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
animal behaviour
sensory biology
behavioral ecology
camouflage
colour vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,361
26,012
0.517
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
palaeontology
palaeobiology
macroevolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,096
14,705
0.358
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
conservation biology
molecular ecology
bats
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,840
12,858
0.392
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,931
9,784
0.467
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Molecular plant pathology
Plant Pathology
Plant virology
Molecular Mycology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,082
8,399
0.557
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Animal Behaviour
Ecology and Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,840
7,916
0.249
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Animal Behaviour
Behavioural Ecology
Global Change Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,544
7,635
0.661
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Aquatic Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,852
5,028
0.510
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Phylogenetics
molecular evolution
microbial evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,428
4,936
0.768
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
paleontology
molecular paleobiology
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,356
4,833
0.578
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Animal behaviour
Behavioural ecology
Fish behaviour
Collective behaviour
Predators
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,759
4,088
0.605
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Protocells
Hydrogels
Colloidosomes
Coacervates
Biohybrid nanomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,407
2,782
0.434
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ecology of Vision
Biological Optics
Light Pollution
Eyes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,946
2,698
0.545
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Structural Biology
Biochemistry
Antibiotic Resistance
Membrane proteins
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,107
2,621
0.638
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Behavioural Ecology
Animal Behaviour
Evolution
Social Insects
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,326
2,567
0.593
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
synthetic biology
biological computation
engineering evolution
data-centric biological design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,864
2,274
0.794
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Missense Interpretation
Rare Disease Diagnosis
Protein Domain Evolution
Disordered Protein Function
Computational Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,127
2,258
0.547
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Evolutionary Biology
Macroecology
Macroevolution
Ornithology
Cultural Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,207
2,088
0.946
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Resilience
Early warning signals
Population collapse
Conservation
Experimental Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,573
2,026
0.787
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
evolution
brains
behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,376
2,019
0.598
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Evolutionary Biology
microRNAs
Developmental Biology
Palaeobiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,373
1,898
0.563
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
collective behaviour
social interactions
ecology
crowd dynamics
transport engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,544
1,669
0.656
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Structural biology
Biochemistry
Microbiology
Computational Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,752
1,652
0.943
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Behavioural ecology
evolutionary ecology
collective behaviour
plant-pollinator interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,816
1,551
0.551
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
evolutionary medicine
maternal health
vector ecology
behavioural ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,372
1,451
0.612
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,568
733
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Innes Cuthill
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,361
26,012
0.517
animal behaviour
sensory biology
behavioral ecology
camouflage
colour vision
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,361
1,785
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Michael J. Benton
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,096
14,705
0.358
palaeontology
palaeobiology
macroevolution
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,961
2,225
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Gareth Jones
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,840
12,858
0.392
conservation biology
molecular ecology
bats
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,612
3,299
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jane Memmott
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,931
9,784
0.467
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,921
4,074
107
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Gary Foster
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,082
8,399
0.557
Molecular plant pathology
Plant Pathology
Plant virology
Molecular Mycology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,001
4,400
120
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Nigel R. Franks
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,840
7,916
0.249
Animal Behaviour
Ecology and Evolution
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,655
4,586
126
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Andrew N Radford
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,544
7,635
0.661
Animal Behaviour
Behavioural Ecology
Global Change Biology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,501
7,649
189
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Martin Genner
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,852
5,028
0.510
Aquatic Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95,660
7,804
196
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Tom A. Williams
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,428
4,936
0.768
Phylogenetics
molecular evolution
microbial evolution
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,210
7,997
201
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jakob Vinther
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,356
4,833
0.578
paleontology
molecular paleobiology
evolution
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120,507
9,638
239
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Christos C. Ioannou
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,759
4,088
0.605
Animal behaviour
Behavioural ecology
Fish behaviour
Collective behaviour
Predators
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
187,392
14,331
327
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Avinash J Patil
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,407
2,782
0.434
Protocells
Hydrogels
Colloidosomes
Coacervates
Biohybrid nanomaterials
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
193,703
14,741
336
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Nicholas Roberts
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,946
2,698
0.545
Ecology of Vision
Biological Optics
Light Pollution
Eyes
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
199,760
15,124
346
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Philip Hinchliffe
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,107
2,621
0.638
Structural Biology
Biochemistry
Antibiotic Resistance
Membrane proteins
Microbiology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
204,275
15,424
354
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Christoph Grüter
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,326
2,567
0.593
Behavioural Ecology
Animal Behaviour
Evolution
Social Insects
Ecology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
231,716
17,200
406
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Thomas E. Gorochowski
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,864
2,274
0.794
synthetic biology
biological computation
engineering evolution
data-centric biological design
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
233,410
17,300
407
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Matt E Oates
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,127
2,258
0.547
Missense Interpretation
Rare Disease Diagnosis
Protein Domain Evolution
Disordered Protein Function
Computational Biology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
252,760
18,555
423
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Catherine Sheard
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,207
2,088
0.946
Evolutionary Biology
Macroecology
Macroevolution
Ornithology
Cultural Evolution
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
260,399
19,037
434
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Christopher F Clements
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,573
2,026
0.787
Resilience
Early warning signals
Population collapse
Conservation
Experimental Ecology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
261,234
19,089
435
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Stephen H Montgomery
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,376
2,019
0.598
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
277,611
20,071
452
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
James E. Tarver
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,373
1,898
0.563
Evolutionary Biology
microRNAs
Developmental Biology
Palaeobiology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
312,860
22,155
503
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Nikolai WF Bode
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,544
1,669
0.656
collective behaviour
social interactions
ecology
crowd dynamics
transport engineering
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
315,922
22,336
504
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Catherine L. Tooke
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,752
1,652
0.943
Structural biology
Biochemistry
Microbiology
Computational Chemistry
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
334,449
23,434
529
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Sean Rands
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,816
1,551
0.551
Behavioural ecology
evolutionary ecology
collective behaviour
plant-pollinator interactions
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
354,691
24,594
559
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Sinead English
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,372
1,451
0.612
evolutionary medicine
maternal health
vector ecology
behavioural ecology