Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics Highly Cited Researchers Citation 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
Genetics
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
215,883
81,258
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
genetics
immunology
multiple sclerosis
Alzheimer
systems biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,391
65,793
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
human genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,324
32,060
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
epigenetics
chromatin
ants
transcription
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,272
23,963
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
surgery
ovarian cancer
endometrial cancer
genomics
genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,636
67,588
0.722
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,429
23,681
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Cancer Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,292
18,712
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
genomics genetics retrotransposons
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,896
20,679
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Genetics
autism
genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,392
47,948
0.645
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
p53
ferroptosis
tumor suppression
ubiquitin
acetylation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,798
24,898
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,801
13,911
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Epigenetics
Epigenomics
Environmental Health
Epidemiology
Mitochondria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,690
36,423
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
cell biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,240
11,585
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
cancer
stem cells
inflammation
myeloid cells
nerves
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,381
18,277
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
bioinformatics
genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,924
24,557
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
metal carcinogenesis
epigenetics
air pollution
skin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,675
12,417
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,775
17,304
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Single-cell genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,326
34,418
0.974
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
RNA-based gene regulation
CRISPR and genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,413
19,637
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Yeast genetics
genomics & genome integrity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,426
5,790
0.173
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
apoptosis
axon degeneration
axon growth
Akt
Parkinson's disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,052
10,895
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
genetic basis of epilepsy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,865
6,001
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
leukemia
epigenetic
tumor microenvironment
transcription
hematopoiesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,130
15,272
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
functional genomics
gene regulation
cancer
neural development
genome engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,126
21,160
0.726
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Developmental Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,517
5,177
0.182
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
678
270
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Aravinda Chakravarti
New York University
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
215,883
81,258
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,815
1,341
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Philip L De Jager
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,391
65,793
0.624
genetics
immunology
multiple sclerosis
Alzheimer
systems biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,285
1,572
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
David B Goldstein
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,324
32,060
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,363
1,608
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Danny Reinberg
New York University
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,272
23,963
0.249
epigenetics
chromatin
ants
transcription
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,551
1,687
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Douglas A Levine
New York University
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,636
67,588
0.722
surgery
ovarian cancer
endometrial cancer
genomics
genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,771
1,793
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Gerard Karsenty
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,429
23,681
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,313
2,055
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Riccardo Dalla Favera
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,292
18,712
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,222
2,472
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jef D Boeke
New York University
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,896
20,679
0.276
genomics genetics retrotransposons
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,288
2,506
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Wendy Chung
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,392
47,948
0.645
Genetics
autism
genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,496
3,563
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Wei Gu
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,798
24,898
0.416
p53
ferroptosis
tumor suppression
ubiquitin
acetylation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,706
3,662
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
James L Manley
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,801
13,911
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,726
3,675
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Andrea A Baccarelli
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,690
36,423
0.621
Epigenetics
Epigenomics
Environmental Health
Epidemiology
Mitochondria
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,278
3,953
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Moses Chao
New York University
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,240
11,585
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,630
5,523
130
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Timothy C Wang
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,381
18,277
0.403
cancer
stem cells
inflammation
myeloid cells
nerves
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,278
5,835
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Peter D'Eustachio
New York University
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,924
24,557
0.559
bioinformatics
genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,891
6,564
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Max Costa
New York University
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,675
12,417
0.305
metal carcinogenesis
epigenetics
air pollution
skin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,026
7,998
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Adriana Heguy
New York University
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,775
17,304
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,372
8,165
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Andrew Butler
New York University
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,326
34,418
0.974
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,084
8,473
187
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Xuebing Wu
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,413
19,637
0.571
RNA-based gene regulation
CRISPR and genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,903
8,828
195
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Rodney Rothstein
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,426
5,790
0.173
Yeast genetics
genomics & genome integrity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,222
8,966
198
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Robert E Burke
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,052
10,895
0.330
apoptosis
axon degeneration
axon growth
Akt
Parkinson's disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,398
9,044
203
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Wayne N Frankel
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,865
6,001
0.183
genetic basis of epilepsy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,481
10,848
127
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Iannis Aifantis
New York University
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,130
15,272
0.524
leukemia
epigenetic
tumor microenvironment
transcription
hematopoiesis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,486
10,851
128
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Neville Sanjana
New York University
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,126
21,160
0.726
functional genomics
gene regulation
cancer
neural development
genome engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,257
11,167
235
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Virginia E Papaioannou
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,517
5,177
0.182
Developmental Genetics