Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University of Cambridge 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
Animal Behaviour
Ecology
Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,009
23,877
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Mitochondria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,186
40,820
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
biodiversity
conservation
conservation biology
ornithology
conservation science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,722
30,775
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
conservation science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,775
26,552
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Protein Homeostasis
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Drug Discovery
Structural Biology
Metabolostasis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,800
32,807
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Mitochondria ATPase
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,305
9,784
0.174
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Conservation Biology
Forest Ecology
Airborne Remote Sensing
Imaging spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,744
26,722
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Computational Biology
Genomics
Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,130
9,471
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
political ecology
conservation
development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,727
12,263
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
early detection of cancer
cancer evolution
oesophageal cancer
gastric cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,030
19,444
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
comparative cognition
evolution and development of cognition
magic effects
corvids
cephalopods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,258
12,613
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Evolutionary Ecology
Population Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,781
16,729
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Evolutionary Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,617
13,906
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,124
5,538
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,949
8,144
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Stellar Evolution
Binary Stars
Magnetic Fields
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,870
7,478
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Neurobiology
Neural Circuit Design
Efficient coding
Energy Efficiency
Visual Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,451
6,468
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,731
2,805
0.150
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
vaccines
virus
evolution
pathology
immunity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,396
5,719
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Evolutionary biology
Animal Behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,859
4,628
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,232
4,140
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
mitochondria
protein analysis. mass spectrometry
proteomics
bioenergetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,591
4,419
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,394
5,252
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Plant Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,674
6,442
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Mitochondrial quality control mechanisms
Ubiquitin-Proteasome System
Neurodegeneration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,573
7,376
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,311
266
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Tim Clutton Brock
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,009
23,877
0.246
Animal Behaviour
Ecology
Evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,625
372
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Michael P Murphy
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,186
40,820
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,245
434
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
William J Sutherland
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,722
30,775
0.412
biodiversity
conservation
conservation biology
ornithology
conservation science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,503
652
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Andrew Balmford
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,775
26,552
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,707
675
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Michele Vendruscolo
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,800
32,807
0.558
Protein Homeostasis
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Drug Discovery
Structural Biology
Metabolostasis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,265
718
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
John E Walker
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,305
9,784
0.174
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,353
1,084
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
David Coomes
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,744
26,722
0.611
Conservation Biology
Forest Ecology
Airborne Remote Sensing
Imaging spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,807
1,294
112
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Gos Micklem
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,130
9,471
0.242
Computational Biology
Genomics
Molecular Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,660
1,648
130
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
William M Adams
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,727
12,263
0.364
political ecology
conservation
development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,265
1,901
149
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Rebecca Fitzgerald
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,030
19,444
0.627
early detection of cancer
cancer evolution
oesophageal cancer
gastric cancer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,067
1,963
153
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
NS Clayton
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,258
12,613
0.417
comparative cognition
evolution and development of cognition
magic effects
corvids
cephalopods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,677
2,009
157
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Andrea Manica
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,781
16,729
0.562
Evolutionary Ecology
Population Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,395
2,206
167
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Chris D Jiggins
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,617
13,906
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,109
2,273
172
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
William C McGrew
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,124
5,538
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,351
2,293
175
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
D S Charnock Jones
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,949
8,144
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,534
2,946
210
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Christopher Tout
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,870
7,478
0.327
Stellar Evolution
Binary Stars
Magnetic Fields
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,744
3,215
222
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Simon B Laughlin
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,451
6,468
0.302
Neurobiology
Neural Circuit Design
Efficient coding
Energy Efficiency
Visual Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,292
3,868
263
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Peter John Grubb
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,731
2,805
0.150
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,434
3,961
272
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jonathan Heeney
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,396
5,719
0.311
vaccines
virus
evolution
pathology
immunity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,351
4,123
278
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Rufus Johnstone
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,859
4,628
0.259
Evolutionary biology
Animal Behavior
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,737
4,321
285
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
PM Brakefield
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,232
4,140
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,772
4,873
314
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ian Fearnley
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,591
4,419
0.283
mitochondria
protein analysis. mass spectrometry
proteomics
bioenergetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,752
4,961
323
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Alan Robinson
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,394
5,252
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,475
5,279
343
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Sebastian Schornack
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,674
6,442
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,053
5,324
345
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Aitor Martinez Zarate
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,573
7,376
0.506
Mitochondrial quality control mechanisms
Ubiquitin-Proteasome System
Neurodegeneration