Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers 166 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: 51
Protein misfolding
Neurodegeneration
Virology
Microbiology
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,140
2,622
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Neurobiology
Acoustic communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,036
1,154
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Membrane protein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,999
2,790
0.698
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,637
574
0.158
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Neuroscience
Drosophila
connectomics
anatomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,606
3,280
0.910
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Animal Behaviour
Behavioural Ecology
Marine Biology
Sensory Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,404
2,037
0.598
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Mitochondria
tRNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,173
2,178
0.686
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
biomineralisation
skeletal tissues
omics
evo-devo
skeletogenesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,950
2,190
0.742
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Drosophila
Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,791
413
0.148
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Ecology
Adaptation
Behaviour
Human Influences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,509
1,730
0.690
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Proteomics
Estrogen Receptor
Protein Complexes
qPLEX-RIME
mass spectrometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,228
1,832
0.822
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Virología
biología celular
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,221
783
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
plant biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,192
1,677
0.765
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Developmental Biology
Stem Cells
Early Embryogenesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,162
1,725
0.798
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Structural biology
cell biology
autophagy
protein expression
membrane traffic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,136
1,039
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
landscape
biocultural landscape & seascape
sacred landscape
islands
historical ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,077
637
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Mitochondrial DNA
Heteroplasmy transmission
mtDNA repair
Host-pathogen interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,027
685
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Biological Anthropology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,017
1,820
0.902
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Microbial evolution
Behavioural ecology
Systems biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,000
1,617
0.809
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Abiotic Stress Responses
Plant biology
Genetics
Plant-microbe interaction
Signal transduction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,909
1,170
0.613
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Herbaria
Biodiversity
Conservation
Ethnobotany and Sustainable Use
Interpretation and Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,890
1,535
0.812
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Evolutionary dynamics
cancer evolution
early cancer detection
population genetics
maths
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,789
1,183
0.661
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Bioinformatics
Network Biology
Plant-Microbe interaction
Microbial Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,715
1,253
0.731
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
population genetics/genomics
conservation genetics
evolution
computational biology
statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,675
1,091
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
population genetics
evolutionary genetics
biological anthropology
human evolution
primate evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,641
486
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
249,704
18,544
790
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
William A McEwan
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,140
2,622
0.633
Protein misfolding
Neurodegeneration
Virology
Microbiology
Immunology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
255,657
18,912
802
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Berthold Hedwig
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,036
1,154
0.286
Neurobiology
Acoustic communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
257,735
19,026
805
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Martin King
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,999
2,790
0.698
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
279,991
20,402
841
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Howard A Baylis
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,637
574
0.158
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
282,025
20,527
842
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Marta Costa
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,606
3,280
0.910
Neuroscience
Drosophila
connectomics
anatomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
296,375
21,354
859
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
James Herbert Read
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,404
2,037
0.598
Animal Behaviour
Behavioural Ecology
Marine Biology
Sensory Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
314,259
22,409
884
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Christopher A Powell
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,173
2,178
0.686
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
333,794
23,562
920
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Victoria A Sleight
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,950
2,190
0.742
biomineralisation
skeletal tissues
omics
evo-devo
skeletogenesis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
349,083
24,430
949
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Jose Casal
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,791
413
0.148
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
379,548
26,098
996
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Kiyoko Gotanda
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,509
1,730
0.690
Ecology
Adaptation
Behaviour
Human Influences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
414,913
28,003
1,052
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Evangelia K Papachristou
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,228
1,832
0.822
Proteomics
Estrogen Receptor
Protein Complexes
qPLEX-RIME
mass spectrometry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
415,897
28,071
1,056
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Vanesa Madan
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,221
783
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
419,896
28,281
1,062
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Mingjun Gao
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,192
1,677
0.765
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
424,228
28,478
1,075
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Berna Sozen
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,162
1,725
0.798
Developmental Biology
Stem Cells
Early Embryogenesis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
428,091
28,671
1,081
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Yohei Ohashi
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,136
1,039
0.486
Structural biology
cell biology
autophagy
protein expression
membrane traffic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
436,950
29,119
1,089
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Gloria Pungetti
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,077
637
0.307
landscape
biocultural landscape & seascape
sacred landscape
islands
historical ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
444,583
29,524
1,100
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Hansong Ma
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,027
685
0.338
Mitochondrial DNA
Heteroplasmy transmission
mtDNA repair
Host-pathogen interaction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
445,995
29,622
1,101
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Ivy Hui Yuan Yeh
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,017
1,820
0.902
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
448,715
29,775
1,104
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Nuno Miguel Oliveira
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,000
1,617
0.809
Microbial evolution
Behavioural ecology
Systems biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
463,820
30,496
1,122
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Jeongmin Choi
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,909
1,170
0.613
Abiotic Stress Responses
Plant biology
Genetics
Plant-microbe interaction
Signal transduction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
466,955
30,674
1,127
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Lauren M Gardiner
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,890
1,535
0.812
Herbaria
Biodiversity
Conservation
Ethnobotany and Sustainable Use
Interpretation and Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
484,883
31,620
1,160
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Jamie Blundell
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,789
1,183
0.661
Evolutionary dynamics
cancer evolution
early cancer detection
population genetics
maths
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
499,063
32,391
1,180
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Tak Lee
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,715
1,253
0.731
Bioinformatics
Network Biology
Plant-Microbe interaction
Microbial Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
507,010
32,776
1,189
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Pierpaolo Maisano Delser
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,675
1,091
0.651
population genetics/genomics
conservation genetics
evolution
computational biology
statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
514,163
33,169
1,206
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Jason A Hodgson
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,641
486
0.296
population genetics
evolutionary genetics
biological anthropology
human evolution
primate evolution