Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers 186 Scientists Citation 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: 101
Muscle biology
Structural biology
Cytoskeleton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,247
587
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 102
Behavior
Cognition
Comparative Behavior Research
Comparative Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,139
490
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 103
Biologie
Botanik
Aerobiologie
Allergie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,123
868
0.773
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 104
Rhizosphere Ecology
Phytoremediation
Pollution Control Technologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,113
955
0.858
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 105
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,112
666
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 106
Computational Biology
Drug Discovery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,109
767
0.692
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 107
NMR spectroscopy
Structural Chemistry
Molecular Recognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,059
663
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 108
phenotypic integration
natural and sexual selection
assortativity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,059
246
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 109
Magnetic resonance
solid state nmr
ultrafast nmr
dissolution DNP
homonuclear decoupling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,039
431
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 110
Evolutionary Medicine
Evolutionary Biology
Biological Anthropology
Theoretical Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,027
635
0.618
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 111
Chiroptera
zoology
micromorphology
bone
histomorphology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,020
762
0.747
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 112
Life Science
Physical Science
Biophysics
Biomedical Science
Membranes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,019
599
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 113
river-floodplain ecology
restoration ecology
conservation
modelling
community ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,006
625
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 114
Palaeontology
palaeobiology
palaeoecology
geometric morphometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,004
604
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 115
Cardio-Oncology
Heart Failure
Cardiac Regeneration
Translational Models
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
990
959
0.969
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 116
Sensory Ecology
Evolution
Sexual Dimorphism
Visual System
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
985
487
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 117
Evolutionary biology
Polygenic adaptation
genomics
Conus toxins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
973
797
0.819
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 118
Landscape Ecology
Urban Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
956
548
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 119
Ecological Economics
Climate Change
Sustainability
Integrated Modelling
Foresight
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
911
626
0.687
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 120
organic farming
ethnobotany
local knowledge
non-timber forest products
wild foods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
893
614
0.688
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 121
Palaeobotany
plant mesofossils
plant-insect interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
876
215
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 122
Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
872
675
0.774
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 123
Soil Ecology
Microbial Ecology
Biogeochemistry
Soil Organic Carbon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
867
790
0.911
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 124
Ethnobotany
Agrobiodiversity
Local Knowledge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
865
261
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 125
limnology
water quality modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
806
425
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
607,657
3,141
569
Ranking Based On Selection: 101
Julius Kostan
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,247
587
0.471
Muscle biology
Structural biology
Cytoskeleton
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
640,142
3,287
587
Ranking Based On Selection: 102
Lisa Horn
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,139
490
0.430
Behavior
Cognition
Comparative Behavior Research
Comparative Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
645,118
3,303
324
Ranking Based On Selection: 103
Maximilian Bastl
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,123
868
0.773
Biologie
Botanik
Aerobiologie
Allergie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
648,171
3,313
591
Ranking Based On Selection: 104
Imran Hussain
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,113
955
0.858
Rhizosphere Ecology
Phytoremediation
Pollution Control Technologies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
648,596
3,314
592
Ranking Based On Selection: 105
Ella Nukarinen
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,112
666
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
649,503
3,318
594
Ranking Based On Selection: 106
Claire Colas
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,109
767
0.692
Computational Biology
Drug Discovery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
666,074
3,382
605
Ranking Based On Selection: 107
Gerald Platzer
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,059
663
0.626
NMR spectroscopy
Structural Chemistry
Molecular Recognition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
666,250
3,383
606
Ranking Based On Selection: 108
Hans L Nemeschkal
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,059
246
0.232
phenotypic integration
natural and sexual selection
assortativity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
673,015
3,414
611
Ranking Based On Selection: 109
Greg L Olsen
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,039
431
0.415
Magnetic resonance
solid state nmr
ultrafast nmr
dissolution DNP
homonuclear decoupling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
677,173
3,433
613
Ranking Based On Selection: 110
Barbara Fischer
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,027
635
0.618
Evolutionary Medicine
Evolutionary Biology
Biological Anthropology
Theoretical Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
679,557
3,447
332
Ranking Based On Selection: 111
Anna Nele Herdina
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,020
762
0.747
Chiroptera
zoology
micromorphology
bone
histomorphology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
679,969
3,449
616
Ranking Based On Selection: 112
Richard D Harvey
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,019
599
0.588
Life Science
Physical Science
Biophysics
Biomedical Science
Membranes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
684,599
3,474
176
Ranking Based On Selection: 113
Andrea Funk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,006
625
0.621
river-floodplain ecology
restoration ecology
conservation
modelling
community ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
685,335
3,477
621
Ranking Based On Selection: 114
Giuseppe Marramà
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,004
604
0.602
Palaeontology
palaeobiology
palaeoecology
geometric morphometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
690,128
3,502
336
Ranking Based On Selection: 115
Andreas Spannbauer
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
990
959
0.969
Cardio-Oncology
Heart Failure
Cardiac Regeneration
Translational Models
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
692,190
3,507
624
Ranking Based On Selection: 116
Martin Streinzer
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
985
487
0.494
Sensory Ecology
Evolution
Sexual Dimorphism
Visual System
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
696,406
3,528
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 117
Neda Barghi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
973
797
0.819
Evolutionary biology
Polygenic adaptation
genomics
Conus toxins
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
702,717
3,551
179
Ranking Based On Selection: 118
Marcela Suarez Rubio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
956
548
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
720,164
3,629
182
Ranking Based On Selection: 119
Mathias Kirchner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
911
626
0.687
Ecological Economics
Climate Change
Sustainability
Integrated Modelling
Foresight
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
727,266
3,677
185
Ranking Based On Selection: 120
Christoph Schunko
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
893
614
0.688
organic farming
ethnobotany
local knowledge
non-timber forest products
wild foods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
734,419
3,712
664
Ranking Based On Selection: 121
Barbara Meller
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
876
215
0.245
Palaeobotany
plant mesofossils
plant-insect interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
735,729
3,721
186
Ranking Based On Selection: 122
Erik Breslmayr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
872
675
0.774
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
737,754
3,729
187
Ranking Based On Selection: 123
Christoph Rosinger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
867
790
0.911
Soil Ecology
Microbial Ecology
Biogeochemistry
Soil Organic Carbon
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
738,914
3,735
188
Ranking Based On Selection: 124
Brigitte Vogl Lukasser
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
865
261
0.302
Ethnobotany
Agrobiodiversity
Local Knowledge
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
763,621
3,848
191
Ranking Based On Selection: 125
Stefan Preiner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
806
425
0.527
limnology
water quality modeling