Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers 48 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
United States
Daehwan Kim
L++
Human Code
Life Design
Life Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,970
41,456
0.658
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
United States
Duojia Pan
Developmental biology
signal transduction
cancer
Hippo pathway
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,649
10,856
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
United States
Gaudenz Danuser
Computational Biology
Systems Biology
Imaging
Cellular Biophysics
Cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,622
9,711
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
United States
Mark Henkemeyer
Developmental Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,797
2,436
0.137
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
United States
Xiao-Chen Bai
Cryo-EM
Structural biology
Receptors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,134
8,731
0.618
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
United States
Thomas Carroll
Developmental biology
stem cells
kidney
kidney cancer
polycystic kidney disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,816
3,921
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
United States
Qian Cong
Computational biology
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Structure biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,594
8,328
0.868
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
United States
Ashwinikumar Kulkarni
Computational Biology
Neuroscience
Genomics
Transcriptomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,386
4,603
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
United States
Yonggang Zheng
Developmental Biology
Growth Control
Cancer
Signal Transduction
Hippo Pathway
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,218
2,989
0.481

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
United States
Dominika Borek
X-ray crystallography
cryo-EM
chromatin structure
evolution
NGS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,029
2,429
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
United States
Jiwoong Kim
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,659
4,284
0.757
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
United States
Jian Zhou
Computational Biology
Genomics
Computer Science
Machine Learning
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,488
4,166
0.759
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
United States
Lukasz Joachimiak
Computational Structural Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,372
1,633
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
United States
Shi Hexin
Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,936
1,736
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
United States
Michael L Reese
Protein-protein interactions
cellular signal transduction
host-pathogen interaction
Toxoplasma gondii
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,376
1,147
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
United States
Jeon Lee
Computational Biology
Machine Learning
Biomedical Signal Processing and more
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,066
1,320
0.639
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
United States
Junjie Xu
Structural Biology
Neuroscience
Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,015
1,074
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
United States
Tao Yue
Cancer Immunotherapy
Renal Cell Carcinoma
Osteosarcoma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,005
749
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
United States
Huocong Huang
Tumor Microenvironment
Cancer Biology
Developmental Biology
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,721
1,551
0.901
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
United States
Mohammed Kanchwala
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
NGS data anlysis
ChipSeq
SingleCell RNAseq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,571
1,354
0.862
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
United States
Gokhul Krishna Kilaru
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
Immunology
Neuroscience
Health Informatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,520
1,125
0.740
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
United States
Kimberly A Reynolds
Systems biology
synthetic biology
protein engineering
molecular evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,493
720
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
United States
John Hulleman
Protein Folding
Retinal Degeneration
Chemical Biology
Gene Therapy
Age-Related Macular
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,426
705
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
United States
Xun Wang
Mitochondrial biogenesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,417
987
0.697
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
United States
Kai Cai
Cryo-EM
Cryo-ET
NMR
Biochemistry
Structural Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,285
790
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,098
United States
3,358
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Daehwan Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,970
41,456
0.658
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,218
United States
10,236
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Duojia Pan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,649
10,856
0.354
Developmental biology
signal transduction
cancer
Hippo pathway
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,033
United States
11,931
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Gaudenz Danuser
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,622
9,711
0.352
Computational Biology
Systems Biology
Imaging
Cellular Biophysics
Cancer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,663
United States
21,096
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mark Henkemeyer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,797
2,436
0.137
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,127
United States
27,753
106
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Xiao-Chen Bai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,134
8,731
0.618
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,655
United States
33,718
119
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Thomas Carroll
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,816
3,921
0.332
Developmental biology
stem cells
kidney
kidney cancer
polycystic kidney disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,418
United States
41,689
143
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Qian Cong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,594
8,328
0.868
Computational biology
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Structure biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,768
United States
47,510
161
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ashwinikumar Kulkarni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,386
4,603
0.549
Computational Biology
Neuroscience
Genomics
Transcriptomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
168,659
United States
62,277
203
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Yonggang Zheng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,218
2,989
0.481
Developmental Biology
Growth Control
Cancer
Signal Transduction
Hippo Pathway
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
173,939
United States
63,913
207
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Dominika Borek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,029
2,429
0.403
X-ray crystallography
cryo-EM
chromatin structure
evolution
NGS

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
185,234
United States
67,418
221
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jiwoong Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,659
4,284
0.757
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
190,783
United States
69,060
227
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jian Zhou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,488
4,166
0.759
Computational Biology
Genomics
Computer Science
Machine Learning
Statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
298,236
United States
100,482
304
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Lukasz Joachimiak
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,372
1,633
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
334,457
United States
110,665
337
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Shi Hexin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,936
1,736
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
395,090
United States
127,396
384
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Michael L Reese
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,376
1,147
0.483
Protein-protein interactions
cellular signal transduction
host-pathogen interaction
Toxoplasma gondii
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
437,768
United States
139,033
420
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jeon Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,066
1,320
0.639
Computational Biology
Machine Learning
Biomedical Signal Processing and more
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
445,662
United States
141,128
426
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Junjie Xu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,015
1,074
0.533
Structural Biology
Neuroscience
Molecular Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
447,318
United States
141,583
429
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Tao Yue
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,005
749
0.374
Cancer Immunotherapy
Renal Cell Carcinoma
Osteosarcoma
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
497,049
United States
154,792
476
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Huocong Huang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,721
1,551
0.901
Tumor Microenvironment
Cancer Biology
Developmental Biology
Immunology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
527,783
United States
162,900
507
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Mohammed Kanchwala
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,571
1,354
0.862
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
NGS data anlysis
ChipSeq
SingleCell RNAseq
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
538,965
United States
165,885
522
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Gokhul Krishna Kilaru
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,520
1,125
0.740
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
Immunology
Neuroscience
Health Informatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
545,191
United States
167,470
526
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Kimberly A Reynolds
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,493
720
0.482
Systems biology
synthetic biology
protein engineering
molecular evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
560,941
United States
171,613
542
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
John Hulleman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,426
705
0.494
Protein Folding
Retinal Degeneration
Chemical Biology
Gene Therapy
Age-Related Macular
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
563,027
United States
172,195
544
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Xun Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,417
987
0.697
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
597,222
United States
180,939
578
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Kai Cai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,285
790
0.615
Cryo-EM
Cryo-ET
NMR
Biochemistry
Structural Biology
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