Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Universidade do Porto Highly Cited Researchers CitationNatural Sciences / Biological Science Rankings 2025

The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
Portugal
Nuno Ferrand
evolution
genetics
genomics
speciation
domestication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,939
3,631
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Portugal
João Paulo Silva
Conservation Biology
Movement Ecology
Climate Change
Steppe Bird Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,926
2,485
0.849
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Portugal
Vanessa A Mata
metabarcoding
molecular ecology
applied ecology
biodiversity conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,158
1,021
0.882
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Portugal
Marco Sannolo
Thermal ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
603
503
0.834
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Portugal
Tereza Almeida
Genetic
Immunology
Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
547
401
0.733
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Portugal
Ivo Da Costa
movement ecology
sharks
conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
526
525
0.998
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Portugal
Mário Jorge Araújo
Ecologia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
500
377
0.754
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Portugal
Frederico Santarém
Ecotourism
Conservation Biology
Environmental Management
Sustainable Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
468
412
0.880
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Portugal
Fabiana Neves
Immunogenetics
Evolutionary Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
436
350
0.803
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Portugal
Mafalda Sousa
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
432
336
0.778
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Portugal
Lorenzo Quaglietta
Wildlife and Stream Ecology
Conservation
Ecological Modelling
Movement Ecology
Dendritic Ecological Networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
408
301
0.738
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Portugal
Verónica Gomes
Conservation Biology
Ecology
Ecomorphology
Behaviour
Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
393
321
0.817
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Portugal
Filipa Ms Martins
Conservation Genetics
Biodiversity Assessment
Environmental DNA
Molecular Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
377
330
0.875
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Portugal
Tiago Sousa Neves
Biology
Genetics
Phylogeny
Phylogeography
Birds
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
364
275
0.755
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Portugal
Joana Ribeiro
Ecology
Invasion Biology
Ecosystem Services
Global Change Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
334
306
0.916
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Portugal
G Hosein Yusefi
Biogeography
Phylogenetics
Systematics
Conservation Ecology
Mammalia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
322
287
0.891
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Portugal
Francisco Figueiredo
EM
cryo-EM
cryo-ET
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
320
236
0.738
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Portugal
Ana V. Leitão
Animal behaviour
Evolutionary ecology
Animal communication
Plumage coloration
Islands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
303
230
0.759
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Portugal
Ana Gavina
Ecotoxycology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
287
211
0.735
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Portugal
Marlene Pinheiro
Ecotoxicology
Marine conservation
Climate change
Deep-sea mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
212
211
0.995
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Portugal
Francesco Valerio
Ecology
Landscape connectivity
Remote sensing
Conservation Biology
Natural resources
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195
129
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Portugal
Leili Khalatbari
Conservation Biology
Ecology
Conservation Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
177
139
0.785
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Portugal
Luís Carlos Neto Seabra
Archaeobotany
Fruits and Seeds
Archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
142
0.916
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Portugal
Luis Calafate
Biologia
Comportamento
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
73
0.760
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,388
Portugal
230
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Nuno Ferrand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,939
3,631
0.332
evolution
genetics
genomics
speciation
domestication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
328,420
Portugal
1,081
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
João Paulo Silva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,926
2,485
0.849
Conservation Biology
Movement Ecology
Climate Change
Steppe Bird Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
624,659
Portugal
2,328
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Vanessa A Mata
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,158
1,021
0.882
metabarcoding
molecular ecology
applied ecology
biodiversity conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
853,915
Portugal
3,417
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Marco Sannolo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
603
503
0.834
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
884,861
Portugal
3,608
101
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Tereza Almeida
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
547
401
0.733
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
896,969
Portugal
3,686
110
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ivo Da Costa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
526
525
0.998
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
915,671
Portugal
3,871
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mário Jorge Araújo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
500
377
0.754
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
942,395
Portugal
4,160
164
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Frederico Santarém
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
468
412
0.880
Ecotourism
Conservation Biology
Environmental Management
Sustainable Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
970,978
Portugal
4,433
202
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Fabiana Neves
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
436
350
0.803
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
974,765
Portugal
4,472
208
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mafalda Sousa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
432
336
0.778
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
997,622
Portugal
4,694
234
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Lorenzo Quaglietta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
408
301
0.738
Wildlife and Stream Ecology
Conservation
Ecological Modelling
Movement Ecology
Dendritic Ecological Networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,012,559
Portugal
4,832
253
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Verónica Gomes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
393
321
0.817
Conservation Biology
Ecology
Ecomorphology
Behaviour
Evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,028,937
Portugal
4,991
277
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Filipa Ms Martins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
377
330
0.875
Conservation Genetics
Biodiversity Assessment
Environmental DNA
Molecular Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,042,974
Portugal
5,125
291
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Tiago Sousa Neves
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
364
275
0.755
Biology
Genetics
Phylogeny
Phylogeography
Birds
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,076,672
Portugal
5,423
333
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Joana Ribeiro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
334
306
0.916
Ecology
Invasion Biology
Ecosystem Services
Global Change Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,091,272
Portugal
5,573
356
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
G Hosein Yusefi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
322
287
0.891
Biogeography
Phylogenetics
Systematics
Conservation Ecology
Mammalia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,094,095
Portugal
5,588
360
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Francisco Figueiredo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
320
236
0.738
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,116,106
Portugal
5,787
389
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ana V. Leitão
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
303
230
0.759
Animal behaviour
Evolutionary ecology
Animal communication
Plumage coloration
Islands
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,138,155
Portugal
5,998
419
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ana Gavina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
287
211
0.735
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,263,331
Portugal
6,997
535
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Marlene Pinheiro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
212
211
0.995
Ecotoxicology
Marine conservation
Climate change
Deep-sea mining
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,299,728
Portugal
7,259
563
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Francesco Valerio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195
129
0.662
Ecology
Landscape connectivity
Remote sensing
Conservation Biology
Natural resources
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,340,141
Portugal
7,546
595
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Leili Khalatbari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
177
139
0.785
Conservation Biology
Ecology
Conservation Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,395,867
Portugal
7,908
632
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Luís Carlos Neto Seabra
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
142
0.916
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,593,303
Portugal
9,100
747
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Luis Calafate
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
73
0.760