Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers 27 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
Microbial Ecology
Structure and function of pelagic mictobial food webs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,137
2,176
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Natural Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,036
2,873
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Bioanalysis
biotechnology
microbiology
environmental chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,002
1,493
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Biology
Fisheries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,834
1,494
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Biological Oceanography
Phytoplankton Ecology
Primary Production
Eastern Mediterranean
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,745
1,372
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ichthyology
Ecology
Bioassessment
Conservation Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,558
2,017
0.567
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Freshwater ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,128
2,256
0.721
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Benthic Ecology
Ecological Quality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,013
1,508
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Limnology
Freshwater Ecology
Aquatic macrophytes
Water Resources Management
River hydromorphology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,555
2,018
0.790
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Developmental Biology
Molecular Evolution
Functional Genomics
Epigenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,434
967
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Biology
Ecology
Txonomy and ecophysiology of marine zooplankton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,073
847
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Planktonic food web
microbial ecology
structure and function of pelagic ecosystem
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,017
653
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
ethology
sandy beaches
ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,511
818
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Biological Oceanography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,318
643
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ichthyology
River ecosystem study
Invasion biology
Conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,221
913
0.748
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Biology
Philosophy - History of Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,154
394
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ecology
Genetics
Evolution
Molecular Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,095
633
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Evolutionary biology
landscape genetics
population genetics
phylogeography
phylogenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,092
447
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
community ecology
microalgae
ecosystem structure and function
freshwater and coastal systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
772
705
0.913
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ecological quality of inland waters
Morphology
Systematics
Ecology and Reproductive biology of freshwater fish
with emphasis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
667
287
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
BIOLOGY
Enviromental Ecology
Environmental Education and Education for Suistanable Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
601
182
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Marine Biology
Mediterranean Marine Ecosystems
Marine Ecology
Benthic Invertebrates
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
561
389
0.693
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Zooplankton ecology
Food webs
Ecosystem modelling
Coastal and Marine Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
405
163
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ecotoxicology
Environmental Pollution
Marine biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162
148
0.914
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
biological networks
complex systems
soil microbiome
spatial analysis
text mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
90
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
204,140
1,461
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Paraskevi (Vivi) Pitta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,137
2,176
0.424
Microbial Ecology
Structure and function of pelagic mictobial food webs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
208,167
1,491
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Nikos Skoulikidis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,036
2,873
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
257,871
1,971
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Manolis Mandalakis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,002
1,493
0.373
Bioanalysis
biotechnology
microbiology
environmental chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
267,776
2,065
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Celia Vassilopoulou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,834
1,494
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
273,244
2,107
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Stella Psarra
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,745
1,372
0.366
Biological Oceanography
Phytoplankton Ecology
Primary Production
Eastern Mediterranean
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
285,599
2,228
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Stamatis Zogaris
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,558
2,017
0.567
Ichthyology
Ecology
Bioassessment
Conservation Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
318,436
2,522
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ioannis Karaouzas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,128
2,256
0.721
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
328,475
2,604
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Maria Salomidi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,013
1,508
0.500
Benthic Ecology
Ecological Quality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
374,716
3,046
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Kostas Stefanidis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,555
2,018
0.790
Limnology
Freshwater Ecology
Aquatic macrophytes
Water Resources Management
River hydromorphology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
389,017
3,186
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Elena Sarrοpoulou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,434
967
0.397
Developmental Biology
Molecular Evolution
Functional Genomics
Epigenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
438,013
3,622
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Soultana Zervoudaki Or Tanya Zervoudaki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,073
847
0.409
Biology
Ecology
Txonomy and ecophysiology of marine zooplankton
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
446,626
3,714
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Giannakourou Antonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,017
653
0.324
Planktonic food web
microbial ecology
structure and function of pelagic ecosystem
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
542,651
4,572
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Lucia Fanini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,511
818
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
590,167
4,936
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Giorgia Assimakopoulou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,318
643
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
617,010
5,143
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Nicholas Koutsikos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,221
913
0.748
Ichthyology
River ecosystem study
Invasion biology
Conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
637,653
5,293
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Konstantinos C. Gritzalis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,154
394
0.341
Biology
Philosophy - History of Medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
656,269
5,443
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Katerina Vasileiadou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,095
633
0.578
Ecology
Genetics
Evolution
Molecular Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
657,337
5,453
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Aglaia Antoniou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,092
447
0.409
Evolutionary biology
landscape genetics
population genetics
phylogeography
phylogenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
781,027
6,413
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Evangelia Smeti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
772
705
0.913
community ecology
microalgae
ecosystem structure and function
freshwater and coastal systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
831,222
6,770
111
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Sofia Giakoumi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
667
287
0.430
Ecological quality of inland waters
Morphology
Systematics
Ecology and Reproductive biology of freshwater fish
with emphasis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
865,997
6,999
117
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Argiro Andriopoulou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
601
182
0.303
BIOLOGY
Enviromental Ecology
Environmental Education and Education for Suistanable Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
888,664
7,139
119
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Laura Bray
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
561
389
0.693
Marine Biology
Mediterranean Marine Ecosystems
Marine Ecology
Benthic Invertebrates
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,019,529
7,679
130
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Georgia Papantoniou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
405
163
0.402
Zooplankton ecology
Food webs
Ecosystem modelling
Coastal and Marine Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,406,706
9,261
150
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Danae Patsiou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162
148
0.914
Ecotoxicology
Environmental Pollution
Marine biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,647,365
10,242
157
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Savvas Paragkamian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
90
1.000
biological networks
complex systems
soil microbiome
spatial analysis
text mining