Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University of Western Australia 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
Ecology
Restoration Ecology
Conservation Biology
Landscape Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,487
22,108
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Salinity Tolerance
Plant Biology
Wheat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,460
26,987
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Evolutionary biology
behavioral ecology
animal behavior
ecology
biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,981
10,483
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Systems Biology
transcriptomics
Single Cell
Cell communication
spatial transcriptomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,297
14,820
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Plant Physiological Ecology
Ecological Restoration
Agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,340
16,235
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Community Ecology
Conservation Biology
Entomology
Landscape Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,186
11,532
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Conservation biology
fisheries
fisheries economics
marine ecosystems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,657
12,444
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Orchid Conservation
Mycorrhizas
Pollination
Restoration Ecology
Biogeography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,167
7,669
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Conservation Biology
Ecology
Ecophysiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,619
8,797
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Entomology
Ants
Forest ecology
Rehabilitation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,060
3,390
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
wetland and riparian ecology
plant-animal interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,245
1,894
0.155
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Natural Products Chemistry and Chemical Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,312
5,076
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
conservation biology
physiological ecology
climate change
assisted colonisation
herpetology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,603
6,312
0.734
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Plant mitochondrial biogenesis
Plant phosphorus nutrition
Mineral nutrient homeostasis
Regulation of gene expression
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,391
4,819
0.574
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
freshwater ecology
invasive plants
fire
tropical ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,342
3,930
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Tumour blood vessels
tumour stroma
tumour immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,685
2,407
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Ecology
Invasive Plants
Fire
Savanna
Tropical
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,525
3,764
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
zoology
physiology
ecophysiology
conservation
kidney function
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,101
1,376
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Population genetics
evolution
snails
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,727
846
0.126
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
ecology
evolution
tropics
termite
spider
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,587
3,850
0.584
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
restoration ecology
ecosystem ecology
plant traits
environmental change incl. ozone
biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,544
4,915
0.751
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Evolution
Sexual selection
Allometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,143
1,985
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
frog biology
acoustics
sexual selection
conservation biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,720
1,784
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Computational Biology
Microbial informatics
research/publication ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,625
1,785
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Sponge ecology/physiology/taxonomy
bioerosion
environmental change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,520
2,329
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,894
195
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Richard J Hobbs
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,487
22,108
0.285
Ecology
Restoration Ecology
Conservation Biology
Landscape Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,588
222
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Rana Munns
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,460
26,987
0.378
Salinity Tolerance
Plant Biology
Wheat
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,532
729
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Leigh W Simmons
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,981
10,483
0.300
Evolutionary biology
behavioral ecology
animal behavior
ecology
biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,833
831
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Alistair Forrest
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,297
14,820
0.459
Systems Biology
transcriptomics
Single Cell
Cell communication
spatial transcriptomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,834
930
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Erik Veneklaas
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,340
16,235
0.535
Plant Physiological Ecology
Ecological Restoration
Agriculture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,550
1,059
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Raphael K Didham
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,186
11,532
0.409
Community Ecology
Conservation Biology
Entomology
Landscape Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,233
1,094
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Dirk Zeller
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,657
12,444
0.450
Conservation biology
fisheries
fisheries economics
marine ecosystems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,918
1,763
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Mark Brundrett
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,167
7,669
0.380
Orchid Conservation
Mycorrhizas
Pollination
Restoration Ecology
Biogeography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,877
2,314
98
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Pieter Poot
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,619
8,797
0.529
Conservation Biology
Ecology
Ecophysiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,168
2,656
106
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Majer JD
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,060
3,390
0.225
Entomology
Ants
Forest ecology
Rehabilitation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,091
3,535
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Alistar Ian Robertson
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,245
1,894
0.155
wetland and riparian ecology
plant-animal interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106,439
4,877
189
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Gavin Flematti
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,312
5,076
0.545
Natural Products Chemistry and Chemical Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
116,429
5,296
214
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Nicki Mitchell|Nicki Mitchell
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,603
6,312
0.734
conservation biology
physiological ecology
climate change
assisted colonisation
herpetology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,739
5,440
218
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Patrick Finnegan
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,391
4,819
0.574
Plant mitochondrial biogenesis
Plant phosphorus nutrition
Mineral nutrient homeostasis
Regulation of gene expression
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120,517
5,471
221
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Michael M Douglas
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,342
3,930
0.471
freshwater ecology
invasive plants
fire
tropical ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
131,901
6,021
235
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ruth Ganss
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,685
2,407
0.313
Tumour blood vessels
tumour stroma
tumour immunology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
134,902
6,155
243
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Samantha Setterfield
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,525
3,764
0.500
Ecology
Invasive Plants
Fire
Savanna
Tropical
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
143,606
6,537
255
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Bradshaw SD Don
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,101
1,376
0.194
zoology
physiology
ecophysiology
conservation
kidney function
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
151,994
6,944
264
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Michael S Johnson
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,727
846
0.126
Population genetics
evolution
snails
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
155,342
7,076
267
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Theodore Evans
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,587
3,850
0.584
ecology
evolution
tropics
termite
spider
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,348
7,120
269
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Michael P Perring
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,544
4,915
0.751
restoration ecology
ecosystem ecology
plant traits
environmental change incl. ozone
biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
166,855
7,600
285
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Joseph L Tomkins
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,143
1,985
0.323
Evolution
Sexual selection
Allometry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
179,109
8,136
299
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
J Dale Roberts
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,720
1,784
0.312
frog biology
acoustics
sexual selection
conservation biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
182,166
8,272
302
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Michael Wise
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,625
1,785
0.317
Computational Biology
Microbial informatics
research/publication ethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
185,423
8,414
305
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Christine Schönberg
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,520
2,329
0.422
Sponge ecology/physiology/taxonomy
bioerosion
environmental change