Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Medical and Health Sciences / Medical Genetics Highly Cited Researchers 10 Scientists Citation Rankings - 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.

* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
South Africa
Bernard Slippers
forest pathology and entomology
forest health
invasion biology
mycology
molecular ecology and evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,049
7,936
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
South Africa
Elizabeth (Lizette) J Van Rensburg
Cancer Genetics and Human Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,942
4,267
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
South Africa
Eshchar Mizrachi
Plant Genomics
Transcriptomics
Systems Biology
Plant Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,165
2,449
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
South Africa
Paulette Bloomer
Phylogeography and conservation genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,295
1,293
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
South Africa
Jacobus Maree Greeff
Behavioural Ecology
Evolutionary Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,075
863
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
South Africa
Nicolaas A Van Der Merwe
Population Genetics
Quantitative Genetics
Genomics
Fungi
Phylogenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,646
1,650
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
South Africa
Arista Fourie
Microbial genomics
Microbiomes
Molecular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
753
544
0.722
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
South Africa
Andrea M Wilson
Fungal Mating
Unisexual reproduction
Unisexuality in filamentous fungi
CRISPR
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
654
457
0.699
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
South Africa
Evans M Mathebula
Infectious Diseases - Medical Diagnostics - Human genetics - Precision Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
31
0.886
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
South Africa
Thabiso Miya
Human Genetics
Cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,299
South Africa
142
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Bernard Slippers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,049
7,936
0.417
forest pathology and entomology
forest health
invasion biology
mycology
molecular ecology and evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,196
South Africa
423
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Elizabeth (Lizette) J Van Rensburg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,942
4,267
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
247,825
South Africa
1,053
97
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Eshchar Mizrachi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,165
2,449
0.588
Plant Genomics
Transcriptomics
Systems Biology
Plant Evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
303,945
South Africa
1,342
122
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Paulette Bloomer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,295
1,293
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
322,051
South Africa
1,446
142
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jacobus Maree Greeff
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,075
863
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
363,564
South Africa
1,656
164
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Nicolaas A Van Der Merwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,646
1,650
0.624
Population Genetics
Quantitative Genetics
Genomics
Fungi
Phylogenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
787,073
South Africa
4,113
419
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Arista Fourie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
753
544
0.722
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
834,807
South Africa
4,410
453
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Andrea M Wilson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
654
457
0.699
Fungal Mating
Unisexual reproduction
Unisexuality in filamentous fungi
CRISPR
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,947,689
South Africa
14,255
1,141
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Evans M Mathebula
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
31
0.886
Infectious Diseases - Medical Diagnostics - Human genetics - Precision Medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,262,857
South Africa
17,619
1,354
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Thabiso Miya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000