Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers 93 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
Biological nitrogen fixation
Soil microbiology
Microbial inoculants and inoculation
Taxonomy and phylogeny of rhizobia
Genom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,600
13,416
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ciclagem de Nutrientes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,007
7,522
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ciência do solo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,446
6,187
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
fixação biológica de nitrogênio
endófitos
genomica funcional
bactérias diazotróficas
inoculante
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,345
4,051
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Planejamento rural sustentável
avaliação da aptidão agrícola
solos
erosão do solo
agroecologia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,824
6,641
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,932
5,745
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ecology
Earthworms
Bioindicators
Soil quality
Conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,449
5,296
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ecology
conservation biology
biodiversity
carbon
ecosystem services
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,357
8,522
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Biodiversity
Systematics
Evolution
Leguminosae
Conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,602
5,156
0.599
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Land change
Landscape ecology
Geotechnologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,215
3,720
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Biotechnology
Genetic Engineering
GM Plants
GMO
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,770
3,228
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ecologia de vertebrados
manejo de populações selvagens
conservação de animais selvagens
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,767
3,158
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ecologia Química aplicada a agricultura
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,419
2,013
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ecologia
conservação
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,238
2,699
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
microbiologia de solos
agroecologia
ecologia microbiana
controle biológico
inoculante bacteriano
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,106
1,083
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ecologia Microbiana
Microbiologia do Solo
Micorrizas
Filogenia
Micologia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,069
1,870
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Meio Ambiente
Agroecologia
Agricultura Alternativa.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,912
1,799
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
biological control
entomopathogens
fermentation
formulation
baculoviruses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,588
2,737
0.763
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
ecologia de insetos
controle biológico
biossegurança
manejo de pragas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,479
1,364
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Restoration Ecology
Integrated Agicultural Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,402
2,054
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
agriculture acarology
taxonomy
invasive species
biological control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,239
1,267
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ecologia
Gestão ambiental de atividades rurais
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,236
799
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Segurança dos Alimentos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,224
1,110
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Fixação Biológica de Nitrogênio
Ecologia Microbiana
Microbiologia do Solo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,131
1,167
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ecologia
Conservação
Genética
Manejo florestal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,861
1,015
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,206
156
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Mariangela Hungria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,600
13,416
0.425
Biological nitrogen fixation
Soil microbiology
Microbial inoculants and inoculation
Taxonomy and phylogeny of rhizobia
Genom
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,090
266
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Robert Boddey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,007
7,522
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,295
359
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Segundo Urquiaga
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,446
6,187
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,364
661
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
José Ivo Baldani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,345
4,051
0.264
fixação biológica de nitrogênio
endófitos
genomica funcional
bactérias diazotróficas
inoculante
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,084
691
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Lauro Pereira
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,824
6,641
0.448
Planejamento rural sustentável
avaliação da aptidão agrícola
solos
erosão do solo
agroecologia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,350
779
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Bruno Alves
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,932
5,745
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,526
955
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
George Brown
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,449
5,296
0.425
Ecology
Earthworms
Bioindicators
Soil quality
Conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,695
1,140
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Joice Ferreira
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,357
8,522
0.750
Ecology
conservation biology
biodiversity
carbon
ecosystem services
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,333
1,851
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Marcelo F. Simon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,602
5,156
0.599
Biodiversity
Systematics
Evolution
Leguminosae
Conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
125,553
2,005
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mateus Batistella
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,215
3,720
0.453
Land change
Landscape ecology
Geotechnologies
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
154,566
2,789
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Alexandre Nepomuceno
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,770
3,228
0.477
Biotechnology
Genetic Engineering
GM Plants
GMO
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
154,640
2,791
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Guilherme Mourao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,767
3,158
0.467
Ecologia de vertebrados
manejo de populações selvagens
conservação de animais selvagens
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
193,202
3,983
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Miguel Borges
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,419
2,013
0.371
Ecologia Química aplicada a agricultura
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
199,700
4,184
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Walfrido Moraes Tomas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,238
2,699
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
204,799
4,336
91
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Norma Rumjanek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,106
1,083
0.212
microbiologia de solos
agroecologia
ecologia microbiana
controle biológico
inoculante bacteriano
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
253,347
5,950
126
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Francisco Adriano De Souza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,069
1,870
0.460
Ecologia Microbiana
Microbiologia do Solo
Micorrizas
Filogenia
Micologia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
262,352
6,278
136
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Alineaurea Florentino Silva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,912
1,799
0.460
Meio Ambiente
Agroecologia
Agricultura Alternativa.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
282,736
6,959
148
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Gabriel Moura Mascarin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,588
2,737
0.763
biological control
entomopathogens
fermentation
formulation
baculoviruses
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
290,352
7,222
157
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Edison Sujii
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,479
1,364
0.392
ecologia de insetos
controle biológico
biossegurança
manejo de pragas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
296,026
7,395
165
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Daniel Luis Mascia Vieira
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,402
2,054
0.604
Restoration Ecology
Integrated Agicultural Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
308,479
7,836
173
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Denise Navia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,239
1,267
0.391
agriculture acarology
taxonomy
invasive species
biological control
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
308,706
7,844
174
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Geraldo Stachetti Rodrigues
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,236
799
0.247
Ecologia
Gestão ambiental de atividades rurais
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
309,616
7,880
175
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Janine Passos Lima Da Silva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,224
1,110
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
317,349
8,183
183
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Gustavo Ribeiro Xavier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,131
1,167
0.373
Fixação Biológica de Nitrogênio
Ecologia Microbiana
Microbiologia do Solo
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
341,563
9,105
204
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Lúcia Helena De Oliveira Wadt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,861
1,015
0.355
Ecologia
Conservação
Genética
Manejo florestal