Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers Citation 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
Plant Biotechnology
Medicinal Plants
Plant Tissue Culture
Microbial Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,637
3,615
0.780
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
vegetable
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,560
3,794
0.832
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Plant Taxonomy
Ecology
Biodiversity
Data Synthesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,305
3,454
0.802
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Invasion Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,769
2,300
0.831
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ecology
Biological Invasions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,676
2,024
0.756
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Zoology
Entomology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,526
1,859
0.736
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Genomics
Mutation/Pulse/Molecular Breeding
Gene Expression/Transcriptomics
Metabolomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,169
1,732
0.799
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Plant Taxonomy
Biodiversity
Ethonobotany
Alpine ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,893
1,389
0.734
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Biotechnology
vermi-technology
Microbial and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
Bioinformatics
Molecular Cell Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,751
1,457
0.832
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
phytoremediation
heavy metal pollution
constructed wetlnds
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,049
286
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Plant invasion
Ecosystem services and functions
Phytoremediation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
697
379
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Wildlife Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
666
405
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Taxonomy
Ethnobotany
medicinal plants
biodiesal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
654
595
0.910
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Conservation Biology
Spatial Ecology
Species Distribution Modelling
Climate Change
HWC
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
639
567
0.887
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Drinking water treatment
Bio-remediation
Toxicology Studies using Fish Bio-marker
Heavy metals contamination in fresh water
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
431
343
0.796
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Wildlife Management and Conservation
Field Ecology
conservation biology
Ornithology
Ungulate Ecology and Behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
353
242
0.686
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Plant ecology and Conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
312
253
0.811
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Senescence and Postharvest Physiology of cut flowers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278
231
0.831
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ecology
Wildlife
Environmental Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
249
217
0.871
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
herpetology
mammalogy
landscape ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
241
195
0.809
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Biotechnology & Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143
128
0.895
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
zoology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
99
0.971
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Endophytes
Plant-microbe interactions
Bio-Formulations
Microbial Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
57
0.905
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Taxonomy
Floristic studies
Invasion Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
48
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ecology and Conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
45
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
220,171
4,008
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Azra Kamili
University of Kashmir
Srinagar, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,637
3,615
0.780
Plant Biotechnology
Medicinal Plants
Plant Tissue Culture
Microbial Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
223,562
4,111
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Rizwan Rashid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,560
3,794
0.832
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
235,852
4,442
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Anzar A. Khuroo
University of Kashmir
Srinagar, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,305
3,454
0.802
Plant Taxonomy
Ecology
Biodiversity
Data Synthesis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
344,376
7,875
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Irfan Rashid
University of Kashmir
Srinagar, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,769
2,300
0.831
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
354,024
8,187
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Manzoor Ahmad Shah
University of Kashmir
Srinagar, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,676
2,024
0.756
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
370,397
8,745
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Tariq Ahmad
University of Kashmir
Srinagar, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,526
1,859
0.736
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
415,261
10,375
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mohd Ashraf Bhat|Mohd. Ashraf Bhat, M.A. Bhat, Muhammad Ashraf Bhat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,169
1,732
0.799
Genomics
Mutation/Pulse/Molecular Breeding
Gene Expression/Transcriptomics
Metabolomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
458,209
11,956
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Akhtar H Malik
University of Kashmir
Srinagar, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,893
1,389
0.734
Plant Taxonomy
Biodiversity
Ethonobotany
Alpine ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
483,283
1,772
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Saiqa Andleeb
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,751
1,457
0.832
Biotechnology
vermi-technology
Microbial and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
Bioinformatics
Molecular Cell Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
661,382
20,231
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Syed Sabhi Ahmad
University of Kashmir
Srinagar, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,049
286
0.273
phytoremediation
heavy metal pollution
constructed wetlnds
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
806,020
27,445
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mohd Asgar Khan
University of Kashmir
Srinagar, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
697
379
0.544
Plant invasion
Ecosystem services and functions
Phytoremediation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
821,470
4,132
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Riaz Aziz Minhas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
666
405
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
827,283
4,178
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Maryam Akram Butt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
654
595
0.910
Taxonomy
Ethnobotany
medicinal plants
biodiesal
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
834,986
4,243
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Faraz Akrim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
639
567
0.887
Conservation Biology
Spatial Ecology
Species Distribution Modelling
Climate Change
HWC
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
978,251
5,475
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Sajida Rasheed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
431
343
0.796
Drinking water treatment
Bio-remediation
Toxicology Studies using Fish Bio-marker
Heavy metals contamination in fresh water
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,058,408
40,101
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Khursheed Ahmad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
353
242
0.686
Wildlife Management and Conservation
Field Ecology
conservation biology
Ornithology
Ungulate Ecology and Behaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,108,223
42,415
80
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Aabid Hussain Mir
University of Kashmir
Srinagar, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
312
253
0.811
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,156,116
44,558
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Riyaz Ahmad Dar
University of Kashmir
Srinagar, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278
231
0.831
Senescence and Postharvest Physiology of cut flowers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,202,278
7,839
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Nasra Ashraf
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
249
217
0.871
Ecology
Wildlife
Environmental Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,216,199
8,015
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Abu Ul Hassan Faiz Dr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
241
195
0.809
herpetology
mammalogy
landscape ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,438,644
10,754
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Amjed Hussain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143
128
0.895
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,577,285
65,055
112
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Rayees Ahmad
University of Kashmir
Srinagar, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
99
0.971
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,756,742
76,302
134
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Bushra Jan
University of Kashmir
Srinagar, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
57
0.905
Endophytes
Plant-microbe interactions
Bio-Formulations
Microbial Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,842,338
82,549
147
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Shabir A Zargar
University of Kashmir
Srinagar, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
48
1.000
Taxonomy
Floristic studies
Invasion Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,860,927
83,981
151
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Sofi İrfan
University of Kashmir
Srinagar, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
45
1.000