Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Ludwig Maximilians Universität München Highly Cited Researchers CitationNatural Sciences / Biological Science Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
DNA Modifications
BioImaging
Epigenetics
Antibody engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,781
16,226
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Inflammation
atherosclerosis
vascular biology
chemokines
MIF
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,327
10,230
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Computational Evolutionary Biology
Phylogenetics
Bayesian Inference
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,165
19,391
0.665
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Biology
Systematics
Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,598
12,968
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Animal Behaviour
Behavioural Ecology
Evolutionary Ecology
Quantitative Genetics
Personality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,627
13,968
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
Biochemisty
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,142
7,774
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Bioinformatics
Proteomics
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,731
14,548
0.737
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Biological Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,996
5,467
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Biology of poxviruses
virus-host interaction
vaccine induced immunity to infectious diseases
emerging infections and zoonotic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,562
4,806
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Molecular Geobiology & Palaeobiology
Phylogenomics
Molecular Systematics
Comparative Genomics
Biomineralization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,161
7,172
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
nevertrustathrush
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,204
6,899
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Biology
Neurobiology
Audition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,809
3,692
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Comparative Neurobiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,949
2,807
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Biology - Systematics - Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,720
2,745
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Behavioral Genetics
Evolution
Population Genetics
Chronobiology
Sleep
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,437
3,891
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Spectroscopy
Microscopy
Fluorescence
Single-Molecule Detection
Membrane Transport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,434
3,831
0.595
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Ecoinformatics
Molecular Ecology
Species Interactions
Insect-Microbe Interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,280
4,282
0.682
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Araceae - Systematics - Indomalayan biogeography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,022
2,255
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Magnetoreception
Electroreception
Neurodevelopmental Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,690
2,345
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Structural biology
SAXS
X-ray crystallography
Biophysics
Method development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,516
3,189
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Life sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,410
2,544
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
functional morphology
microscopic anatomy and histology
vertebrates and invertebrates
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,318
1,376
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
evolutionary biology
molecular systematics
morphology
phycology
taxonomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,948
2,081
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Evolutionsökologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,928
1,124
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Non-coding RNA
Development
Abiotic Stress
Plant Acclimation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,586
1,397
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,411
717
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Heinrich Leonhardt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,781
16,226
0.441
DNA Modifications
BioImaging
Epigenetics
Antibody engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,133
984
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Juergen Bernhagen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,327
10,230
0.337
Inflammation
atherosclerosis
vascular biology
chemokines
MIF
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,575
1,038
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Sebastian Höhna
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,165
19,391
0.665
Computational Evolutionary Biology
Phylogenetics
Bayesian Inference
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,568
1,120
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Susanne S. Renner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,598
12,968
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,009
1,174
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Niels Dingemanse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,627
13,968
0.525
Animal Behaviour
Behavioural Ecology
Evolutionary Ecology
Quantitative Genetics
Personality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,222
1,448
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Martin Parniske
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,142
7,774
0.336
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
Biochemisty
Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,582
1,786
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Rainer Malik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,731
14,548
0.737
Bioinformatics
Proteomics
Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,703
1,879
101
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Joachim Raedler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,996
5,467
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,653
2,278
116
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Gerd Sutter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,562
4,806
0.290
Biology of poxviruses
virus-host interaction
vaccine induced immunity to infectious diseases
emerging infections and zoonotic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,456
2,375
121
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Gert Wörheide
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,161
7,172
0.444
Molecular Geobiology & Palaeobiology
Phylogenomics
Molecular Systematics
Comparative Genomics
Biomineralization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,217
3,436
160
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jochen Bw Wolf
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,204
6,899
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,589
3,967
180
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Benedikt Grothe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,809
3,692
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,465
4,873
220
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mario F. Wullimann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,949
2,807
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,845
5,007
223
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jochen Heinrichs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,720
2,745
0.315
Biology - Systematics - Evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
160,568
6,752
286
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Karla Viviani Allebrandt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,437
3,891
0.604
Behavioral Genetics
Evolution
Population Genetics
Chronobiology
Sleep
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
160,653
6,760
288
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Thorben Cordes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,434
3,831
0.595
Spectroscopy
Microscopy
Fluorescence
Single-Molecule Detection
Membrane Transport
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
164,753
6,920
292
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Alexander Keller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,280
4,282
0.682
Ecoinformatics
Molecular Ecology
Species Interactions
Insect-Microbe Interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
171,834
7,179
300
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Peter C Boyce
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,022
2,255
0.374
Araceae - Systematics - Indomalayan biogeography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
181,863
7,545
310
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
David Keays
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,690
2,345
0.412
Magnetoreception
Electroreception
Neurodevelopmental Disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
187,395
7,753
318
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Gregor Witte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,516
3,189
0.578
Structural biology
SAXS
X-ray crystallography
Biophysics
Method development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
190,927
7,887
322
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Vladimir Chubanov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,410
2,544
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
194,149
7,995
327
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
J. Matthias Starck
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,318
1,376
0.259
functional morphology
microscopic anatomy and histology
vertebrates and invertebrates
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
208,356
8,474
341
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Marc Gottschling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,948
2,081
0.421
evolutionary biology
molecular systematics
morphology
phycology
taxonomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
209,201
8,511
343
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Wilfried Gabriel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,928
1,124
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
223,934
9,010
365
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Wolfgang Frank
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,586
1,397
0.305
Non-coding RNA
Development
Abiotic Stress
Plant Acclimation