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: 126
Austria
Nor Rasidah Hashim
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
Austria
Michael Klingler
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
Austria
Daniel S. Hayes
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
Austria
Panos Petridis
Social Ecology
Transdisciplinary Research
Degrowth
Sustainability Transformations
Island studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
730
568
0.778
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 130
Austria
Manuela Wedl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
723
357
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 131
Austria
Patrick Strutzenberger
Evolutionary Biology
Macroecology
Systematics
Lepidoptera
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
678
336
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 132
Austria
Pedro Escobar Garcia
Botany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
676
266
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 133
Austria
Franz Hoelzl
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
Austria
Veronika Bošková
Personalized medicine
Data analysis
Phylodynamics
Bayesian statistics
Tree priors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
659
421
0.639
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 135
Austria
Sven Brüschweiler
NMR
Protein Dynamics
Molecular Design
Structural Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
637
250
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 136
Austria
Michaela Sonnleitner
biodiversity
conservation biology
DNA barcoding
evolution
polyploidy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
622
217
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 137
Austria
Ken Luzynski
Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
613
243
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 138
Austria
Iris Starnberger
Biology
Zoology
Herpetology
Behaviour
Cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
480
255
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 139
Austria
Mohammed Aufy
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Cell Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
384
360
0.938
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 140
Austria
Sven Winter
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
Austria
Jessica Svea Cornils
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
Austria
Anke Bellaire
Structural and Functional Botany
Flower Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
341
280
0.821
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 143
Austria
Charlotte Zajc
Protein Engineering
CAR T cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
335
322
0.961
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 144
Austria
Nicole Ds Grunstra
evolutionary biology
comparative morphology
human pelvic evolution
geometric morphometrics
phylogenetic comparative methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
324
318
0.981
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 145
Austria
Dessie Assefa
Forest Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
311
241
0.775
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 146
Austria
Annekatrin J Enge
Marine Ecology
Micropalaeontology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
261
136
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 147
Austria
Christian Lettner
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
Austria
Alexandros Xafis
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
Austria
Shane Morris
ecology
ecophysiology
biophysical ecology
global change biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
208
208
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 150
Austria
Am Caballero Alfonso
Oceanography
marine biology
marine ecology
marine biogeochemistry
marine hypoxia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191
98
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
779,168
Austria
3,905
194
Ranking Based On Selection: 126
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
794,418
Austria
3,969
199
Ranking Based On Selection: 127
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
797,575
Austria
3,991
200
Ranking Based On Selection: 128
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
797,644
Austria
3,993
202
Ranking Based On Selection: 129
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
801,194
Austria
4,015
705
Ranking Based On Selection: 130
Manuela Wedl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
723
357
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
823,054
Austria
4,107
718
Ranking Based On Selection: 131
Patrick Strutzenberger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
678
336
0.496
Evolutionary Biology
Macroecology
Systematics
Lepidoptera
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
824,085
Austria
4,113
721
Ranking Based On Selection: 132
Pedro Escobar Garcia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
676
266
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
829,677
Austria
4,133
77
Ranking Based On Selection: 133
Franz Hoelzl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
664
440
0.663
ecology
evolution
genetics
aging
gut microbiome
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
832,260
Austria
4,143
724
Ranking Based On Selection: 134
Veronika Bošková
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
659
421
0.639
Personalized medicine
Data analysis
Phylodynamics
Bayesian statistics
Tree priors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
843,925
Austria
4,195
730
Ranking Based On Selection: 135
Sven Brüschweiler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
637
250
0.392
NMR
Protein Dynamics
Molecular Design
Structural Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
851,733
Austria
4,224
736
Ranking Based On Selection: 136
Michaela Sonnleitner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
622
217
0.349
biodiversity
conservation biology
DNA barcoding
evolution
polyploidy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
856,405
Austria
4,244
80
Ranking Based On Selection: 137
Ken Luzynski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
613
243
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
946,396
Austria
4,673
798
Ranking Based On Selection: 138
Iris Starnberger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
480
255
0.531
Biology
Zoology
Herpetology
Behaviour
Cognition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,036,755
Austria
5,146
891
Ranking Based On Selection: 139
Mohammed Aufy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
384
360
0.938
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,068,393
Austria
5,283
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 140
Sven Winter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
355
315
0.887
population genetics
conservation genetics
phylogeny
evolutionary genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,081,293
Austria
5,342
101
Ranking Based On Selection: 141
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,084,701
Austria
5,359
935
Ranking Based On Selection: 142
Anke Bellaire
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
341
280
0.821
Structural and Functional Botany
Flower Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,091,752
Austria
5,392
259
Ranking Based On Selection: 143
Charlotte Zajc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
335
322
0.961
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,105,463
Austria
5,457
952
Ranking Based On Selection: 144
Nicole Ds Grunstra
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,122,846
Austria
5,542
267
Ranking Based On Selection: 145
Dessie Assefa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
311
241
0.775
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,197,321
Austria
5,853
1,047
Ranking Based On Selection: 146
Annekatrin J Enge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
261
136
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,229,759
Austria
5,985
1,079
Ranking Based On Selection: 147
Christian Lettner
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,277,115
Austria
6,172
1,126
Ranking Based On Selection: 148
Alexandros Xafis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
203
0.940
Vertebrate Palaeontology
Palaeoecology
Giraffidae
Mammalia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,292,919
Austria
6,234
116
Ranking Based On Selection: 149
Shane Morris
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
208
208
1.000
ecology
ecophysiology
biophysical ecology
global change biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,330,849
Austria
6,413
1,180
Ranking Based On Selection: 150
Am Caballero Alfonso
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191
98
0.513
Oceanography
marine biology
marine ecology
marine biogeochemistry
marine hypoxia