Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers 23 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
Mikrobiologie
synthetische Biologie
Biophysik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,280
5,540
0.417
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,195
4,559
0.736
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Structural biology
photoreceptors
membrane and cell wall proteins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,260
3,759
0.283
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
mucosal immunology
inflammation
infection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,018
3,419
0.341
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Medical Informatics
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
Biomedical Data Mining
Biostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,071
1,587
0.766
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Structural Biology
Biochemistry
Mikrobiologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,822
1,492
0.819
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Developmental Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,648
1,455
0.399
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Bioinformatik
Biochemie
Mikrobiologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,109
1,167
0.553
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Evolutionary Ecology
Forest Genetics
Molecular Ecology
Tropical Ecology
Adaptation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,392
1,109
0.797
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
directed evolution
biocatalysis
structural biology
protein design
protein dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,764
872
0.494
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,271
753
0.230
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Microbial ecology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Agricultural Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
804
579
0.720
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Epiphytes
Canopy ecology
Diversity
Biogeography
Conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
779
566
0.727
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Human Behavioral Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
614
548
0.893
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
ecology
ants
arthropods
citizen science
ecoacoustics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
414
393
0.949
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mikrobiologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
438
383
0.874
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
ecosystems ecology
forest ecology
temperate and tropical forests
climate change
bryophyte communities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
215
154
0.716
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219
140
0.639
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Botanik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
622
130
0.209
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Evolutionary ecology
Plant-insect interactions
Chemical ecology
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
116
0.975
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Mikrobiologie
Genetik
Biochemie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
844
99
0.117
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
policial ecology
agroecology
natural resources governance
traditional knowledge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204
97
0.475
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ecology
plant ecology
plant population
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
80
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,867
3,190
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Victor Sourjik
Philipps Universität Marburg
Marburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,280
5,540
0.417
Mikrobiologie
synthetische Biologie
Biophysik
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,942
4,078
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Robert R Junker
Philipps Universität Marburg
Marburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,195
4,559
0.736
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,968
5,084
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Lars-Oliver Essen
Philipps Universität Marburg
Marburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,260
3,759
0.283
Structural biology
photoreceptors
membrane and cell wall proteins
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
133,365
5,681
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ulrich Steinhoff
Philipps Universität Marburg
Marburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,018
3,419
0.341
mucosal immunology
inflammation
infection
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
301,146
11,911
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Anne-Christin Hauschild
Philipps Universität Marburg
Marburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,071
1,587
0.766
Medical Informatics
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
Biomedical Data Mining
Biostatistics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
318,741
12,567
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jan Michael Schuller
Philipps Universität Marburg
Marburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,822
1,492
0.819
Structural Biology
Biochemistry
Mikrobiologie
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
326,063
12,819
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jörg Großhans
Philipps Universität Marburg
Marburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,648
1,455
0.399
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
394,195
15,095
121
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Marcus Lechner
Philipps Universität Marburg
Marburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,109
1,167
0.553
Bioinformatik
Biochemie
Mikrobiologie
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
410,865
15,681
126
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Katrin Heer
Philipps Universität Marburg
Marburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,392
1,109
0.797
Evolutionary Ecology
Forest Genetics
Molecular Ecology
Tropical Ecology
Adaptation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
492,707
18,349
143
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sabrina Höbenreich
Philipps Universität Marburg
Marburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,764
872
0.494
directed evolution
biocatalysis
structural biology
protein design
protein dynamics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
545,206
20,034
152
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Harald Lachnit
Philipps Universität Marburg
Marburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,271
753
0.230
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
641,601
23,120
178
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Hamed Azarbad
Philipps Universität Marburg
Marburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
804
579
0.720
Microbial ecology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Agricultural Microbiology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
650,151
23,423
179
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Glenda Mendieta Leiva
Philipps Universität Marburg
Marburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
779
566
0.727
Epiphytes
Canopy ecology
Diversity
Biogeography
Conservation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
662,373
23,862
184
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Johannes Johow
Philipps Universität Marburg
Marburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
614
548
0.893
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
797,893
28,705
218
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Julie Koch Sheard|Julie K. Sheard
Philipps Universität Marburg
Marburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
414
393
0.949
ecology
ants
arthropods
citizen science
ecoacoustics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
808,946
29,088
223
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Lucas Hermann
Philipps Universität Marburg
Marburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
438
383
0.874
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,232,164
43,492
309
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Monica B. Berdugo
Philipps Universität Marburg
Marburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
215
154
0.716
ecosystems ecology
forest ecology
temperate and tropical forests
climate change
bryophyte communities
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,277,371
44,825
317
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Acquah Lamptey Daniel
Philipps Universität Marburg
Marburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219
140
0.639
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,311,515
45,873
322
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Stephan Imhof
Philipps Universität Marburg
Marburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
622
130
0.209
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,367,971
47,580
338
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Hampus Petrén
Philipps Universität Marburg
Marburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
116
0.975
Evolutionary ecology
Plant-insect interactions
Chemical ecology
Statistics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,437,365
49,541
348
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jan Wolfhard Kellmann
Philipps Universität Marburg
Marburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
844
99
0.117
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,447,652
49,833
351
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Marcos Glauser
Philipps Universität Marburg
Marburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204
97
0.475
policial ecology
agroecology
natural resources governance
traditional knowledge
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,536,491
52,258
364
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Belén Moncalvillo
Philipps Universität Marburg
Marburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
80
1.000
Ecology
plant ecology
plant population