Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 1.057 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
Bioinformatics
Metagenomics
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,848
34,446
0.576
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Human Intestinal Metagenomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,711
28,609
0.496
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
microbiology
microbiome
food
companion animal
human
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,275
24,635
0.480
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,177
21,616
0.693
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,531
18,598
0.448
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
climate change
grassland
biodiversity
livestock
carbon cycle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,598
15,598
0.394
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,628
15,063
0.730
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Microbial Ecology
Environmental microbiology
Nitrogen cycling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,478
14,782
0.470
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
anaerobic digestion
waste
modeling
instrumentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,722
13,237
0.417
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mycotoxin
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,111
13,122
0.436
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
remote sensing
ecology
water and carbon cycle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,107
12,745
0.470
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Mountain ecosystems
Landscape ecology
Modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,250
11,960
0.538
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
plant ecophysiology
plant and crop modelling
modeling genetic variability
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,209
11,625
0.605
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Nitrogen metabolism
leaf senescence
autophagy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,972
11,291
0.471
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Agriculture
Climate
Crop modelling
Environmental risk
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,961
11,250
0.593
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Nutrition
Aquaculture
Physiology
Animal Production
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,735
10,867
0.273
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
bio-informatics
genome and transcriptome assembly
variation discovery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,535
10,783
0.552
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Translational Research
Sex determination and plant pollinators coevolution.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,675
10,630
0.514
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Bioinformatics
molecular biology
transcriptomics
chromosome conformation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,789
10,627
0.397
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Environment & Plastic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,395
10,385
0.353
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Biology
Genetics
Plant Seed Development and Metabolism
Gene Expression
Specialized Metabolisms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,883
10,008
0.387
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Community Ecology
Intermittent Rivers
Climate Change
Hyporheic Zones
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,230
9,446
0.664
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
evolutionary ecology
conservation biology
population genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,241
9,389
0.358
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
food
digestion
nutrition
modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,425
9,133
0.799
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Quantitative Genetics
Agroecology
Plant Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,924
8,915
0.597
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,735
80
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Nicolas Pons
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,848
34,446
0.576
Bioinformatics
Metagenomics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,335
113
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Herve Blottiere
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,711
28,609
0.496
Human Intestinal Metagenomics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,033
146
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Emmanuelle Maguin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,275
24,635
0.480
microbiology
microbiome
food
companion animal
human
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,886
183
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Le Chatelier Emmanuelle
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,177
21,616
0.693
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,423
221
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Marion Leclerc
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,531
18,598
0.448
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,111
278
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jean Francois Soussana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,598
15,598
0.394
climate change
grassland
biodiversity
livestock
carbon cycle
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,026
302
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Didier Dupont
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,628
15,063
0.730
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,509
309
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Laurent Philippot
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,478
14,782
0.470
Microbial Ecology
Environmental microbiology
Nitrogen cycling
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,658
374
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jean-Philippe Steyer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,722
13,237
0.417
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,954
378
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Isabelle Oswald
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,111
13,122
0.436
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,892
401
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jean-Pierre Wigneron
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,107
12,745
0.470
remote sensing
ecology
water and carbon cycle
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,116
431
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Björn Reineking
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,250
11,960
0.538
Mountain ecosystems
Landscape ecology
Modelling
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,137
454
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Pierre Martre
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,209
11,625
0.605
plant ecophysiology
plant and crop modelling
modeling genetic variability
climate change
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,261
477
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Céline Masclaux-Daubresse
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,972
11,291
0.471
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,447
483
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
David Makowski
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,961
11,250
0.593
Agriculture
Climate
Crop modelling
Environmental risk
Statistics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,839
509
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sadasivam Kaushik
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,735
10,867
0.273
Nutrition
Aquaculture
Physiology
Animal Production
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,170
517
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Christophe Klopp
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,535
10,783
0.552
bio-informatics
genome and transcriptome assembly
variation discovery
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,815
529
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Abdelhafid Bendahmane
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,675
10,630
0.514
Translational Research
Sex determination and plant pollinators coevolution.
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,827
530
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sylvain Foissac
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,789
10,627
0.397
Bioinformatics
molecular biology
transcriptomics
chromosome conformation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,789
551
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Gontard N
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,395
10,385
0.353
Environment & Plastic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,490
586
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Loic Lepiniec
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,883
10,008
0.387
Biology
Genetics
Plant Seed Development and Metabolism
Gene Expression
Specialized Metabolisms
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,399
648
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Datry Thibault
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,230
9,446
0.664
Community Ecology
Intermittent Rivers
Climate Change
Hyporheic Zones
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,696
655
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Guillaume Evanno
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,241
9,389
0.358
evolutionary ecology
conservation biology
population genetics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,122
679
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Steven Le Feunteun
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,425
9,133
0.799
food
digestion
nutrition
modeling
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,375
694
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Timothée Flutre
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,924
8,915
0.597
Quantitative Genetics
Agroecology
Plant Genetics