Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers 23 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
biology
computational biology
systems biology
bioinformatics
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
399,629
173,568
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Computational biology
systems medicine
host-microbiome interaction
antibiotics
data science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,278
30,099
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Bioinformatics
algorithms
image analysis
biological sequence analysis
NGS analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,765
8,849
0.217
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Systems Biology
Microscopy
Cell division
Nuclear organization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,342
10,875
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Systems Biology
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,374
10,347
0.673
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
biology
genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,444
1,846
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
systems biology
lipid transfer proteins
chronic kidney disease
autophagy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,380
2,730
0.808
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Structural Biology
RNA Biology
TRIM proteins
Translation regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,908
1,990
0.684
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Drug Discovery
epigenetic
cell fate
microscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,161
1,637
0.758
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Bioinformatics
Microbiome
R
Teaching
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,146
1,353
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Developmental biology
biophysics
fluorescence imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,870
924
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Evolution
Development
gene regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,613
1,016
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Structural biology
CryoEM
chromatin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,318
954
0.724
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Structural biology
cryo-EM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,308
1,071
0.819
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Developmental Biology
Cell Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,169
473
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Structural Biology
Electron cryo-Tomography
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Computational Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
838
579
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Structural Biology
Cytoskeleton
Cryo-FIB milling
Cryo-electron tomography
Cell Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
776
595
0.767
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Development
Stem Cells
Bioengineering
Biophysics
Imaging and Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
527
457
0.867
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Metabolism
Development
Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
491
325
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Developmental biology
Evolution
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
436
235
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Evolution
Antibiotics
Epistasis
Aging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
387
323
0.835
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Evolutionary genetics
Gene regulation
Yeast
Drosophila
System biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
259
230
0.888
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
neuron evolution
photoreceptor evolution
cell type evolution
evo-devo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
252
146
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Peer Bork
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
399,629
173,568
0.434
biology
computational biology
systems biology
bioinformatics
evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,049
365
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sofia K. Forslund
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,278
30,099
0.555
Computational biology
systems medicine
host-microbiome interaction
antibiotics
data science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,269
609
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ramu Chenna
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,765
8,849
0.217
Bioinformatics
algorithms
image analysis
biological sequence analysis
NGS analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,668
831
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jan Ellenberg
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,342
10,875
0.317
Systems Biology
Microscopy
Cell division
Nuclear organization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,307
2,584
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Nassos Typas
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,374
10,347
0.673
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
293,417
11,457
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Arnaud R. Krebs
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,444
1,846
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
298,123
11,592
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Dénes Türei
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,380
2,730
0.808
systems biology
lipid transfer proteins
chronic kidney disease
autophagy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
337,571
12,925
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Janosch Hennig
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,908
1,990
0.684
Structural Biology
RNA Biology
TRIM proteins
Translation regulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
424,399
15,707
77
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Samuel Collombet
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,161
1,637
0.758
Drug Discovery
epigenetic
cell fate
microscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
426,576
15,777
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Thea Van Rossum
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,146
1,353
0.630
Bioinformatics
Microbiome
R
Teaching
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
470,379
17,098
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Albert Tsai
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,870
924
0.494
Developmental biology
biophysics
fluorescence imaging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
519,887
18,613
91
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Justin Crocker
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,613
1,016
0.630
Evolution
Development
gene regulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
589,391
20,658
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Svetlana Dodonova
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,318
954
0.724
Structural biology
CryoEM
chromatin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
591,967
20,724
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Simone Mattei
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,308
1,071
0.819
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
632,157
21,935
108
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ulla-Maj Fiuza
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,169
473
0.405
Developmental Biology
Cell Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
751,419
25,516
136
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Siddarth Narasimhan
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
838
579
0.691
Structural Biology
Electron cryo-Tomography
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Computational Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
778,383
26,353
141
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Mauricio Toro-Nahuelpan
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
776
595
0.767
Structural Biology
Cytoskeleton
Cryo-FIB milling
Cryo-electron tomography
Cell Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
909,928
30,631
157
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Vladyslav Bondarenko
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
527
457
0.867
Development
Stem Cells
Bioengineering
Biophysics
Imaging and Bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
939,179
31,683
161
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Lautaro Gandara
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
491
325
0.662
Metabolism
Development
Evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
988,136
33,520
165
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Matthew A. Benton
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
436
235
0.539
Developmental biology
Evolution
Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,036,356
35,294
167
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Stefan Bassler
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
387
323
0.835
Evolution
Antibiotics
Epistasis
Aging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,203,088
41,308
179
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Xueying C. Li （李雪莹）|Xueying Li
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
259
230
0.888
Evolutionary genetics
Gene regulation
Yeast
Drosophila
System biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,215,277
41,735
181
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
A. Phillip Oel
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
252
146
0.579
neuron evolution
photoreceptor evolution
cell type evolution
evo-devo