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
Developmental biology
history and philosophy of biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,382
8,236
0.404
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Acoustic Communication
Evolutionary Endocrinology
Mate Choice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,671
910
0.545
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Marine Mammalogy
Conservation Genetics
Systematics and Taxonomy
Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,591
879
0.552
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
genetics
noncoding RNA
epigenetics
nuclear structure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,870
864
0.462
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Larval Ecology
Global Climate Change
Physiology
Biomechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,246
859
0.689
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Developmental Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,937
810
0.206
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Physiological ecology
stress
maternal effects
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
675
420
0.622
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Plant molecular genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,217
404
0.332
Scott F Gilbert
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,382
8,236
0.404
Developmental biology
history and philosophy of biology
Alexander T Baugh
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,671
910
0.545
Acoustic Communication
Evolutionary Endocrinology
Mate Choice
Matthew S Leslie
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,591
879
0.552
Marine Mammalogy
Conservation Genetics
Systematics and Taxonomy
Evolution
Dawn Carone
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,870
864
0.462
genetics
noncoding RNA
epigenetics
nuclear structure
Kit Yu Karen Chan
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,246
859
0.689
Larval Ecology
Global Climate Change
Physiology
Biomechanics
Bradley Davidson
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,937
810
0.206
Carolyn Bauer
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
675
420
0.622
Physiological ecology
stress
maternal effects
Nick Kaplinsky
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,217
404
0.332