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
Host-microbiota interaction
Environmental epigenetics
Microplastics
Hypoxia
Ocean acidification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,523
12,096
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
glycobiology
cancer biology
sialobiology
sialic acid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,513
6,107
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Plant Biochemistry
Plant Temperature Sensing
Biomolecular Condensates
Arabidopsis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,178
3,731
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Plant systematics
Island plants
Phylogeography
Biogeography
Weed biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,912
1,963
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
ecotoxicology
toxicogenomics
risk assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,778
2,939
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Lipid metabolism
Antioxidant system
Aging
Microalgae
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,961
2,651
0.895
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Material Science
Gold (Au) Nanoparticles
Biosensors
Gas sensors
Glucose
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,620
1,982
0.756
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
computational neuroscience
neuroanatomy
connectomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,673
810
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Catalyst
Solar Cell
Printable carbon inks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,634
1,217
0.745
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Rotifer
Copepod
G protein-coupled receptor
Nuclear receptor
Ecotoxicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,598
1,422
0.890
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
evolutionary biology
immunogenetics
ecology
behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,011
609
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Biology
Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
932
576
0.618
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Structural Biology
DNA-Protein
DNA-Small molecule interactions
CryoEM
DNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
886
476
0.537
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
867
678
0.782
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
structural biology
X-ray crystallography
protein engineering
signal transduction
systems biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
75
0.904
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Marine Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
58
0.951
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Graphene
Nanomaterials
Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
Catalysts
Battery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
50
0.980
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,152
377
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jae-Seong Lee 이재성 李在晟|李 在晟, 이 재성
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,523
12,096
0.589
Host-microbiota interaction
Environmental epigenetics
Microplastics
Hypoxia
Ocean acidification
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,179
378
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Kim Cheorl-Ho 김철호
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,513
6,107
0.298
glycobiology
cancer biology
sialobiology
sialic acid
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
166,485
2,544
146
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jae Hoon Jung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,178
3,731
0.604
Plant Biochemistry
Plant Temperature Sensing
Biomolecular Condensates
Arabidopsis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
208,481
3,334
180
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Seung Chul Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,912
1,963
0.400
Plant systematics
Island plants
Phylogeography
Biogeography
Weed biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
214,066
3,438
187
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Dae Sik Hwang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,778
2,939
0.615
ecotoxicology
toxicogenomics
risk assessment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
326,226
5,684
259
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Min Chul Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,961
2,651
0.895
Lipid metabolism
Antioxidant system
Aging
Microalgae
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
360,015
6,300
274
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Prabakaran Shankar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,620
1,982
0.756
Material Science
Gold (Au) Nanoparticles
Biosensors
Gas sensors
Glucose
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
498,719
8,819
360
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jinseop S Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,673
810
0.484
computational neuroscience
neuroanatomy
connectomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
506,490
8,951
367
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Alvira Ayoub Arbab
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,634
1,217
0.745
Catalyst
Solar Cell
Printable carbon inks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
514,075
9,079
373
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Duck Hyun Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,598
1,422
0.890
Rotifer
Copepod
G protein-coupled receptor
Nuclear receptor
Ecotoxicology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
674,571
11,917
457
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
John Eimes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,011
609
0.602
evolutionary biology
immunogenetics
ecology
behavior
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
703,713
12,427
471
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Seung Ho Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
932
576
0.618
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
722,062
12,742
479
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Vinod K Subramani|Vinod Kumar Subramani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
886
476
0.537
Structural Biology
DNA-Protein
DNA-Small molecule interactions
CryoEM
DNA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
729,719
12,868
485
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Subramaniyam Ravichandran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
867
678
0.782
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,658,223
26,539
1,326
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Changsuk Oh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
75
0.904
structural biology
X-ray crystallography
protein engineering
signal transduction
systems biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,766,926
27,948
1,420
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Yang, Kwon Mo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
58
0.951
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,824,609
28,629
1,478
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sun-Woo Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
50
0.980
Graphene
Nanomaterials
Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
Catalysts
Battery