Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Santa Fe Institute 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
United States
Jennifer A Dunne
ecology
food webs
ecological networks
paleoecology
archaeoecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,653
5,764
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
United States
David Krakauer
evolution
computation
dynamics
cognition
inference
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,036
2,782
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
United States
Eric Smith
biology
physics
linguistics
economics
mathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,917
1,913
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
United States
Eric Libby
Evolutionary Biology
Mathematical Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,775
1,390
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
United States
Mingzhen Lu
ecosystem ecology
biogeochemistry
urban science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
927
891
0.961
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
United States
Helena Miton
Cultural Evolution
Cognitive Anthropology
Cognitive Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
801
726
0.906
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
United States
Pedro Márquez-Zacarías
Evolutionary Transitions
Microbial Ecology
Complex Systems
Origins of Life
Philosophy of Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
301
289
0.960
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
United States
Vanessa Ferdinand
cognitive science
cultural evolution
information theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
272
199
0.732
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
United States
Daniel Muratore
Marine microbial ecology
theoretical ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244
242
0.992
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,862
United States
26,122
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jennifer A Dunne
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,653
5,764
0.393
ecology
food webs
ecological networks
paleoecology
archaeoecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,119
United States
43,543
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
David Krakauer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,036
2,782
0.308
evolution
computation
dynamics
cognition
inference
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
174,683
United States
64,076
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Eric Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,917
1,913
0.323
biology
physics
linguistics
economics
mathematics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
345,664
United States
113,603
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Eric Libby
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,775
1,390
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
708,626
United States
208,597
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Mingzhen Lu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
927
891
0.961
ecosystem ecology
biogeochemistry
urban science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
760,827
United States
220,893
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Helena Miton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
801
726
0.906
Cultural Evolution
Cognitive Anthropology
Cognitive Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,119,538
United States
286,311
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Pedro Márquez-Zacarías
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
301
289
0.960
Evolutionary Transitions
Microbial Ecology
Complex Systems
Origins of Life
Philosophy of Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,161,642
United States
292,282
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Vanessa Ferdinand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
272
199
0.732
cognitive science
cultural evolution
information theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,206,030
United States
298,325
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Daniel Muratore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244
242
0.992
Marine microbial ecology
theoretical ecology