Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Cornell 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
global change ecology
ecosystem ecology
biogeochemistry
ecosystem modelling
data assimilation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,051
44,177
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Carbon Cycle
Plant Diversity
Sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,986
4,559
0.914
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Vascular Biology
Computational Biology
Immunotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,761
4,371
0.918
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Ecology
Global Change
Vegetation Modelling
Plant Hydraulics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,713
3,194
0.860
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Spatial Ecology
Agroecology
Pollination
Biological Control
Ecosystem Services
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,711
3,567
0.961
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Evolution
Symbiosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,703
2,891
0.781
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Learning and memory
neural circuits
network dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,626
3,100
0.855
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Behavioral Neuroscience
Behavioral Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,601
2,064
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Renewable energy and materials for energy and environmental applications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,580
2,912
0.813
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Bioacoustics
Marine Ecology
Ichthyology
Animal Communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,579
2,166
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Biological Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,537
2,131
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Computational Biology
Cancer Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,291
2,068
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
virology
viral pathogenesis
virus evolution
vaccines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,208
3,150
0.982
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
soil arthropod ecology
biogeochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,180
2,211
0.695
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Fluid mechanics
Bio mechanics
Fluid structure interaction
Nonlinear dynamics
Complex network
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,114
1,957
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Ornithology
Bird Migration
Ecology
Birds of North America
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,013
1,729
0.574
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Spatial Ecology
Decision Science
Wildlife Conservation and Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,980
1,965
0.659
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Endocrinology
behavior
stress
evolution
physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,951
2,240
0.759
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Ecology - Conservation biology - Ornithology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,877
2,140
0.744
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Integrative biology
evolutionary biology
sexual selection
behavioral ecology
physiological ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,552
1,984
0.777
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
biomaterial
cell encapsulation
stem cell
micropattern
tissue engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,536
1,297
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
limnology
freshwater ecology
carbon cycle
ecosystem ecology
food webs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,254
1,933
0.858
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
systems biology
biophysics
data geometry
dynamical systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,227
2,172
0.975
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
allostery
protein motions
evolution
structural enzymology
x-ray scattering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,168
1,275
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
bird migration
ornithology
evolution
ecology
environmental change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,135
1,815
0.850
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,940
2,346
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Yiqi Luo
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,051
44,177
0.573
global change ecology
ecosystem ecology
biogeochemistry
ecosystem modelling
data assimilation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
204,728
73,156
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Donghai Wu
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,986
4,559
0.914
Carbon Cycle
Plant Diversity
Sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
214,025
75,920
80
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
David Redmond
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,761
4,371
0.918
Vascular Biology
Computational Biology
Immunotherapy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
268,587
91,791
134
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Xiangtao Xu
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,713
3,194
0.860
Ecology
Global Change
Vegetation Modelling
Plant Hydraulics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
268,691
91,816
135
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Heather Grab
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,711
3,567
0.961
Spatial Ecology
Agroecology
Pollination
Biological Control
Ecosystem Services
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
269,185
91,957
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Andrew Moeller
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,703
2,891
0.781
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
274,161
93,376
141
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Fernandez Ruiz Antonio
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,626
3,100
0.855
Learning and memory
neural circuits
network dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
275,855
93,882
144
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Alexander G Ophir
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,601
2,064
0.573
Behavioral Neuroscience
Behavioral Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
277,121
94,242
146
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jillian L Goldfarb
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,580
2,912
0.813
Renewable energy and materials for energy and environmental applications
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
277,208
94,269
147
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Aaron N Rice
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,579
2,166
0.605
Bioacoustics
Marine Ecology
Ichthyology
Animal Communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
280,022
95,125
154
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Guillaume Lambert
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,537
2,131
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
297,949
100,225
191
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ashley Stephen Doane
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,291
2,068
0.628
Computational Biology
Cancer Genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
304,371
102,084
205
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Javier A Jaimes
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,208
3,150
0.982
virology
viral pathogenesis
virus evolution
vaccines
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
306,572
102,706
209
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Kyle Wickings
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,180
2,211
0.695
soil arthropod ecology
biogeochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
311,981
104,234
221
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Sunghwan Jung
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,114
1,957
0.628
Fluid mechanics
Bio mechanics
Fluid structure interaction
Nonlinear dynamics
Complex network
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
320,674
106,618
236
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Paul G Rodewald
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,013
1,729
0.574
Ornithology
Bird Migration
Ecology
Birds of North America
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
323,537
107,461
243
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Angela Fuller
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,980
1,965
0.659
Spatial Ecology
Decision Science
Wildlife Conservation and Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
326,218
108,220
246
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Maren Vitousek
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,951
2,240
0.759
Endocrinology
behavior
stress
evolution
physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
332,948
110,123
265
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Nárgila G Moura
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,877
2,140
0.744
Ecology - Conservation biology - Ornithology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
366,439
119,336
358
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Conor Claverie Taff
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,552
1,984
0.777
Integrative biology
evolutionary biology
sexual selection
behavioral ecology
physiological ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
368,240
119,842
367
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Wei Song
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,536
1,297
0.511
biomaterial
cell encapsulation
stem cell
micropattern
tissue engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
402,588
129,214
457
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Meredith A Holgerson
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,254
1,933
0.858
limnology
freshwater ecology
carbon cycle
ecosystem ecology
food webs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
406,189
130,181
471
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Shu Wang
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,227
2,172
0.975
systems biology
biophysics
data geometry
dynamical systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
414,348
132,390
504
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Nozomi Ando
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,168
1,275
0.588
allostery
protein motions
evolution
structural enzymology
x-ray scattering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
418,908
133,690
523
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Benjamin M Van Doren
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,135
1,815
0.850
bird migration
ornithology
evolution
ecology
environmental change