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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
4,641
Country Rank
2,231
Institution Rank : 44
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Barry Honig](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/95/911167.jpg)
Systems Biology
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,227
14,076
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
4,703
Country Rank
380
Institution Rank : 22
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/4926.png)
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
![Michael Brammer](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
neuroimaging
time series analysis
biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,635
17,437
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
4,731
Country Rank
385
Institution Rank : 34
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![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
![Tom L Blundell](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Structural biology
Bioinformatics
Biochemistry
Drug Discovery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,455
20,292
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
4,701
Country Rank
2,257
Institution Rank : 36
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![David C Richardson](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e6/1299715.jpg)
protein crystallography
molecular graphics
structural informatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,641
33,700
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,033
Country Rank
193
Institution Rank : 21
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![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
![Pieter R Cullis](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a6/641111.jpg)
Drug delivery
lipid nanoparticles
lipid biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,989
25,226
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,125
Country Rank
2,450
Institution Rank : 14
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10889.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Donald Bers](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/71/1742159.jpg)
Physiology
Pharmacology
Cardiology
Biochemistry
Computational Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,262
19,590
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,207
Country Rank
20
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/4765.png)
![Austria](/flags/at.png)
![Frank Madeo](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,574
37,552
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,241
Country Rank
284
Institution Rank : 4
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9993.png)
![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Giampaolo Merlini](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Medicina
Biochimica
amiloidosi
Medicine
Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,314
38,315
0.523
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,265
Country Rank
2,507
Institution Rank : 2
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11455.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Michael Sheetz](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f4/1678504.jpg)
membranes
motors
motility
matrix
force
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,061
16,537
0.226
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,324
Country Rank
2,539
Institution Rank : 7
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/17361.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![James N Ihle](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,405
5,424
0.075
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,341
Country Rank
2,546
Institution Rank : 16
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10889.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Oliver Fiehn](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/48/1742171.jpg)
metabolomics
cheminformatics
mass spectrometry
biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,258
37,188
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,391
Country Rank
2,570
Institution Rank : 131
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![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Garry Nolan](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/69/1649762.jpg)
Biology
Biochemistry
Cytometry
Cancer
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,807
33,299
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,587
Country Rank
2,660
Institution Rank : 71
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10888.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Chris Somerville](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,209
13,287
0.189
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,612
Country Rank
2,676
Institution Rank : 23
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11571.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![John Ralph](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Lignin chemistry
plant cell wall biosynthesis
NMR
synthesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,057
31,566
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,635
Country Rank
2,686
Institution Rank : 26
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/24586.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Valerian Kagan](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/15/1778830.jpg)
Biochemistry
Mass spectrometry
Membranes
Cell death
Redox
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,879
33,144
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,708
Country Rank
2,724
Institution Rank : 6
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5618.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Bruce W Hollis](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/63/1390411.jpg)
Nutritional Biochemistry
Maternal and Child Health
Pediatric Nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,200
17,266
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
6,109
Country Rank
13
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6958.png)
![Argentina](/flags/ar.png)
![Lutz Birnbaumer](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,384
10,526
0.159
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
6,648
Country Rank
568
Institution Rank : 48
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/3649.png)
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
![David Carling](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Biochemistry and physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,077
15,768
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
6,860
Country Rank
3,273
Institution Rank : 3
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/3772.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![A Keith Dunker](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/5c/1391455.jpg)
Intrinsically disordered proteins
Biochemistry
Biophysics
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,922
20,010
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
6,979
Country Rank
3,334
Institution Rank : 163
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8488.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![William Weis](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
biochemistry
biophysics
cell biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,277
18,679
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
7,121
Country Rank
110
Institution Rank : 10
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10446.png)
![Switzerland](/flags/ch.png)
![Andreas Pluckthun|Andreas Plueckthun](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d8/1079942.jpg)
Biochemistry
Protein Engineering
Antibody Engineering
Directed evolution
Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,539
15,116
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
7,026
Country Rank
11
Institution Rank : 2
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5509.jpg)
![Egypt](/flags/eg.png)
![Nahla Anber](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/6d/95502.jpg)
Clinical Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,983
