Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics Highly Cited Researchers 511 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
Genetics
Genomics
Epidemiology
Cardiovascular Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
443,220
125,305
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
statistical genetics
neurodegeneration
data science
biostatistics
genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173,711
75,873
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Cancer Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165,955
58,282
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Genetics
Neuroscience
Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,662
57,941
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
lymphoma
genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,807
37,486
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Bioinformatics
Computational Algorithms
Genomics
Genome Assembly
Comparative Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,792
32,703
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Immunobiology
Cancer biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,590
23,973
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Environmental Epidemiology
Genetics
Genomics
Occupational Health
Molecular Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,019
68,050
0.567
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Genomics
Neuroscience
Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,485
52,985
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
cell biology
developmental biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,174
13,528
0.131
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
disease therapeutics
genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,254
16,589
0.172
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Molecular biophysics
structural biology
magnetic resonance
NMR spectroscopy
Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,221
8,847
0.097
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
cell biology
bone
stem cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,130
16,188
0.197
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Cell Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,467
20,746
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,976
12,859
0.172
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
genomics
bioinformatics
microbiology
algorithms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,974
24,800
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Human genetics
cancer genomics
microbiomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,562
33,954
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Genetic Epidemiology
Genomics
Human Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,141
30,452
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Genetic disorders of inflammation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,604
20,803
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Public data repositories
Curation at scale
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,407
26,885
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Biomedical informatics
Phenome-wide association studies
Pharmacogenomics
EHR data mining
Natural language processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,923
27,648
0.577
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
genomics
type 2 diabetes
bioinformatics
GWAS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,915
15,678
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
Protein function prediction
Protein structure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,990
22,588
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
genomics
cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,818
14,373
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
RNA-seq Genomics Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,643
8,757
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50
27
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Daniel Levy
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
443,220
125,305
0.283
Genetics
Genomics
Epidemiology
Cardiovascular Disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,107
469
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mike A Nalls
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173,711
75,873
0.437
statistical genetics
neurodegeneration
data science
biostatistics
genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,209
523
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Stephen Chanock
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165,955
58,282
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,742
785
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Andrew Singleton
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,662
57,941
0.421
Genetics
Neuroscience
Disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,999
913
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Louis M Staudt
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,807
37,486
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,118
978
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jim Mullikin
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,792
32,703
0.264
Bioinformatics
Computational Algorithms
Genomics
Genome Assembly
Comparative Genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,127
982
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Giorgio Trinchieri
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,590
23,973
0.194
Immunobiology
Cancer biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,242
1,047
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Qing Lan
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,019
68,050
0.567
Environmental Epidemiology
Genetics
Genomics
Occupational Health
Molecular Epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,420
1,144
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Dena G Hernandez
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,485
52,985
0.459
Genomics
Neuroscience
Disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,044
1,452
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Kenneth M Yamada
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,174
13,528
0.131
cell biology
developmental biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,489
1,650
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Richard Simon
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,254
16,589
0.172
disease therapeutics
genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,842
1,821
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
G Marius Clore Frs
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,221
8,847
0.097
Molecular biophysics
structural biology
magnetic resonance
NMR spectroscopy
Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,579
2,175
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Pamela Robey
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,130
16,188
0.197
cell biology
bone
stem cells
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,761
2,251
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Juan S Bonifacino
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,467
20,746
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,371
2,544
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
David Goldman
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,976
12,859
0.172
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,860
2,774
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Daniel Haft
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,974
24,800
0.349
genomics
bioinformatics
microbiology
algorithms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,486
3,063
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jianxin Shi
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,562
33,954
0.510
Human genetics
cancer genomics
microbiomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,437
3,523
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Adebowale Adeyemo
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,141
30,452
0.498
Genetic Epidemiology
Genomics
Human Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,761
3,686
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Daniel Kastner
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,604
20,803
0.349
Genetic disorders of inflammation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,261
3,940
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Kim D Pruitt
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,407
26,885
0.468
Public data repositories
Curation at scale
Genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,992
5,199
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Joshua C Denny
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,923
27,648
0.577
Biomedical informatics
Phenome-wide association studies
Pharmacogenomics
EHR data mining
Natural language processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,993
5,200
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Narisu Narisu
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,915
15,678
0.327
genomics
type 2 diabetes
bioinformatics
GWAS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,720
5,558
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Aron Marchler-Bauer
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,990
22,588
0.491
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
Protein function prediction
Protein structure
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,785
5,589
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jeffery P Struewing
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,818
14,373
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,867
5,624
77
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Thierry-Mieg Jean
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,643
8,757
0.192
RNA-seq Genomics Physics