Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers 187 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
molecular evolution
phylogenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,644
62,122
0.693
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
phylogenetic methods
evolutionary trees
phylogenetics
method development
ML methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,310
28,502
0.785
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Human ecology
social ecology
land use
energy
long-term socio-ecological research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,098
19,555
0.465
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Genomics
Systems Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,683
18,365
0.545
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
land system research
social ecology
human ecology
land use and land cover
long-term socio-ecological research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,774
17,954
0.532
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Social
Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,589
13,717
0.516
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Bioacoustics
Cognitive Evolution
Bio-Musicology
Evolution of Language
Bio-Aesthetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,393
11,433
0.323
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
microbial oceanography
ocean biogeochemistry
biological oceanography
aquatic microbial ecology
marine microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,923
10,508
0.319
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Molecular microbial ecology
intestinal microbiota
sulfur microorganisms
human microbiome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,227
10,422
0.491
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Socio-Economic Metabolism
Circular Economy
Social Ecology
Industrial Ecology
Ecological Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,576
9,095
0.860
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Microbial Ecology
Human Microbiome
Gut Microbiota
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,185
8,336
0.632
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Drosophila
natural selection
experimental evolution
adaptation to novel environments
polygenic adaptation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,179
7,961
0.255
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Microbial Biotechnology
Recombinant Protein Production
Metabolic Engineering
Systems Biology
Biorefinery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,090
6,859
0.379
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
invasion biology
macroecology
island biogeography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,503
6,583
0.877
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
biotechnology
food biotechnology
enzymes
oxidoreductases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,502
5,405
0.309
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Vergleichende Kognitionsforschung
Verhaltensbiologie
Zoologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,438
5,227
0.420
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Biotechnology
bioinformatics
molecular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,749
5,204
0.771
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Morphometrics
Geometric Morphometrics
Theoretical biology
Biological Anthropology
Evolutionary Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,058
5,024
0.417
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
social complexity
bird social physiology
human-animal
wolf domestication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,947
4,723
0.339
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Kognitionsbiologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,757
4,677
0.435
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Social Ecology
Social Metabolism
Food Systems
Land Use
Climate Change Mitigation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,172
4,454
0.621
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Evolution
Development
EvoDevo
Theoretical Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,725
4,293
0.273
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
EvoDevo
Molecular Evolution
Comparative Genomics
Cnidaria
Bilaterian evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,657
4,181
0.330
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Tropical Ecology & Animal Biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,377
3,896
0.291
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Theoretische Chemie und Evolutionstheorie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,328
3,605
0.112
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,830
8
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Arndt Von Haeseler
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,644
62,122
0.693
molecular evolution
phylogenetics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,382
28
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Heiko A Schmidt
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,310
28,502
0.785
phylogenetic methods
evolutionary trees
phylogenetics
method development
ML methods
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,540
49
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Helmut Haberl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,098
19,555
0.465
Human ecology
social ecology
land use
energy
long-term socio-ecological research
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,649
57
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Thomas Rattei
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,683
18,365
0.545
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Genomics
Systems Biology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,054
59
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Karl Heinz Erb
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,774
17,954
0.532
land system research
social ecology
human ecology
land use and land cover
long-term socio-ecological research
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,598
99
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Claus Lamm
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,589
13,717
0.516
Social
Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,804
142
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
W Tecumseh Fitch
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,393
11,433
0.323
Bioacoustics
Cognitive Evolution
Bio-Musicology
Evolution of Language
Bio-Aesthetics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,341
167
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Gerhard J Herndl
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,923
10,508
0.319
microbial oceanography
ocean biogeochemistry
biological oceanography
aquatic microbial ecology
marine microbiology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,668
168
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Alexander Loy
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,227
10,422
0.491
Molecular microbial ecology
intestinal microbiota
sulfur microorganisms
human microbiome
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,332
208
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Dominik Wiedenhofer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,576
9,095
0.860
Socio-Economic Metabolism
Circular Economy
Social Ecology
Industrial Ecology
Ecological Economics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,283
244
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
David Berry
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,185
8,336
0.632
Microbial Ecology
Human Microbiome
Gut Microbiota
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,080
263
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Christian Schlötterer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,179
7,961
0.255
Drosophila
natural selection
experimental evolution
adaptation to novel environments
polygenic adaptation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,416
326
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Diethard Mattanovich
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,090
6,859
0.379
Microbial Biotechnology
Recombinant Protein Production
Metabolic Engineering
Systems Biology
Biorefinery
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,593
342
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Bernd Lenzner
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,503
6,583
0.877
invasion biology
macroecology
island biogeography
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,421
451
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Dietmar Haltrich
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,502
5,405
0.309
biotechnology
food biotechnology
enzymes
oxidoreductases
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,877
472
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ludwig Huber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,438
5,227
0.420
Vergleichende Kognitionsforschung
Verhaltensbiologie
Zoologie
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,314
473
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Rasmus Hansen Kirkegaard
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,749
5,204
0.771
Biotechnology
bioinformatics
molecular biology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,988
494
93
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Mitteroecker Philipp
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,058
5,024
0.417
Morphometrics
Geometric Morphometrics
Theoretical biology
Biological Anthropology
Evolutionary Medicine
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,856
534
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Kurt Kotrschal
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,947
4,723
0.339
social complexity
bird social physiology
human-animal
wolf domestication
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,981
542
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Thomas Bugnyar
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,757
4,677
0.435
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,813
580
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Christian Lauk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,172
4,454
0.621
Social Ecology
Social Metabolism
Food Systems
Land Use
Climate Change Mitigation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
101,430
606
116
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Gerd B Müller
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,725
4,293
0.273
Evolution
Development
EvoDevo
Theoretical Biology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,806
629
120
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ulrich Technau
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,657
4,181
0.330
EvoDevo
Molecular Evolution
Comparative Genomics
Cnidaria
Bilaterian evolution
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,148
679
127
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Konrad Fiedler
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,377
3,896
0.291
Tropical Ecology & Animal Biodiversity
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
125,230
731
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Peter Schuster
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,328
3,605
0.112
Theoretische Chemie und Evolutionstheorie