Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers 67.348 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: 26
ecology
microbiology
biogeochemistry
microbial ecology
ecosystem ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168,699
87,427
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
High Energy Physics
Particle Physics
LHC
LHCb
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,656
59,952
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
global ecology
atmosphere-biosphere interactions
remote sensing
climate change impacts
ecometabolomics and biogenic VOCs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164,940
91,817
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Bioinformatics
Systems Biology
Systems Medicine
Digital Health
Data Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155,165
56,980
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Evolutionary biology
Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152,742
85,895
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Conservation Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,538
52,415
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
statistical ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,661
38,289
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Ecology
resilience
complex systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,798
47,539
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
systems biology
developmental biology
cell biology
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,193
22,060
0.156
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Biology
Medicine
Genomics
Regulatory RNAs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139,228
72,896
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Computational Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,051
71,404
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
metabolic engineering
metabolism
systems biology
synthetic biology
biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,867
63,616
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Population biology
human ecology
evolution
coevolution
conservation biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,319
31,277
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Mass spectrometry
SLIM technology
separations
proteomics
MS-based pan-omics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,119
29,982
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Crystallography
Cryo-EM
Computational methods
Structural biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,955
52,334
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Phylogenetics
Evolutionary Biology
Molecular Evolution
Computational Biology
Computer Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,187
52,558
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Biology
Genetics
Genomics
Evolution
Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,898
19,553
0.154
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Alzheimer Disease
Parkinson Disease
Oxidative Stress
Amyloid
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,792
33,855
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Metaheuristics
Engineering Optimization
Evolutionary Computation
Swarm Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,721
112,929
0.891
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Proteins
amyloid
structural biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,647
26,881
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Ecology
theoretical ecology
mathematical biology
ecological economics
applied mathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,810
40,169
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
ecology
evolution
epidemiology
statistics
theoretical biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,655
82,940
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Public Health
Global health
Disease modelling
Climate Changes and disease dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,603
111,036
0.898
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,595
44,077
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Evolutionary Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,611
34,094
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,168
496
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Noah Fierer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168,699
87,427
0.518
ecology
microbiology
biogeochemistry
microbial ecology
ecosystem ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,183
36
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Eugeni Graugés Pous
Universitat de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,656
59,952
0.358
High Energy Physics
Particle Physics
LHC
LHCb
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,224
38
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Josep Penuelas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164,940
91,817
0.557
global ecology
atmosphere-biosphere interactions
remote sensing
climate change impacts
ecometabolomics and biogenic VOCs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,376
7
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Søren Brunak
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155,165
56,980
0.367
Bioinformatics
Systems Biology
Systems Medicine
Digital Health
Data Sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,418
39
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Edward C Holmes
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152,742
85,895
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,527
119
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Kevin J Gaston
University of Exeter
Exeter, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,538
52,415
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,537
679
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
David Anderson
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,661
38,289
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,560
44
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Brian Walker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,798
47,539
0.326
Ecology
resilience
complex systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,657
741
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Marc Kirschner
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,193
22,060
0.156
systems biology
developmental biology
cell biology
evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,700
760
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Howard Y Chang
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139,228
72,896
0.524
Biology
Medicine
Genomics
Regulatory RNAs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,755
789
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Gabor T Marth
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,051
71,404
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,810
23
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Jens Nielsen
Chalmers University of Technology
Göteborg, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,867
63,616
0.472
metabolic engineering
metabolism
systems biology
synthetic biology
biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,824
818
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Paul R Ehrlich
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,319
31,277
0.233
Population biology
human ecology
evolution
coevolution
conservation biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,935
878
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Richard D Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,119
29,982
0.230
Mass spectrometry
SLIM technology
separations
proteomics
MS-based pan-omics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,940
881
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Paul D Adams
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,955
52,334
0.403
Crystallography
Cryo-EM
Computational methods
Structural biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,016
10
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Alexei J Drummond
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,187
52,558
0.413
Phylogenetics
Evolutionary Biology
Molecular Evolution
Computational Biology
Computer Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,026
929
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Michael B Eisen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,898
19,553
0.154
Biology
Genetics
Genomics
Evolution
Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,032
934
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
George Perry
University of Texas San Antonio
San Antonio, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,792
33,855
0.267
Alzheimer Disease
Parkinson Disease
Oxidative Stress
Amyloid
Neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,033
64
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Seyedali Mirjalili|Ali Mirjalili
Torrens University Australia
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,721
112,929
0.891
Metaheuristics
Engineering Optimization
Evolutionary Computation
Swarm Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,087
959
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
David S Eisenberg
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,647
26,881
0.216
Proteins
amyloid
structural biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,117
977
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Simon Levin
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,810
40,169
0.324
Ecology
theoretical ecology
mathematical biology
ecological economics
applied mathematics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,123
81
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Ben Bolker
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,655
82,940
0.671
ecology
evolution
epidemiology
statistics
theoretical biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,126
9
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Abdallah Samy
Ain Shams University
Cairo, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,603
111,036
0.898
Public Health
Global health
Disease modelling
Climate Changes and disease dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,169
1,002
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
David C Van Essen
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,595
44,077
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,198
1,018
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
John P Huelsenbeck
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,611
34,094
0.280