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
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
Emmanuel Paradis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,215
16,435
0.563
Evolutionary biology
biodiversity dynamics
bioinformatics
biostatistics
Olivier Dangles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,786
9,221
0.444
Thierry Oberdorff
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,329
9,206
0.453
Macroecology
freshwaters
global change
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
frederic simard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,916
6,718
0.422
Entomologie
Génétique
Ecologie
Evolution
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
Michel Kulbicki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,443
6,753
0.502
macro-ecology
reef fishes
stable isotopes
Jaffré Tanguy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,080
3,429
0.284
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
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
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
Raphaël Pélissier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,092
5,727
0.567
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
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
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
François Guilhaumon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,329
5,460
0.585
Macroecology
Biogeography
Conservation
Community Ecology
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
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
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
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
Boris Szurek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,707
4,105
0.533
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
Pierre Couteron
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,463
3,006
0.403
Vegetation science
Theoretical ecology
Remote-sensing
Denis Sereno
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,388
3,369
0.456