Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics Highly Cited Researchers 59.949 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
Cattle nutrition
fertility
growth
molecular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229,718
66,635
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Genetics
Omics
Proteomics
Medicine
Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
228,292
85,923
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Evolution
Bioinformatics
Sequence Alignment
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
224,790
40,417
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
metastasis
TGF-beta
stem cells
signal transduction
transcription
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219,824
42,763
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Melatonin
Oxidative Stress
Neuroendocrinology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
218,414
67,935
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Genetics
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217,997
67,344
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
DNA
Cancer
Genomics
Mutations
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217,816
118,094
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
proteomics
mass spectrometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217,539
53,024
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
genetic epidemiology
substance use
sleep
obesity
physical inactivity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216,325
86,970
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Genetics
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
213,950
67,457
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
noncoding RNA
genetics
molecular biology
genomics
cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
212,319
44,030
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Molecular Biology
Cancer
Epigenomics
Epigenetics
DNA Methylation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
211,534
110,042
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Bioinformatics
statistics
biostatistics
genomics
statistical computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
210,081
114,288
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Genetics of common
chronic disease. Disease risk assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,524
101,368
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Computational-Biology
embl_ebi_research_group
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,027
62,774
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Bioinformatics
cancer genetics
gene expression
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
205,040
105,184
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
lipoproteins
pharmacogenomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203,404
59,080
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Genetics
Public Health
Genomics
Glycomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202,857
92,135
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Genetics
Genomics
Informatics
Metagenomics
Infectious Diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,811
54,945
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Quantitative genetics
statistical genetics
population genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183,809
89,519
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Computational analysis
statistics
data mining
cancer genomics
particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181,604
70,911
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Molecular and cell biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180,548
26,743
0.148
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Genetics
Genomics
Methylomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
177,617
98,677
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Human Reference
Genome Sequencing
Administration and Study of Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175,655
66,094
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
608
2
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
David A Kenny
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229,718
66,635
0.290
Cattle nutrition
fertility
growth
molecular biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
621
243
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Michael Snyder
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
228,292
85,923
0.376
Genetics
Omics
Proteomics
Medicine
Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
642
3
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Des Higgins
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
224,790
40,417
0.180
Evolution
Bioinformatics
Sequence Alignment
Genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
679
269
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Joan Massague
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219,824
42,763
0.195
metastasis
TGF-beta
stem cells
signal transduction
transcription
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
684
271
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Russel J Reiter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
218,414
67,935
0.311
Melatonin
Oxidative Stress
Neuroendocrinology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
688
273
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Aravinda Chakravarti
New York University
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217,997
67,344
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
689
274
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Michael S Lawrence
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217,816
118,094
0.542
DNA
Cancer
Genomics
Mutations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
691
13
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Aebersold R
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217,539
53,024
0.244
proteomics
mass spectrometry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
701
6
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Jaakko Kaprio
University of Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216,325
86,970
0.402
genetic epidemiology
substance use
sleep
obesity
physical inactivity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
715
285
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Richard M Myers
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
213,950
67,457
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
730
54
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Gregory Hannon
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
212,319
44,030
0.207
noncoding RNA
genetics
molecular biology
genomics
cancer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
734
291
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Peter W Laird
Van Andel Research Institute
Grand Rapids, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
211,534
110,042
0.520
Molecular Biology
Cancer
Epigenomics
Epigenetics
DNA Methylation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
744
15
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Gordon K Smyth
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
210,081
114,288
0.544
Bioinformatics
statistics
biostatistics
genomics
statistical computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
784
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Vilmundur Gudnason
University of Iceland
Reykjavík, Iceland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,524
101,368
0.491
Genetics of common
chronic disease. Disease risk assessment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
788
60
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Ewan Birney
European Bioinformatics Institute
Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,027
62,774
0.305
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Computational-Biology
embl_ebi_research_group
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
799
315
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Joel Parker
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
205,040
105,184
0.513
Bioinformatics
cancer genetics
gene expression
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
812
323
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Ronald M Krauss
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203,404
59,080
0.290
lipoproteins
pharmacogenomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
820
19
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Wei Wang
Edith Cowan University
Joondalup, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202,857
92,135
0.454
Genetics
Public Health
Genomics
Glycomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
879
359
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
George Weinstock
Jackson Laboratory
Maine, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,811
54,945
0.281
Genetics
Genomics
Informatics
Metagenomics
Infectious Diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
993
24
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Peter Visscher
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183,809
89,519
0.487
Quantitative genetics
statistical genetics
population genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,011
18
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Sergey Senkin
World Health Organization
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181,604
70,911
0.390
Computational analysis
statistics
data mining
cancer genomics
particle physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,022
429
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Tony Hunter
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180,548
26,743
0.148
Molecular and cell biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,061
447
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
David J Van Den Berg
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
177,617
98,677
0.556
Genetics
Genomics
Methylomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,084
458
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Lucinda Fulton
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175,655
66,094
0.376
Human Reference
Genome Sequencing
Administration and Study of Science