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
Biodiversity Science
Evolution
Genetics
Ecology
DNA barcoding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,878
41,873
0.374
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Bioplastic
biocomposites
waste valorization
circular economy
3D printing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,916
29,025
0.484
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Biocomposites
Materials and manufacturing
Biocarbon technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,603
27,499
0.504
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
tourism statistics
tourism economics
culinary tourism
destination competitiveness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,129
26,147
0.428
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
information security
privacy
digital forensics
wireless network security
applied cryptography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,426
19,334
0.562
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
human gut microbiota
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,423
17,229
0.586
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
infectious diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,763
17,179
0.467
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,566
16,279
0.755
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Cyber Threat Intelligence
Cyber Threat Hunting
Malware Analysis
Critical Infrastructure Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,997
16,041
0.891
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Food Materials Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,732
14,252
0.464
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Biodiversity Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,973
13,235
0.427
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
evolutionary genomics
DNA barcoding
metabarcoding
environmental DNA
eDNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,500
12,788
0.501
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Veterinary medicine
dairy cattle
randomized controlled trials
food animal health
reproduction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,363
12,516
0.536
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Bioinformatics
Biodiversity Informatics
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,082
12,082
0.502
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Bacteriophages
bacterial pathogens
taxonomy
genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,574
11,808
0.574
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Dairy Health Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,452
10,917
0.413
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,960
10,704
0.325
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Exercise Physiology & Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,223
10,260
0.351
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Dairy Cattle Health and Production
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,894
10,160
0.511
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Environmental Science
Ecotoxicology
Risk Assessment.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,012
10,085
0.297
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Electrochemistry
Photoelectrochemistry
Biosensor
Nanoscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,988
9,749
0.488
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
calcium-looping
torrefaction
hydrothermal
gasification
fluidization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,894
9,688
0.697
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,824
9,354
0.677
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
food security
climate change
sustainable food systems
geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,767
9,062
0.540
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Ecology
Theoretical Ecology
Food webs
Global Change
Community/Ecosystem Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,392
9,034
0.422
Paul Dn Hebert
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,878
41,873
0.374
Biodiversity Science
Evolution
Genetics
Ecology
DNA barcoding
Amar Kumar Mohanty
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,916
29,025
0.484
Bioplastic
biocomposites
waste valorization
circular economy
3D printing
Manjusri Misra
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,603
27,499
0.504
Biocomposites
Materials and manufacturing
Biocarbon technology
Stephen Smith
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,129
26,147
0.428
tourism statistics
tourism economics
culinary tourism
destination competitiveness
Xiaodong Lin
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,426
19,334
0.562
information security
privacy
digital forensics
wireless network security
applied cryptography
Emma Allen Vercoe
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,423
17,229
0.586
Scott Weese
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,763
17,179
0.467
Graham Taylor
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,566
16,279
0.755
Ali Dehghantanha
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,997
16,041
0.891
Cyber Threat Intelligence
Cyber Threat Hunting
Malware Analysis
Critical Infrastructure Security
Alejandro G Marangoni
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,732
14,252
0.464
Food Materials Science
Jeremy R Dewaard
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,973
13,235
0.427
Mehrdad Hajibabaei
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,500
12,788
0.501
evolutionary genomics
DNA barcoding
metabarcoding
environmental DNA
eDNA
Stephen J Leblanc
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,363
12,516
0.536
Veterinary medicine
dairy cattle
randomized controlled trials
food animal health
reproduction
Sujeevan Ratnasingham
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,082
12,082
0.502
Bioinformatics
Biodiversity Informatics
Genomics
Andrew M Kropinski
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,574
11,808
0.574
Bacteriophages
bacterial pathogens
taxonomy
genomics
Todd F Duffield
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,452
10,917
0.413
Dairy Health Management
Barry Smit
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,960
10,704
0.325
Lawrence L Spriet
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,223
10,260
0.351
Exercise Physiology & Biochemistry
David Kelton
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,894
10,160
0.511
Dairy Cattle Health and Production
Keith Solomon
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,012
10,085
0.297
Environmental Science
Ecotoxicology
Risk Assessment.
Aicheng Chen
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,988
9,749
0.488
Electrochemistry
Photoelectrochemistry
Biosensor
Nanoscience
Animesh Dutta
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,894
9,688
0.697
calcium-looping
torrefaction
hydrothermal
gasification
fluidization
Michael Williams
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,824
9,354
0.677
Evan Fraser
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,767
9,062
0.540
food security
climate change
sustainable food systems
geography
Kevin Mccann
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,392
9,034
0.422
Ecology
Theoretical Ecology
Food webs
Global Change
Community/Ecosystem Ecology