Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Cornell 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 :101
Landscape Ecology
Behavioral Ecology
Ornithology
Conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
349
144
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :102
Protein Engineering
Protein-Protein Interaction
Protein Expression and Purification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
318
201
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :103
sexual selection
speciation
coevolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
317
183
0.577
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :104
meiosis
gametogenesis
reproductive biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
316
165
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :105
Ecology
Conservation Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
301
249
0.827
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :106
Evolutionary biology
ornithology
invasion biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
287
253
0.882
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :107
polyploidy
genomics
evolution
pteridology
CAM photosynthesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
266
253
0.951
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :108
molecular evolution
adaptation
host-microbiome relationships
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
257
255
0.992
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :109
remote sensing
dryland ecology
landscape ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
249
230
0.924
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :110
Virology
Infectious Disease
Biological Sciences
Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246
238
0.967
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :111
Biogeochemistry
Geographic Information Systems
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246
156
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :112
bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244
219
0.898
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :113
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
243
243
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :114
ecology
biology
genetics
conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
234
231
0.987
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :115
Wildlife disease
epidemiology
ophidiomycosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217
215
0.991
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :116
evolution
ecology
plant-virus interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217
180
0.829
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :117
Ecology
microbiomes
vectors
parasites
communities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201
200
0.995
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :118
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
196
168
0.857
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :119
Machine learning for drug discovery and development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191
191
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :120
Inorganic Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182
178
0.978
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :121
paleobotany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178
123
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :122
Ecology
Physiology
Torpor
Field energetics
Hummingbirds
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153
151
0.987
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :123
Ecology
conservation
migration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
152
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :124
evolution
morphology
ecophysiology
ferns
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
152
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :125
Chemical Biology
Molecular and Cell Biology
Drug Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
139
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,059,989
277,264
2,066
Ranking Based On Selection: 101
Richard Johnston González
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
349
144
0.413
Landscape Ecology
Behavioral Ecology
Ornithology
Conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,096,789
282,855
2,146
Ranking Based On Selection: 102
Dujduan Waraho-Zhmayev
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
318
201
0.632
Protein Engineering
Protein-Protein Interaction
Protein Expression and Purification
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,098,171
283,083
2,152
Ranking Based On Selection: 103
Dean Castillo
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
317
183
0.577
sexual selection
speciation
coevolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,099,497
283,272
2,157
Ranking Based On Selection: 104
Xianfei Sun
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
316
165
0.522
meiosis
gametogenesis
reproductive biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,118,682
285,989
2,198
Ranking Based On Selection: 105
Cristian Sevillano Rios
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
301
249
0.827
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,137,869
288,675
2,230
Ranking Based On Selection: 106
Natalie R Hofmeister
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
287
253
0.882
Evolutionary biology
ornithology
invasion biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,169,279
293,120
2,285
Ranking Based On Selection: 107
David Wickell
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
266
253
0.951
polyploidy
genomics
evolution
pteridology
CAM photosynthesis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,183,265
295,026
2,320
Ranking Based On Selection: 108
Samantha L Goldman
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
257
255
0.992
molecular evolution
adaptation
host-microbiome relationships
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,196,810
296,890
2,360
Ranking Based On Selection: 109
Anna C Knight
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
249
230
0.924
remote sensing
dryland ecology
landscape ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,201,662
297,540
2,372
Ranking Based On Selection: 110
J Lizbeth Reyes Zamora
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246
238
0.967
Virology
Infectious Disease
Biological Sciences
Biochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,202,480
297,652
2,376
Ranking Based On Selection: 111
Melanie Hayn
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246
156
0.634
Biogeochemistry
Geographic Information Systems
Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,205,261
298,044
2,381
Ranking Based On Selection: 112
Li Yao
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244
219
0.898
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,206,446
298,193
2,383
Ranking Based On Selection: 113
Amelia-Juliette Demery
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
243
243
1.000
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,222,340
300,429
2,422
Ranking Based On Selection: 114
Emma Suzuki Spence
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
234
231
0.987
ecology
biology
genetics
conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,253,764
304,712
2,490
Ranking Based On Selection: 115
Ellen Haynes
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217
215
0.991
Wildlife disease
epidemiology
ophidiomycosis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,254,350
304,803
2,495
Ranking Based On Selection: 116
Elizabeth Lombardi
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217
180
0.829
evolution
ecology
plant-virus interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,285,470
309,076
2,572
Ranking Based On Selection: 117
Joel J Brown
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201
200
0.995
Ecology
microbiomes
vectors
parasites
communities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,296,999
310,648
2,597
Ranking Based On Selection: 118
Weilin Xu
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
196
168
0.857
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,306,918
311,959
2,619
Ranking Based On Selection: 119
Jessica White
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191
191
1.000
Machine learning for drug discovery and development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,327,551
314,733
2,663
Ranking Based On Selection: 120
Aohan Hu
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182
178
0.978
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,338,067
316,217
2,682
Ranking Based On Selection: 121
Caroline Siegert
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178
123
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,400,822
324,758
2,806
Ranking Based On Selection: 122
Anusha Shankar
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153
151
0.987
Ecology
Physiology
Torpor
Field energetics
Hummingbirds
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,403,213
325,057
2,811
Ranking Based On Selection: 123
Alice D Mcbride
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
152
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,403,296
325,071
2,812
Ranking Based On Selection: 124
Jacob Suissa|JS Suissa
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
152
1.000
evolution
morphology
ecophysiology
ferns
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,441,105
330,083
2,886
Ranking Based On Selection: 125
Yizhen Jin
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
139
1.000
Chemical Biology
Molecular and Cell Biology
Drug Development