Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers 89 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
Population Biology
Statistics
Anthropology
Fisheries
Forestry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,469
14,852
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Microbiome
Anthropology
Microbial Ecology
Conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,643
17,955
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
ecology
biodiversity
pollination
ecosystem services
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,234
16,401
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Conservation Biology
Invasion Ecology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,179
7,244
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
fungi
biodiversity
phylogeny
taxonomy
microbiome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,818
8,292
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Environmental microbiology
microbial ecology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,312
5,366
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,993
3,037
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Computational Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,269
3,988
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ecology
Marine population genomics
Climate change biology
Global change biology
Marine ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,039
8,339
0.693
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Restoration Ecology
Plant Ecology and Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,335
1,882
0.257
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ecosystem Ecology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,280
2,750
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
ecology
plant invasions
urban ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,274
5,570
0.766
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Conflict behavior
interstate war
genocide
revolution
political stability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,789
859
0.148
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Structural Biology
X-ray Crystallography
Biochemistry
Biophysics
RNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,684
4,381
0.771
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
massive stars
feedback
galaxy chemical evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,205
2,272
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
Pattern Recognition
Machine learning
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,034
3,174
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
cell biology
developmental biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,980
1,620
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Energy Policy
Environmental Planning
Industrial Ecology
Green Buildings
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,300
1,388
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Systems Biology
Antimicrobial Resistance
Tuberculosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,870
2,690
0.695
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Structural Biology and Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,965
1,224
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Evolutionary biology
Systematics
Botany
Ethnobotany
Medicinal Plants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,837
896
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ecology and evolution of parasitism
parasite behavior and food webs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,714
525
0.193
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
ticks
tick-borne disease
microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,529
957
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Theoretical Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,488
1,315
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Translation
Codon bias
Epistasis
Evolution
Population genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,461
1,256
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,671
3,147
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Peter Smouse
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,469
14,852
0.227
Population Biology
Statistics
Anthropology
Fisheries
Forestry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,278
8,958
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Maria Gloria Dominguez Bello
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,643
17,955
0.534
Microbiome
Anthropology
Microbial Ecology
Conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,624
9,981
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Rachael Winfree
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,234
16,401
0.525
ecology
biodiversity
pollination
ecosystem services
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,988
19,242
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Julie L Lockwood
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,179
7,244
0.378
Conservation Biology
Invasion Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,170
19,685
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ning Zhang
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,818
8,292
0.441
fungi
biodiversity
phylogeny
taxonomy
microbiome
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,921
20,393
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
HäGgblom Max M
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,312
5,366
0.293
Environmental microbiology
microbial ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,284
24,030
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Peter J Morin
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,993
3,037
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,901
25,428
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Gyan Bhanot
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,269
3,988
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,893
33,095
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Malin L Pinsky
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,039
8,339
0.693
Ecology
Marine population genomics
Climate change biology
Global change biology
Marine ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,344
53,965
153
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Steven N Handel
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,335
1,882
0.257
Restoration Ecology
Plant Ecology and Evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
143,479
54,312
157
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Karina Vr Schafer
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,280
2,750
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
143,591
54,352
159
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Myla Aronson
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,274
5,570
0.766
ecology
plant invasions
urban ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
181,517
66,267
207
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Manus Midlarsky
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,789
859
0.148
Conflict behavior
interstate war
genocide
revolution
political stability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
184,732
67,273
215
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Yu-He Liang
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,684
4,381
0.771
Structural Biology
X-ray Crystallography
Biochemistry
Biophysics
RNA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
201,290
72,257
231
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
O Grace Telford
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,205
2,272
0.437
massive stars
feedback
galaxy chemical evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
208,004
74,285
242
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Abdollah 'Iman' Dehzangi|Abdollah Dehzangi
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,034
3,174
0.631
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
Pattern Recognition
Machine learning
Artificial Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
210,168
74,948
244
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Edward M Bonder
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,980
1,620
0.325
cell biology
developmental biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
241,164
84,010
265
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Clinton J Andrews
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,300
1,388
0.323
Energy Policy
Environmental Planning
Industrial Ecology
Green Buildings
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
265,270
91,035
286
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jason H Yang
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,870
2,690
0.695
Systems Biology
Antimicrobial Resistance
Tuberculosis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
332,410
110,186
361
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Matthew Neiditch
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,965
1,224
0.413
Structural Biology and Microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
344,491
113,505
371
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Lena Struwe
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,837
896
0.316
Evolutionary biology
Systematics
Botany
Ethnobotany
Medicinal Plants
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
357,056
117,012
383
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Michael Vk Sukhdeo
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,714
525
0.193
Ecology and evolution of parasitism
parasite behavior and food webs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
377,302
122,615
393
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jim Occi
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,529
957
0.378
ticks
tick-borne disease
microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
381,960
123,857
397
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Juan A Bonachela
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,488
1,315
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
385,267
124,742
403
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Premal Shah
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,461
1,256
0.510
Translation
Codon bias
Epistasis
Evolution
Population genetics