Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Università degli Studi di Catania 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
life science
biology
environmental hygiene
hygiene and public health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,263
10,766
0.812
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Entomology
IPM
Biological control
Pesticide toxicology
Insect ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,766
7,909
0.735
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Allometry
food webs
networks
traits
global changes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,936
4,317
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
biologia molecolare
neurobiologia dello sviluppo
oncologia molecolare
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,024
1,445
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,435
1,954
0.569
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Ichthyology
Fisheries Biology
Coastal fish communities
Non-indigenous species
Elasmobranchs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,131
2,749
0.878
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
palaeontology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,946
1,495
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Botanica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,512
1,707
0.680
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Botany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,388
2,258
0.946
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Computational biology
Systems biology
Precision medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,334
1,850
0.793
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
volcanology
igneous petrology
geochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,245
1,286
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
entomology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,832
1,140
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
biologia marina
ecologia marina
macroalghe
fanerogame marina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,658
779
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Molecular Biology
Ion Channels
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,638
1,115
0.681
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,461
1,160
0.794
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
zoology
taxonomy
tardigrada
sandflies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,282
659
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Botany and Plant metabolites
Bioactive Compounds
Nutraceuticals
Antioxidants and Oxidative Stress
Ethnopharmacology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,178
1,035
0.879
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Entomology
IPM
Ecotoxicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,059
1,009
0.953
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Zoology
Systematics
Ecology
Isopoda Oniscidea
DNA Barcoding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,002
590
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Insecta -Mantodea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
744
217
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Zoology
Terrestrial Isopods
Systematics
Ecology
DNA Barcoding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
737
528
0.716
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
germination ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
725
451
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Zoology
Phylogenetics
Ecology
Zoogeography
Auchenorrhyncha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
681
275
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Biologia della conservazione
Sistematica
Ecologia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
641
408
0.637
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Ecologia politica
migrazioni postcoloniali
sovranità
Political Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
472
464
0.983
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,831
2,716
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Margherita Ferrante
Università degli Studi di Catania
Catania, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,263
10,766
0.812
life science
biology
environmental hygiene
hygiene and public health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,071
3,561
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Antonio Biondi
Università degli Studi di Catania
Catania, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,766
7,909
0.735
Entomology
IPM
Biological control
Pesticide toxicology
Insect ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
127,354
5,295
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Christian Mulder
Università degli Studi di Catania
Catania, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,936
4,317
0.544
Allometry
food webs
networks
traits
global changes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
145,287
6,148
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Massimo Gulisano
Università degli Studi di Catania
Catania, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,024
1,445
0.206
biologia molecolare
neurobiologia dello sviluppo
oncologia molecolare
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
287,152
12,901
165
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Mazzoleni P
Università degli Studi di Catania
Catania, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,435
1,954
0.569
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
310,554
13,984
179
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Francesco Tiralongo
Università degli Studi di Catania
Catania, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,131
2,749
0.878
Ichthyology
Fisheries Biology
Coastal fish communities
Non-indigenous species
Elasmobranchs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
326,709
14,683
193
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Rossana Sanfilippo
Università degli Studi di Catania
Catania, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,946
1,495
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
370,972
16,693
217
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Saverio Sciandrello
Università degli Studi di Catania
Catania, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,512
1,707
0.680
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
385,591
17,343
224
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Dario Azzaro
Università degli Studi di Catania
Catania, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,388
2,258
0.946
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
392,334
17,637
229
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Giulia Russo
Università degli Studi di Catania
Catania, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,334
1,850
0.793
Computational biology
Systems biology
Precision medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
403,819
18,174
241
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Marco Viccaro
Università degli Studi di Catania
Catania, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,245
1,286
0.573
volcanology
igneous petrology
geochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
467,579
20,747
273
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Pompeo Suma
Università degli Studi di Catania
Catania, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,832
1,140
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
500,554
21,986
292
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Giuseppina Alongi
Università degli Studi di Catania
Catania, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,658
779
0.470
biologia marina
ecologia marina
macroalghe
fanerogame marina
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
504,540
22,144
294
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Andrea Magrì
Università degli Studi di Catania
Catania, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,638
1,115
0.681
Molecular Biology
Ion Channels
Neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
543,222
23,575
317
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Salvatore Alaimo
Università degli Studi di Catania
Catania, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,461
1,160
0.794
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
Artificial Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
588,833
25,171
343
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Oscar Lisi
Università degli Studi di Catania
Catania, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,282
659
0.514
zoology
taxonomy
tardigrada
sandflies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
618,550
26,152
357
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Giuseppe A Malfa
Università degli Studi di Catania
Catania, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,178
1,035
0.879
Botany and Plant metabolites
Bioactive Compounds
Nutraceuticals
Antioxidants and Oxidative Stress
Ethnopharmacology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
656,892
27,418
368
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Michele Ricupero
Università degli Studi di Catania
Catania, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,059
1,009
0.953
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
677,041
28,054
379
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Bianca Maria Lombardo
Università degli Studi di Catania
Catania, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,002
590
0.589
Zoology
Systematics
Ecology
Isopoda Oniscidea
DNA Barcoding
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
783,435
31,052
423
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Francesco Lombardo
Università degli Studi di Catania
Catania, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
744
217
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
786,374
31,129
425
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Giuseppina Messina
Università degli Studi di Catania
Catania, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
737
528
0.716
Zoology
Terrestrial Isopods
Systematics
Ecology
DNA Barcoding
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
792,216
31,274
427
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Antonia Cristaudo
Università degli Studi di Catania
Catania, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
725
451
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
813,840
31,852
437
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
D Urso Vera
Università degli Studi di Catania
Catania, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
681
275
0.404
Zoology
Phylogenetics
Ecology
Zoogeography
Auchenorrhyncha
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
833,993
32,324
440
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Giorgio Sabella
Università degli Studi di Catania
Catania, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
641
408
0.637
Biologia della conservazione
Sistematica
Ecologia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
938,771
35,087
472
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Salvo Torre
Università degli Studi di Catania
Catania, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
472
464
0.983
Ecologia politica
migrazioni postcoloniali
sovranità
Political Ecology