Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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.
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Earth System Science
Biogeochemical Cycles
Ecosystem Modeling
Climate & Sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,760
40,357
0.699
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
entomology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,254
11,539
0.476
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Environmental biotechnology
soil microbiology
algal biotechnology
plant-bacteria interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,978
9,370
0.469
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Invertebrates
Marine genomics
Systematics
Antarctica
Deep Sea biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,065
6,000
0.398
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Biogeography
Macroecology
Spatial Ecology
Conservation
Herpetology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,409
4,676
0.631
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Host-pathogen interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,047
4,609
0.573
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
community ecology
limnology
harmful algal blooms
drinking water
meta-analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,258
4,606
0.635
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Biology
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,268
4,489
0.398
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Anchialine Ecosystem
Biocomputing
Marine Ecology
Molecular Ecology
Symbiosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,820
3,926
0.445
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
plant stress response
vaccines against poultry viruses
transformation of higher fungi
stress response in fungi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,665
3,858
0.331
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
ecology
fire
carbon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,457
3,487
0.782
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
behavior
ecology
evolution
conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,260
3,205
0.312
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Conservation
Evolution
Herpetology
Southeast Asia
Systematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,790
3,021
0.631
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
ecology
parasitology
eco-toxicology
entomology
apiculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,593
2,943
0.641
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Evolutionary Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,179
2,614
0.505
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,101
2,593
0.320
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
evolution
development
genomics
speciation
adaptation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,676
2,561
0.548
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
biology education research
biology education
discipline-based education research
science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,802
2,559
0.913
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ecology of metal hyperaccumulation
Plant conservation
Plant-Animal interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,996
2,372
0.339
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Population Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,619
2,365
0.512
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Immunology
Evolution
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,465
2,190
0.401
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,276
2,186
0.511
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Wetlands
biogeochemistry
water quality
environmental health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,704
2,087
0.311
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Wetland Ecology
Urban Ecology
Watershed Management
Coastal Wetlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,958
1,989
0.503
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Coral reef ecology
cnidarian ecophysiology and behavior
symbioses
population dynamics
conservation biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,650
1,514
0.326
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,309
1,740
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Hanqin Tian
Auburn University
Auburn, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,760
40,357
0.699
Earth System Science
Biogeochemical Cycles
Ecosystem Modeling
Climate & Sustainability
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,373
11,529
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
David Held
Auburn University
Auburn, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,254
11,539
0.476
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,103
15,577
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Luz De Bashan
Auburn University
Auburn, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,978
9,370
0.469
Environmental biotechnology
soil microbiology
algal biotechnology
plant-bacteria interaction
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,529
27,720
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Kenneth M Halanych
Auburn University
Auburn, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,065
6,000
0.398
Invertebrates
Marine genomics
Systematics
Antarctica
Deep Sea biology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
102,342
37,035
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Gabriel C Costa
Auburn University Montgomery
Montgomery, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,409
4,676
0.631
Biogeography
Macroecology
Spatial Ecology
Conservation
Herpetology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,231
37,632
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jason W Upton
Auburn University
Auburn, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,047
4,609
0.573
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,334
37,667
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Alan E Wilson
Auburn University
Auburn, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,258
4,606
0.635
community ecology
limnology
harmful algal blooms
drinking water
meta-analysis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,698
38,807
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Mark Liles
Auburn University
Auburn, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,268
4,489
0.398
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
126,523
44,804
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Scott R Santos
Auburn University
Auburn, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,820
3,926
0.445
Anchialine Ecosystem
Biocomputing
Marine Ecology
Molecular Ecology
Symbiosis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,086
45,600
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Narendra K Singh
Auburn University
Auburn, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,665
3,858
0.331
plant stress response
vaccines against poultry viruses
transformation of higher fungi
stress response in fungi
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
145,463
50,750
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Heather Alexander
Auburn University
Auburn, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,457
3,487
0.782
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
160,161
55,235
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
F Stephen Dobson
Auburn University
Auburn, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,260
3,205
0.312
behavior
ecology
evolution
conservation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
171,111
58,524
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Perry Lee Wood Jr
Auburn University
Auburn, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,790
3,021
0.631
Conservation
Evolution
Herpetology
Southeast Asia
Systematics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
176,160
60,067
98
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Geoff Williams
Auburn University
Auburn, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,593
2,943
0.641
ecology
parasitology
eco-toxicology
entomology
apiculture
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
200,349
67,360
118
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Daniel Warner
Auburn University
Auburn, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,179
2,614
0.505
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
202,037
67,887
119
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jack Feminella
Auburn University
Auburn, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,101
2,593
0.320
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
204,820
68,719
122
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Brian Counterman
Auburn University
Auburn, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,676
2,561
0.548
evolution
development
genomics
speciation
adaptation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
205,020
68,791
123
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Cissy Ballen
Auburn University
Auburn, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,802
2,559
0.913
biology education research
biology education
discipline-based education research
science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
221,948
73,822
135
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Robert S Boyd
Auburn University
Auburn, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,996
2,372
0.339
Ecology of metal hyperaccumulation
Plant conservation
Plant-Animal interactions
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
222,641
74,030
136
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Michael Wooten
Auburn University
Auburn, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,619
2,365
0.512
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
240,724
79,288
147
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Katherine Buckley
Auburn University
Auburn, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,465
2,190
0.401
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
241,176
79,427
148
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Stephen Ditchkoff
Auburn University
Auburn, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,276
2,186
0.511
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
252,771
82,842
155
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Graeme Lockaby
Auburn University
Auburn, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,704
2,087
0.311
Wetlands
biogeochemistry
water quality
environmental health
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
265,068
86,370
164
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Christopher Anderson
Auburn University
Auburn, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,958
1,989
0.503
Wetland Ecology
Urban Ecology
Watershed Management
Coastal Wetlands
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
341,641
108,080
220
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Nanette Chadwick
Auburn University
Auburn, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,650
1,514
0.326
Coral reef ecology
cnidarian ecophysiology and behavior
symbioses
population dynamics
conservation biology