Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Temple University Highly Cited Researchers CitationNatural Sciences / Biological Science Rankings 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
Evolution
Evolutionary biology
Molecular evolution
Population genetics
Phylogenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
420,534
83,451
0.198
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
computational biology
bioinformatics
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,908
21,193
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Evolution
Biodiversity
Biogeography
Conservation
Systematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,659
12,979
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Mitochondria
Calcium Signaling
Protein quality control
Autophagy
Ubiquitin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,868
9,163
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Mitochondria
Calcium
Neurodegeneration
Alzheimers
Parkinsons
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,138
7,867
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Malaria
Evolution
Phylogeny
Parasitology
Drug Resistance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,523
4,825
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,298
2,857
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Global Change
Invasive Species
Island Biogeography
Ecoinformatics
Environmental Data Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,655
5,790
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
microbial ecology
protistology
mixotrophy
limnology
marine biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,268
1,971
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Evolutionary genetics
genomics
informatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,271
2,463
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Ecology
Oceanography
Deep-sea Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,913
3,791
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Community Ecology
Invasion Ecology
Macroecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,710
3,040
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Mitochondrial Calcium signaling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,197
4,053
0.654
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Biological Physics
Computational Biology
Statistical Physics
Ion Channels
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,215
2,379
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Ecology and evolutionary biology of malaria parasites
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,229
1,900
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Genetics
Developmental Biology
Regeneration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,894
970
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
biotechnology
microbiology
microbial ecology
bioelectrochemistry
environmental engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,268
1,595
0.703
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,971
822
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
land system science
remote sensing
spatial modeling
biodiversity conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,943
1,310
0.674
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Computational biology
Applied mathematics
Phylogenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,785
1,712
0.959
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Ion channel structure-function
channelopathies
STEM education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,769
325
0.184
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Developmental and Life-course Criminology
Measurement
Quantitative Methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,614
1,020
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
conservation biology
community ecology
population ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,355
1,049
0.774
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Population genetics
Phylogenetics
Marine biology
Deep-Sea biology
Invertebrate evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,200
529
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Ecology
Evolution
Ecosystem Services
Biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,109
783
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54
30
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Masatoshi Nei
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
420,534
83,451
0.198
Evolution
Evolutionary biology
Molecular evolution
Population genetics
Phylogenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,288
6,332
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Xinghua (Mindy) Shi
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,908
21,193
0.518
computational biology
bioinformatics
machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,416
6,395
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
S Blair Hedges
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,659
12,979
0.319
Evolution
Biodiversity
Biogeography
Conservation
Systematics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,571
21,528
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Dhanendra Tomar *
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,868
9,163
0.543
Mitochondria
Calcium Signaling
Protein quality control
Autophagy
Ubiquitin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,276
24,523
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Pooja Jadiya
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,138
7,867
0.520
Mitochondria
Calcium
Neurodegeneration
Alzheimers
Parkinsons
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,450
25,739
80
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ananias A Escalante
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,523
4,825
0.332
Malaria
Evolution
Phylogeny
Parasitology
Drug Resistance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,809
31,014
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mark Feitelson
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,298
2,857
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,643
39,857
119
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Matthew R Helmus
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,655
5,790
0.600
Global Change
Invasive Species
Island Biogeography
Ecoinformatics
Environmental Data Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,831
46,410
141
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Robert W Sanders
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,268
1,971
0.238
microbial ecology
protistology
mixotrophy
limnology
marine biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,764
52,313
158
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Rob J Kulathinal
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,271
2,463
0.339
Evolutionary genetics
genomics
informatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
144,336
54,751
169
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Erik Cordes
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,913
3,791
0.548
Ecology
Oceanography
Deep-sea Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
148,889
56,229
174
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Amy Freestone
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,710
3,040
0.453
Community Ecology
Invasion Ecology
Macroecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
161,550
60,258
187
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Shanmughapriya
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,197
4,053
0.654
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
234,294
82,276
272
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Vincenzo Carnevale
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,215
2,379
0.564
Biological Physics
Computational Biology
Statistical Physics
Ion Channels
Bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
296,167
100,256
322
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Maria Andreina Pacheco
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,229
1,900
0.588
Ecology and evolutionary biology of malaria parasites
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
324,349
108,223
342
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Darius Balciunas
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,894
970
0.335
Genetics
Developmental Biology
Regeneration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
392,592
127,153
389
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Heyang (Harry) Yuan, 袁赫洋
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,268
1,595
0.703
biotechnology
microbiology
microbial ecology
bioelectrochemistry
environmental engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
435,218
138,837
424
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jonathan Friedlaender
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,971
822
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
439,568
139,999
431
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Victor Hugo Gutiérrez Vélez
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,943
1,310
0.674
land system science
remote sensing
spatial modeling
biodiversity conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
466,620
147,309
451
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Stephen D Shank
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,785
1,712
0.959
Computational biology
Applied mathematics
Phylogenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
469,697
148,155
454
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jacqueline C Tanaka
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,769
325
0.184
Ion channel structure-function
channelopathies
STEM education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
499,665
156,092
475
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jeffrey T Ward
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,614
1,020
0.632
Developmental and Life-course Criminology
Measurement
Quantitative Methodology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
558,750
171,739
517
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Brent Sewall
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,355
1,049
0.774
conservation biology
community ecology
population ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
601,256
182,754
547
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Robert M Jennings
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,200
529
0.441
Population genetics
Phylogenetics
Marine biology
Deep-Sea biology
Invertebrate evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
629,242
189,969
562
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jocelyn Behm
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,109
783
0.706
Ecology
Evolution
Ecosystem Services
Biodiversity