Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers 70 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
cultural evolution
conservation science
ethnobiology
biodiversity
human ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,125
14,487
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
tropical ecology
conservation biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,969
14,353
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ecology
Community ecology
Plant-animal interactions
Ant-plant interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,393
6,670
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Conservation biology
ecology
biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,666
6,730
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
enzimas
biotecnologia
bioquímica
Microbial and Environmental Biotechnology
peptides bioactives
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,313
3,635
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
ecologia de comunidades
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,157
1,959
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Pollination Biology
plant reproductive ecology
phenology
conservation biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,827
2,256
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
community ecology
functional diversity
ants
animal-plant interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,704
2,927
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,693
1,915
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Micologia
taxonomia e ecologia de zygomycetes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,509
2,740
0.781
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Paleontology
Oceanography
Zoology
Macroecology
Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,317
1,449
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Manejo pesqueiro
ecologia aquatica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,972
1,522
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Etnoecologia
Etnobiologia
Conservação do Solo.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,636
1,015
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Taxonomy
Evolution
Asteraceae
Compositae
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,545
1,445
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
ecology
arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
Machine Learning
Python
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,518
1,775
0.705
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Plant Systematics
Plant Taxonomy
Neotropical Violaceae
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,453
1,376
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ecologia Aquática
Pesca
Ecologia dos estuários
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,372
1,409
0.594
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
ecologia do ictioplâncton
ontogenia de peixes
ecologia de comunidades
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,209
1,134
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
genetic diversity
multivariate analysis
goat
sheep
horse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,936
718
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
mastozoologia
evolução morfológica
morfologia funcional
ecologia
morfometria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,874
935
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Global Change Ecology
Community Ecology
Trait-Based Ecology
Macroecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,740
1,216
0.699
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Sistemática e Taxonomia de fungos Gasteroides
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,551
1,339
0.863
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Systematics
Convolvulaceae
Biogeography
Palynology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,531
1,157
0.756
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ecologia
Zoologia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,443
585
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Marine Biology
Marine Invertebrates
Cnidaria
Benthos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,325
719
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,146
184
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,125
14,487
0.497
cultural evolution
conservation science
ethnobiology
biodiversity
human ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,336
190
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Marcelo Tabarelli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,969
14,353
0.495
tropical ecology
conservation biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,099
973
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Inara R Leal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,393
6,670
0.538
Ecology
Community ecology
Plant-animal interactions
Ant-plant interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,713
1,516
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Felipe Pl Melo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,666
6,730
0.696
Conservation biology
ecology
biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,784
2,436
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ana Lucia Figueiredo Porto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,313
3,635
0.497
enzimas
biotecnologia
bioquímica
Microbial and Environmental Biotechnology
peptides bioactives
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
146,101
2,542
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Maria Jesus Nogueira Rodal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,157
1,959
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
216,542
4,719
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ariadna Valentina Lopes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,827
2,256
0.467
Pollination Biology
plant reproductive ecology
phenology
conservation biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
221,844
4,896
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Xavier Arnan
Universidade de Pernambuco
Recife, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,704
2,927
0.622
community ecology
functional diversity
ants
animal-plant interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
276,161
6,746
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jarcilene Almeida Cortez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,693
1,915
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
288,650
7,157
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Santiago Alcma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,509
2,740
0.781
Micologia
taxonomia e ecologia de zygomycetes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
302,906
7,642
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Simone Nunes Brandão|Simone Nunes Brandão
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,317
1,449
0.437
Paleontology
Oceanography
Zoology
Macroecology
Climate Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
331,762
8,729
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Flávia Lucena Frédou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,972
1,522
0.512
Manejo pesqueiro
ecologia aquatica
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
365,387
10,001
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Angelo Giuseppe Chaves Alves
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,636
1,015
0.385
Etnoecologia
Etnobiologia
Conservação do Solo.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
375,489
10,370
108
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Benoit Loeuille
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,545
1,445
0.568
Taxonomy
Evolution
Asteraceae
Compositae
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
378,536
10,484
114
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Danielle Karla Alves Da Silva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,518
1,775
0.705
ecology
arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
Machine Learning
Python
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
386,257
10,798
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sarah Maria Athie De Souza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,453
1,376
0.561
Plant Systematics
Plant Taxonomy
Neotropical Violaceae
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
396,190
11,179
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Thierry Frédou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,372
1,409
0.594
Ecologia Aquática
Pesca
Ecologia dos estuários
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
417,540
12,021
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
William Severi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,209
1,134
0.513
ecologia do ictioplâncton
ontogenia de peixes
ecologia de comunidades
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
459,304
13,679
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ribeiro MN
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,936
718
0.371
genetic diversity
multivariate analysis
goat
sheep
horse
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
469,746
14,090
159
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Diego Astúa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,874
935
0.499
mastozoologia
evolução morfológica
morfologia funcional
ecologia
morfometria
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
494,304
15,055
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Thiago Gonçalves Souza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,740
1,216
0.699
Global Change Ecology
Community Ecology
Trait-Based Ecology
Macroecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
533,101
16,580
192
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Renato Juciano Ferreira
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,551
1,339
0.863
Sistemática e Taxonomia de fungos Gasteroides
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
537,470
16,757
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Maria Teresa Buril
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,531
1,157
0.756
Systematics
Convolvulaceae
Biogeography
Palynology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
557,860
17,624
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Wallace Rodrigues Telino Júnior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,443
585
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
587,611
18,901
229
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Carlos Daniel Perez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,325
719
0.543
Marine Biology
Marine Invertebrates
Cnidaria
Benthos