Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University of Saint Andrews 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
comparative cognition
comparative psychology
animal cognition
cognitive evolution
primate cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,262
24,471
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Evolution
animal behaviour
social learning
cultural evolution
evolutionary biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,256
24,270
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
ecology
biology
evolution
statistics
StACBD
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,837
13,794
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Biology
Ecology
Statistics
CREEM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,928
11,219
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
tuberculosis clinical trials
tuberculosis drug development
modelling tuberculosis treatment responses
evolution of antibiotic resistance
stanchbioch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,372
6,433
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Ecology
conservation and management
marine mammals
SOI-USTAN
SMRU
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,816
6,630
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,224
4,843
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Evolutionary Biology
Social Evolution Theory
StACBD
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,752
6,547
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
ecology
evolution
palaeoecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,748
4,718
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
StACBD
SOI-USTAN
JEBED
Molecular Ecology
Bayesian Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,254
6,340
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Evolution
Speciation
StACBD
JEBED
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,703
4,995
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Botany
tropical ecology
peatlands
forest management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,157
8,688
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Evolutionary developmental biology
Genomics
Zoology
Regeneration
biomineralisation.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,708
3,768
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Biodiversity
Macroecology
Coral
StACBD
Macroscope Lab
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,590
7,489
0.707
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Statistical ecology
distance sampling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,279
3,122
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Bioinformatics
Protein Structure
Quantum Chemistry
Machine Learning
Solubility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,484
3,392
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
tool use
corvids
raptors
biologging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,770
4,730
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Evolution
Natural Selection
Probablistic Modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,675
2,857
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Virology
virus evolution
positive strand RNA viruses
viruses of honey bees
recombination
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,971
1,818
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
virology
plant pathology
plant-microbe interactions
StBSRC
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,352
2,105
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Sex differences in behaviour
development
evolution
human behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,993
2,143
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
palaeoecology
pollen analysis
tephra
environmental archaeology
tropical ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,676
2,919
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
genetics
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,668
3,338
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Behavioural ecology
Animal behaviour
Group behaviour
StACBD
SOI-USTAN
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,663
3,349
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Structural biology
chemical biology
glycobiology
carbohydrate processing enzymes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,351
2,167
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,306
535
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Josep Call
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,262
24,471
0.369
comparative cognition
comparative psychology
animal cognition
cognitive evolution
primate cognition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,768
677
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Kevin Laland|Kevin Laland
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,256
24,270
0.417
Evolution
animal behaviour
social learning
cultural evolution
evolutionary biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,308
1,799
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Graeme D Ruxton
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,837
13,794
0.433
ecology
biology
evolution
statistics
StACBD
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,587
2,063
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Len Thomas
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,928
11,219
0.388
Biology
Ecology
Statistics
CREEM
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,186
3,672
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Stephen H Gillespie
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,372
6,433
0.332
tuberculosis clinical trials
tuberculosis drug development
modelling tuberculosis treatment responses
evolution of antibiotic resistance
stanchbioch
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,816
3,809
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Philip Steven Hammond
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,816
6,630
0.352
Ecology
conservation and management
marine mammals
SOI-USTAN
SMRU
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,770
3,985
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ian Boyd
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,224
4,843
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,498
4,123
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Andy Gardner
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,752
6,547
0.369
Evolutionary Biology
Social Evolution Theory
StACBD
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,320
4,433
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Keith Bennett
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,748
4,718
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,449
4,604
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Oscar Gaggiotti
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,254
6,340
0.390
StACBD
SOI-USTAN
JEBED
Molecular Ecology
Bayesian Statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,012
5,216
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Michael G Ritchie
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,703
4,995
0.340
Evolution
Speciation
StACBD
JEBED
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,793
6,604
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Eurídice N Honorio Coronado
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,157
8,688
0.715
Botany
tropical ecology
peatlands
forest management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,653
7,589
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
David EK Ferrier
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,708
3,768
0.352
Evolutionary developmental biology
Genomics
Zoology
Regeneration
biomineralisation.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,857
7,671
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Maria Dornelas
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,590
7,489
0.707
Biodiversity
Macroecology
Coral
StACBD
Macroscope Lab
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106,861
8,778
77
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Eric Rexstad
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,279
3,122
0.336
Statistical ecology
distance sampling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,236
9,621
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
John Mitchell
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,484
3,392
0.400
Bioinformatics
Protein Structure
Quantum Chemistry
Machine Learning
Solubility
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
130,308
10,539
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Christian Rutz
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,770
4,730
0.609
tool use
corvids
raptors
biologging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
132,083
10,659
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Carolin Kosiol
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,675
2,857
0.372
Evolution
Natural Selection
Probablistic Modelling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
146,447
11,639
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
David J Evans
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,971
1,818
0.261
Virology
virus evolution
positive strand RNA viruses
viruses of honey bees
recombination
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
161,193
12,606
106
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Lesley Torrance
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,352
2,105
0.331
virology
plant pathology
plant-microbe interactions
StBSRC
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
170,971
13,256
111
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Gillian R Brown
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,993
2,143
0.358
Sex differences in behaviour
development
evolution
human behaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
180,481
13,904
117
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ian Lawson
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,676
2,919
0.514
palaeoecology
pollen analysis
tephra
environmental archaeology
tropical ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
180,732
13,917
118
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Michael Morrissey
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,668
3,338
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
180,876
13,926
119
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Mike M Webster
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,663
3,349
0.591
Behavioural ecology
Animal behaviour
Group behaviour
StACBD
SOI-USTAN
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
191,078
14,631
123
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Tracey Gloster
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,351
2,167
0.405
Structural biology
chemical biology
glycobiology
carbohydrate processing enzymes