Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers 48 Scientists Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) - 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.
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Environmental Pollution
Biodiversity
Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,361
11,281
0.463
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Cell Physiology
(Cell Cycle regulation
Cell Signaling and Apoptosis)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,347
7,187
0.468
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Photobiology and Molecular Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,329
6,959
0.402
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,928
6,095
0.245
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ecology
Environment
Agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,153
4,089
0.447
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Plants-derived bioactive compounds
mycotoxin
essential oils
food safety
Nanoencapsulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,373
3,965
0.622
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mycology
Fungal endophytes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,625
3,589
0.542
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Botany
Environmental Science
Air Pollution and Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,259
3,473
0.478
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Endophyte
PGPR
Antibiotic Resistance
Taxonomy
Plant identification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,846
3,267
0.674
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ecotoxicology
Bioremediation
Waste Management
Sustainable Agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,840
3,222
0.411
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Plant Immunity
Transgenerational immune Priming
Plant Molecular Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,339
2,699
0.506
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Plant Essential Oil
Herbal Pesticides
Bioprospection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,616
2,414
0.923
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Botany
Ecology
Environmental Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,718
2,395
0.357
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Biochar technology
Sustainable Agriculture
Forest Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,785
2,320
0.833
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Plant- Microbe and Microbe- Microbes Interactions
Endophytes
Stress tolerance
Biocontrol
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,861
2,308
0.807
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ganga River Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,431
2,226
0.502
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Phycology
Lichen
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,465
2,214
0.405
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Botany
Plant Molecular Biology
Functional Genomics
Plant Molecular Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,609
2,196
0.608
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Nanotechnology
Enzyme technology
Protein Structure Function relationship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,226
2,086
0.399
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Upconversion
downconversion and quantum cutting of Rare earth/transition metal doped phosphors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,117
1,829
0.864
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Mycology and plant Pathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,538
1,619
0.458
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Plant Secondary Metabolites
Antibacterial
Antifungal
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,726
1,569
0.909
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Plant Biotechnology
Natural Products
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,208
1,522
0.474
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Plant Mycology and microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,301
1,512
0.657
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Plant Stress physiology
Plant Tissue culture
Metabolic Engineering
Nutrigenomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,990
1,399
0.703
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,292
314
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Madhoolika Agrawal
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,361
11,281
0.463
Environmental Pollution
Biodiversity
Climate Change
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,838
699
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Shail K Chaube
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,347
7,187
0.468
Cell Physiology
(Cell Cycle regulation
Cell Signaling and Apoptosis)
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,276
740
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Rajeshwar P Sinha
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,329
6,959
0.402
Photobiology and Molecular Microbiology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,965
948
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
JS Singh
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,928
6,095
0.245
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,572
1,848
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Akhilesh Raghubanshi
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,153
4,089
0.447
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,655
1,957
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Bhanu Prakash
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,373
3,965
0.622
Plants-derived bioactive compounds
mycotoxin
essential oils
food safety
Nanoencapsulation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
125,757
2,301
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ravindra Kharwar
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,625
3,589
0.542
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
130,871
2,455
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Shashi Bhushan Agrawal
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,259
3,473
0.478
Botany
Environmental Science
Air Pollution and Climate Change
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
140,744
2,704
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Sandeep Kumar Singh
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,846
3,267
0.674
Endophyte
PGPR
Antibiotic Resistance
Taxonomy
Plant identification
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
143,021
2,761
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
RK Sharma
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,840
3,222
0.411
Ecotoxicology
Bioremediation
Waste Management
Sustainable Agriculture
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
174,984
3,608
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Prashant Singh
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,339
2,699
0.506
Plant Immunity
Transgenerational immune Priming
Plant Molecular Physiology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
197,586
4,271
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Abhishek K Dwivedy
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,616
2,414
0.923
Plant Essential Oil
Herbal Pesticides
Bioprospection
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
199,219
4,327
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
BD Tripathi
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,718
2,395
0.357
Botany
Ecology
Environmental Science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
206,051
4,563
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Rishikesh Singh
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,785
2,320
0.833
Biochar technology
Sustainable Agriculture
Forest Ecology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
207,256
4,590
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Satish Kumar Verma
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,861
2,308
0.807
Plant- Microbe and Microbe- Microbes Interactions
Endophytes
Stress tolerance
Biocontrol
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
215,188
4,855
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jitendra Pandey
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,431
2,226
0.502
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
216,439
4,894
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Rajan Kumar Gupta
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,465
2,214
0.405
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
218,283
4,960
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Shashi Pandey Rai
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,609
2,196
0.608
Botany
Plant Molecular Biology
Functional Genomics
Plant Molecular Ecology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
230,347
5,326
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Arvind Kayastha
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,226
2,086
0.399
Nanotechnology
Enzyme technology
Protein Structure Function relationship
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
262,842
6,448
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ram Sagar Yadav
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,117
1,829
0.864
Upconversion
downconversion and quantum cutting of Rare earth/transition metal doped phosphors
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
295,552
7,580
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Archanan Singh
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,538
1,619
0.458
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
304,303
7,906
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Prem Pratap Singh
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,726
1,569
0.909
Plant Secondary Metabolites
Antibacterial
Antifungal
Bioinformatics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
312,887
8,196
97
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Kavindra Nathtiwari
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,208
1,522
0.474
Plant Biotechnology
Natural Products
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
314,803
8,277
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Richa Raghuwanshi
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,301
1,512
0.657
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
337,823
9,099
105
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Deepak Kumar
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,990
1,399
0.703
Plant Stress physiology
Plant Tissue culture
Metabolic Engineering
Nutrigenomics