translation regulation
RNA binding proteins
development
cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,160
2,180
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Spain
Enrique Blanco Garcia
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,758
3,098
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Spain
Susana De La Luna
DYRK kinases
signal transduction
protein kinases
gene regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,426
1,644
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Spain
Bernhard Payer
Epigenetics
Germ Cells
Developmental Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,796
2,112
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Spain
Reza Sodaei
development/evolution
mind/psychology
art/philosophy
industries/tech
modeling/data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,672
5,119
0.903
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Spain
Sílvia Carbonell Sala
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,360
4,500
0.840
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Spain
Arnau Sebé-Pedrós
Evolutionary Biology
Comparative genomics
Epigenomics
Gene regulation
Chromatin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,410
3,125
0.709
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,406
Spain
165
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Cedric Notredame
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,764
22,799
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,887
Spain
276
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Thomas Graf
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,860
8,658
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,803
Spain
655
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Stephan Ossowski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,232
11,974
0.539
Cancer and rare disease genomics
metagenomics
computational genomics
machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,202
Spain
731
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Luciano Di Croce
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,818
9,923
0.477
Transcription
Epigenetics
Chromatin
Cancer and Stem Cell
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,851
Spain
802
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Holger Heyn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,855
13,701
0.690
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,457
Spain
814
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Genis Parra
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,642
5,825
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,462
Spain
852
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Tyler Alioto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,941
8,884
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,522
Spain
854
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Marc A. Marti-Renom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,923
7,506
0.397
3D Genomics
Computational Biology
Structural Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,279
Spain
959
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Juan Valcarcel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,556
5,772
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,635
Spain
1,263
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Diego Garrido-Martín
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,604
13,523
0.926
Multivariate statistics
NGS data analysis
Computational Biology
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,406
Spain
1,293
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ben Lehner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,467
7,715
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,334
Spain
1,322
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Francisco Câmara Ferreira
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,306
4,813
0.336
Bioinformatics
gene prediction
plant-based nutrition
genome annotation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,407
Spain
1,325
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Manuel İrimia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,294
8,206
0.574
Evolution
Alternative Splicing
Transcriptome
Neuron
Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,150
Spain
1,367
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Dierssen Mara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,010
5,554
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,584
Spain
1,913
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
James Sharpe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,246
5,095
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,336
Spain
2,142
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Manuel Muñoz-Aguirre
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,456
9,800
0.937
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,692
Spain
2,328
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sergi Beltran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,872
6,998
0.709
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
125,487
Spain
3,106
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Julia Ponomarenko
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,050
4,258
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,500
Spain
3,653
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Fatima Gebauer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,160
2,180
0.304
Translation regulation
RNA binding proteins
development
cancer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
151,395
Spain
3,958
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Enrique Blanco Garcia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,758
3,098
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
159,469
Spain
4,236
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Susana De La Luna
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,426
1,644
0.256
DYRK kinases
signal transduction
protein kinases
gene regulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
176,933
Spain
4,805
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Bernhard Payer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,796
2,112
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
180,772
Spain
4,932
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Reza Sodaei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,672
5,119
0.903
development/evolution
mind/psychology
art/philosophy
industries/tech
modeling/data
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
190,961
Spain
5,262
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Sílvia Carbonell Sala
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,360
4,500
0.840
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
230,155
Spain
6,575
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Arnau Sebé-Pedrós
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,410
3,125
0.709
Evolutionary Biology
Comparative genomics
Epigenomics
Gene regulation
Chromatin