Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Michigan State University Highly Cited Researchers CitationNatural Sciences / Biological Science Rankings 2025
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
coupled human and natural systems
forest
systems integration
telecoupling
terrestrial ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,616
35,539
0.606
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
microbial ecology
bioinformatics
probiotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,054
18,767
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
community ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,733
6,713
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Ecology
Conservation Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,258
9,900
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Adoption and impact of agricultural technologies in developing economies
food policy
agrobiodiversity
seed
Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,429
5,765
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Ecology
Evolution
Genetics
Conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,898
5,009
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
reproductive biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,559
3,830
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Theoretical ecology
Plankton ecology
Eco-evolutionary modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,440
6,531
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Evolution
Speciation
Ecology
Behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,883
1,106
0.093
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Science Learning
Ecology
Sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,961
7,003
0.639
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Anthropocene & evolution
Sexual Selection
Speciation
Animal Communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,821
4,128
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Computational Biology
Physical Chemistry
Bioinformatics
Structural Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,572
8,880
0.928
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Artificial Life
Digital Evolution
Evolutionary Computation
Bio-Inspired Computing
Evolutionary Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,002
3,217
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Microbe-Insect Interations
Aquatic Ecology and Entomology
Disease Ecology
Decomposition Ecology
Forensics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,901
5,465
0.614
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Population Ecology
Population Genetics
Fishery Management
Acoustic Telemetry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,700
3,493
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Evolutionary Biologist
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,291
2,510
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Evolutionary Developmental Biology
EvoDevo
Comparative Genomics
Fish
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,876
3,670
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Biotechnology
MRI
cancer
biosensors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,536
2,550
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
computational biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,144
4,535
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Mass spectrometry
Plant Biology
Solanum
Trichomes
Specialized Metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,725
2,883
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Disease ecology
Lyme disease
tick-borne disease
vector ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,301
3,284
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Quantitative ecology
Conservation biology
Population dynamics
Community modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,032
4,137
0.686
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
reproductive biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,986
2,045
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Computational Biology
Biomedical Data Science
Machine Learning
Natural Language Processing
Network Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,696
3,252
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,562
4,804
0.864
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,690
3,647
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jianguo Liu
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,616
35,539
0.606
coupled human and natural systems
forest
systems integration
telecoupling
terrestrial ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,157
6,690
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Qiong Wang
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,054
18,767
0.469
microbial ecology
bioinformatics
probiotics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,544
12,153
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Gary Mittelbach
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,733
6,713
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,486
18,673
109
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Nick Haddad
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,258
9,900
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,311
24,398
140
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Melinda Smale
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,429
5,765
0.374
Adoption and impact of agricultural technologies in developing economies
food policy
agrobiodiversity
seed
Africa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,043
25,441
148
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Fredric Janzen
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,898
5,009
0.336
Ecology
Evolution
Genetics
Conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,934
28,362
168
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
George Smith
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,559
3,830
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,685
28,643
170
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Christopher A Klausmeier
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,440
6,531
0.486
Theoretical ecology
Plankton ecology
Eco-evolutionary modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,986
32,712
197
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Guy L Bush
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,883
1,106
0.093
Evolution
Speciation
Ecology
Behavior
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,160
35,623
216
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Rebecca C Jordan
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,961
7,003
0.639
Science Learning
Ecology
Sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,536
36,121
223
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Janette W Boughman
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,821
4,128
0.381
Anthropocene & evolution
Sexual Selection
Speciation
Animal Communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,108
40,825
255
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Lim Heo
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,572
8,880
0.928
Computational Biology
Physical Chemistry
Bioinformatics
Structural Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,621
43,385
272
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Charles Ofria
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,002
3,217
0.357
Artificial Life
Digital Evolution
Evolutionary Computation
Bio-Inspired Computing
Evolutionary Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,009
43,868
275
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
M Eric Benbow
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,901
5,465
0.614
Microbe-Insect Interations
Aquatic Ecology and Entomology
Disease Ecology
Decomposition Ecology
Forensics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,978
44,907
281
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Charles C Krueger
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,700
3,493
0.401
Population Ecology
Population Genetics
Fishery Management
Acoustic Telemetry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
121,304
46,994
297
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jeffrey K Conner
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,291
2,510
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,442
49,365
321
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ingo Braasch
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,876
3,670
0.466
Evolutionary Developmental Biology
EvoDevo
Comparative Genomics
Fish
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
134,712
51,424
338
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Assaf A Gilad
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,536
2,550
0.338
Biotechnology
MRI
cancer
biosensors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,680
53,962
360
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jianrong Wang
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,144
4,535
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
152,054
56,939
388
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Anthony Schilmiller
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,725
2,883
0.429
Mass spectrometry
Plant Biology
Solanum
Trichomes
Specialized Metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
162,554
60,280
415
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jean I Tsao
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,301
3,284
0.521
Disease ecology
Lyme disease
tick-borne disease
vector ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
169,881
62,560
435
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Elise F Zipkin
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,032
4,137
0.686
Quantitative ecology
Conservation biology
Population dynamics
Community modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
171,184
62,976
439
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jose M Teixeira
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,986
2,045
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
179,832
65,611
459
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Arjun Krishnan
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,696
3,252
0.571
Computational Biology
Biomedical Data Science
Machine Learning
Natural Language Processing
Network Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
184,126
66,934
470
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Changliang Shao
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,562
4,804
0.864