Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers 153 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
Proteins
amyloid
structural biology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,647
26,881
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
neurobiology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,502
22,940
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
evolution
conservation
genomics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,930
13,523
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
ecology
conservation biology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,359
12,522
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Epigenomics
Machine Learning
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,424
19,905
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Learning and memory
neurodevelopmental disorders
NF1
TSC
aging
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,689
11,018
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
sexual differentiation
sex chromosomes
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,497
9,060
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
animal behavior
behavioral ecology
conservation science
ethology
evolutionary ecology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,163
16,724
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Evolutionary Biology
Conservation Biology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,636
11,218
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Infectious disease dynamics
pathogen emergence
mathematical biology
population dynamics
disease ecology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,614
23,465
0.742
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
structural biology
cryoEM
microbiology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,388
10,844
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
ecology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,315
5,991
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
community ecology
functional ecology
tropical forests
grasslands
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,254
14,876
0.567
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
proteomics
ubiquitination
iron metabolism
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,456
10,663
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Biological Sciences
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,505
9,340
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Biological mass spectrometry and proteomics.
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,894
7,102
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Biology of Aging
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,351
8,972
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Precambrian paleobiology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,023
3,421
0.163
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Physiological ecology
chelonian conservation biology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,757
2,325
0.124
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Macroevolution
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,911
7,419
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,150
5,637
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Statistical Genetics
Quantitative Genetics
Phylogenetics
Genetic Epidemiology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,117
5,626
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
population genomics
epigenetics
oaks
conservation genetics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,955
4,871
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Mitochondria
Metabolism
Obesity
Liver
Beta cells
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,364
8,069
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Disease ecology
Quantitative ecology
Wildlife epidemiology
Population ecology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,744
14,583
0.989
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,081
955
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
David S Eisenberg
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,647
26,881
0.216
Proteins
amyloid
structural biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,360
3,484
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Michael Victor Sofroniew
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,502
22,940
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,112
4,343
93
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Robert Wayne
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,930
13,523
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,859
4,676
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Peter Kareiva
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,359
12,522
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,122
5,258
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jason Ernst
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,424
19,905
0.420
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Epigenomics
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,406
5,394
119
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Alcino J Silva
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,689
11,018
0.236
Learning and memory
neurodevelopmental disorders
NF1
TSC
aging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,982
7,060
152
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Arthur P Arnold
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,497
9,060
0.229
sexual differentiation
sex chromosomes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,179
7,148
155
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Daniel T Blumstein
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,163
16,724
0.427
animal behavior
behavioral ecology
conservation science
ethology
evolutionary ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,148
9,338
201
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Thomas B Smith
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,636
11,218
0.344
Evolutionary Biology
Conservation Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,189
9,808
207
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
James Lloyd Smith
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,614
23,465
0.742
Infectious disease dynamics
pathogen emergence
mathematical biology
population dynamics
disease ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,011
11,485
234
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
ZH Zhou
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,388
10,844
0.382
structural biology
cryoEM
microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,035
12,772
260
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Philip W Rundel
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,315
5,991
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,118
12,809
262
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Nathan Jb Kraft
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,254
14,876
0.567
community ecology
functional ecology
tropical forests
grasslands
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,426
13,357
277
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
James Wohlschlegel
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,456
10,663
0.419
proteomics
ubiquitination
iron metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,073
14,870
305
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Guoping Fan
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,505
9,340
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,555
16,325
328
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Julian Whitelegge
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,894
7,102
0.324
Biological mass spectrometry and proteomics.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,858
16,867
336
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
David Walker *
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,351
8,972
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,721
17,204
344
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
J William Schopf
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,023
3,421
0.163
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,265
19,732
392
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Kenneth A Nagy
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,757
2,325
0.124
Physiological ecology
chelonian conservation biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,053
22,427
430
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Michael E Alfaro
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,911
7,419
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,475
23,728
450
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Priyanga Amarasekare
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,150
5,637
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,635
23,788
451
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Janet Sinsheimer
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,117
5,626
0.349
Statistical Genetics
Quantitative Genetics
Phylogenetics
Genetic Epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,309
24,037
457
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Victoria Sork
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,955
4,871
0.305
population genomics
epigenetics
oaks
conservation genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,228
25,164
470
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Marc Liesa
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,364
8,069
0.525
Mitochondria
Metabolism
Obesity
Liver
Beta cells
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,495
26,400
492
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Amandine Gamble
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,744
14,583
0.989
Disease ecology
Quantitative ecology
Wildlife epidemiology
Population ecology