Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers Citation 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
Nutrition and Brain Function
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,002
8,050
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Environmental Biotechnology
Microbial Ecology
Syntrophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,537
5,928
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Phage Biology
Microbiology
Virology
DNA Sequencing
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,496
12,742
0.944
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Microbial ecology
Microbiome
Preterm birth
DNA Sequencing
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,704
10,945
0.935
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Behavioral Ecology
Social Psychology
Methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,402
4,902
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Conservation Engineering
Advanced materials
Wood structures
Steel
Aluminium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,354
3,776
0.594
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Pollination
Networks
Urban ecology
Ecosystem Services
Conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,589
3,781
0.824
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Climate change
Land-use change
Conservation biology
Biodiversity
Biogeography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,016
1,499
0.744
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Tropical Palaeoecology
Biogeography
Pre-Columbian Environments
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,934
1,290
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
health behaviour
inequalities
evolution
ageing
delay discounting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,749
1,229
0.703
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
transboundary water governance
political ecology
Mekong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,124
589
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Proteomics
forensic biology
bone proteomics
decomposition
taphonomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
996
889
0.893
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Ecology
Biodiversity
Conservation Science
Global Change
Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
160
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,807
4,070
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
David Kennedy
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,002
8,050
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,019
4,892
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jan Dolfing
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,537
5,928
0.382
Environmental Biotechnology
Microbial Ecology
Syntrophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,599
5,868
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Darren Smith
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,496
12,742
0.944
Phage Biology
Microbiology
Virology
DNA Sequencing
Bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,775
6,934
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Andrew Nelson
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,704
10,945
0.935
Microbial ecology
Microbiome
Preterm birth
DNA Sequencing
Bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120,050
9,811
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Thomas V Pollet
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,402
4,902
0.583
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Behavioral Ecology
Social Psychology
Methodology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
161,692
12,678
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Marco Corradi
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,354
3,776
0.594
Conservation Engineering
Advanced materials
Wood structures
Steel
Aluminium
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
222,346
16,799
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Katherine Baldock
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,589
3,781
0.824
Pollination
Networks
Urban ecology
Ecosystem Services
Conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
438,145
29,229
206
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Andrew J Suggitt
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,016
1,499
0.744
Climate change
Land-use change
Conservation biology
Biodiversity
Biogeography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
451,340
29,920
212
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Bronwen Whitney
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,934
1,290
0.667
Tropical Palaeoecology
Biogeography
Pre-Columbian Environments
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
483,693
31,557
228
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Gillian Pepper
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,749
1,229
0.703
health behaviour
inequalities
evolution
ageing
delay discounting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
636,518
39,073
301
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Oliver Hensengerth
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,124
589
0.524
transboundary water governance
political ecology
Mekong
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
679,806
41,068
326
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Noemi Procopio
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
996
889
0.893
Proteomics
forensic biology
bone proteomics
decomposition
taphonomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,389,655
72,660
621
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Andrea Cristiano
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
160
1.000
Ecology
Biodiversity
Conservation Science
Global Change
Biology