Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Highly Cited Researchers CitationNatural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics 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
Behavior
Entomology
Evolution
Genomics
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,241
14,790
0.327
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
genetics
mutagens
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,496
9,765
0.454
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
mechanotransduction
mechanobiology
mechanomedicine
tumors
stem cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,319
8,506
0.300
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Integrative physiology
ecology
genetics
and genomics
of plant responses to global environmental change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,799
8,390
0.499
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,156
5,393
0.334
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
molecular anthropology
population genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,077
5,058
0.557
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
DNA Sequencing
genome assembly
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,659
4,947
0.571
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Evolutionary Biology
Transcriptomics
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,328
4,304
0.680
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
NF-kappaB signaling
epigenetic
pathogen-host interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,550
4,240
0.291
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Endocrinology
Cancer Biology
Pharmacology
Physiology
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,308
4,123
0.654
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Plant Physiology
Phenotyping
Increased yield
Food security
Global Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,059
2,651
0.653
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
molecular neuroscience
computational protein design
protein engineering
conformational changes in proteins
signaling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,891
2,353
0.605
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
General relativity
numerical relativity
relativistic astrophysics
cosmology
modified theories of gravity.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,594
2,335
0.900
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
how molecular mechanisms of epigenetic regulation control physiological functions and chronic disease processes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,780
2,123
0.444
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Microbiome
Bioinformatics
Food microbiology
Resistome
Secretome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,272
2,011
0.885
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
skeletal muscle
stem cells
pericytes
integrin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,857
2,010
0.521
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
computational genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,759
1,866
0.126
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Proteomics
Neurobiology
Cell Biology
Geobiology
Chromatin and Gene Regulations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,252
1,606
0.257
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,591
1,593
0.615
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
auditory physiology
sensory neuroscience
ethology
neurowthology
neuroengineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,451
1,447
0.171
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
RNA metabolism
entomology
Plant molecular biology
bacteriology
Lipid metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,588
1,398
0.212
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Long non-coding RNA
Nuclear structure
Regulatory RNAs
Molecular Biology
Cell Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,409
1,305
0.926
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Plant Science
Computational Biology
Systems Biology
Photosynthesis
Crop yield
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,699
1,301
0.766
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Metagenomics
Bioinformatics
Microbial Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,257
1,186
0.944
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Microbial Ecogenomics
Microbe-Microbe
Host-microbe interaction (in biofilms)
Synthetic biology applications for environmental
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,384
1,181
0.853
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,259
8,050
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Gene E Robinson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,241
14,790
0.327
Behavior
Entomology
Evolution
Genomics
Neuroscience
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,932
14,696
133
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Michael J Plewa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,496
9,765
0.454
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,347
17,782
155
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ning Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,319
8,506
0.300
mechanotransduction
mechanobiology
mechanomedicine
tumors
stem cells
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,256
18,100
160
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Andrew Db Leakey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,799
8,390
0.499
Integrative physiology
ecology
genetics
and genomics
of plant responses to global environmental change
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,043
31,565
273
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Andrew Belmont
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,156
5,393
0.334
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,391
34,003
301
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ripan Malhi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,077
5,058
0.557
molecular anthropology
population genetics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95,953
34,853
306
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Alvaro G Hernandez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,659
4,947
0.571
DNA Sequencing
genome assembly
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,064
40,685
353
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Christopher Fields
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,328
4,304
0.680
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Evolutionary Biology
Transcriptomics
Microbiology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
116,066
41,304
359
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Lin Feng Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,550
4,240
0.291
NF-kappaB signaling
epigenetic
pathogen-host interaction
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120,092
42,601
375
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Erik Russell Nelson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,308
4,123
0.654
Endocrinology
Cancer Biology
Pharmacology
Physiology
Immunology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
198,586
66,602
562
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Amanda P De Souza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,059
2,651
0.653
Plant Physiology
Phenotyping
Increased yield
Food security
Global Climate Change
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
225,198
74,521
628
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Erik Procko
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,891
2,353
0.605
molecular neuroscience
computational protein design
protein engineering
conformational changes in proteins
signaling
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
227,032
75,046
634
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Antonios Tsokaros
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,594
2,335
0.900
General relativity
numerical relativity
relativistic astrophysics
cosmology
modified theories of gravity.
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
249,934
81,740
702
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Yuan Xiang Pan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,780
2,123
0.444
how molecular mechanisms of epigenetic regulation control physiological functions and chronic disease processes
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
263,889
85,728
738
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Goutam Banerjee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,272
2,011
0.885
Microbiome
Bioinformatics
Food microbiology
Resistome
Secretome
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
263,957
85,749
739
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Marni Boppart
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,857
2,010
0.521
skeletal muscle
stem cells
pericytes
integrin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
283,717
91,403
788
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Victor Jongeneel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,759
1,866
0.126
computational genomics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
326,063
103,382
882
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Peter M Yau
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,252
1,606
0.257
Proteomics
Neurobiology
Cell Biology
Geobiology
Chromatin and Gene Regulations
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
328,478
104,074
890
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Craig Yendrek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,591
1,593
0.615
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
357,619
112,196
961
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Albert S Feng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,451
1,447
0.171
auditory physiology
sensory neuroscience
ethology
neurowthology
neuroengineering
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
368,482
115,290
986
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Thomas C Newman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,588
1,398
0.212
RNA metabolism
entomology
Plant molecular biology
bacteriology
Lipid metabolism
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
390,580
121,344
1,034
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Qinyu Hao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,409
1,305
0.926
Long non-coding RNA
Nuclear structure
Regulatory RNAs
Molecular Biology
Cell Biology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
391,560
121,583
1,036
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Yu Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,699
1,301
0.766
Plant Science
Computational Biology
Systems Biology
Photosynthesis
Crop yield
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
422,150
129,871
1,123
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Michael Nute
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,257
1,186
0.944
Metagenomics
Bioinformatics
Microbial Ecology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
423,523
130,257
1,124
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ananda Shankar Bhattacharjee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,384
1,181
0.853
Microbial Ecogenomics
Microbe-Microbe
Host-microbe interaction (in biofilms)
Synthetic biology applications for environmental