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
Immunology
Cancer Genetics
Immunodeficiency
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,667
14,787
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
epilepsy
genetics
genomics
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,580
14,378
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Genomics
Genetics
Cancer
RNA splicing
Neurodegeneration
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,096
17,066
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,625
6,725
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Statistical Cancer Genomics
Statistical Pharmacogenomics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,943
12,467
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Disordered Proteins
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,855
13,125
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
computational biology
3D genome
networks
single-cell transcriptomics
genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,337
10,776
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Genome Engineering
Hematology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,381
14,153
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Immunology
Influenza
Viral immunity
T cell repertoire
innate immune cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,156
15,818
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Cancer Immunotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,667
12,864
0.594
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
computational biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,614
13,402
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
genomics
data visualization
web app
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,187
14,322
0.676
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Hematology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,582
5,563
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
molecular and cell biology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,094
4,682
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,042
8,799
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,901
6,934
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Virology
immunology
cell biology
vaccines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,346
8,480
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
cancer
genetics
pharmacology
pharmacogenomics
pharmacogenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,184
11,872
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Dynamic Structural Biology
Single-molecule Biophysics
Single-molecule FRET
Protein Synthesis
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,842
8,079
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
AML
MDS
Genomics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,344
8,591
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,629
8,203
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Medicinal chemistry
Antibiotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,473
5,975
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
phase separation
disordered proteins
multivalent interactions
biomolecular condensates
RNA-binding proteins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,928
12,153
0.814
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
bioinformatics
leukemia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,767
6,834
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Apoptosis
BCL-2 Family
Mitochondrial Function
Hematopoiesis
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,420
4,815
0.334
Kim E Nichols
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,667
14,787
0.516
Immunology
Cancer Genetics
Immunodeficiency
Heather C Mefford
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,580
14,378
0.503
epilepsy
genetics
genomics
Gang Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,096
17,066
0.607
Genomics
Genetics
Cancer
RNA splicing
Neurodegeneration
Linda Hendershot
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,625
6,725
0.262
Stan Pounds
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,943
12,467
0.500
Statistical Cancer Genomics
Statistical Pharmacogenomics
Richard Kriwacki
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,855
13,125
0.528
Koon-Kiu Yan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,337
10,776
0.443
computational biology
3D genome
networks
single-cell transcriptomics
genomics
Shengdar Q Tsai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,381
14,153
0.605
Genome Engineering
Hematology
Paul G Thomas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,156
15,818
0.683
Immunology
Influenza
Viral immunity
T cell repertoire
innate immune cells
Stephen Gottschalk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,667
12,864
0.594
Michael Rusch
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,614
13,402
0.620
Xin Zhou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,187
14,322
0.676
genomics
data visualization
web app
Ellis J Neufeld
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,582
5,563
0.299
Suzanne Jackowski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,094
4,682
0.259
molecular and cell biology
Burkhard Höckendorf
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,042
8,799
0.488
Sue Kaste
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,901
6,934
0.387
Stacey Schultz-Cherry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,346
8,480
0.489
Virology
immunology
cell biology
vaccines
Jun J Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,184
11,872
0.691
cancer
genetics
pharmacology
pharmacogenomics
pharmacogenetics
Scott C Blanchard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,842
8,079
0.480
Dynamic Structural Biology
Single-molecule Biophysics
Single-molecule FRET
Protein Synthesis
Jeffery Klco
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,344
8,591
0.526
Emilio Boada-Romero
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,629
8,203
0.525
Richard E Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,473
5,975
0.386
Medicinal chemistry
Antibiotics
Tanja Mittag
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,928
12,153
0.814
phase separation
disordered proteins
multivalent interactions
biomolecular condensates
RNA-binding proteins
Wenjian Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,767
6,834
0.463
bioinformatics
leukemia
Joseph T Opferman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,420
4,815
0.334
Apoptosis
BCL-2 Family
Mitochondrial Function
Hematopoiesis