Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationMedical and Health Sciences / Molecular Biology Rankings 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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 :26
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,531
5,739
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Genome maintenance
epigenetics
molecular neurobiology
antibiotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,323
7,883
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Molecular Toxicology
ageing research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,370
4,973
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,811
4,368
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Molecular Evolution
Bioinformatics
Genome Evolution
Protein Evolution
Origins of Life
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,741
6,003
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Proteomics
Metabolomics
Mass Specttometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,489
5,611
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Protein trafficking in bacteria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,426
3,418
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,349
5,903
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Symbiosis
plant-microbe interactions
plant growth promoting bacteria
rhizosphere
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,193
3,826
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
angiogenesis
virus infection
heparan sulfate proteoglycans
macromolecular interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,777
2,909
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Computational Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,522
9,190
0.734
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Virology
Microbiology
Infectious Diseases
Diagnosis of infectious diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,227
5,371
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
cell biology
genetics
developmental biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,128
4,154
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
signal transduction
ROS
DNA damage
epigenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,964
2,836
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
microbial redox-signalling
redox biology
bacillithiol
mycothiol
post-translational thiol-modifications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,953
4,223
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Human Genetics
Molecular Biology
Cancer
Virology
Bioethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,650
5,605
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Quantum Chemistry
Density Functional Theory
Materials Science
Renewable Energy
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,043
6,593
0.597
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Molecular Dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,959
2,225
0.203
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Cancer Genomics
Human Genetics
Gene Regulation
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,599
5,383
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Experimental evolution
evolutionary trajectories
epistasis
adaptive diversification
genomics and regulatory networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,523
3,224
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,216
7,727
0.756
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Plant Molecular Biology
Membrane Transport
Ion Channels
Signaling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,170
3,937
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
(Epi)genomics
Embryonic development
Heart development
Stem cells
Differentiation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,734
3,562
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
lymphoma
leukemia
hematology
microbiology
molecular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,532
6,194
0.650
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Nanomedicine
Bio-nano interactions
Protein Corona
Gene & Drug Delivery
Early Cancer Detection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,340
5,824
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,038
1,253
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Leon J De Windt
Maastricht University
Maastricht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,531
5,739
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,816
244
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Magnar Bjørås
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,323
7,883
0.455
Genome maintenance
epigenetics
molecular neurobiology
antibiotics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,130
2,448
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Alexander Bürkle
Universität Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,370
4,973
0.324
Molecular Toxicology
ageing research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,987
2,279
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Enzo Terreno
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,811
4,368
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,351
2,582
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Erich Bornberg Bauer
Universität Münster
Münster, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,741
6,003
0.407
Molecular Evolution
Bioinformatics
Genome Evolution
Protein Evolution
Origins of Life
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,628
2,344
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Lello Zolla
Università degli Studi della Tuscia
Viterbo, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,489
5,611
0.387
Proteomics
Metabolomics
Mass Specttometry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,981
1,587
114
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Joen Luirink
VU University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,426
3,418
0.237
Protein trafficking in bacteria
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,397
2,689
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Cynthia M Sharma
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,349
5,903
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,551
28,749
550
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Ann Hirsch
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,193
3,826
0.290
Symbiosis
plant-microbe interactions
plant growth promoting bacteria
rhizosphere
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,385
2,799
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Marco Rusnati
Università degli Studi di Brescia
Brescia, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,777
2,909
0.228
angiogenesis
virus infection
heparan sulfate proteoglycans
macromolecular interaction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,177
435
143
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Anthony Mathelier
University of Oslo
Oslo, Norway
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,522
9,190
0.734
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,342
2,950
149
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Guido Antonelli
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,227
5,371
0.439
Virology
Microbiology
Infectious Diseases
Diagnosis of infectious diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,063
31,444
205
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Denise Montell
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,128
4,154
0.343
cell biology
genetics
developmental biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,366
3,020
112
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Enrico V Avvedimento
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,964
2,836
0.237
signal transduction
ROS
DNA damage
epigenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,461
3,406
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Haike Antelmann
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,953
4,223
0.353
microbial redox-signalling
redox biology
bacillithiol
mycothiol
post-translational thiol-modifications
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,919
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Jacques Simpore
University Joseph Ki-Zerbo
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,650
5,605
0.481
Human Genetics
Molecular Biology
Cancer
Virology
Bioethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,188
3,872
150
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Amir Karton
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,043
6,593
0.597
Quantum Chemistry
Density Functional Theory
Materials Science
Renewable Energy
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,033
2,184
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
David H Parker
Radboud University
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,959
2,225
0.203
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,472
3,923
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Tsun Po Yang
Universität zu Köln
Köln, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,599
5,383
0.508
Cancer Genomics
Human Genetics
Gene Regulation
Bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,246
2,259
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Dominique Schneider
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,523
3,224
0.306
Experimental evolution
evolutionary trajectories
epistasis
adaptive diversification
genomics and regulatory networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,421
361
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Serap Erkek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,216
7,727
0.756
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,955
4,113
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Dirk Becker
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,170
3,937
0.387
Plant Molecular Biology
Membrane Transport
Ion Channels
Signaling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,785
2,499
107
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Gert Jan C Veenstra
Radboud University
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,734
3,562
0.366
(Epi)genomics
Embryonic development
Heart development
Stem cells
Differentiation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
101,079
4,421
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Monika Szczepanowski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,532
6,194
0.650
lymphoma
leukemia
hematology
microbiology
molecular biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,450
4,191
208
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Giulio Caracciolo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,340
5,824
0.624
Nanomedicine
Bio-nano interactions
Protein Corona
Gene & Drug Delivery
Early Cancer Detection