Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
Ecologie du sol
Sciences de l'environnement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,046
13,420
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Evolutionary biology
biodiversity dynamics
bioinformatics
biostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,215
16,435
0.563
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,786
9,221
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Macroecology
freshwaters
global change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,329
9,206
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Ecologie et evolution des maladies infectieuses
biodiversité et maladies infectieuses
changement climatique et maladies infec
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,511
6,065
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Entomologie
Génétique
Ecologie
Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,916
6,718
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Ecology
soil ecology
earthworm
nutrient cycling
savanna
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,903
7,104
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
macro-ecology
reef fishes
stable isotopes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,443
6,753
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Botanique Ecologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,080
3,429
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
political ecology
water policy
water governance
irrigation system water management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,728
5,038
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Ecologie Evolutive
Génétique des populations
Parasitologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,734
2,668
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Tropical forest ecology
Forest carbon
Remote Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,362
8,356
0.806
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
tropical forest ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,092
5,727
0.567
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
virus and cancer
evolution
codon usage
HPV
biological noise
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,010
4,862
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Community Ecology
Functional Ecology
Evolutionary Ecology
Ecosystem Functioning
Global Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,837
5,983
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
botany
ecology
macroecology
tree communities
amazonian forests
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,516
4,144
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Macroecology
Biogeography
Conservation
Community Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,329
5,460
0.585
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
ecophysiology
soil ecology
agroecology
bioenergetics
plant and microbial physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,190
2,954
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
macroalgae ecology
coral reef
seagrass bed
phycology
taxonomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,510
3,831
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Ecology of mosquito-borne viral diseases
Aedes-borne diseases control
Aedes albopictus
emerging diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,416
6,574
0.781
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Agrarian transition
Agroecology
Landscape approaches
Livelihoods
Southeast Asia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,136
3,201
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
biologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,707
4,105
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
biodiversity
conservation
tropical rain forests
biogeography
phylogenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,583
4,753
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Vegetation science
Theoretical ecology
Remote-sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,463
3,006
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,388
3,369
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,595
245
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Patrick Lavelle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,046
13,420
0.327
Ecologie du sol
Sciences de l'environnement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,252
454
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Emmanuel Paradis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,215
16,435
0.563
Evolutionary biology
biodiversity dynamics
bioinformatics
biostatistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,242
806
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Olivier Dangles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,786
9,221
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,479
830
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Thierry Oberdorff
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,329
9,206
0.453
Macroecology
freshwaters
global change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,793
958
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Guegan Jean-Francois
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,511
6,065
0.328
Ecologie et evolution des maladies infectieuses
biodiversité et maladies infectieuses
changement climatique et maladies infec
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,010
1,241
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
frederic simard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,916
6,718
0.422
Entomologie
Génétique
Ecologie
Evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,755
1,555
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sébastien Barot
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,903
7,104
0.511
Ecology
soil ecology
earthworm
nutrient cycling
savanna
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,664
1,624
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Michel Kulbicki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,443
6,753
0.502
macro-ecology
reef fishes
stable isotopes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,430
1,918
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jaffré Tanguy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,080
3,429
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,271
1,993
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
François Molle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,728
5,038
0.430
political ecology
water policy
water governance
irrigation system water management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,362
2,245
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Thierry De Meeûs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,734
2,668
0.249
Ecologie Evolutive
Génétique des populations
Parasitologie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,173
2,369
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Maxime Réjou-Méchain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,362
8,356
0.806
Tropical forest ecology
Forest carbon
Remote Sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,165
2,456
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Raphaël Pélissier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,092
5,727
0.567
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,052
2,490
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
ignacio g. bravo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,010
4,862
0.486
virus and cancer
evolution
codon usage
HPV
biological noise
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,002
2,551
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Claire Fortunel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,837
5,983
0.608
Community Ecology
Functional Ecology
Evolutionary Ecology
Ecosystem Functioning
Global Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,794
2,683
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Daniel Sabatier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,516
4,144
0.435
botany
ecology
macroecology
tree communities
amazonian forests
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106,206
2,756
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
François Guilhaumon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,329
5,460
0.585
Macroecology
Biogeography
Conservation
Community Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,073
2,820
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Laurent Cournac
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,190
2,954
0.321
ecophysiology
soil ecology
agroecology
bioenergetics
plant and microbial physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,846
3,142
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Claude E. Payri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,510
3,831
0.450
macroalgae ecology
coral reef
seagrass bed
phycology
taxonomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,336
3,190
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
David Roiz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,416
6,574
0.781
Ecology of mosquito-borne viral diseases
Aedes-borne diseases control
Aedes albopictus
emerging diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
123,886
3,325
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jean-Christophe Castella
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,136
3,201
0.393
Agrarian transition
Agroecology
Landscape approaches
Livelihoods
Southeast Asia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
131,510
3,571
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Boris Szurek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,707
4,105
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
133,867
3,649
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Thomas Lp Couvreur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,583
4,753
0.627
biodiversity
conservation
tropical rain forests
biogeography
phylogenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,130
3,723
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Pierre Couteron
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,463
3,006
0.403
Vegetation science
Theoretical ecology
Remote-sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
137,659
3,779
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Denis Sereno
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,388
3,369
0.456