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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,214
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
5,274
Country Rank
2,508
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
5,335
Country Rank
2,538
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
5,352
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
5,602
Country Rank
2,662
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
5,627
Country Rank
2,677
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
5,650
Country Rank
2,688
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
6,125
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
6,655
Country Rank
569
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
6,786
Country Rank
3,228
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
62,355
20,391
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
6,989
Country Rank
3,337
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
7,135
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
7,210
Country Rank
3,444
Institution Rank : 267
![](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
7,371
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
7,718
Country Rank
3,692
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 Rank
8,196
Country Rank
715
Institution Rank : 6
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11142.jpg)
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
![Roy Goodacre](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/7e/1498612.jpg)
Metabolomics
Raman Spectroscopy
SERS
Analytical Chemistry
Chemometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,420
26,378
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
8,476
Country Rank
73
Institution Rank : 5
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9865.jpg)
![Brazil](/flags/br.png)
![Mauro Martins Teixeira](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/af/887552.jpg)
inflammation
leukocyte recruitment
infection
anti-inflammatory drugs
clinical trials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,430
26,777
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
8,767
Country Rank
411
Institution Rank : 3
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10031.png)
![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Battino Maurizio](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/4a/1753726.jpg)
biochemistry
dentistry
nutrition
food science
bioenergetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,297
30,103
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
8,778
Country Rank
4,208
Institution Rank : 9
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/2836.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Peter Mcgarvey](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/25/1391494.jpg)
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Proteomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,262
32,342
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
8,862
Country Rank
147
Institution Rank : 13
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10539.png)
![Switzerland](/flags/ch.png)
![Pascal Schneider](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/41/1104065.jpg)
TNF family ligands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,979
11,528
0.218
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,045
Country Rank
795
Institution Rank : 22
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/14639.png)
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
![Andrew P Halestrap](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/1a/4322680.jpg)
Mitochondrial function and monocarboxylate transport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,231
11,646
0.223
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,345
Country Rank
368
Institution Rank : 7
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15015.jpg)
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
![Eric Arthur Newsholme](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/0a/121805.jpg)
Metabolism
Biochemistry
Immune System
Exercise
Amino acids
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,054
5,065
0.099
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,404
Country Rank
822
Institution Rank : 12
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11587.jpg)
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
![Gideon Davies](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/05/1481306.jpg)
Structural Enzymology
Carbohydrate Biochemistry
Glycobiology
Chemical Biology
Biofuels
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,897
16,744
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,413
Country Rank
4,522
Institution Rank : 49
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10897.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Patrick H O Farrell](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/21/1876676.jpg)
Cell cycle
mitochondria
development
Drosophila
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,863
3,674
0.072
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,536
Country Rank
4,570
Institution Rank : 221
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8488.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![James Spudich](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
muscle biology
the cytoskeleton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,478
8,103
0.161
Frank Madeo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,574
37,552
0.510
Michael Sheetz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,061
16,537
0.226
membranes
motors
motility
matrix
force
James N Ihle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,405
5,424
0.075
Oliver Fiehn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,258
37,188
0.515
metabolomics
cheminformatics
mass spectrometry
biochemistry
Chris Somerville
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,209
13,287
0.189
John Ralph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,057
31,566
0.451
Lignin chemistry
plant cell wall biosynthesis
NMR
synthesis
Valerian Kagan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,879
33,144
0.474
Biochemistry
Mass spectrometry
Membranes
Cell death
Redox
Lutz Birnbaumer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,384
10,526
0.159
David Carling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,077
15,768
0.250
Biochemistry and physiology
A Keith Dunker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,355
20,391
0.327
Intrinsically disordered proteins
Biochemistry
Biophysics
Bioinformatics
William Weis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,277
18,679
0.305
biochemistry
biophysics
cell biology
Andreas Pluckthun|Andreas Plueckthun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,539
15,116
0.250
Biochemistry
Protein Engineering
Antibody Engineering
Directed evolution
Biotechnology
John Asara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,118
33,227
0.553
Metabolomics
Lipidomics
Proteomics
Mass Spectrometry
Biochemistry
Hartmut Lichtenthaler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,245
18,931
0.320
Photosynthesis
Plant Biochemistry
Philip Beachy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,498
12,655
0.220
Cell-cell signaling
stem cell biology
regeneration
development
Roy Goodacre
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,420
26,378
0.476
Metabolomics
Raman Spectroscopy
SERS
Analytical Chemistry
Chemometrics
Mauro Martins Teixeira
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,430
26,777
0.492
inflammation
leukocyte recruitment
infection
anti-inflammatory drugs
clinical trials
Battino Maurizio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,297
30,103
0.565
biochemistry
dentistry
nutrition
food science
bioenergetics
Peter Mcgarvey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,262
32,342
0.607
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Proteomics
Pascal Schneider
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,979
11,528
0.218
Andrew P Halestrap
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,231
11,646
0.223
Mitochondrial function and monocarboxylate transport
Eric Arthur Newsholme
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,054
5,065
0.099
Metabolism
Biochemistry
Immune System
Exercise
Amino acids
Gideon Davies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,897
16,744
0.329
Structural Enzymology
Carbohydrate Biochemistry
Glycobiology
Chemical Biology
Biofuels
Patrick H O Farrell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,863
3,674
0.072
Cell cycle
mitochondria
development
Drosophila
James Spudich
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,478
8,103
0.161
muscle biology
the cytoskeleton