Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers 61 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
Social Neuroscience
Evolution of Behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,552
13,799
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Population and evolutionary biology of bacteria and their viruses and plasmids
the evolution of infectious disease
antibiotic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,114
7,958
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Proteomics
Bioinformatics
Liquid Chromatography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,575
10,936
0.660
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
evolutionary biology
immunology
host-pathogen interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,541
5,527
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ecology and Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,415
1,908
0.142
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Influenza
Virology
Viral Evolution
Transmission
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,002
5,270
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Computational Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,296
1,420
0.138
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Structural Biology
Evolution
Transcriptional Control
Nuclear Receptors
Lipidomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,599
5,690
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
ethnobotany
drug discovery
antibiotic resistance
natural products
ethnomedicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,679
4,929
0.568
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Germline Epigenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,412
1,212
0.144
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Evolution
ecology
disease
malaria
monarch butterflies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,210
3,590
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Vocal Communication (humans
nonhuman primates)
Vocal Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,054
1,702
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
bioethics
social and cultural aspects of medicine
biotechnology
AI
genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,405
1,965
0.265
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Evolutionary Ecology
Symbiosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,069
2,867
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Infectious Disease Ecology and Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,705
3,359
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Structural biology
Microbiology
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,668
2,878
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
neurophysiology
basal ganglia
cerebellum
modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,015
1,649
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
epigenetics
plant development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,157
2,262
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
ecology
freshwater biology
aquatic biofilm
trophic ecology
feeding strategies of fishes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,623
567
0.123
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Computational Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,548
1,242
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Developmental Genetics
spermatogenesis
fertilization
vesicular trafficking
C. elegans
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,160
852
0.205
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Evolution
Genetics
Neuroscience
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,019
1,993
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Auditory Neurophysiology
Computational Neuroscience
Social Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,400
1,057
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Systems biology
Ecology
Theoretical ecology
Microbial communities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,322
1,550
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Theoretical Biophysics
Animal Behavior
Computational Neuroscience
Biomechanics
Dimensionality Reduction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,781
1,713
0.616
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,421
4,948
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Larry J Young
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,552
13,799
0.278
Social Neuroscience
Evolution of Behavior
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,339
11,639
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Bruce R Levin
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,114
7,958
0.283
Population and evolutionary biology of bacteria and their viruses and plasmids
the evolution of infectious disease
antibiotic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,529
22,989
170
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Duc Minh Duong
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,575
10,936
0.660
Proteomics
Bioinformatics
Liquid Chromatography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,707
23,059
171
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Rustom Antia
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,541
5,527
0.334
evolutionary biology
immunology
host-pathogen interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,662
29,363
214
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Leslie A Real
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,415
1,908
0.142
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,045
33,141
234
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Anice C Lowen
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,002
5,270
0.439
Influenza
Virology
Viral Evolution
Transmission
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,286
38,835
266
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ronald L Calabrese
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,296
1,420
0.138
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,364
41,667
282
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Eric Ortlund
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,599
5,690
0.593
Structural Biology
Evolution
Transcriptional Control
Nuclear Receptors
Lipidomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,146
46,018
308
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Cassandra L Quave
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,679
4,929
0.568
ethnobotany
drug discovery
antibiotic resistance
natural products
ethnomedicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,374
47,390
319
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
William G Kelly
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,412
1,212
0.144
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
125,639
48,514
327
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jacobus Jaap De Roode
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,210
3,590
0.437
Evolution
ecology
disease
malaria
monarch butterflies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,334
49,359
333
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Michael J Owren
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,054
1,702
0.211
Vocal Communication (humans
nonhuman primates)
Vocal Evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
140,662
53,394
358
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Paul Wolpe
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,405
1,965
0.265
bioethics
social and cultural aspects of medicine
biotechnology
AI
genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
147,715
55,640
367
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Nicole Gerardo
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,069
2,867
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,109
58,289
385
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Katia Koelle
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,705
3,359
0.501
Infectious Disease Ecology and Evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
157,013
58,585
387
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Eric J Sundberg
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,668
2,878
0.432
Structural biology
Microbiology
Immunology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
174,304
64,030
415
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Dieter Jaeger
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,015
1,649
0.274
neurophysiology
basal ganglia
cerebellum
modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
202,767
72,686
456
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Roger B Deal
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,157
2,262
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
225,041
79,303
494
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Stephen Bowen
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,623
567
0.123
ecology
freshwater biology
aquatic biofilm
trophic ecology
feeding strategies of fishes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
228,565
80,356
505
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Astrid Prinz
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,548
1,242
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
248,212
86,079
545
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Steven W L Hernault
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,160
852
0.205
Developmental Genetics
spermatogenesis
fertilization
vesicular trafficking
C. elegans
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
256,174
88,387
561
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Hasse Walum
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,019
1,993
0.496
Evolution
Genetics
Neuroscience
Statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
296,191
99,916
605
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Robert C Liu
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,400
1,057
0.311
Auditory Neurophysiology
Computational Neuroscience
Social Neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
302,018
101,565
616
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Nicole Vega
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,322
1,550
0.467
Systems biology
Ecology
Theoretical ecology
Microbial communities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
349,471
114,838
676
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Gordon J Berman
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,781
1,713
0.616
Theoretical Biophysics
Animal Behavior
Computational Neuroscience
Biomechanics
Dimensionality Reduction