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
Cancer research
RNA folding
Bioinformatics
Epigenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,488
17,797
0.647
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Genomics
Human genetics
Bioinformatics
Computational biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,605
6,422
0.746
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Bioinformatics
Systems Biomedicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,575
6,309
0.545
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Clinical Genetics
Molecular Genetics
Medicine
Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,845
5,422
0.551
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,767
4,329
0.443
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Cancer
Epigenetics
Genome stability
DNA Methylation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,453
4,230
0.950
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Genetics
Molecular Oncology
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,921
2,417
0.616
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Epigenetics
Data Science
Data Integration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,635
2,311
0.877
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Bioinformatics
NGS
RNA
RNA Interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,250
1,892
0.841
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
clinical epidemiology
molecular genetics
genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,210
1,733
0.540
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
NLP
AI
ML
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,518
1,563
0.621
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Tiling Arrays
High-Throughput Sequencing
Epigenetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,023
1,052
0.520
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
epigenetics
evolution
non-coding RNA
computational biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
736
567
0.770
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
genetics of obesity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,001
549
0.274
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Microbiology
Bioprocess Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
458
447
0.976
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Genomics
Venom Evolution
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
344
334
0.971
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Bioaerosols
Molecular Biology
Metagenomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
369
329
0.892
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
196
196
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Mass Spectrometry
Proteomics
Post-translational modifications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
205
175
0.854
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
biophysics
physics
molecular biology
DNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164
159
0.970
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Molekulare Genetik
Humangenetik
Bioinformatik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
98
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Bioinformatics Non-coding RNAs Transcriptomics Genomics Cancer Variants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
92
0.968
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Cancer Genomics
Bioinformatics
Biostatistics
Genomic Data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
84
0.656
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Genome Rearrangements
Cophylogenetics
Bioinformatics
Swarm Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
82
0.739
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
genetics
molecular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
36
0.581
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,208
665
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Stephan Bernhart
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,488
17,797
0.647
Cancer research
RNA folding
Bioinformatics
Epigenetics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,058
2,991
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Frank Jühling
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,605
6,422
0.746
Genomics
Human genetics
Bioinformatics
Computational biology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,683
3,059
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Hans Binder
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,575
6,309
0.545
Bioinformatics
Systems Biomedicine
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,938
3,709
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Abou Jamra Rami
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,845
5,422
0.551
Clinical Genetics
Molecular Genetics
Medicine
Biology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,598
4,837
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Zasha Weinberg
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,767
4,329
0.443
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,703
4,959
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Helene Kretzmer
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,453
4,230
0.950
Cancer
Epigenetics
Genome stability
DNA Methylation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
217,757
8,940
98
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Susanne Horn
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,921
2,417
0.616
Genetics
Molecular Oncology
Bioinformatics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
228,020
9,327
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Lydia Hopp
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,635
2,311
0.877
Epigenetics
Data Science
Data Integration
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
278,482
11,148
129
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jörg Fallmann
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,250
1,892
0.841
Bioinformatics
NGS
RNA
RNA Interaction
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
302,291
11,976
142
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Peter Ahnert
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,210
1,733
0.540
clinical epidemiology
molecular genetics
genetics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
332,179
13,038
150
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Lydia Müller
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,518
1,563
0.621
NLP
AI
ML
Bioinformatics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
460,113
17,210
199
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Christian Otto
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,023
1,052
0.520
Tiling Arrays
High-Throughput Sequencing
Epigenetic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
683,234
24,370
264
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jan Engelhardt
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
736
567
0.770
epigenetics
evolution
non-coding RNA
computational biology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
694,595
24,775
265
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Peter Kovacs
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,001
549
0.274
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
775,576
27,586
291
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Christian Sonnendecker
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
458
447
0.976
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Microbiology
Bioprocess Technology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
900,249
31,967
344
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Stephan Holger Drukewitz
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
344
334
0.971
Genomics
Venom Evolution
Bioinformatics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
906,791
32,205
349
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Beatriz Sánchez Parra
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
369
329
0.892
Bioaerosols
Molecular Biology
Metagenomics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,144,579
40,558
431
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Tobias Bartolomaeus
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
196
196
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,196,788
42,240
443
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Juan Camilo Rojas Echeverri
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
205
175
0.854
Mass Spectrometry
Proteomics
Post-translational modifications
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,242,285
43,662
453
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Julene Madariaga-Marcos
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164
159
0.970
biophysics
physics
molecular biology
DNA
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,465,647
50,251
518
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Stephan Erbe
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
98
1.000
Molekulare Genetik
Humangenetik
Bioinformatik
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,492,489
50,964
526
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ali M. Yazbeck
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
92
0.968
Bioinformatics Non-coding RNAs Transcriptomics Genomics Cancer Variants
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,530,090
51,945
539
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Senol Dogan
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
84
0.656
Cancer Genomics
Bioinformatics
Biostatistics
Genomic Data
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,540,698
52,225
543
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Tom Hartmann
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
82
0.739
Genome Rearrangements
Cophylogenetics
Bioinformatics
Swarm Intelligence
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,845,071
59,167
620
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Viktoria Bothe
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
36
0.581
genetics
molecular biology