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
59,079
35,982
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
microbial ecology
bioinformatics
probiotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,287
18,988
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
community ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,800
6,760
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Ecology
Conservation Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,423
10,052
0.518
* 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
15,533
5,833
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Ecology
Evolution
Genetics
Conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,978
5,095
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Theoretical ecology
Plankton ecology
Eco-evolutionary modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,603
6,679
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
reproductive biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,596
3,866
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Evolution
Speciation
Ecology
Behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,900
1,111
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
11,054
7,084
0.641
* 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
10,862
4,165
0.383
* 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
9,781
9,087
0.929
* 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
9,021
3,234
0.358
* 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
8,946
5,502
0.615
* 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
8,728
3,519
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Evolutionary Biologist
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,329
2,544
0.305
* 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
7,903
3,689
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Biotechnology
MRI
cancer
biosensors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,553
2,560
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
computational biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,188
4,574
0.636
* 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
6,761
2,913
0.431
* 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
6,343
3,326
0.524
* 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
6,070
4,174
0.688
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
reproductive biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,004
2,064
0.344
* 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
5,729
3,282
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,649
4,890
0.866
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,650
3,631
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
59,079
35,982
0.609
coupled human and natural systems
forest
systems integration
telecoupling
terrestrial ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,123
6,681
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Qiong Wang
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,287
18,988
0.471
microbial ecology
bioinformatics
probiotics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,572
12,195
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
26,800
6,760
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,200
18,608
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
19,423
10,052
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,036
24,381
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
15,533
5,833
0.376
Adoption and impact of agricultural technologies in developing economies
food policy
agrobiodiversity
seed
Africa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,918
25,478
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
14,978
5,095
0.340
Ecology
Evolution
Genetics
Conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,911
28,453
167
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Christopher A Klausmeier
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,603
6,679
0.491
Theoretical ecology
Plankton ecology
Eco-evolutionary modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,961
28,471
169
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
George Smith
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,596
3,866
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,174
32,900
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
11,900
1,111
0.093
Evolution
Speciation
Ecology
Behavior
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,628
35,570
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
11,054
7,084
0.641
Science Learning
Ecology
Sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,498
36,226
225
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
10,862
4,165
0.383
Anthropocene & evolution
Sexual Selection
Speciation
Animal Communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,990
40,245
251
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Lim Heo
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,781
9,087
0.929
Computational Biology
Physical Chemistry
Bioinformatics
Structural Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,754
43,581
271
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Charles Ofria
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,021
3,234
0.358
Artificial Life
Digital Evolution
Evolutionary Computation
Bio-Inspired Computing
Evolutionary Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,793
43,953
272
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
8,946
5,502
0.615
Microbe-Insect Interations
Aquatic Ecology and Entomology
Disease Ecology
Decomposition Ecology
Forensics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,992
45,068
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
8,728
3,519
0.403
Population Ecology
Population Genetics
Fishery Management
Acoustic Telemetry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
121,241
47,146
296
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
8,329
2,544
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,410
49,511
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
7,903
3,689
0.467
Evolutionary Developmental Biology
EvoDevo
Comparative Genomics
Fish
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
134,903
51,642
339
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
7,553
2,560
0.339
Biotechnology
MRI
cancer
biosensors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,296
54,019
361
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jianrong Wang
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,188
4,574
0.636
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
151,676
57,021
387
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Anthony Schilmiller
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,761
2,913
0.431
Mass spectrometry
Plant Biology
Solanum
Trichomes
Specialized Metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
161,981
60,330
414
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
6,343
3,326
0.524
Disease ecology
Lyme disease
tick-borne disease
vector ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
169,387
62,641
433
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
6,070
4,174
0.688
Quantitative ecology
Conservation biology
Population dynamics
Community modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
171,265
63,230
441
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
6,004
2,064
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
179,426
65,712
458
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Arjun Krishnan
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,729
3,282
0.573
Computational Biology
Biomedical Data Science
Machine Learning
Natural Language Processing
Network Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
182,044
66,542
463
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Changliang Shao
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,649
4,890
0.866