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
Italy
Margherita Ferrante
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
Italy
Antonio Biondi
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
Italy
Christian Mulder
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
Italy
Massimo Gulisano
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
Italy
Mazzoleni P
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
Italy
Francesco Tiralongo
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
Italy
Rossana Sanfilippo
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
Italy
Saverio Sciandrello
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
Italy
Dario Azzaro
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
Italy
Giulia Russo
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
Italy
Marco Viccaro
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
Italy
Pompeo Suma
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
Italy
Giuseppina Alongi
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
Italy
Andrea Magrì
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
Italy
Salvatore Alaimo
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
Italy
Oscar Lisi
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
Italy
Giuseppe A Malfa
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
Italy
Michele Ricupero
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
Italy
Bianca Maria Lombardo
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
Italy
Francesco Lombardo
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
Italy
Giuseppina Messina
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
Italy
Antonia Cristaudo
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
Italy
D Urso Vera
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
Italy
Giorgio Sabella
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
Italy
Salvo Torre
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
Italy
2,716
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Margherita Ferrante
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
Italy
3,561
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Antonio Biondi
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
Italy
5,295
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Christian Mulder
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
Italy
6,148
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Massimo Gulisano
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
Italy
12,901
165
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Mazzoleni P
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,435
1,954
0.569
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
310,554
Italy
13,984
179
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Francesco Tiralongo
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
Italy
14,683
193
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Rossana Sanfilippo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,946
1,495
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
370,972
Italy
16,693
217
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Saverio Sciandrello
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,512
1,707
0.680
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
385,591
Italy
17,343
224
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Dario Azzaro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,388
2,258
0.946
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
392,334
Italy
17,637
229
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Giulia Russo
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
Italy
18,174
241
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Marco Viccaro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,245
1,286
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
467,579
Italy
20,747
273
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Pompeo Suma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,832
1,140
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
500,554
Italy
21,986
292
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Giuseppina Alongi
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
Italy
22,144
294
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Andrea Magrì
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,638
1,115
0.681
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
543,222
Italy
23,575
317
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Salvatore Alaimo
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
Italy
25,171
343
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Oscar Lisi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,282
659
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
618,550
Italy
26,152
357
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Giuseppe A Malfa
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
Italy
27,418
368
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Michele Ricupero
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,059
1,009
0.953
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
677,041
Italy
28,054
379
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Bianca Maria Lombardo
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
Italy
31,052
423
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Francesco Lombardo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
744
217
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
786,374
Italy
31,129
425
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Giuseppina Messina
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
Italy
31,274
427
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Antonia Cristaudo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
725
451
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
813,840
Italy
31,852
437
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
D Urso Vera
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
Italy
32,324
440
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Giorgio Sabella
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
Italy
35,087
472
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Salvo Torre
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
472
464
0.983
Ecologia politica
migrazioni postcoloniali
sovranità
Political Ecology