Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics 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
Molecular Biology
Genetics and Fisheries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,517
6,895
0.599
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Stem Cells
Human Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,239
1,749
0.781
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Genetics
Plant Pathology
Mycology
rust fungi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,319
1,253
0.950
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Plant genomics
Population genetics
Phylogenetics
Evolutionary Biology
Metabarcoding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,192
1,187
0.996
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Cell Biology
Cancer Study
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
807
782
0.969
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Biomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,179
779
0.661
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Cell Biology
Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,266
669
0.528
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
molecular genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
752
466
0.620
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Molecular Plant Pathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
435
433
0.995
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Next Generation Sequencing-Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
345
343
0.994
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Biotechnology
Molecular Biology
Molecular Genetics
Bioinformatics
Nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
414
328
0.792
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
biotechnology
plant tissue culture
medicinal plants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
301
300
0.997
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Bioinformatics
Antimicrobial resistance
Microbiology
Molecular drug designing
Reverse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
303
293
0.967
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Environmental Microbiology
Food Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237
237
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Molecular biology/Human diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223
218
0.978
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Cancer biology
drug delivery
nanotechnology
tissue culture
secondary metabolite production
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217
217
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Pollutants
Cyanobacteria
Metagenomics and Transcriptomics
Metal Binding Proteins
Nanomedicines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203
203
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Biotechnology
plant tissue culture
Cancer modelling
Nanotechnology
Omics technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202
202
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Biotechnology
Molecular Biology
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175
174
0.994
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Bioinformatics
NGS/SNP Array
Plant biology
Functional Genomics
Abiotic Stresses Study
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
156
0.987
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Molecular Virology
Metagenomics
Microbial Biotechnology
Vaccine Technology
Bio-nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149
148
0.993
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Algal Genetics and Genomics
Nanomaterial
Biomedical Applications
Drug Delivery
Algae Cultivation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
140
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
microbiology
Gut mirobiome
Virology
Biotechnology
Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
135
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Plant Biotechnology
Plant Epigenetics
Role of Transcription factors in abiotic stresses
CRISPR/Cas9 technology
Plant tissue culturing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
125
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Biotechnology
Medicinal plants
In vitro cell culture
Network Pharmacology
Cloning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
92
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,886
154
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Muhammad Ali
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,517
6,895
0.599
Molecular Biology
Genetics and Fisheries
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
299,871
1,269
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Imran Ullah
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,239
1,749
0.781
Stem Cells
Human Genetics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
401,425
1,837
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Barkat Ali
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,319
1,253
0.950
Genetics
Plant Pathology
Mycology
rust fungi
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
419,335
1,937
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Abdullah
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,192
1,187
0.996
Plant genomics
Population genetics
Phylogenetics
Evolutionary Biology
Metabarcoding
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
565,830
2,963
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Nazeer Khan
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
807
782
0.969
Cell Biology
Cancer Study
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
567,039
2,968
125
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Mariam Anees
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,179
779
0.661
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
622,185
3,361
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
M Rizwan Alam
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,266
669
0.528
Cell Biology
Physiology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
758,349
4,422
162
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sabika Firasat
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
752
466
0.620
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
788,920
4,685
169
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Musrat Ali
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
435
433
0.995
Molecular Plant Pathology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
888,828
5,508
193
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Zain Ali
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
345
343
0.994
Next Generation Sequencing-Molecular Biology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
907,930
5,678
198
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Zeeshan Khan
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
414
328
0.792
Biotechnology
Molecular Biology
Molecular Genetics
Bioinformatics
Nanotechnology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
948,186
6,015
208
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Gouhar Zaman
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
301
300
0.997
biotechnology
plant tissue culture
medicinal plants
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
958,638
6,117
217
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Faisal Ahmad|World Health Organization
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
303
293
0.967
Bioinformatics
Antimicrobial resistance
Microbiology
Molecular drug designing
Reverse
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,056,253
7,145
255
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Rameesha Abid
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237
237
1.000
Environmental Microbiology
Food Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Bioinformatics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,094,616
7,588
270
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mehran Kausar
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223
218
0.978
Molecular biology/Human diseases
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,097,154
7,630
272
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Hasnat Tariq
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217
217
1.000
Cancer biology
drug delivery
nanotechnology
tissue culture
secondary metabolite production
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,128,043
7,947
282
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Muhammad Kaleem
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203
203
1.000
Pollutants
Cyanobacteria
Metagenomics and Transcriptomics
Metal Binding Proteins
Nanomedicines
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,130,602
7,975
284
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Humna Sajjad
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202
202
1.000
Biotechnology
plant tissue culture
Cancer modelling
Nanotechnology
Omics technology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,200,312
8,760
306
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sara Hafeez
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175
174
0.994
Biotechnology
Molecular Biology
Microbiology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,251,643
9,343
329
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Bilal Saleem
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
156
0.987
Bioinformatics
NGS/SNP Array
Plant biology
Functional Genomics
Abiotic Stresses Study
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,276,917
9,636
343
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sidra Rahman
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149
148
0.993
Molecular Virology
Metagenomics
Microbial Biotechnology
Vaccine Technology
Bio-nanotechnology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,302,830
9,955
356
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Lubna Anjum Minhas
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
140
1.000
Algal Genetics and Genomics
Nanomaterial
Biomedical Applications
Drug Delivery
Algae Cultivation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,320,067
10,159
367
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ayyaz Khan
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
135
1.000
microbiology
Gut mirobiome
Virology
Biotechnology
Molecular Biology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,355,875
10,584
377
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Yumna Ahmad
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
125
1.000
Plant Biotechnology
Plant Epigenetics
Role of Transcription factors in abiotic stresses
CRISPR/Cas9 technology
Plant tissue culturing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,493,876
12,293
426
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Tehreem Mahmood
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
92
1.000
Biotechnology
Medicinal plants
In vitro cell culture
Network Pharmacology
Cloning