Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Imperial College London Highly Cited Researchers CitationNatural Sciences / Biological Science Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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 :26
Structural biology
membrane protein biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,153
3,229
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Metabolic engineering
Renewable fuel production
Escherichia coli
Cyanobacteria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,829
3,015
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
endothelial function
vascular biology
pulmonary hypertension
Rho GTPases
actin cytoskeleton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,774
1,808
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
evo-devo
devo-evo
evolution
craniofacial development
morphology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,890
2,005
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
computational biology
genomics
epigenetics
transcription regulation
deep sequencing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,720
2,885
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Energy systems
energy policy
urban sustainability
industrial ecology
consumer behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,542
2,979
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Macroecology
Biodiversity
Biogeography
Evolution
Conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,468
4,386
0.802
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Complex systems
Fluctuating environments
Biological scaling
Ecosystem ecology
Thermal physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,458
3,601
0.660
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Disease Ecology and Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,451
5,374
0.986
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Environmental Biotechnology
Quantum Computing
Electron/Proton Tunnelling
Meta-omics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,038
3,990
0.792
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Synthetic biology
systems biology
protein engineering
zinc fingers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,988
2,122
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
biological physics
systems biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,951
1,907
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
SynBio - genome engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,715
2,949
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Community Ecology
Landscape Ecology
Tropical Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,636
3,526
0.761
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
RNA virus phylogenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,624
4,031
0.872
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
3D structure of muscle sarcomere
Structural biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,115
1,326
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Structural Biology
NMR
X-Ray Crystallography
Candida albicans
Microbial adhesion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,869
1,778
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Evolution of molecular machines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,828
2,307
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Synthetic Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,822
1,530
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
structural biology
photosynthesis
evolution
bioenergetics
bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,668
1,540
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Ecosystem ecology
microbial ecology
biogeochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,646
2,999
0.823
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Systems Biology
Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,479
951
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Synthetic Biology
Evolutionary Dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,347
2,053
0.613
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Evolutionary Biology
Phylogenetics
Computer Simulations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,280
2,499
0.762
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Behaviour
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,265
2,115
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,650
11,365
642
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Thomas Meier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,153
3,229
0.451
Structural biology
membrane protein biochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
149,757
11,844
658
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Patrik R Jones
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,829
3,015
0.441
Metabolic engineering
Renewable fuel production
Escherichia coli
Cyanobacteria
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
151,027
11,924
660
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Beata Wojciak Stothard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,774
1,808
0.267
endothelial function
vascular biology
pulmonary hypertension
Rho GTPases
actin cytoskeleton
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
174,150
13,462
718
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Arhat Abzhanov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,890
2,005
0.340
evo-devo
devo-evo
evolution
craniofacial development
morphology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
179,287
13,819
730
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Piotr J Balwierz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,720
2,885
0.504
computational biology
genomics
epigenetics
transcription regulation
deep sequencing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
184,947
14,220
739
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
James Keirstead
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,542
2,979
0.538
Energy systems
energy policy
urban sustainability
industrial ecology
consumer behaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
187,349
14,366
749
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Susy Echeverría Londoño
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,468
4,386
0.802
Macroecology
Biodiversity
Biogeography
Evolution
Conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
187,657
14,388
751
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Samraat Pawar
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,458
3,601
0.660
Complex systems
Fluctuating environments
Biological scaling
Ecosystem ecology
Thermal physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
187,861
14,404
752
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Ruiyun Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,451
5,374
0.986
Disease Ecology and Epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
202,835
15,445
808
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Po Heng Henry LEE æ伯亨
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,038
3,990
0.792
Environmental Biotechnology
Quantum Computing
Electron/Proton Tunnelling
Meta-omics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
204,896
15,615
814
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Mark Isalan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,988
2,122
0.425
Synthetic biology
systems biology
protein engineering
zinc fingers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
206,397
15,710
816
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Robert G Endres
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,951
1,907
0.385
biological physics
systems biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
216,333
16,369
840
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Nikolai Windbichler
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,715
2,949
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
219,722
16,587
849
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Cristina Banks Leite
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,636
3,526
0.761
Community Ecology
Landscape Ecology
Tropical Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
220,253
16,626
853
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Manon Ragonnet Cronin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,624
4,031
0.872
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
245,406
18,226
922
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Pradeep Kumar Luther
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,115
1,326
0.322
3D structure of muscle sarcomere
Structural biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
259,470
19,088
957
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Ernesto Cota
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,869
1,778
0.460
Structural Biology
NMR
X-Ray Crystallography
Candida albicans
Microbial adhesion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
261,836
19,221
962
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Morgan Beeby
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,828
2,307
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
262,216
19,246
963
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Geoff S. Baldwin
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,822
1,530
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
271,700
19,848
989
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
James W. Murray
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,668
1,540
0.420
structural biology
photosynthesis
evolution
bioenergetics
bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
273,133
19,942
995
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Bonnie Waring
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,646
2,999
0.823
Ecosystem ecology
microbial ecology
biogeochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
284,402
20,625
1,037
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
John Pinney
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,479
951
0.273
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Systems Biology
Evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
293,945
21,162
1,066
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Jose Ignacio Jimenez
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,347
2,053
0.613
Synthetic Biology
Evolutionary Dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
299,081
21,454
1,077
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Fabricia F Nascimento
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,280
2,499
0.762
Evolutionary Biology
Phylogenetics
Computer Simulations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
300,223
21,520
1,081
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Richard J Gill
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,265
2,115
0.648
Behaviour
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology