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
animal behaviour and ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,155
11,376
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ecology
Biodiversity
Natural Resource Management
Movement ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,637
8,321
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Welfare in Aquaculture
Fish Conservation
Behavioural Ecology
River Restoration
Aquatic Invasive Species
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,680
4,246
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
plankton ecology
microbial processes
algal ecology and applications
marine and freshwater
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,983
2,701
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ecology
Biodiversity
Disease Ecology
Wildlife Management
Global Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,433
3,624
0.563
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
animal behaviour
animal behavior
behavioural ecology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,251
3,159
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Evolutionary Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,482
3,062
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Conservation Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,476
3,438
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
population dynamics
spatial ecology
coastal ecology
insect ecology
population genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,776
2,161
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Theoretical Ecology
Community Ecology
Invasion biology
Spatial Processes
Stochastic Processes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,408
2,014
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics - Ecological Networks - Global Change - Multi-Agent Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,306
2,170
0.656
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
entomology
parasitology
microbiology
RNAi
molecular biology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,827
1,185
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Evolutionary biology and convergence
Venomous and poisonous animals
Phylogenetic comparative methods
Herpetology
Exotic anim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,525
1,874
0.742
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
ecotoxicology
sustainable aquaculture
molecular ecology
microbiome
epigenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,106
1,488
0.707
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Molecular Ecology
Behavioural Ecology
Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,948
1,133
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
wildlife management
ecology
data management
databases
data sharing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,540
614
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
MRE
offshore wind turbines
Birds
Movement ecology
behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,225
802
0.655
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
sea slugs
opisthobranchs
heterobranchs
tropical taxonomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
833
334
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
biodiversity
ecosystem function
marine infrastructure
eco-engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
689
452
0.656
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ecology
Bio-telemetry
Behaviour ecology
Animal tracking
Zoology.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
648
381
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
635
405
0.638
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Marine ecology
monitoring for marine renewable energy
seagrass ecology
habitat suitability modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
536
421
0.785
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ecology and conservation of marine vertebrates
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
495
268
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ecology
Ecosystem Services
Hydrodynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
263
261
0.992
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Zoology
Parasitology
Freshwater Mussels
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
226
99
0.438
Rory P Wilson
Swansea University
Swansea, United Kingdom
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,155
11,376
0.354
Luca Börger
Swansea University
Swansea, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,637
8,321
0.610
Ecology
Biodiversity
Natural Resource Management
Movement ecology
Carlos Garcia de Leaniz
Swansea University
Swansea, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,680
4,246
0.553
Welfare in Aquaculture
Fish Conservation
Behavioural Ecology
River Restoration
Aquatic Invasive Species
Kam W Tang
Swansea University
Swansea, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,983
2,701
0.387
plankton ecology
microbial processes
algal ecology and applications
marine and freshwater
Konstans Wells
Swansea University
Swansea, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,433
3,624
0.563
Ecology
Biodiversity
Disease Ecology
Wildlife Management
Global Change
Andrew J King
Swansea University
Swansea, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,251
3,159
0.505
animal behaviour
animal behavior
behavioural ecology
Sofia Consuegra
Swansea University
Swansea, United Kingdom
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,482
3,062
0.559
Glen Reynolds
Swansea University
Swansea, United Kingdom
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,476
3,438
0.628
James C Bull
Swansea University
Swansea, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,776
2,161
0.572
population dynamics
spatial ecology
coastal ecology
insect ecology
population genetics
Mike S Fowler
Swansea University
Swansea, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,408
2,014
0.591
Theoretical Ecology
Community Ecology
Invasion biology
Spatial Processes
Stochastic Processes
Miguel Lurgi
Swansea University
Swansea, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,306
2,170
0.656
Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics - Ecological Networks - Global Change - Multi-Agent Systems
Miranda MA Whitten
Swansea University
Swansea, United Kingdom
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,827
1,185
0.419
entomology
parasitology
microbiology
RNAi
molecular biology
Kevin Arbuckle
Swansea University
Swansea, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,525
1,874
0.742
Evolutionary biology and convergence
Venomous and poisonous animals
Phylogenetic comparative methods
Herpetology
Exotic anim
Tamsyn Uren Webster
Swansea University
Swansea, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,106
1,488
0.707
ecotoxicology
sustainable aquaculture
molecular ecology
microbiome
epigenetics
Hazel Nichols
Swansea University
Swansea, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,948
1,133
0.582
Molecular Ecology
Behavioural Ecology
Evolution
Novella Franconi
Swansea University
Swansea, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,540
614
0.399
wildlife management
ecology
data management
databases
data sharing
Sophie de Grissac
Swansea University
Swansea, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,225
802
0.655
MRE
offshore wind turbines
Birds
Movement ecology
behaviour
Nathalie Yonow
Swansea University
Swansea, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
833
334
0.401
sea slugs
opisthobranchs
heterobranchs
tropical taxonomy
Matthew J Perkins
Swansea University
Swansea, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
689
452
0.656
biodiversity
ecosystem function
marine infrastructure
eco-engineering
Lama Qasem
Swansea University
Swansea, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
648
381
0.588
Ecology
Bio-telemetry
Behaviour ecology
Animal tracking
Zoology.
Marta Rodríguez Rey
Swansea University
Swansea, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
635
405
0.638
Chiara Bertelli
Swansea University
Swansea, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
536
421
0.785
Marine ecology
monitoring for marine renewable energy
seagrass ecology
habitat suitability modelling
Kimberley Stokes
Swansea University
Swansea, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
495
268
0.541
Ecology and conservation of marine vertebrates
Tom Fairchild
Swansea University
Swansea, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
263
261
0.992
Ecology
Ecosystem Services
Hydrodynamics
Gethin Rh Thomas
Swansea University
Swansea, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
226
99
0.438
Zoology
Parasitology
Freshwater Mussels