Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers 67.201 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
Evolution
Evolutionary biology
Molecular evolution
Population genetics
Phylogenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
426,197
69,202
0.162
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
aging
cancer
immunology
medicine
metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
418,771
171,585
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
biology
computational biology
systems biology
bioinformatics
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
399,629
173,568
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Computational Biology
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Metagenomics
Biomedical Data Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
368,238
160,555
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Proteomics
Systems biology
Metabolic diseases
Cancer
Signal Transduction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
355,598
105,617
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
evolutionary genetics
evolutionary biology
genomics
phylogenetics
bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
287,554
110,925
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Bioimage Informatics
Bioinformatics
String Algorithms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
287,243
69,188
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
271,241
56,823
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
267,541
84,809
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
High energy physics
theoretical physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
255,210
107,179
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
ecology
sustainable agriculture
biodiversity
climate change ecology
conservation ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
254,529
86,249
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
253,936
142,524
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Biology
Gene Regulation
MicroRNAs
Noncoding RNA
Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
248,029
60,769
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244,060
75,096
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
gene control
transcription
hormones
nuclear receptors
metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
240,828
38,643
0.160
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Biotechnology
imaging
drugs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207,603
58,295
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
environmental biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
205,790
49,767
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ecology and Environment
Financial Systems.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
205,526
41,398
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
fungi
mycology
evolution
phylogeny
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
196,976
72,322
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
ecology
community ecology
beta diversity
phylogenetic analysis
multivariate statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,272
80,485
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Systems biology
genomics
personalized medicine
cancer
neurodegeneration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,118
28,504
0.146
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
carbon cycle
savannas
earth observation
biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188,281
64,823
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Molecular Evolution
Virology
Molecular Epidemiology
Computational Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
184,448
95,047
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
High Energy Physics
Data Science
High Performance Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176,764
43,147
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Biology
Genetics
Genomics
Epigenetics
Cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171,339
49,758
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57
31
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Masatoshi Nei
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
426,197
69,202
0.162
Evolution
Evolutionary biology
Molecular evolution
Population genetics
Phylogenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Guido Kroemer
Université Paris Cité
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
418,771
171,585
0.410
aging
cancer
immunology
medicine
metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Peer Bork
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
399,629
173,568
0.434
biology
computational biology
systems biology
bioinformatics
evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107
53
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Steven Salzberg
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
368,238
160,555
0.436
Computational Biology
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Metagenomics
Biomedical Data Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
123
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Matthias Mann
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
355,598
105,617
0.297
Proteomics
Systems biology
Metabolic diseases
Cancer
Signal Transduction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
271
5
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Koichiro Tamura
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Hachioji, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
287,554
110,925
0.386
evolutionary genetics
evolutionary biology
genomics
phylogenetics
bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
273
11
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Gene Myers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
287,243
69,188
0.241
Bioimage Informatics
Bioinformatics
String Algorithms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
348
146
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Fred "Rusty" Gage
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
271,241
56,823
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
366
154
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Eugene Koonin
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
267,541
84,809
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
442
16
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Juan Antonio Aguilar Saavedra
Universidad de Granada
Granada, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
255,210
107,179
0.420
High energy physics
theoretical physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
447
180
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
David Tilman
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
254,529
86,249
0.339
ecology
sustainable agriculture
biodiversity
climate change ecology
conservation ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
451
184
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Heng Li
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
253,936
142,524
0.561
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
Genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
485
196
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
David Bartel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
248,029
60,769
0.245
Biology
Gene Regulation
MicroRNAs
Noncoding RNA
Molecular Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
517
205
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Rakesh Jain|Rakesh Jain
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244,060
75,096
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
545
213
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ronald M Evans
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
240,828
38,643
0.160
gene control
transcription
hormones
nuclear receptors
metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
770
304
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ralph Weissleder
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207,603
58,295
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
790
310
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Harold Mooney
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
205,790
49,767
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
794
61
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Robert M May
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
205,526
41,398
0.201
Ecology and Environment
Financial Systems.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
867
352
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
John W Taylor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
196,976
72,322
0.367
fungi
mycology
evolution
phylogeny
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
883
38
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Pierre Legendre
Université de Montréal
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,272
80,485
0.412
ecology
community ecology
beta diversity
phylogenetic analysis
multivariate statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
885
361
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Leroy Hood
Institute for Systems Biology
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,118
28,504
0.146
Systems biology
genomics
personalized medicine
cancer
neurodegeneration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
960
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Robert J Scholes
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188,281
64,823
0.344
carbon cycle
savannas
earth observation
biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
987
75
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Andrew Rambaut
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
184,448
95,047
0.515
Molecular Evolution
Virology
Molecular Epidemiology
Computational Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,066
448
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ian Fisk
Flatiron Institute
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176,764
43,147
0.244
High Energy Physics
Data Science
High Performance Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,133
482
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Richard Young
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171,339
49,758
0.290
Biology
Genetics
Genomics
Epigenetics
Cancer