Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers 93 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
Phylogenetics
Evolutionary Biology
Molecular Evolution
Computational Biology
Computer Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,187
52,558
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Genetics
neuroscience
Neurodegenerative diseases
Autism
Bovine genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,898
5,285
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ecology
Conservation
Invasive Species
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,526
4,230
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Computational biology
Phylogenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,505
8,893
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
peptides and peptidomimetics
organic synthesis
natural products chemistry
asymmetric synthesis
medicinal chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,145
7,665
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Protein structure
X-ray crystallography
Retroviral proteins
Viral assembly
restriction factors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,798
6,710
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Plant cell walls
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,108
2,650
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
genetics molecular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,679
1,932
0.132
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Plant
Gene expression
Circadian Clock
Flowering time
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,871
3,640
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
computational evolutionary biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,056
1,967
0.163
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Evolution
Language Evolution
Culture
Religion
Cooperation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,918
5,348
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Colour vision
ecology and evolution of vision
ecology and evolution of hearing
optics
learning and memory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,334
2,965
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,035
4,760
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Professor of Food Microbiology
Biofilm Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,117
2,900
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Conservation
Ecology
Islands
Birds
Invasive Species
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,035
5,071
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Echinoderm reproduction
larval biology
maternal investment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,002
3,759
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Applied Conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,718
2,128
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
fish
herbivory
speciation
digestion
algae
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,511
2,904
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ecology
conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,451
2,314
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,884
1,825
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Environmental Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,727
4,139
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Landscape Ecology
Climate change
GIS-Spatial Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,460
2,411
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
behavioural ecology
conservation biology
marine megafauna
cetacean biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,392
3,104
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Phylogenetics
bioinformatics
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,829
3,099
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Evolutionary Biology
Genetics
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,823
2,343
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,010
10
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Alexei J Drummond
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,187
52,558
0.413
Phylogenetics
Evolutionary Biology
Molecular Evolution
Computational Biology
Computer Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,801
167
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Russell G Snell
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,898
5,285
0.280
Genetics
neuroscience
Neurodegenerative diseases
Autism
Bovine genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,067
174
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mick N Clout
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,526
4,230
0.228
Ecology
Conservation
Invasive Species
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,130
175
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Joseph Heled
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,505
8,893
0.481
Computational biology
Phylogenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,405
186
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Margaret Anne Brimble
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,145
7,665
0.422
peptides and peptidomimetics
organic synthesis
natural products chemistry
asymmetric synthesis
medicinal chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,531
211
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Dave Goldstone
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,798
6,710
0.399
Protein structure
X-ray crystallography
Retroviral proteins
Viral assembly
restriction factors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,541
252
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Philip J Harris
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,108
2,650
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,864
265
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Richard Gardner
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,679
1,932
0.132
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,477
327
111
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Joanna Putterill
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,871
3,640
0.283
Plant
Gene expression
Circadian Clock
Flowering time
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,589
358
120
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Allen Rodrigo
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,056
1,967
0.163
computational evolutionary biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,734
366
122
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Quentin Atkinson
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,918
5,348
0.449
Evolution
Language Evolution
Culture
Religion
Cooperation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,883
398
132
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Misha Vorobyev
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,334
2,965
0.262
Colour vision
ecology and evolution of vision
ecology and evolution of hearing
optics
learning and memory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,121
474
150
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Anthony RJ Phillips
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,035
4,760
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,733
532
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
John David Brooks
Auckland University of Technology
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,117
2,900
0.318
Professor of Food Microbiology
Biofilm Microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,855
541
162
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
James Russell
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,035
5,071
0.561
Conservation
Ecology
Islands
Birds
Invasive Species
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
113,323
550
163
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mary A Sewell
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,002
3,759
0.418
Echinoderm reproduction
larval biology
maternal investment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,528
576
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
David Towns
Auckland University of Technology
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,718
2,128
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120,768
595
176
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Kendall David Clements
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,511
2,904
0.341
fish
herbivory
speciation
digestion
algae
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
121,679
598
178
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Mick Clout
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,451
2,314
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
131,357
656
192
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Elwyn Firth
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,884
1,825
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
155,516
785
221
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Gavin Lear
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,727
4,139
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
162,129
817
228
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Leo Paolini
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,460
2,411
0.373
Landscape Ecology
Climate change
GIS-Spatial Modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
163,946
827
232
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Rochelle Constantine
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,392
3,104
0.486
behavioural ecology
conservation biology
marine megafauna
cetacean biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
179,835
913
244
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Howard A Ross
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,829
3,099
0.532
Phylogenetics
bioinformatics
evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
180,033
918
247
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Annabel Whibley
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,823
2,343
0.402
Evolutionary Biology
Genetics
Genomics