Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Massey University Highly Cited Researchers CitationNatural Sciences / Biological Science Rankings 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
ecological statistics
multivariate analysis
community ecology
biodiversity
marine ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,216
31,195
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
molecular evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,528
3,661
0.143
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
metascience
game theory
evolutionary biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,391
5,850
0.563
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Disease ecology
emerging infectious diseases
epidemiology
zoonoses
conservation biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,656
6,133
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Community ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,785
3,466
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
ecological economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,408
2,535
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Systematics
Polyploid genome evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,881
2,698
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Ornithology
bird migration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,407
2,244
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Plant-animal Interactions
pollination ecology
pollination biology
frugivory
plant reproduction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,731
1,282
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Avian Biology
Ecology
Conservation Biology
and Animal Behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,683
1,810
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,487
1,792
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Experimental evolution
Adaptive evolution
Mutation interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,107
1,565
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Human- wildlife interactions
behavioural ecology
conservation ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,044
2,092
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
evolutionary biology
human genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,530
1,894
0.537
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Biological and Biomedical sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,501
1,425
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
microbial evolution
gene expression
microbial diversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,883
1,631
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Behavioural ecology
conservation technology
bio-acoustics
wildlife parasitology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,853
1,345
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
cell division
male meiosis
sperm development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,295
571
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
evolutionary biology
genomics
genomic epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,220
1,710
0.770
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Chemical ecology
biological control
entomology
plant-insect interactions
plant secondary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,012
1,411
0.701
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Pasture ecology
grazing systems
soil-pasture-grazing animals relationships
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,624
790
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Mammals
Emerging infectious diseases
Spatial Ecology
Network Science
One Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,518
1,356
0.893
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Ornithology
Paleontology
Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,311
817
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Insect behavioural ecology and biological control of insect pests
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,295
757
0.585
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Insect behaviour
Ecology and biology
Biological control of pests
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,292
755
0.584
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,700
18
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Marti Jane Anderson
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,216
31,195
0.451
ecological statistics
multivariate analysis
community ecology
biodiversity
marine ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,684
87
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
David Penny
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,528
3,661
0.143
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,625
420
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Thomas Pfeiffer
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,391
5,850
0.563
metascience
game theory
evolutionary biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,632
465
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
David Hayman
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,656
6,133
0.635
Disease ecology
emerging infectious diseases
epidemiology
zoonoses
conservation biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,940
529
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Russell Death
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,785
3,466
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,140
792
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Murray Patterson
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,408
2,535
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
170,296
864
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jennifer Tate
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,881
2,698
0.459
Systematics
Polyploid genome evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
185,031
965
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Phil Battley
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,407
2,244
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
210,470
1,137
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Alastair Robertson
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,731
1,282
0.271
Plant-animal Interactions
pollination ecology
pollination biology
frugivory
plant reproduction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
212,555
1,151
106
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Dianne H Brunton
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,683
1,810
0.387
Avian Biology
Ecology
Conservation Biology
and Animal Behaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
221,206
1,195
110
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
James Dale
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,487
1,792
0.399
Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
240,036
1,315
115
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Tim F Cooper
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,107
1,565
0.381
Experimental evolution
Adaptive evolution
Mutation interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
243,501
1,338
116
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Weihong Ji
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,044
2,092
0.517
Human- wildlife interactions
behavioural ecology
conservation ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
274,431
1,535
139
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Georgi Hudjashov
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,530
1,894
0.537
evolutionary biology
human genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
276,351
1,550
142
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jasna Rakonjac
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,501
1,425
0.407
Biological and Biomedical sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
325,310
1,822
162
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Olin Silander
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,883
1,631
0.566
microbial evolution
gene expression
microbial diversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
328,059
1,838
166
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Isabel Castro
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,853
1,345
0.471
Behavioural ecology
conservation technology
bio-acoustics
wildlife parasitology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
389,221
2,143
195
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Matthew Savoian
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,295
571
0.249
cell division
male meiosis
sperm development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
398,851
2,204
203
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
David J Winter
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,220
1,710
0.770
evolutionary biology
genomics
genomic epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
428,802
2,353
223
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Andrea Clavijo McCormick|Andrea McCormick, Andrea Clavijo, Andrea C. McCormick
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,012
1,411
0.701
Chemical ecology
biological control
entomology
plant-insect interactions
plant secondary
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
497,628
2,732
273
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ignacio Lopez
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,624
790
0.486
Pasture ecology
grazing systems
soil-pasture-grazing animals relationships
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
520,326
2,863
285
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Renata Lara Muylaert
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,518
1,356
0.893
Mammals
Emerging infectious diseases
Spatial Ecology
Network Science
One Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
570,266
3,136
311
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Daniel B Thomas
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,311
817
0.623
Ornithology
Paleontology
Spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
574,592
3,156
315
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Xiong Zhao HE
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,295
757
0.585
Insect behavioural ecology and biological control of insect pests
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
575,379
3,158
316
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Xiong Zhao He
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,292
755
0.584
Insect behaviour
Ecology and biology
Biological control of pests