57,286
0.939
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
7,195
Country Rank
3,439
Institution Rank : 265
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/3215.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![John Asara](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/2f/1388825.jpg)
Metabolomics
Lipidomics
Proteomics
Mass Spectrometry
Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,118
33,227
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
7,350
Country Rank
300
Institution Rank : 5
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/4768.png)
![Germany](/flags/de.png)
![Hartmut Lichtenthaler](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c1/1760859.jpg)
Photosynthesis
Plant Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,245
18,931
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
7,701
Country Rank
3,689
Institution Rank : 183
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8488.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Philip Beachy](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Cell-cell signaling
stem cell biology
regeneration
development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,498
12,655
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
4,641
Country Ranking
2,231
Institution Ranking
44
Barry Honig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,227
14,076
0.180
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1736.jpg)
Systems Biology
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
4,703
Country Ranking
380
Institution Ranking
22
Michael Brammer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,635
17,437
0.225
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/4926.png)
neuroimaging
time series analysis
biochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
4,731
Country Ranking
385
Institution Ranking
34
Tom L Blundell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,455
20,292
0.262
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10902.jpg)
Structural biology
Bioinformatics
Biochemistry
Drug Discovery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
4,701
Country Ranking
2,257
Institution Ranking
36
David C Richardson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,641
33,700
0.434
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/2086.jpg)
protein crystallography
molecular graphics
structural informatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
5,033
Country Ranking
193
Institution Ranking
21
Pieter R Cullis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,989
25,226
0.336
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10873.jpg)
Drug delivery
lipid nanoparticles
lipid biophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
5,125
Country Ranking
2,450
Institution Ranking
14
Donald Bers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,262
19,590
0.264
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10889.jpg)
Physiology
Pharmacology
Cardiology
Biochemistry
Computational Modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
5,207
Country Ranking
20
Institution Ranking
1
Frank Madeo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,574
37,552
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
5,241
Country Ranking
284
Institution Ranking
4
Giampaolo Merlini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,314
38,315
0.523
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9993.png)
Medicina
Biochimica
amiloidosi
Medicine
Biochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
5,265
Country Ranking
2,507
Institution Ranking
2
Michael Sheetz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,061
16,537
0.226
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11455.png)
membranes
motors
motility
matrix
force
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
5,324
Country Ranking
2,539
Institution Ranking
7
James N Ihle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,405
5,424
0.075
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
5,341
Country Ranking
2,546
Institution Ranking
16
Oliver Fiehn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,258
37,188
0.515
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10889.jpg)
metabolomics
cheminformatics
mass spectrometry
biochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
5,391
Country Ranking
2,570
Institution Ranking
131
Garry Nolan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,807
33,299
0.464
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Biology
Biochemistry
Cytometry
Cancer
Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
5,587
Country Ranking
2,660
Institution Ranking
71
Chris Somerville
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,209
13,287
0.189
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
5,612
Country Ranking
2,676
Institution Ranking
23
John Ralph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,057
31,566
0.451
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11571.jpg)
Lignin chemistry
plant cell wall biosynthesis
NMR
synthesis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
5,635
Country Ranking
2,686
Institution Ranking
26
Valerian Kagan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,879
33,144
0.474
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/24586.png)
Biochemistry
Mass spectrometry
Membranes
Cell death
Redox
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
5,708
Country Ranking
2,724
Institution Ranking
6
Bruce W Hollis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,200
17,266
0.250
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5618.png)
Nutritional Biochemistry
Maternal and Child Health
Pediatric Nutrition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
6,109
Country Ranking
13
Institution Ranking
1
Lutz Birnbaumer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,384
10,526
0.159
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
6,648
Country Ranking
568
Institution Ranking
48
David Carling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,077
15,768
0.250
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/3649.png)
Biochemistry and physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
6,860
Country Ranking
3,273
Institution Ranking
3
A Keith Dunker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,922
20,010
0.323
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/3772.png)
Intrinsically disordered proteins
Biochemistry
Biophysics
Bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
6,979
Country Ranking
3,334
Institution Ranking
163
William Weis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,277
18,679
0.305
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biochemistry
biophysics
cell biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
7,121
Country Ranking
110
Institution Ranking
10
Andreas Pluckthun|Andreas Plueckthun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,539
15,116
0.250
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Biochemistry
Protein Engineering
Antibody Engineering
Directed evolution
Biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
7,026
Country Ranking
11
Institution Ranking
2
Nahla Anber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,983
57,286
0.939
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Clinical Biochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
7,195
Country Ranking
3,439
Institution Ranking
265
John Asara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,118
33,227
0.553
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Metabolomics
Lipidomics
Proteomics
Mass Spectrometry
Biochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
7,350
Country Ranking
300
Institution Ranking
5
Hartmut Lichtenthaler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,245
18,931
0.320
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Photosynthesis
Plant Biochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
7,701
Country Ranking
3,689
Institution Ranking
183
Philip Beachy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,498
12,655
0.220
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Cell-cell signaling
stem cell biology
regeneration
development