Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers 30 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
stellar populations
star clusters
galaxy evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,989
30,155
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
nuclear medicine
tracer development
oncology
biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,255
28,238
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Systems Biology
Signaling Networks
Systems Biomedicine
systems_pharmacology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,815
24,761
0.655
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Metastasis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,520
4,874
0.226
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ecosystem services
GIScience
integrated modelling
land use change
VGI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,440
11,180
0.606
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Evolution
Systematik
Biodiversität
Biodiversität
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,866
6,527
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Colorectal cancer
Microsatellite instability
Hereditary Cancer
Cancer Immunotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,340
7,668
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Tumor Biology
Endothelial cells
Macrophages
Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,374
2,052
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Plant Development
Root
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,119
2,310
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
developmental biology
stem cells
glycosylation
CDG
CRISPR
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,375
1,842
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
memory hippocampus place cell grid cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,502
1,153
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
dinoflagellate chromatin evoultion and cell biology
cnidarian molecular biology stem cells epigenetics and development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,839
1,081
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Aquatic Ecology/ Limnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,782
745
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Proteomics
RNA and membrane biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,619
819
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Structural biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,529
852
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,525
1,240
0.813
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,525
527
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
wetland ecology
freshwater macroinvertebrates
lake benthic macroinvertebrates
stream ecology of agroecosystems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,383
140
0.101
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Developmental Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,167
701
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
comparative cognition
primates
welfare
enrichment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,148
848
0.739
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
biology teaching
plant physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
856
204
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Bioinformatics
Data analysis
Systems biology
Modeling and Optimization.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
826
702
0.850
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Evolutionary Biology
Molecular Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
785
540
0.688
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Systems Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
704
386
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
high energy physics
lattice qcd
numerical simulations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
353
202
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,139
143
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Eva K Grebel
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,989
30,155
0.347
stellar populations
star clusters
galaxy evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,035
365
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Uwe Haberkorn
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,255
28,238
0.520
nuclear medicine
tracer development
oncology
biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,054
693
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Julio Saez Rodriguez
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,815
24,761
0.655
Systems Biology
Signaling Networks
Systems Biomedicine
systems_pharmacology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,444
1,618
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jonathan Sleeman
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,520
4,874
0.226
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,353
2,003
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Sven Lautenbach
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,440
11,180
0.606
Ecosystem services
GIScience
integrated modelling
land use change
VGI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,405
2,093
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Marcus Koch
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,866
6,527
0.365
Evolution
Systematik
Biodiversität
Biodiversität
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,839
2,866
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Matthias Kloor
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,340
7,668
0.535
Colorectal cancer
Microsatellite instability
Hereditary Cancer
Cancer Immunotherapy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
194,745
8,038
224
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Kai Schledzewski
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,374
2,052
0.382
Tumor Biology
Endothelial cells
Macrophages
Evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
204,165
8,350
227
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Alexis Maizel
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,119
2,310
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
297,918
11,603
292
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Thomas Thumberger|Thomas Weber
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,375
1,842
0.546
developmental biology
stem cells
glycosylation
CDG
CRISPR
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
379,647
14,306
343
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Kevin Allen
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,502
1,153
0.461
memory hippocampus place cell grid cells
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
474,855
17,269
384
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Sebastian G Gornik
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,839
1,081
0.588
dinoflagellate chromatin evoultion and cell biology
cnidarian molecular biology stem cells epigenetics and development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
485,371
17,592
393
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Douglas Kane
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,782
745
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
517,707
18,567
410
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Julien Béthune
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,619
819
0.506
Proteomics
RNA and membrane biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
536,843
19,123
422
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Gunes Bozkurt
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,529
852
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
537,677
19,141
424
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Aysel Ahadova
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,525
1,240
0.813
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
537,832
19,149
426
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Manuel Gunkel
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,525
527
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
571,502
20,165
445
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Kenneth Krieger
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,383
140
0.101
wetland ecology
freshwater macroinvertebrates
lake benthic macroinvertebrates
stream ecology of agroecosystems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
631,369
21,927
474
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Dongbo Shi / 石 東博
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,167
701
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
637,216
22,120
481
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Vanessa Schmitt
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,148
848
0.739
comparative cognition
primates
welfare
enrichment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
742,626
25,284
533
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Roland Gromes
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
856
204
0.238
biology teaching
plant physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
754,843
25,644
537
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Amit Singh
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
826
702
0.850
Bioinformatics
Data analysis
Systems biology
Modeling and Optimization.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
772,658
26,197
544
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Francesco Lamanna
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
785
540
0.688
Evolutionary Biology
Molecular Evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
810,199
27,346
562
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ana Sofia Figueiredo
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
704
386
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,071,086
36,605
709
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Felipe Attanasio
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
353
202
0.572
high energy physics
lattice qcd
numerical simulations