Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers 43 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
Personality
Intelligence
Evolutionary Psychology
Behavior Genetics
Behavioral Endocrinology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,287
7,470
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Phycology
phylogenetics
evolution
ecology
lichens
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,898
2,744
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Tribolium
head
brain
central complex
insect biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,305
2,352
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Evolutionary Biology
Ecology
Human Cooperation
Social Behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,125
1,821
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
zebrafish
germline
development
evolution
genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,798
785
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Conservation Science
Landscape Ecology
Biodiversity monitoring
Land System Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,626
2,687
0.741
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Vegetation ecology
plant community ecology
tropical rain forest diversity
temperate grassland ecology
conservation planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,209
1,684
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Biodiversity
Biogeography
Island Ecology
Conservation Biology
Functional Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,913
2,849
0.978
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Entomology
Chemical Ecology
Multitrophic Interactions
Biological Control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,870
1,589
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Human-wildlife conflict
conservation effectiveness
biodiversity conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,419
1,717
0.710
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
biology of aging
robustness
protein design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,216
1,166
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Sexuality
Apomixis
Polyploidy
Hybridization
Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,973
1,186
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ecology
Food Webs
Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,944
846
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Morphology
Development
Zoology
Systematics
Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,230
669
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Conservation Science
Conservation Ecology
Population Ecology
Conservation Conflict
Wildlife
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,102
852
0.773
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Community ecology
Biogeography
Functional ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,089
873
0.802
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Science Communication
Political Communication
Communication in Conflict
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,032
725
0.703
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
scientific illustration and visualization
pests and diseases
ecology and spatial analysis
tropical crops
visual communicatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
886
449
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Symbiosis
Evolution
Caves
Sulfide
Deep-sea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
838
248
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Landscape planning
ecosystem services
vegetation ecology
landscape ecology
nature conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
703
608
0.865
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Landscape ecology
Soil science
Environmental science
GIS and Remote sensing
Urbanisation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
682
520
0.762
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Paleoecology
Fire dynamics
Vegetation
Climate
Holocene
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
463
441
0.952
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Systematic Botany
Evolutionary Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
457
390
0.853
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
443
213
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Evolutionary Biology
Developmental Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
442
195
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,907
2,018
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Lars Penke
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,287
7,470
0.408
Personality
Intelligence
Evolutionary Psychology
Behavior Genetics
Behavioral Endocrinology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,871
4,979
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Thomas Friedl
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,898
2,744
0.308
Phycology
phylogenetics
evolution
ecology
lichens
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
166,260
6,995
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Gregor Bucher
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,305
2,352
0.373
Tribolium
head
brain
central complex
insect biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
171,108
7,184
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Dirk Semmann
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,125
1,821
0.297
Evolutionary Biology
Ecology
Human Cooperation
Social Behavior
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
269,063
10,649
97
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Roland Dosch
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,798
785
0.207
zebrafish
germline
development
evolution
genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
280,110
11,009
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Johannes Kamp
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,626
2,687
0.741
Conservation Science
Landscape Ecology
Biodiversity monitoring
Land System Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
310,745
12,028
119
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Heike Culmsee
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,209
1,684
0.525
Vegetation ecology
plant community ecology
tropical rain forest diversity
temperate grassland ecology
conservation planning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
336,399
12,892
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Julian Schrader
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,913
2,849
0.978
Biodiversity
Biogeography
Island Ecology
Conservation Biology
Functional Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
340,529
13,029
125
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Michael Rostás
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,870
1,589
0.554
Entomology
Chemical Ecology
Multitrophic Interactions
Biological Control
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
389,593
14,606
146
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Igor Khorozyan
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,419
1,717
0.710
Human-wildlife conflict
conservation effectiveness
biodiversity conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
415,712
15,444
154
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Anita Krisko
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,216
1,166
0.526
biology of aging
robustness
protein design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
452,211
16,578
165
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Diego Hojsgaard
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,973
1,186
0.601
Sexuality
Apomixis
Polyploidy
Hybridization
Evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
457,071
16,704
169
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Martin Hartvig
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,944
846
0.435
Ecology
Food Webs
Climate Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
612,456
21,370
210
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Conrad Helm
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,230
669
0.544
Morphology
Development
Zoology
Systematics
Evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
651,817
22,559
222
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mahmood Soofi
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,102
852
0.773
Conservation Science
Conservation Ecology
Population Ecology
Conservation Conflict
Wildlife
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
655,978
22,713
224
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Pierre Denelle
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,089
873
0.802
Community ecology
Biogeography
Functional ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
675,304
23,270
229
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Senja Post
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,032
725
0.703
Science Communication
Political Communication
Communication in Conflict
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
730,198
24,890
245
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Beatriz Vanessa Herrera Campo
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
886
449
0.507
scientific illustration and visualization
pests and diseases
ecology and spatial analysis
tropical crops
visual communicatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
750,026
25,501
248
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sharmishtha Dattagupta
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
838
248
0.296
Symbiosis
Evolution
Caves
Sulfide
Deep-sea
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
810,493
27,352
260
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Miguel A. Cebrián-Piqueras
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
703
608
0.865
Landscape planning
ecosystem services
vegetation ecology
landscape ecology
nature conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
820,901
27,678
263
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Stephen Boahen Asabere
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
682
520
0.762
Landscape ecology
Soil science
Environmental science
GIS and Remote sensing
Urbanisation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
960,690
32,532
313
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Chéïma Barhoumi
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
463
441
0.952
Paleoecology
Fire dynamics
Vegetation
Climate
Holocene
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
966,132
32,750
317
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Salvatore Tomasello
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
457
390
0.853
Systematic Botany
Evolutionary Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
979,302
33,246
324
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Gabriel Ortega Solis
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
443
213
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
980,234
33,275
326
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Vera Terblanche (Hunnekuhl)
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
442
195
0.441
Evolutionary Biology
Developmental Biology