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
Marine Zoology
Marine Biodiversity
Marine Ecology
Evolution
Systematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,820
6,229
0.634
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Zoology
marine biology
marine ecology
taxonomy
biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,385
3,808
0.406
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Landscape Ecology
Ecosystem services
Environmental Risk Assessment
Multiscale Assessment
Environmental Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,756
2,779
0.584
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Botany
Plant Sciences
Cell Wall
Carotenoids
Supercritical fluids
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,151
2,541
0.612
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Zoology
Marine Biology
Hydrozoa
Taxonomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,293
2,234
0.422
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Zoology
Marine Biology
Biogeography
Plankton Ecology
Life Cycles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,619
2,185
0.473
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Zoology
Marine Biodiversity
Marine Biology
Polychaeta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,896
1,980
0.684
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
molecularly imprinted polymers
biomimetic sensors
nanocomposites
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,838
1,862
0.656
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ecologia
ecologia del paesaggio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,728
1,643
0.951
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Landscape Ecology
Ecosystem services
Multiscale Assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,862
1,432
0.769
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Landscape ecology
resilience
multiscale analysis
image processing
nonlinear time-series analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,913
1,275
0.438
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Plant cell
endomembranes
secretion
vacuole
SNARE
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,802
1,180
0.421
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Biologia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,258
1,177
0.521
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,426
884
0.620
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Fisiologia vegetale
patologia vegetale
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,002
881
0.879
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Cognitive Neuroscience
Experimental Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
868
688
0.793
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
X-Ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)
surface characterization of materials
analytical chemistry
particle detectors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,114
686
0.616
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Zoology
Evolution
Integrative Taxonomy
Heterobranchia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
625
552
0.883
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
biology of reproduction
physiology
aquaculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,297
532
0.410
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
microbiologia ambientale e marina
antibiotici
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
946
397
0.420
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Zoology
Zooplankton
Limnology
Biogeography
Copepod Taxonomy and Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
510
267
0.524
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jellyfish ecology and taxonomy
cryptic and invasive species
marine biology and ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
344
232
0.674
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
454
222
0.489
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ecologia ecosistemi acquatici
Percorsi di riciclo della materia organica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
725
204
0.281
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ecology
fish biology
transitional waters
biodiversity
Environmental Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
420
141
0.336
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,927
2,692
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Stefano Piraino
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,820
6,229
0.634
Marine Zoology
Marine Biodiversity
Marine Ecology
Evolution
Systematics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
131,092
5,300
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Adriana Giangrande
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,385
3,808
0.406
Zoology
marine biology
marine ecology
taxonomy
biodiversity
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
187,634
7,932
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Irene Petrosillo
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,756
2,779
0.584
Landscape Ecology
Ecosystem services
Environmental Risk Assessment
Multiscale Assessment
Environmental Management
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
206,545
8,782
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Marcello Salvatore Lenucci
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,151
2,541
0.612
Botany
Plant Sciences
Cell Wall
Carotenoids
Supercritical fluids
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
235,913
10,131
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Cinzia Gravili
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,293
2,234
0.422
Zoology
Marine Biology
Hydrozoa
Taxonomy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
241,285
10,382
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Genuario Belmonte
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,619
2,185
0.473
Zoology
Marine Biology
Biogeography
Plankton Ecology
Life Cycles
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
266,317
11,544
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Luigi Musco
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,896
1,980
0.684
Zoology
Marine Biodiversity
Marine Biology
Polychaeta
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
282,696
12,281
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Elisabetta Mazzotta
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,838
1,862
0.656
molecularly imprinted polymers
biomimetic sensors
nanocomposites
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
317,499
13,842
93
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Donatella Valente
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,728
1,643
0.951
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
358,905
15,711
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Roberta Aretano
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,862
1,432
0.769
Landscape Ecology
Ecosystem services
Multiscale Assessment
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
395,667
17,340
115
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Nicola Zaccarelli
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,913
1,275
0.438
Landscape ecology
resilience
multiscale analysis
image processing
nonlinear time-series analysis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
421,070
18,425
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Gian Pietro Di Sansebastiano
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,802
1,180
0.421
Plant cell
endomembranes
secretion
vacuole
SNARE
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
421,920
18,452
126
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Maria Elena Giordano
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,258
1,177
0.521
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
521,430
22,409
154
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Antonio Calisi
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,426
884
0.620
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
522,799
22,459
155
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Erika Sabella
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,002
881
0.879
Fisiologia vegetale
patologia vegetale
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
612,305
25,642
172
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sara Invitto
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
868
688
0.793
Cognitive Neuroscience
Experimental Psychology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
613,226
25,683
173
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Simona Rella
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,114
686
0.616
X-Ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)
surface characterization of materials
analytical chemistry
particle detectors
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
693,125
28,249
190
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Giulia Furfaro
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
625
552
0.883
Zoology
Evolution
Integrative Taxonomy
Heterobranchia
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
706,475
28,658
191
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Roberta Schiavone
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,297
532
0.410
biology of reproduction
physiology
aquaculture
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
824,912
32,438
228
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Salvatore Maurizio Tredici
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
946
397
0.420
microbiologia ambientale e marina
antibiotici
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
999,981
37,900
255
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Giuseppe Alfonso
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
510
267
0.524
Zoology
Zooplankton
Limnology
Biogeography
Copepod Taxonomy and Ecology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,064,953
39,665
270
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Simonetta Scorrano
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
344
232
0.674
Jellyfish ecology and taxonomy
cryptic and invasive species
marine biology and ecology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,084,933
40,204
276
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Fabio Vignes
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
454
222
0.489
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,123,747
41,179
286
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Franca Sangiorgio
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
725
204
0.281
Ecologia ecosistemi acquatici
Percorsi di riciclo della materia organica
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,296,917
45,623
322
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Stefano Maci
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
420
141
0.336
Ecology
fish biology
transitional waters
biodiversity
Environmental Science