Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Highly Cited Researchers CitationNatural Sciences / Biological Science Rankings 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
VT Biological Sciences
Stream and watershed ecology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,113
6,668
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
VT Biological Sciences
computational cell biology
systems biology
theoretical biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,631
5,746
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Aquatic
avian and exotic animal medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,954
8,244
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Computational Genomics
Nonlinear Dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,954
5,070
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Innate Immune Memory
Immunotherapeutics
chronic inflammation
VT Biological Sciences
ictas_center
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,926
9,731
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
VT Biological Sciences
Mycobacteria
Methylobacteria
Antibiotic Discovery and Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,103
6,360
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
VT Biological Sciences
VT Translational Plant Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,241
4,743
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
VT Biological Sciences
epithelial-mesenchymal transition
cancer stem cells
TGF-beta/BMP signaling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,783
8,283
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
mitochondria
mtDNA
neurodegenerative diseases
mitophagy
VT School of Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,681
8,593
0.585
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
VT Biological Sciences
VT Translational Plant Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,134
5,695
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Physiological Ecology
Ecotoxicology
Global Change Biology
Conservation Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,749
3,976
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
VT Biological Sciences
Stream responses to historical and contemporary landscape change
aquatic biodiversity
stream ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,624
1,801
0.170
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
disease ecology
microbial ecology
amphibian biology
parasitology
VT Biological Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,452
4,079
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
endocrinology
behavior
evolution
VT Biological Sciences
VT School of Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,404
3,566
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
reptile thermal biology
embryonic development
physiological ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,337
1,673
0.179
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Disease Biogeography
Ecological Niche Modeling
Disease Ecology
Wildlife Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,314
8,693
0.933
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Zoology
Paleontology
Evolution
Geosciences
Anatomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,241
4,679
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
wildlife habitat management
bat ecology
Appalachian spruce-fir
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,050
3,315
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Mitosis
Aneuploidy
ICTAS Center for Engineered Health
VT Biological Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,990
3,216
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Plant biology
Abiotic Stress
Seed Development
Bioinformatics
Signaling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,610
2,791
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
VT Biological Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,336
2,004
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Microbiology
Bacterial Spores
VT Biological Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,800
1,817
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
microbiology
mycology
plant science
immunology
bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,639
2,591
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Nonpoint source pollution
water quality
environmental assessment
monitoring
best management practices
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,145
1,073
0.150
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
VT Biological Sciences
sensory biology
magnetoreception
spatial behavior and cognition
navigation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,978
1,486
0.213
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,722
10,542
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jackson R Webster
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,113
6,668
0.229
VT Biological Sciences
Stream and watershed ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,613
11,368
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
John J Tyson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,631
5,746
0.208
VT Biological Sciences
computational cell biology
systems biology
theoretical biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,442
13,898
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Stephen A Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,954
8,244
0.344
Aquatic
avian and exotic animal medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,435
15,557
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Roderick V Jensen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,954
5,070
0.231
Computational Genomics
Nonlinear Dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,541
17,619
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Liwu Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,926
9,731
0.488
Innate Immune Memory
Immunotherapeutics
chronic inflammation
VT Biological Sciences
ictas_center
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,020
19,755
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Joseph O Falkinham III
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,103
6,360
0.351
VT Biological Sciences
Mycobacteria
Methylobacteria
Antibiotic Discovery and Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,140
22,562
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Brenda Sj Winkel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,241
4,743
0.292
VT Biological Sciences
VT Translational Plant Sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,188
23,362
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Samy Lamouille
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,783
8,283
0.525
VT Biological Sciences
epithelial-mesenchymal transition
cancer stem cells
TGF-beta/BMP signaling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,656
25,439
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Alicia M Pickrell*
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,681
8,593
0.585
mitochondria
mtDNA
neurodegenerative diseases
mitophagy
VT School of Neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,368
34,489
158
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Dorothea Tholl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,134
5,695
0.511
VT Biological Sciences
VT Translational Plant Sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,029
35,765
164
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
William A Hopkins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,749
3,976
0.370
Physiological Ecology
Ecotoxicology
Global Change Biology
Conservation Physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,207
36,178
166
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ef Benfield
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,624
1,801
0.170
VT Biological Sciences
Stream responses to historical and contemporary landscape change
aquatic biodiversity
stream ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
102,075
40,686
195
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Lisa K Belden
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,452
4,079
0.432
disease ecology
microbial ecology
amphibian biology
parasitology
VT Biological Sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
102,672
40,894
198
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ignacio Moore
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,404
3,566
0.379
endocrinology
behavior
evolution
VT Biological Sciences
VT School of Neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,494
41,183
199
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Robin M Andrews
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,337
1,673
0.179
reptile thermal biology
embryonic development
physiological ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,765
41,280
201
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Luis E Escobar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,314
8,693
0.933
Disease Biogeography
Ecological Niche Modeling
Disease Ecology
Wildlife Epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,722
41,607
205
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sterling Nesbitt
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,241
4,679
0.506
Zoology
Paleontology
Evolution
Geosciences
Anatomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,256
42,471
211
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
W Mark Ford
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,050
3,315
0.366
wildlife habitat management
bat ecology
Appalachian spruce-fir
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,069
42,760
213
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Daniela Cimini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,990
3,216
0.358
Mitosis
Aneuploidy
ICTAS Center for Engineered Health
VT Biological Sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
113,519
44,634
224
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ruth Grene
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,610
2,791
0.324
Plant biology
Abiotic Stress
Seed Development
Bioinformatics
Signaling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,730
46,060
233
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
JR Walters
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,336
2,004
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
126,724
49,061
252
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
David L Popham
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,800
1,817
0.233
Microbiology
Bacterial Spores
VT Biological Sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,718
50,057
258
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Christopher Lawrence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,639
2,591
0.339
microbiology
mycology
plant science
immunology
bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
139,348
53,158
271
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Saied Mostaghimi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,145
1,073
0.150
Nonpoint source pollution
water quality
environmental assessment
monitoring
best management practices
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,922
54,303
280
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
John B Phillips
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,978
1,486
0.213
VT Biological Sciences
sensory biology
magnetoreception
spatial behavior and cognition
navigation