Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers 27 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
United Kingdom
Rory P Wilson
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
United Kingdom
Luca Börger
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
United Kingdom
Carlos Garcia de Leaniz
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
United Kingdom
Kam W Tang
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
United Kingdom
Konstans Wells
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
United Kingdom
Andrew J King
animal behaviour
animal behavior
behavioural ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,251
3,159
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
United Kingdom
Sofia Consuegra
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
United Kingdom
Glen Reynolds
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
United Kingdom
James C Bull
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
United Kingdom
Mike S Fowler
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
United Kingdom
Miguel Lurgi
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
United Kingdom
Miranda MA Whitten
entomology
parasitology
microbiology
RNAi
molecular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,827
1,185
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
United Kingdom
Kevin Arbuckle
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
United Kingdom
Tamsyn Uren Webster
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
United Kingdom
Hazel Nichols
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
United Kingdom
Novella Franconi
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
United Kingdom
Sophie de Grissac
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
United Kingdom
Nathalie Yonow
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
United Kingdom
Matthew J Perkins
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
United Kingdom
Lama Qasem
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
United Kingdom
Marta Rodríguez Rey
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
635
405
0.638
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
United Kingdom
Chiara Bertelli
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
United Kingdom
Kimberley Stokes
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
United Kingdom
Tom Fairchild
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
United Kingdom
Gethin Rh Thomas
Zoology
Parasitology
Freshwater Mussels
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
226
99
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,630
United Kingdom
1,847
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Rory P Wilson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,155
11,376
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,202
United Kingdom
5,921
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Luca Börger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,637
8,321
0.610
Ecology
Biodiversity
Natural Resource Management
Movement ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
135,204
United Kingdom
10,913
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Carlos Garcia de Leaniz
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
149,541
United Kingdom
11,874
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Kam W Tang
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
162,849
United Kingdom
12,762
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Konstans Wells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,433
3,624
0.563
Ecology
Biodiversity
Disease Ecology
Wildlife Management
Global Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
167,666
United Kingdom
13,062
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Andrew J King
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,251
3,159
0.505
animal behaviour
animal behavior
behavioural ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
190,921
United Kingdom
14,677
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sofia Consuegra
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,482
3,062
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
191,117
United Kingdom
14,697
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Glen Reynolds
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,476
3,438
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
270,396
United Kingdom
19,829
121
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
James C Bull
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
295,465
United Kingdom
21,306
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mike S Fowler
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
303,075
United Kingdom
21,754
147
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Miguel Lurgi
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
344,780
United Kingdom
24,194
164
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Miranda MA Whitten
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,827
1,185
0.419
entomology
parasitology
microbiology
RNAi
molecular biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
376,952
United Kingdom
25,955
178
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Kevin Arbuckle
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
431,583
United Kingdom
28,853
198
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Tamsyn Uren Webster
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,106
1,488
0.707
ecotoxicology
sustainable aquaculture
molecular ecology
microbiome
epigenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
456,350
United Kingdom
30,141
215
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Hazel Nichols
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,948
1,133
0.582
Molecular Ecology
Behavioural Ecology
Evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
534,541
United Kingdom
34,210
236
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Novella Franconi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,540
614
0.399
wildlife management
ecology
data management
databases
data sharing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
613,903
United Kingdom
38,051
263
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sophie de Grissac
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,225
802
0.655
MRE
offshore wind turbines
Birds
Movement ecology
behaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
752,056
United Kingdom
44,078
313
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Nathalie Yonow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
833
334
0.401
sea slugs
opisthobranchs
heterobranchs
tropical taxonomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
817,454
United Kingdom
46,602
331
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Matthew J Perkins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
689
452
0.656
biodiversity
ecosystem function
marine infrastructure
eco-engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
838,026
United Kingdom
47,311
337
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Lama Qasem
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
648
381
0.588
Ecology
Bio-telemetry
Behaviour ecology
Animal tracking
Zoology.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
844,758
United Kingdom
47,549
338
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Marta Rodríguez Rey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
635
405
0.638
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
901,477
United Kingdom
49,748
358
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Chiara Bertelli
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
933,659
United Kingdom
51,479
369
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Kimberley Stokes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
495
268
0.541
Ecology and conservation of marine vertebrates
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,192,916
United Kingdom
64,417
473
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Tom Fairchild
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
263
261
0.992
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,258,817
United Kingdom
67,353
499
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Gethin Rh Thomas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
226
99
0.438
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