Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers 38 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
46,107
World Rank
4,002
Country Rank
7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Citation Metrics
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Total19,215
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Last 6 Years5,554
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Last 6 Years / Total0.289
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
88,521
World Rank
3,886
Country Rank
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Conservation Biology | Population Dynamics | Predator-prey interaction
Conservation Biology | Population Dynamics | Predator-prey interaction
Citation Metrics
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Total11,611
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Last 6 Years4,333
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Last 6 Years / Total0.373
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
141,536
World Rank
11,321
Country Rank
35
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Citation Metrics
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Total7,675
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Last 6 Years3,274
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Last 6 Years / Total0.427
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
144,505
World Rank
6,317
Country Rank
10
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Citation Metrics
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Total7,529
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Last 6 Years2,453
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Last 6 Years / Total0.326
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
157,973
World Rank
12,438
Country Rank
40
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Host-parasite interactions | behavioural ecology | stickleback evolutio
Host-parasite interactions | behavioural ecology | stickleback evolutio
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Total6,917
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Last 6 Years2,372
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Last 6 Years / Total0.343
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
168,806
World Rank
7,281
Country Rank
14
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Citation Metrics
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Total6,490
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Last 6 Years2,653
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Last 6 Years / Total0.409
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
183,059
World Rank
7,836
Country Rank
16
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Hormones in all organisms | Cytokinins | Plant/Seed development & yield | Plant-insect & microbe interactions | Mass spectrometr
Hormones in all organisms | Cytokinins | Plant/Seed development & yield | Plant-insect & microbe interactions | Mass spectrometr
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Total5,989
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Last 6 Years2,804
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Last 6 Years / Total0.468
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
221,219
World Rank
9,402
Country Rank
21
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Citation Metrics
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Total4,932
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Last 6 Years1,553
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Last 6 Years / Total0.315
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
231,981
World Rank
9,828
Country Rank
22
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Fish Biology | Ecophysiology | Thermal Biology | Movement Ecology | Metabolism and Energetic
Fish Biology | Ecophysiology | Thermal Biology | Movement Ecology | Metabolism and Energetic
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Total4,686
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Last 6 Years3,075
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Last 6 Years / Total0.656
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
235,634
World Rank
9,968
Country Rank
23
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Conservation Biology | Population Genetics | Evolution | Genomics | Forensic
Conservation Biology | Population Genetics | Evolution | Genomics | Forensic
Citation Metrics
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Total4,608
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Last 6 Years2,727
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Last 6 Years / Total0.592
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
238,762
World Rank
10,084
Country Rank
24
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Citation Metrics
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Total4,544
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Last 6 Years3,151
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Last 6 Years / Total0.693
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
257,978
World Rank
19,058
Country Rank
73
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Computational Intelligence | Evolutionary Computation | Network Security | Parallel Algorithms | Data Analysi
Computational Intelligence | Evolutionary Computation | Network Security | Parallel Algorithms | Data Analysi
Citation Metrics
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Total4,179
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Last 6 Years1,148
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Last 6 Years / Total0.275
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
270,119
World Rank
19,802
Country Rank
75
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Citation Metrics
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Total3,967
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Last 6 Years2,908
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Last 6 Years / Total0.733
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
312,722
World Rank
12,780
Country Rank
28
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Citation Metrics
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Total3,345
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Last 6 Years1,383
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Last 6 Years / Total0.413
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
322,617
World Rank
13,132
Country Rank
30
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Evolutionary biology | Evolutionary ecology | Plant reproductio
Evolutionary biology | Evolutionary ecology | Plant reproductio
Citation Metrics
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Total3,222
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Last 6 Years1,163
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Last 6 Years / Total0.361
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
329,540
World Rank
23,335
Country Rank
89
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Citation Metrics
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Total3,141
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Last 6 Years1,927
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Last 6 Years / Total0.613
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
386,527
World Rank
26,499
Country Rank
98
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Citation Metrics
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Total2,572
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Last 6 Years1,450
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Last 6 Years / Total0.564
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
412,929
World Rank
27,906
Country Rank
103
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Conservation Biology | Hyaenidae | human-wildlife conflict | population dynamic
Conservation Biology | Hyaenidae | human-wildlife conflict | population dynamic
Citation Metrics
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Total2,355
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Last 6 Years1,599
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Last 6 Years / Total0.679
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
435,791
World Rank
16,825
Country Rank
42
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
conservation science | disease ecology | aeroconservation | conservation genetic
conservation science | disease ecology | aeroconservation | conservation genetic
Citation Metrics
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Total2,188
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Last 6 Years1,593
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Last 6 Years / Total0.728
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
480,038
World Rank
18,145
Country Rank
50
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Landscape Genetics | Conservation biology | Phylogeography | Population & Behavioural Ecolog
Landscape Genetics | Conservation biology | Phylogeography | Population & Behavioural Ecolog
Citation Metrics
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Total1,909
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Last 6 Years750
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Last 6 Years / Total0.393
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
651,393
World Rank
23,090
Country Rank
69
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Citation Metrics
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Total1,165
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Last 6 Years525
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Last 6 Years / Total0.451
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
667,324
World Rank
23,519
Country Rank
71
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Citation Metrics
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Total1,114
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Last 6 Years718
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Last 6 Years / Total0.645
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
680,535
World Rank
23,867
Country Rank
73
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Citation Metrics
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Total1,074
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Last 6 Years730
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Last 6 Years / Total0.680
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
680,649
World Rank
23,872
Country Rank
74
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Environmental Science | Data Science | Predictive Modeling | Data Mining | Machine Learnin
Environmental Science | Data Science | Predictive Modeling | Data Mining | Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
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Total1,074
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Last 6 Years495
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Last 6 Years / Total0.461
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
696,422
World Rank
41,746
Country Rank
168
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Citation Metrics
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Total1,028
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Last 6 Years711
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Last 6 Years / Total0.692
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