Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers 27 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
Ecology and conservation of bumblebees and other insects
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,204
30,125
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Structural Biology of DNA Damage Respones and Molecular Chaperones
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,773
8,067
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
biodiversity
conservation
agriculture
quantitative analysis
GIS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,685
16,214
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Social insects
honey bees
social evolution
behavioural ecology
animal behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,808
7,788
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Molecular evolution
Population Genetics
Patterns of mutation
Fitness effects of Mutations
Adaptive evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,266
5,259
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
vision evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,833
4,558
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Neuroinformatics
complexity theory
evolution theory
network theory
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,415
3,789
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
plant genetic diversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,720
591
0.088
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Rewilding
Restoration Ecology
Conservation Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,195
4,158
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
insect ecology and conservation
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,388
3,539
0.657
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Computational Biology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,828
1,316
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
biotechnology regulation and governance
innovation for sustainability
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,662
2,893
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Structural Biology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,393
2,049
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Structural Biology
DNA Repair
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,380
2,038
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,036
1,164
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
RNA Biology
Neural Development
Behaviour
Hox genes
Drosophila
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,249
801
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
animal behaviour
behavioural ecology
evolution
ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,777
1,409
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Plant evolutionary ecology
plant interactions
floral evolution
pollination
plant trait evolvability in natural populations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,731
980
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Conservation Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,811
1,001
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
blue tits
hatching asynchrony
behavioural ecology
conservation biology
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,262
368
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Honeybees
Flower-Visiting Insects
Pollinators
Urban Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,252
776
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
bees
agriculture
ecology
pollination
conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,189
994
0.836
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Sustainability
collective imaginations
science policy
political ecology
transdisciplinarity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,183
684
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Community Ecology
Conservation
Macroecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
346
343
0.991
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Evolutionary biology
population genetics
molecular evolution
adaptation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157
155
0.987
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,044
698
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Dave Goulson
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,204
30,125
0.518
Ecology and conservation of bumblebees and other insects
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,407
1,338
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Laurence Pearl
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,773
8,067
0.208
Structural Biology of DNA Damage Respones and Molecular Chaperones
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,558
1,546
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jörn PW Scharlemann
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,685
16,214
0.454
biodiversity
conservation
agriculture
quantitative analysis
GIS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,252
2,370
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Francis Ratnieks
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,808
7,788
0.291
Social insects
honey bees
social evolution
behavioural ecology
animal behaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,608
3,803
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Adam Eyre Walker
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,266
5,259
0.273
Molecular evolution
Population Genetics
Patterns of mutation
Fitness effects of Mutations
Adaptive evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,014
5,321
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Daniel Osorio
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,833
4,558
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
140,405
11,240
110
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Lionel Barnett
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,415
3,789
0.511
Neuroinformatics
complexity theory
evolution theory
network theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
155,703
12,291
125
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Stephen Pearce
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,720
591
0.088
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
169,187
13,189
131
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Christopher Sandom
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,195
4,158
0.671
Rewilding
Restoration Ecology
Conservation Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
194,241
14,907
149
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ellen L Rotheray
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,388
3,539
0.657
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
216,062
16,375
166
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Frances Pearl
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,828
1,316
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
223,214
16,848
172
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Adrian Ely
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,662
2,893
0.621
biotechnology regulation and governance
innovation for sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
235,909
17,673
182
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Antony Oliver
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,393
2,049
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
236,584
17,714
183
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Antony W Oliver
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,380
2,038
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
255,129
18,884
199
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Stephen Hare
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,036
1,164
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
307,593
22,022
222
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Claudio Alonso
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,249
801
0.247
RNA Biology
Neural Development
Behaviour
Hox genes
Drosophila
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
349,814
24,465
235
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Wiebke Schuett
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,777
1,409
0.507
animal behaviour
behavioural ecology
evolution
ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
354,595
24,727
240
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Maria Clara Castellanos
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,731
980
0.359
Plant evolutionary ecology
plant interactions
floral evolution
pollination
plant trait evolvability in natural populations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
479,903
31,354
304
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Mika Peck
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,811
1,001
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
603,506
37,559
359
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Martyn Stenning
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,262
368
0.292
blue tits
hatching asynchrony
behavioural ecology
conservation biology
evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
606,244
37,705
360
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Mihail Garbuzov
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,252
776
0.620
Honeybees
Flower-Visiting Insects
Pollinators
Urban Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
624,494
38,512
366
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Nicholas J Balfour
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,189
994
0.836
bees
agriculture
ecology
pollination
conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
626,375
38,606
369
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Rose Cairns
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,183
684
0.578
Sustainability
collective imaginations
science policy
political ecology
transdisciplinarity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,078,560
58,971
524
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Owen Middleton
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
346
343
0.991
Community Ecology
Conservation
Macroecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,414,255
73,607
634
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ana Filipa Moutinho
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157
155
0.987
Evolutionary biology
population genetics
molecular evolution
adaptation