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
Conservation genetics
evolutionary biology
population genetics
molecular ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,179
20,052
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Biologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,725
10,155
0.200
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
maladies infectieuses
microbiologie
diagnostic moléculaire
microfluidique
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,015
5,203
0.217
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Behavioral Ecology and Conservation of large mammals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,650
7,005
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,037
6,769
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
écologie animale
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,825
5,384
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
ecology and volution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,247
2,861
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Biologie-Cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,030
2,660
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
oceanography
phytoplankton
arctic ocean
nutrients
nitrogen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,299
6,053
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Biologie
Médecine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,095
1,721
0.155
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
limnologie
paléolimnologie
paléocéanographie
paléoclimatologie
lacs Arctique
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,814
2,860
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
neurobiologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,586
1,930
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Biologie structurale et cellulaire
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,079
1,357
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
ornithologie
écologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,623
1,347
0.203
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
écologie
relation plante-herbivore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,107
3,011
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,045
3,667
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Conservation Biology
fire ecology
ecological modelling
forest ecology
boreal forest
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,934
2,390
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Marine ecology
species interactions
biological invasions
dispersal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,664
1,857
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Neurobiologie respiratoire
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,011
1,232
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
biologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,851
1,407
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Écologie végétale/Plant ecology
Changements climatiques/Climate change
Dynamique des espèces arbustives/Shrub species dyna
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,751
2,097
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Ecology
Evolution
Conservation
Statistical ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,258
1,933
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
behavioural ecology
bird migration
predator-prey interactions
ecophysiology
citizen science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,037
1,905
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Entomology
Pollination
Biological control
Biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,988
1,677
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
ecodesign
wood products
process optimization
logistics
systems science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,792
1,216
0.436
Louis Bernatchez
Université Laval
Quebec City, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,179
20,052
0.384
Conservation genetics
evolutionary biology
population genetics
molecular ecology
Guy G Poirier
Université Laval
Quebec City, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,725
10,155
0.200
Michel G Bergeron
Université Laval
Quebec City, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,015
5,203
0.217
maladies infectieuses
microbiologie
diagnostic moléculaire
microfluidique
Steeve D Côté
Université Laval
Quebec City, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,650
7,005
0.421
Behavioral Ecology and Conservation of large mammals
Daniel Fortin
Université Laval
Quebec City, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,037
6,769
0.422
Gilles Gauthier
Université Laval
Quebec City, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,825
5,384
0.389
Julian Dodson
Université Laval
Quebec City, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,247
2,861
0.216
Jacques Huot
Université Laval
Quebec City, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,030
2,660
0.204
Jean Éric Tremblay
Université Laval
Quebec City, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,299
6,053
0.536
oceanography
phytoplankton
arctic ocean
nutrients
nitrogen
Jacques Couet
Université Laval
Quebec City, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,095
1,721
0.155
Pienitz Reinhard
Université Laval
Quebec City, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,814
2,860
0.291
limnologie
paléolimnologie
paléocéanographie
paléoclimatologie
lacs Arctique
Edouard W Khandjian
Université Laval
Quebec City, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,586
1,930
0.254
Sheng Xiang Lin
Université Laval
Quebec City, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,079
1,357
0.192
Biologie structurale et cellulaire
André Desrochers
Université Laval
Quebec City, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,623
1,347
0.203
Jean Pierre Tremblay
Université Laval
Quebec City, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,107
3,011
0.493
écologie
relation plante-herbivore
Nicolas Derome
Université Laval
Quebec City, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,045
3,667
0.607
Steven Cumming
Université Laval
Quebec City, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,934
2,390
0.403
Conservation Biology
fire ecology
ecological modelling
forest ecology
boreal forest
Ladd Erik Johnson
Université Laval
Quebec City, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,664
1,857
0.328
Marine ecology
species interactions
biological invasions
dispersal
Richard Kinkead
Université Laval
Quebec City, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,011
1,232
0.246
Mazroui
Université Laval
Quebec City, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,851
1,407
0.365
Stéphane Boudreau
Université Laval
Quebec City, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,751
2,097
0.559
Écologie végétale/Plant ecology
Changements climatiques/Climate change
Dynamique des espèces arbustives/Shrub species dyna
Sandra Hamel
Université Laval
Quebec City, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,258
1,933
0.593
Ecology
Evolution
Conservation
Statistical ecology
Pierre Legagneux
Université Laval
Quebec City, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,037
1,905
0.627
behavioural ecology
bird migration
predator-prey interactions
ecophysiology
citizen science
Valérie Fournier
Université Laval
Quebec City, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,988
1,677
0.561
Entomology
Pollination
Biological control
Biodiversity
Beauregard Robert
Université Laval
Quebec City, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,792
1,216
0.436
ecodesign
wood products
process optimization
logistics
systems science