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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,749
8,018
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Plant secondary metabolites
molecular evolution
ligninn and phenylpropanoid metabolism
plant defence responses
plant genomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,357
3,570
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
marine science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,773
2,904
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
plant secondary metabolism
phenolic biochemistry
biosynthesis
chemical ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,217
3,495
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,204
1,340
0.257
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Marine chemistry
Chemical Oceanography
Analytical Chemistry
Geochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,357
2,012
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Marine climate change impacts
marine community ecology
disturbance ecology
ecosystem modelling
natural resources management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,596
1,296
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
forest ecology
native plants
fungi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,787
559
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Marine Biodiversity
Aquatic Soundscapes
Pollutants
Shellfish Cultivation
Global Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,741
2,712
0.989
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Marine Ecology
Marine Conservation
Habitat Modeling
Spatiotemporal Risk Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,562
1,272
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
aquaculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,260
887
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
marine ecology
bioacoustics
fish welfare
Pacific rockfishes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,128
2,123
0.998
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
climate change
fisheries
ecology
social-ecological systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,196
928
0.776
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Marine Ecology
Nearshore Conservation
Forage Fish
Ecosystem Processe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
587
206
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Fisheries Ecology
Evolution and Development
Crustacean Biology
Pacific Salmon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144
120
0.833
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
soil erosion
pile foundation
sludge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
123
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Fisheries
Social Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
67
0.848
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Entomology
Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
54
0.701
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Fisheries
marine management
pacific salmon
marine protected areas
deep-learning tools
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
19
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
plant biology
circadian clock
plant secondary metabolism
transcriptional regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
10
1.000
Francis Juanes
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,749
8,018
0.544
J Ehlting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,357
3,570
0.345
Plant secondary metabolites
molecular evolution
ligninn and phenylpropanoid metabolism
plant defence responses
plant genomic
Verena Tunnicliffe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,773
2,904
0.297
Peter Constabel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,217
3,495
0.425
plant secondary metabolism
phenolic biochemistry
biosynthesis
chemical ecology
R John Nelson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,204
1,340
0.257
Jay T Cullen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,357
2,012
0.462
Marine chemistry
Chemical Oceanography
Analytical Chemistry
Geochemistry
Thomas A Okey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,596
1,296
0.360
Marine climate change impacts
marine community ecology
disturbance ecology
ecosystem modelling
natural resources management
Andy Mackinnon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,787
559
0.201
Kieran Cox
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,741
2,712
0.989
Marine Biodiversity
Aquatic Soundscapes
Pollutants
Shellfish Cultivation
Global Change
Patrick D O Hara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,562
1,272
0.496
Marine Ecology
Marine Conservation
Habitat Modeling
Spatiotemporal Risk Modeling
Mark Flaherty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,260
887
0.392
Hailey L Davies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,128
2,123
0.998
marine ecology
bioacoustics
fish welfare
Pacific rockfishes
Charlotte K Whitney
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,196
928
0.776
climate change
fisheries
ecology
social-ecological systems
J Anne Shaffer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
587
206
0.351
Marine Ecology
Nearshore Conservation
Forage Fish
Ecosystem Processe
William Dp Duguid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144
120
0.833
Fisheries Ecology
Evolution and Development
Crustacean Biology
Pacific Salmon
Yunjie Lin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
123
1.000
soil erosion
pile foundation
sludge
Alison E Macnaughton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
67
0.848
Jameson W Clarke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
54
0.701
Ben Morrow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
19
1.000
Fisheries
marine management
pacific salmon
marine protected areas
deep-learning tools
Yalin Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
10
1.000
plant biology
circadian clock
plant secondary metabolism
transcriptional regulation