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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Ecologia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
500
377
0.754
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
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
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
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
432
336
0.778
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Ecotoxycology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
287
211
0.735
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
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
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
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
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
Biologia
Comportamento
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
73
0.760
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,388
230
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Nuno Ferrand
Universidade do Porto
Porto, Portugal
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
1,081
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
João Paulo Silva
Universidade do Porto
Porto, Portugal
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
2,328
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Vanessa A Mata
Universidade do Porto
Porto, Portugal
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
3,417
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Marco Sannolo
Universidade do Porto
Porto, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
603
503
0.834
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
884,861
3,608
101
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Tereza Almeida
Universidade do Porto
Porto, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
547
401
0.733
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
896,969
3,686
110
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ivo Da Costa
Universidade do Porto
Porto, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
526
525
0.998
movement ecology
sharks
conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
915,671
3,871
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mário Jorge Araújo
Universidade do Porto
Porto, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
500
377
0.754
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
942,395
4,160
164
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Frederico Santarém
Universidade do Porto
Porto, Portugal
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
4,433
202
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Fabiana Neves
Universidade do Porto
Porto, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
436
350
0.803
Immunogenetics
Evolutionary Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
974,765
4,472
208
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mafalda Sousa
Universidade do Porto
Porto, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
432
336
0.778
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
997,622
4,694
234
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Lorenzo Quaglietta
Universidade do Porto
Porto, Portugal
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
4,832
253
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Verónica Gomes
Universidade do Porto
Porto, Portugal
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
4,991
277
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Filipa Ms Martins
Universidade do Porto
Porto, Portugal
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
5,125
291
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Tiago Sousa Neves
Universidade do Porto
Porto, Portugal
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
5,423
333
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Joana Ribeiro
Universidade do Porto
Porto, Portugal
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
5,573
356
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
G Hosein Yusefi
Universidade do Porto
Porto, Portugal
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
5,588
360
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Francisco Figueiredo
Universidade do Porto
Porto, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
320
236
0.738
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,116,106
5,787
389
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ana V. Leitão
Universidade do Porto
Porto, Portugal
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
5,998
419
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ana Gavina
Universidade do Porto
Porto, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
287
211
0.735
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,263,331
6,997
535
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Marlene Pinheiro
Universidade do Porto
Porto, Portugal
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
7,259
563
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Francesco Valerio
Universidade do Porto
Porto, Portugal
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
7,546
595
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Leili Khalatbari
Universidade do Porto
Porto, Portugal
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
7,908
632
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Luís Carlos Neto Seabra
Universidade do Porto
Porto, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
142
0.916
Archaeobotany
Fruits and Seeds
Archaeology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,593,303
9,100
747
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Luis Calafate
Universidade do Porto
Porto, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
73
0.760