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
Developmental biology
history and philosophy of biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,735
7,309
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Developmental Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,955
654
0.165
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
genetics
noncoding RNA
epigenetics
nuclear structure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,908
755
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Acoustic Communication
Evolutionary Endocrinology
Mate Choice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,697
778
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Marine Mammalogy
Conservation Genetics
Systematics and Taxonomy
Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,621
801
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Larval Ecology
Global Climate Change
Physiology
Biomechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,237
762
0.616
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Plant molecular genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,229
350
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Physiological ecology
stress
maternal effects
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
694
344
0.496
Scott F Gilbert
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,735
7,309
0.352
Developmental biology
history and philosophy of biology
Bradley Davidson
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,955
654
0.165
Dawn Carone
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,908
755
0.396
genetics
noncoding RNA
epigenetics
nuclear structure
Alexander T Baugh
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,697
778
0.458
Acoustic Communication
Evolutionary Endocrinology
Mate Choice
Matthew S Leslie
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,621
801
0.494
Marine Mammalogy
Conservation Genetics
Systematics and Taxonomy
Evolution
Kit Yu Karen Chan
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,237
762
0.616
Larval Ecology
Global Climate Change
Physiology
Biomechanics
Nick Kaplinsky
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,229
350
0.285
Carolyn Bauer
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
694
344
0.496
Physiological ecology
stress
maternal effects