Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers Citation 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
United States
Matthew Wund
Evolution
Animal Behavior
Adaptive Radiation
Phenotypic Plasticity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,963
1,221
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
United States
Paramjeet Bagga
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,128
766
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
United States
Tracy Kress
gene expression
co-transcriptional RNA splicing
coupling chromatin modification and RNA splicing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,532
323
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
United States
Luke K Butler
physiological ecology
animal behavior
conservation
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,198
447
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
United States
Christopher G Murphy
Animal Behavior
Behavioral Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,037
264
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
United States
Zach Grochau-Wright
Major Transitions in Evolution
Evolutionary Transitions in Individuality
Evo-Devo
Astrobiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
70
0.864
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
326,098
United States
108,571
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Matthew Wund
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,963
1,221
0.412
Evolution
Animal Behavior
Adaptive Radiation
Phenotypic Plasticity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
421,265
United States
134,790
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Paramjeet Bagga
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,128
766
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
528,501
United States
163,448
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Tracy Kress
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,532
323
0.211
gene expression
co-transcriptional RNA splicing
coupling chromatin modification and RNA splicing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
613,650
United States
185,551
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Luke K Butler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,198
447
0.373
physiological ecology
animal behavior
conservation
evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
665,470
United States
198,646
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Christopher G Murphy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,037
264
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,667,674
United States
361,516
122
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Zach Grochau-Wright
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
70
0.864
Major Transitions in Evolution
Evolutionary Transitions in Individuality
Evo-Devo
Astrobiology