Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationNatural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics 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
Cancer
Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
508,553
105,882
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
443,457
188,168
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Genetics
Genomics
Epidemiology
Cardiovascular Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
428,058
138,313
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Cancer Biology
Cell Biology
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
377,417
119,306
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Genomics
Molecular Biology
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
371,108
154,326
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Cancer
Genetics
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
357,654
90,860
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
A.I.
genomics
digital
individualized medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
354,694
95,352
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Diabetes
Epidemiology
Genetics
Epigenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
318,969
99,948
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
genomics
computer science
molecular biology
evolution
cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
310,586
121,438
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Genomics
Human genetics
Bioinformatics
Computational biology
Genome evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
308,882
138,820
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Genomics
Phylogenetics
Bioinformatics
Medicine
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
296,189
127,339
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
293,651
56,659
0.193
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Cancer
Genetics
Leukemia
microRNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
290,766
59,044
0.203
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Genetics
Genomics
Heart Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
283,226
103,065
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
genomics
bioinformatics
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
275,393
63,172
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Wnt
Intestine
Organoid
Adult stem cell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
271,040
129,420
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Cancer Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
268,437
81,609
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
stem cells
immunology
cancer
developmental biology
phylogeny
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
251,041
67,867
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
248,581
111,469
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Genetics
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
241,487
80,777
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Genetiikka
epigenetiikka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
240,839
128,047
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
genome
microbiome
diabetes
metabolism
cardiovascular disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238,067
105,799
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Cell Biology
Molecular Metabolism
Mitochondrial Biology
Biochemistry
Metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231,536
63,629
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231,494
52,653
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Cattle nutrition
fertility
growth
molecular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223,053
73,875
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18
10
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Bert Vogelstein
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
508,553
105,882
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41
23
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mark Daly
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
443,457
188,168
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47
26
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Daniel Levy
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
428,058
138,313
0.323
Genetics
Genomics
Epidemiology
Cardiovascular Disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80
40
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Robert A Weinberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
377,417
119,306
0.316
Cancer Biology
Cell Biology
Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84
43
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Richard K Wilson
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
371,108
154,326
0.416
Genomics
Molecular Biology
Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
101
51
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Kenneth Kinzler
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
357,654
90,860
0.254
Cancer
Genetics
Genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106
54
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Eric Topol
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
354,694
95,352
0.269
A.I.
genomics
digital
individualized medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156
5
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Paul Zimmet
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
318,969
99,948
0.313
Diabetes
Epidemiology
Genetics
Epigenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
174
79
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
David Haussler
University of California Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
310,586
121,438
0.391
genomics
computer science
molecular biology
evolution
cancer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
179
16
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Richard Durbin
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
308,882
138,820
0.449
Genomics
Human genetics
Bioinformatics
Computational biology
Genome evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
205
92
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sudhir Kumar
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
296,189
127,339
0.430
Genomics
Phylogenetics
Bioinformatics
Medicine
Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
217
95
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
David Botstein
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
293,651
56,659
0.193
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
224
99
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Carlo Croce
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
290,766
59,044
0.203
Cancer
Genetics
Leukemia
microRNA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
250
24
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Panos Deloukas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
283,226
103,065
0.364
Genetics
Genomics
Heart Disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
281
119
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Webb Miller
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
275,393
63,172
0.229
genomics
bioinformatics
evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
298
5
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Hans Clevers
Hubrecht Institute
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
271,040
129,420
0.477
Wnt
Intestine
Organoid
Adult stem cell
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
308
134
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Craig Thompson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
268,437
81,609
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
396
170
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Irving Weissman
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
251,041
67,867
0.270
stem cells
immunology
cancer
developmental biology
phylogeny
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
412
35
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Mark McCarthy
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
248,581
111,469
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
467
193
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Richard M Myers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
241,487
80,777
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
471
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Lehtimaki T
BioMediTech
Finland, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
240,839
128,047
0.532
Genetiikka
epigenetiikka
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
486
3
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Oluf Pedersen
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238,067
105,799
0.444
genome
microbiome
diabetes
metabolism
cardiovascular disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
541
218
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Bruce M Spiegelman
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231,536
63,629
0.275
Cell Biology
Molecular Metabolism
Mitochondrial Biology
Biochemistry
Metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
543
219
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Stephen Altschul
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231,494
52,653
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
600
2
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
David A Kenny
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223,053
73,875
0.331
Cattle nutrition
fertility
growth
molecular biology