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: 126
Malaysian geography and biodiversity
urban ecology and planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
771
356
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 127
Society-Nature Interactions
Political Ecology
Environmental Governance
Land Use Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
737
604
0.820
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 128
ecohydrology
hydropeaking
environmental flows
freshwater ecology
river management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
730
699
0.958
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 129
Social Ecology
Transdisciplinary Research
Degrowth
Sustainability Transformations
Island studies
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
730
568
0.778
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 130
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
723
357
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 131
Evolutionary Biology
Macroecology
Systematics
Lepidoptera
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
678
336
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 132
Botany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
676
266
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 133
ecology
evolution
genetics
aging
gut microbiome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
664
440
0.663
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 134
Personalized medicine
Data analysis
Phylodynamics
Bayesian statistics
Tree priors
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
659
421
0.639
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 135
NMR
Protein Dynamics
Molecular Design
Structural Biology
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
637
250
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 136
biodiversity
conservation biology
DNA barcoding
evolution
polyploidy
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
622
217
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 137
Biology
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
613
243
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 138
Biology
Zoology
Herpetology
Behaviour
Cognition
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
480
255
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 139
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Cell Biology
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
384
360
0.938
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 140
population genetics
conservation genetics
phylogeny
evolutionary genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
355
315
0.887
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 141
Predator-Prey Relationships
Ecology
Hibernation
Nature Conservation
Fecal Cortisol Metabolites
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
344
240
0.698
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 142
Structural and Functional Botany
Flower Development
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
341
280
0.821
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 143
Protein Engineering
CAR T cells
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
335
322
0.961
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 144
evolutionary biology
comparative morphology
human pelvic evolution
geometric morphometrics
phylogenetic comparative methods
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
324
318
0.981
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 145
Forest Ecology
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
311
241
0.775
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 146
Marine Ecology
Micropalaeontology
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
261
136
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 147
Biology
Ecology
Botany - Alpine Ecosystems
Alpine Research
Arctic Ecosystems
Arctic Research
Biodiversity Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242
93
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 148
Vertebrate Palaeontology
Palaeoecology
Giraffidae
Mammalia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
203
0.940
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 149
ecology
ecophysiology
biophysical ecology
global change biology
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
208
208
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 150
Oceanography
marine biology
marine ecology
marine biogeochemistry
marine hypoxia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191
98
0.513
Nor Rasidah Hashim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
771
356
0.462
Malaysian geography and biodiversity
urban ecology and planning
Michael Klingler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
737
604
0.820
Society-Nature Interactions
Political Ecology
Environmental Governance
Land Use Change
Daniel S. Hayes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
730
699
0.958
ecohydrology
hydropeaking
environmental flows
freshwater ecology
river management
Panos Petridis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
730
568
0.778
Social Ecology
Transdisciplinary Research
Degrowth
Sustainability Transformations
Island studies
Manuela Wedl
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
723
357
0.494
Patrick Strutzenberger
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
678
336
0.496
Evolutionary Biology
Macroecology
Systematics
Lepidoptera
Pedro Escobar Garcia
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
676
266
0.393
Franz Hoelzl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
664
440
0.663
ecology
evolution
genetics
aging
gut microbiome
Veronika Bošková
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
659
421
0.639
Personalized medicine
Data analysis
Phylodynamics
Bayesian statistics
Tree priors
Sven Brüschweiler
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
637
250
0.392
NMR
Protein Dynamics
Molecular Design
Structural Biology
Michaela Sonnleitner
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
622
217
0.349
biodiversity
conservation biology
DNA barcoding
evolution
polyploidy
Ken Luzynski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
613
243
0.396
Iris Starnberger
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
480
255
0.531
Biology
Zoology
Herpetology
Behaviour
Cognition
Mohammed Aufy
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
384
360
0.938
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Cell Biology
Sven Winter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
355
315
0.887
population genetics
conservation genetics
phylogeny
evolutionary genomics
Jessica Svea Cornils
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
344
240
0.698
Predator-Prey Relationships
Ecology
Hibernation
Nature Conservation
Fecal Cortisol Metabolites
Anke Bellaire
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
341
280
0.821
Structural and Functional Botany
Flower Development
Charlotte Zajc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
335
322
0.961
Nicole Ds Grunstra
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
324
318
0.981
evolutionary biology
comparative morphology
human pelvic evolution
geometric morphometrics
phylogenetic comparative methods
Dessie Assefa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
311
241
0.775
Annekatrin J Enge
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
261
136
0.521
Marine Ecology
Micropalaeontology
Christian Lettner
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242
93
0.384
Biology
Ecology
Botany - Alpine Ecosystems
Alpine Research
Arctic Ecosystems
Arctic Research
Biodiversity Research
Alexandros Xafis
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
203
0.940
Vertebrate Palaeontology
Palaeoecology
Giraffidae
Mammalia
Shane Morris
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
208
208
1.000
ecology
ecophysiology
biophysical ecology
global change biology
Am Caballero Alfonso
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191
98
0.513
Oceanography
marine biology
marine ecology
marine biogeochemistry
marine hypoxia