Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers 20 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
Community Ecology
Conservation Biology
Restoration Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,286
7,768
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ecología de comunidades
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,578
2,300
0.892
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Restoration ecology
Plant-soil-microbe interactions
Soil aggregate stability
Erosion
Soil microbial ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,715
1,246
0.727
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Freshwater ecology
Trophic ecology
Limnology
Food webs
Salmonids
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,603
1,097
0.684
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Mycology
systematics
phylogeny
evolution
taxonomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,599
964
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Evolutionary Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,299
823
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Conservation biology
spatial ecology
animal movement
predators
introduced species
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,242
786
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Optimization
Metaheuristics
Grammatical Evolution
Evolutionary Algorithms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,013
692
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Molecular Ecology
Evolutionary Biology
Global Change
Mountains
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
926
528
0.570
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ecological modelling
Macroecology
Thermal Ecology
Behavioural Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
652
624
0.957
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Nematology
Systematics
Biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
645
354
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
multimodal metaphor
metonymy
advertising
ecology and sustainablity
discourse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
270
136
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ecology
Conservation biology
Plant-animal interactions
Seed dispersal
Rewilding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
187
185
0.989
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
evolutionary ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
185
179
0.968
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
ecología evolutiva
plasticidad fenotípica
selección natural
evolución
genética de poblaciones
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
127
0.955
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ecology
ecosystem condition
ecosystem services
sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
100
0.962
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Population genetics
Conservation Biology
Ecology
Botany
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
33
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Zoology
Etology
Biology
Conservation Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
28
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Biologia
quimica.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Evolutionary Ecology
Phenotypic plasticity & integration
Pollinators
Kin Recognition
Prereproductive Cooperation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,551
861
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Adrián Escudero
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Móstoles, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,286
7,768
0.403
Community Ecology
Conservation Biology
Restoration Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
371,046
11,346
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Hugo Saiz
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Móstoles, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,578
2,300
0.892
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
498,255
15,690
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Luis Merino-Martín
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Móstoles, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,715
1,246
0.727
Restoration ecology
Plant-soil-microbe interactions
Soil aggregate stability
Erosion
Soil microbial ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
521,081
16,482
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Javier Sánchez Hernández
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Móstoles, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,603
1,097
0.684
Freshwater ecology
Trophic ecology
Limnology
Food webs
Salmonids
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
521,925
16,505
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ibai Olariaga Ibarguren
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Móstoles, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,599
964
0.603
Mycology
systematics
phylogeny
evolution
taxonomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
593,368
18,885
98
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Rubén Torices
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Móstoles, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,299
823
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
609,201
19,374
111
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mariano Rodríguez Recio
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Móstoles, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,242
786
0.633
Conservation biology
spatial ecology
animal movement
predators
introduced species
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
682,320
21,783
166
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
José Manuel Colmenar
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Móstoles, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,013
692
0.683
Optimization
Metaheuristics
Grammatical Evolution
Evolutionary Algorithms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
714,555
22,740
181
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Alfredo García Fernández
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Móstoles, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
926
528
0.570
Molecular Ecology
Evolutionary Biology
Global Change
Mountains
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
836,038
26,681
245
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Juan G Rubalcaba
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Móstoles, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
652
624
0.957
Ecological modelling
Macroecology
Thermal Ecology
Behavioural Ecology
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
839,925
26,797
248
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sergio Álvarez-Ortega
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Móstoles, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
645
354
0.549
Nematology
Systematics
Biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,183,572
39,986
465
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Blanca Kraljevic-Mujic
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Móstoles, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
270
136
0.504
multimodal metaphor
metonymy
advertising
ecology and sustainablity
discourse
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,341,322
45,373
568
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Tamara Burgos
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Móstoles, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
187
185
0.989
Ecology
Conservation biology
Plant-animal interactions
Seed dispersal
Rewilding
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,346,326
45,516
571
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Marina Ramos Muñoz
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Móstoles, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
185
179
0.968
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,495,171
49,778
650
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mario Blanco Sánchez
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Móstoles, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
127
0.955
ecología evolutiva
plasticidad fenotípica
selección natural
evolución
genética de poblaciones
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,602,100
52,463
704
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Paula Rendón Cardona
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Móstoles, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
100
0.962
Ecology
ecosystem condition
ecosystem services
sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,003,499
60,537
866
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Irene Martín-Rodríguez
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Móstoles, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
33
1.000
Population genetics
Conservation Biology
Ecology
Botany
Microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,049,294
61,355
885
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Fernando Cortés-Fossati
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Móstoles, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
28
1.000
Zoology
Etology
Biology
Conservation Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,287,368
65,481
963
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sara San José Pinilla
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Móstoles, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,376,149
66,856
992
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Camilo Ferrón
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Móstoles, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
Evolutionary Ecology
Phenotypic plasticity & integration
Pollinators
Kin Recognition
Prereproductive Cooperation