Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics Highly Cited Researchers 102 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
genomics
genomic technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,511
23,063
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Cancer Genomics
Bioinformatics
Genome Informatics
Computational Genomics
Computational Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,982
26,072
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Computational Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,812
22,683
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Cell Biology
Physical Biology
Oceanography
Marine Ecosystems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,929
11,126
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Computational Biology
Human Microbiome
Metagenomics
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,871
18,262
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
cell biology
microscopy
biophysics
membrane traffic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,625
4,359
0.164
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Enhancers
Chromatin topology
Embryonic development
Single cell genomics
Transcription factors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,569
7,626
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Computational biology
Structural variation
Next-generation sequencing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,143
7,863
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Transcription
Structural biology
Chromatin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,052
4,686
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Electron Microscopy
Cell Biology
Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy
Volume Electron Microscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,243
5,969
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Bioinformatics
Statistics
R software development
Epigenomics
RNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,444
4,987
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
cancer prevention
cancer genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,637
5,335
0.699
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Gene Expression
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,314
7,141
0.976
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Computational biology
Systems biology
Bioimage Informatics
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,721
1,997
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Advanced Biomedical Imaging
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,695
3,424
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Bioinformatics
Protein Structure
Intrinsically Disordered/Unstructured Proteins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,269
4,419
0.705
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Microscopy
Cell division
Nuclear organization
Systems biology
Project management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,189
2,582
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,221
3,796
0.727
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Bioinformatics
Knowledge Graphs
Ontologies
Artificial Intelligence
Data Visualization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,111
4,893
0.957
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Microbial Ecology
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,892
4,209
0.860
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Systems Epigenetics
Computational Hematology-Immunology
Data Science
Molecular Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,575
3,126
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,524
3,158
0.698
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Computational biology
metabolic modeling
molecular biology
gut microbiome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,484
3,632
0.810
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Bioinformatics
Structural Biology
Nuclear Pore Complex
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,469
2,574
0.576
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Microbiology Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,394
1,599
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,965
319
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Vladimir Benes
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,511
23,063
0.394
genomics
genomic technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,952
456
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Tobias Rausch
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,982
26,072
0.543
Cancer Genomics
Bioinformatics
Genome Informatics
Computational Genomics
Computational Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,001
458
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Michael Kuhn
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,812
22,683
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,375
754
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Karsenti Eric
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,929
11,126
0.310
Cell Biology
Physical Biology
Oceanography
Marine Ecosystems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,917
935
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Georg Zeller
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,871
18,262
0.573
Computational Biology
Human Microbiome
Metagenomics
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,554
1,197
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Rainer Pepperkok
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,625
4,359
0.164
cell biology
microscopy
biophysics
membrane traffic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,140
2,534
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Eileen E Furlong
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,569
7,626
0.490
Enhancers
Chromatin topology
Embryonic development
Single cell genomics
Transcription factors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,371
2,647
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Thomas Zichner
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,143
7,863
0.519
Computational biology
Structural variation
Next-generation sequencing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,839
2,660
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Christoph W Muller
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,052
4,686
0.311
Transcription
Structural biology
Chromatin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,956
4,779
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Yannick Schwab
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,243
5,969
0.646
Electron Microscopy
Cell Biology
Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy
Volume Electron Microscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
121,793
5,253
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Alejandro Reyes
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,444
4,987
0.591
Bioinformatics
Statistics
R software development
Epigenomics
RNA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,025
5,781
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Nina Habermann
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,637
5,335
0.699
cancer prevention
cancer genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,452
6,068
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Annique Claringbould
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,314
7,141
0.976
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Gene Expression
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
155,669
6,573
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jean-Karim Heriche
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,721
1,997
0.297
Computational biology
Systems biology
Bioimage Informatics
Bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,300
6,604
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Robert Prevedel
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,695
3,424
0.511
Advanced Biomedical Imaging
Neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
167,172
7,033
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Bálint Mészáros
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,269
4,419
0.705
Bioinformatics
Protein Structure
Intrinsically Disordered/Unstructured Proteins
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
169,322
7,119
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Stephanie Alexander
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,189
2,582
0.417
Microscopy
Cell division
Nuclear organization
Systems biology
Project management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
200,243
8,217
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Don Nguyen
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,221
3,796
0.727
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
204,466
8,361
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Deepak Unni
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,111
4,893
0.957
Bioinformatics
Knowledge Graphs
Ontologies
Artificial Intelligence
Data Visualization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
213,292
8,690
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Thomas Sebastian B. Schmidt
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,892
4,209
0.860
Microbial Ecology
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
227,121
9,161
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Judith Zaugg
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,575
3,126
0.683
Systems Epigenetics
Computational Hematology-Immunology
Data Science
Molecular Medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
229,600
9,248
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Anthony Fullam
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,524
3,158
0.698
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
231,510
9,319
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Maria Zimmermann-Kogadeeva
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,484
3,632
0.810
Computational biology
metabolic modeling
molecular biology
gut microbiome
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
232,239
9,343
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jan Kosinski
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,469
2,574
0.576
Bioinformatics
Structural Biology
Nuclear Pore Complex
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
235,859
9,469
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Alexandra Koumoutsi
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,394
1,599
0.364
Microbiology Molecular Biology