Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers 166 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
Mitochondria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,870
36,928
0.451
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Protein Homeostasis
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Drug Discovery
Structural Biology
Metabolostasis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,232
30,041
0.499
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
biodiversity
conservation
conservation biology
ornithology
conservation science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,860
27,236
0.359
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Conservation Biology
Forest Ecology
Airborne Remote Sensing
Imaging spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,992
24,678
0.548
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
conservation science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,754
23,489
0.387
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Animal Behaviour
Ecology
Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,824
20,339
0.208
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
early detection of cancer
cancer evolution
oesophageal cancer
gastric cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,786
18,205
0.573
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Evolutionary Ecology
Population Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,347
14,825
0.489
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Evolutionary Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,087
12,059
0.429
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
comparative cognition
evolution and development of cognition
magic effects
corvids
cephalopods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,672
10,890
0.355
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
political ecology
conservation
development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,179
10,461
0.306
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Mitochondria ATPase
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,655
8,313
0.147
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Computational Biology
Genomics
Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,451
7,962
0.202
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Metabolic networks
Evolution
Microbiome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,202
7,940
0.601
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,228
7,180
0.264
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Stellar Evolution
Binary Stars
Magnetic Fields
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,172
6,703
0.289
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Mitochondrial quality control mechanisms
Ubiquitin-Proteasome System
Neurodegeneration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,748
6,315
0.428
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Crystallography
Structural Biology
Bioinformatics
Phasing
Cryo-EM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,565
6,255
0.953
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Mitochondrial carriers
Mitochondrial diseases
Structural biology
Membrane proteins
Solute transport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,698
5,801
0.423
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Neurobiology
Neural Circuit Design
Efficient coding
Energy Efficiency
Visual Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,655
5,639
0.260
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Plant Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,950
5,595
0.374
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
vaccines
virus
evolution
pathology
immunity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,594
5,373
0.289
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Biological and Soft Matter Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,812
5,124
0.522
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
molecular evolution
genetics
ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,494
4,585
0.483
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,570
4,549
0.292
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,231
332
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Michael P Murphy
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,870
36,928
0.451
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,884
490
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Michele Vendruscolo
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,232
30,041
0.499
Protein Homeostasis
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Drug Discovery
Structural Biology
Metabolostasis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,846
586
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
William J Sutherland
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,860
27,236
0.359
biodiversity
conservation
conservation biology
ornithology
conservation science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,012
682
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
David Coomes
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,992
24,678
0.548
Conservation Biology
Forest Ecology
Airborne Remote Sensing
Imaging spectroscopy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,657
751
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Andrew Balmford
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,754
23,489
0.387
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,866
952
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Tim Clutton Brock
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,824
20,339
0.208
Animal Behaviour
Ecology
Evolution
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,800
1,134
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Rebecca Fitzgerald
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,786
18,205
0.573
early detection of cancer
cancer evolution
oesophageal cancer
gastric cancer
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,435
1,552
114
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Andrea Manica
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,347
14,825
0.489
Evolutionary Ecology
Population Genetics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,786
2,140
144
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Chris D Jiggins
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,087
12,059
0.429
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,764
2,505
166
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
NS Clayton
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,672
10,890
0.355
comparative cognition
evolution and development of cognition
magic effects
corvids
cephalopods
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,479
2,636
176
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
William M Adams
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,179
10,461
0.306
political ecology
conservation
development
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,402
3,610
228
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
John E Walker
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,655
8,313
0.147
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,017
3,828
241
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Gos Micklem
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,451
7,962
0.202
Computational Biology
Genomics
Molecular Biology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,208
3,846
244
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Kiran Raosaheb Patil
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,202
7,940
0.601
Metabolic networks
Evolution
Microbiome
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,941
4,366
267
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
D S Charnock Jones
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,228
7,180
0.264
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,088
4,767
286
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Christopher Tout
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,172
6,703
0.289
Stellar Evolution
Binary Stars
Magnetic Fields
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,925
5,137
300
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Aitor Martinez Zarate
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,748
6,315
0.428
Mitochondrial quality control mechanisms
Ubiquitin-Proteasome System
Neurodegeneration
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,731
5,204
302
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Massimo Domenico Sammito
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,565
6,255
0.953
Crystallography
Structural Biology
Bioinformatics
Phasing
Cryo-EM
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,433
5,716
321
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Edmund RS Kunji
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,698
5,801
0.423
Mitochondrial carriers
Mitochondrial diseases
Structural biology
Membrane proteins
Solute transport
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,183
5,927
338
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Simon B Laughlin
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,655
5,639
0.260
Neurobiology
Neural Circuit Design
Efficient coding
Energy Efficiency
Visual Ecology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,910
5,987
340
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sebastian Schornack
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,950
5,595
0.374
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,962
6,292
354
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jonathan Heeney
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,594
5,373
0.289
vaccines
virus
evolution
pathology
immunity
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,804
6,634
373
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Pietro Cicuta
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,812
5,124
0.522
Biological and Soft Matter Physics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,239
7,579
410
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Lucy Weinert
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,494
4,585
0.483
molecular evolution
genetics
ecology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,206
7,650
416
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Alan Robinson
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,570
4,549
0.292