Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Aarhus University 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
macroecology
global change biology
ecological restoration
rewilding
biogeography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,208
38,521
0.673
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
structural biology
membrane transport
neurobiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,374
8,618
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Microbial ecology
nitrogen cycle
microbial mats
biofilms
development of biosensors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,073
6,590
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
evolution
genetics and heredity
thermal adaptation
inbreeding
global change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,549
8,024
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Biologi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,727
8,658
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Wildlife Medicine
Surgery
Immunology
Endocrinology
Histopathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,256
16,415
0.677
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Conservation Biology
Animal Tracking
Toxicology
Contaminants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,064
10,287
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Freshwater Ecology
Lake restoration
Macrophyte
fish
zooplankton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,087
8,912
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Tropical Ecology
botany
palms
Thailand
Amazon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,941
9,595
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Electromicrobiology
biogeochemistry
microbial ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,912
5,033
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
comparative physiology
evolution of cardiorespiratory systems
metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,031
6,469
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
environmental DNA
eDNA
DNA metabarcoding
metabarcoding
biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,292
9,408
0.708
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Wildlife ecology
adaptive management
migration
waterbirds
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,731
3,872
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Vegetation Dynamics
Biodiversity
Ecology
Remote sensing
Dendroecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,990
7,733
0.645
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,291
4,688
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Agroecology
Biological invasions
Environmental biosafety
Ornithology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,585
4,579
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Population Genetics
Bioinformatics
Epidemiology
Population ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,952
1,461
0.184
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,914
3,600
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Protein science
biophysics
NMR spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,474
2,428
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
freshwater ecology
stream ecology
Arctic freshwater ecology
nutrient dynamics
aquatic plants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,606
3,459
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
microbiology
microbial ecology
biodiversity
ecosystem services
remediation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,216
2,816
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,156
3,355
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
ecological genetics
conservation genomics
life history
evolutionary ecology
behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,134
2,534
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Biology
Population Ecology
Agent-Based Modelling
Marine Mammals
Arctic Vegetation Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,031
4,090
0.678
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Plant physiology
marin ecology
aquatic
seagrass
macroalgae
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,245
2,085
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,989
56
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jens Christian Svenning
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,208
38,521
0.673
macroecology
global change biology
ecological restoration
rewilding
biogeography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,802
175
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Poul Nissen
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,374
8,618
0.284
structural biology
membrane transport
neurobiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,420
188
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Niels Peter Revsbech
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,073
6,590
0.227
Microbial ecology
nitrogen cycle
microbial mats
biofilms
development of biosensors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,389
206
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Volker Loeschcke
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,549
8,024
0.291
evolution
genetics and heredity
thermal adaptation
inbreeding
global change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,864
258
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jens Stougaard
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,727
8,658
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,731
268
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Christian Sonne
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,256
16,415
0.677
Wildlife Medicine
Surgery
Immunology
Endocrinology
Histopathology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,096
273
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Rune Dietz
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,064
10,287
0.427
Conservation Biology
Animal Tracking
Toxicology
Contaminants
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,089
306
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Torben L Lauridsen
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,087
8,912
0.403
Freshwater Ecology
Lake restoration
Macrophyte
fish
zooplankton
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,849
330
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Henrik Balslev
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,941
9,595
0.458
Tropical Ecology
botany
palms
Thailand
Amazon
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,037
512
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Lars Peter Nielsen
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,912
5,033
0.316
Electromicrobiology
biogeochemistry
microbial ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,967
608
117
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Tobias Wang
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,031
6,469
0.461
comparative physiology
evolution of cardiorespiratory systems
metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,661
650
121
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Philip Francis Thomsen
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,292
9,408
0.708
environmental DNA
eDNA
DNA metabarcoding
metabarcoding
biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,525
673
128
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jesper Madsen
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,731
3,872
0.304
Wildlife ecology
adaptive management
migration
waterbirds
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,122
729
138
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Signe Normand
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,990
7,733
0.645
Vegetation Dynamics
Biodiversity
Ecology
Remote sensing
Dendroecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,081
784
153
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jesper Givskov Sørensen
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,291
4,688
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,910
847
162
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Gabor L Lovei
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,585
4,579
0.433
Agroecology
Biological invasions
Environmental biosafety
Ornithology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
127,084
1,165
236
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Freddy Christiansen
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,952
1,461
0.184
Population Genetics
Bioinformatics
Epidemiology
Population ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
127,739
1,174
238
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Cino Pertoldi
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,914
3,600
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
135,923
1,250
255
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Frans AA Mulder
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,474
2,428
0.325
Protein science
biophysics
NMR spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
154,845
1,437
297
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Tenna Riis
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,606
3,459
0.524
freshwater ecology
stream ecology
Arctic freshwater ecology
nutrient dynamics
aquatic plants
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
164,836
1,528
311
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Anne Winding
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,216
2,816
0.453
microbiology
microbial ecology
biodiversity
ecosystem services
remediation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
166,481
1,549
313
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Yoko L Dupont
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,156
3,355
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
167,077
1,553
315
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Trine Bilde
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,134
2,534
0.413
ecological genetics
conservation genomics
life history
evolutionary ecology
behaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
169,919
1,578
318
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jacob Nabe Nielsen
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,031
4,090
0.678
Biology
Population Ecology
Agent-Based Modelling
Marine Mammals
Arctic Vegetation Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
194,853
1,824
361
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Birgit Olesen
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,245
2,085
0.398
Plant physiology
marin ecology
aquatic
seagrass
macroalgae