Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers 43 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
Biodiversity
Scanning Electron Microscopy
Bionics
Materials Science
Botany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,338
14,079
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Neuroinflammation
Microglia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,937
7,184
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Paleontology
Evolutionary Biology
Hard Tissue Histology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,487
4,573
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Natural Resource Management
Ecology
Integrated Pest Management
One Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,069
5,476
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Bioinformatik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,072
6,093
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Microbial physiology
sulfur metabolism electron transport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,253
2,551
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Palaeobiology
Evolutionary Biology
Arthropods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,261
3,356
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Conservation Biology
Biogeography
Macroecology
Tropical Ecology
Botany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,925
2,160
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Systems Biology
Data Analysis
Mathematical Modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,851
3,976
0.680
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Wirbeltierpaläontologie
Evolution
Paläobiogeographie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,685
1,977
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Morphology
Phylogeny
Convergence
Functional Morphology
Finite-Element Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,904
2,034
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
mitochondrial DNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,506
1,607
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
structural biology
biochemistry
crystallography
EPR distance measurements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,854
1,554
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Medical Image Analysis
Visualization
Applied Machine Learning
Neuroimaging
Ophthalmic Imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,625
1,319
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
energy geography
sustainability transitions
urban political ecology
smart cities
digital geographies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,585
1,670
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Speciation
Ichthyology
Taxonomy
fish diversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,445
1,185
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Entomology
biodiversity
biodiversity informatics
insect behaviour
bioacoustics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,443
775
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,327
999
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Entomology
infrared reception
infrared sensitivity
functional morphology
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,189
528
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Zoology
Evolution
Biogeography
Taxonomy
Millipedes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,904
1,120
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Southeast Asia
political ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,735
776
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Zoology - Imaging - Micro-CT - MRI - Evolution - Phylogeny - Morphology - Anatomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,606
612
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Knowledge governance
Migration
social- and biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,505
305
0.203
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Vegetation
Phytosociology
Plant Ecology
Biogeography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,449
897
0.619
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
microbial ecology
methanotrophs
redox processes
soil microbiota
rhizosphere microbiota
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,383
1,008
0.729
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,174
410
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Wilhelm Barthlott
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,338
14,079
0.280
Biodiversity
Scanning Electron Microscopy
Bionics
Materials Science
Botany
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,959
1,685
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Harald Neumann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,937
7,184
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,445
3,774
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
P Martin Sander
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,487
4,573
0.398
Paleontology
Evolutionary Biology
Hard Tissue Histology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,381
3,917
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Christian Borgemeister
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,069
5,476
0.495
Natural Resource Management
Ecology
Integrated Pest Management
One Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,720
4,353
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Christoph Mayer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,072
6,093
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
143,720
6,111
134
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Christiane Dahl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,253
2,551
0.352
Microbial physiology
sulfur metabolism electron transport
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
167,379
7,044
158
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jes Rust
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,261
3,356
0.536
Palaeobiology
Evolutionary Biology
Arthropods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
176,899
7,398
167
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jens Mutke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,925
2,160
0.365
Conservation Biology
Biogeography
Macroecology
Tropical Ecology
Botany
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
179,131
7,480
172
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jan Hasenauer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,851
3,976
0.680
Systems Biology
Data Analysis
Mathematical Modelling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
184,338
7,677
176
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Thomas Martin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,685
1,977
0.348
Wirbeltierpaläontologie
Evolution
Paläobiogeographie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
262,666
10,399
227
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Alexander Blanke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,904
2,034
0.521
Morphology
Phylogeny
Convergence
Functional Morphology
Finite-Element Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
288,309
11,287
240
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Gábor Zsurka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,506
1,607
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
342,101
13,095
270
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Gregor Hagelueken
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,854
1,554
0.544
structural biology
biochemistry
crystallography
EPR distance measurements
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
365,746
13,823
276
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Thomas Schultz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,625
1,319
0.502
Medical Image Analysis
Visualization
Applied Machine Learning
Neuroimaging
Ophthalmic Imaging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
370,127
13,988
277
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Sören Becker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,585
1,670
0.646
energy geography
sustainability transitions
urban political ecology
smart cities
digital geographies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
386,453
14,495
291
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Fabian Herder
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,445
1,185
0.485
Speciation
Ichthyology
Taxonomy
fish diversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
386,738
14,502
292
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Klaus Riede
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,443
775
0.317
Entomology
biodiversity
biodiversity informatics
insect behaviour
bioacoustics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
401,085
14,985
296
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Julia Schwarzer
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,327
999
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
419,613
15,569
306
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Helmut Schmitz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,189
528
0.241
Entomology
infrared reception
infrared sensitivity
functional morphology
evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
463,684
16,906
331
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Thomas Wesener
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,904
1,120
0.588
Zoology
Evolution
Biogeography
Taxonomy
Millipedes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
494,290
17,848
347
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Oliver Pye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,735
776
0.447
Southeast Asia
political ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
520,338
18,639
359
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Alexander Ziegler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,606
612
0.381
Zoology - Imaging - Micro-CT - MRI - Evolution - Phylogeny - Morphology - Anatomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
542,370
19,288
370
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Solvay Gerke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,505
305
0.203
Knowledge governance
Migration
social- and biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
555,201
19,694
376
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
M Alvarez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,449
897
0.619
Vegetation
Phytosociology
Plant Ecology
Biogeography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
571,299
20,155
384
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Katharina Frindte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,383
1,008
0.729
microbial ecology
methanotrophs
redox processes
soil microbiota
rhizosphere microbiota