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Highly Cited Researchers
University of Queensland Highly Cited Researchers CitationNatural Sciences / Biological Science Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
bioinformatics
metagenomics
biogeography
machine learning
information visualization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,698
38,796
0.722
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Conservation
Environment and Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,752
37,109
0.794
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Conservation Biology
Urban Ecology
Migratory Species
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,140
23,962
0.645
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
plant ecology
coastal plant communities
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,155
22,695
0.685
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Ecology
Coral Reefs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,649
22,468
0.482
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
women's health
statistical methods
family based studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,641
15,924
0.520
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Spatial transcriptomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,732
12,322
0.736
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
community ecology
pollination
coexistence theory
functional ecology
restoration ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,764
11,583
0.558
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Systems biology
synthetic biology
biochemical engineering
metabolic engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,429
11,298
0.504
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Environmental Biotechnology
Applied Microbiology
Antibiotic Resistance
Anaerobic Methane Oxidation
Wastewater treatment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,572
11,049
0.814
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,778
10,304
0.956
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
ecology
tropical forests
grasslands
and local and traditional ecological knowledge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,568
10,279
0.758
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
statistics
systematics
phylogenetics
comparative methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,698
9,196
0.520
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Structural Biology
Computational Biology
Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,649
9,107
0.355
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Entomology
Population Ecology
Insect Behaviour
Lepidoptera
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,511
8,241
0.422
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Prokaryotic taxonomy
Nomenclature
Microbial Ecology and Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,483
7,989
0.942
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Biodiversity
Conservation Science
Urban birds and Biotic invasions
Marine and Coastal conservation/ Islands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,630
7,145
0.488
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Conservation Science
Conservation Biology
Ecology
Macroecology
Ecological Modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,392
6,972
0.742
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Conservation Biology
Decision Theory
Optimal Monitoring
Community Ecology
Sustainable Agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,462
6,365
0.752
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Quantitative Ecology
Planning and Conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,142
6,328
0.482
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Biology
Medical Science
Biochemistry
Physiology
Body Composition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,051
6,222
0.388
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
conservation physiology
vertebrate ecophysiology
biotelemetry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,605
6,052
0.445
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Cell Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,954
5,572
0.279
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
biotechnology
gene slencing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,094
5,095
0.718
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Evolution
Mammals
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,197
4,792
0.315
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,220
206
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Donovan Parks
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,698
38,796
0.722
bioinformatics
metagenomics
biogeography
machine learning
information visualization
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,561
220
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
James EM Watson
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,752
37,109
0.794
Conservation
Environment and Ecology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,027
421
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Richard Fuller
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,140
23,962
0.645
Conservation Biology
Urban Ecology
Migratory Species
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,804
449
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Catherine E Lovelock
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,155
22,695
0.685
plant ecology
coastal plant communities
climate change
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,980
461
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
John Pandolfi
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,649
22,468
0.482
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,797
797
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Gita Mishra
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,641
15,924
0.520
women's health
statistical methods
family based studies
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,748
1,199
105
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Haojing Shao
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,732
12,322
0.736
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,151
1,311
115
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Margaret M Mayfield
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,764
11,583
0.558
community ecology
pollination
coexistence theory
functional ecology
restoration ecology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,192
1,359
120
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Lars Keld Nielsen
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,429
11,298
0.504
Systems biology
synthetic biology
biochemical engineering
metabolic engineering
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,187
1,414
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jianhua Guo
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,572
11,049
0.814
Environmental Biotechnology
Applied Microbiology
Antibiotic Resistance
Anaerobic Methane Oxidation
Wastewater treatment
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,500
1,579
141
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Pierre Alain Chaumeil
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,778
10,304
0.956
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,627
1,583
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jennifer Firn
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,568
10,279
0.758
ecology
tropical forests
grasslands
and local and traditional ecological knowledge
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,355
1,887
170
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Simone Blomberg
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,698
9,196
0.520
statistics
systematics
phylogenetics
comparative methods
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,881
1,905
172
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Bostjan Kobe
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,649
9,107
0.355
Structural Biology
Computational Biology
Biochemistry
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,986
2,227
194
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Myron Zalucki
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,511
8,241
0.422
Entomology
Population Ecology
Insect Behaviour
Lepidoptera
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,048
2,342
202
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Maria Chuvochina
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,483
7,989
0.942
Prokaryotic taxonomy
Nomenclature
Microbial Ecology and Evolution
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,004
2,704
241
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Salit Kark
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,630
7,145
0.488
Biodiversity
Conservation Science
Urban birds and Biotic invasions
Marine and Coastal conservation/ Islands
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,996
2,807
248
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Tatsuya Amano
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,392
6,972
0.742
Conservation Science
Conservation Biology
Ecology
Macroecology
Ecological Modelling
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,601
3,173
273
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ayesha Tulloch
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,462
6,365
0.752
Conservation Biology
Decision Theory
Optimal Monitoring
Community Ecology
Sustainable Agriculture
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,105
3,194
275
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Hawthorne Beyer
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,142
6,328
0.482
Quantitative Ecology
Planning and Conservation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,525
3,255
280
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Leigh C Ward
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,051
6,222
0.388
Biology
Medical Science
Biochemistry
Physiology
Body Composition
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,068
3,399
294
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Craig E Franklin
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,605
6,052
0.445
conservation physiology
vertebrate ecophysiology
biotelemetry
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,901
3,779
332
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Rohan David Teasdale
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,954
5,572
0.279
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,366
4,259
369
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Neena Mitter
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,094
5,095
0.718
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,322
4,587
146
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Matthew J Phillips
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,197
4,792
0.315