Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Saint Louis University Highly Cited Researchers CitationNatural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics 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
Human Reference
Genome Sequencing
Administration and Study of Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172,072
74,084
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143,809
81,279
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
gene therapy
adenovirus
virotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,777
10,496
0.165
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Electron microscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,865
11,332
0.186
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Neurobiology
Cell Biology
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,240
13,574
0.265
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Bioinformatics
Next Generation Sequencing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,886
20,994
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Bioinformatics
DNA
Sequence
Cancer
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,996
20,746
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
genomics
epigenomics
computational biology
DNA methylation
transposable elements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,036
19,297
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Genomics and oncology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,324
31,698
0.951
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Extracellular matrix
vascular development
lung biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,800
8,003
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
DNA-protein interactions
Gene regulation
biological sequence analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,274
4,601
0.143
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Genomics and metagenomics of infectious diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,309
15,742
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
adult stem cells
regeneration
zebrafish
melanocytes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,765
8,172
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
natural killer cells
innate lymphoid cells
cellular therapeutics
leukemia and lymphoma
genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,243
12,252
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Cellular Biophysics
Fluorescence
Diabetes
Cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,006
7,811
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Antibiotic Resistance
Microbial Ecology
Metagenomics
Computational & Systems Biology
Synthetic Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,304
15,624
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Bioinformatics
Cancer
Genomics
Immunogenomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,279
13,388
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
DNA replication and damage response
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,069
5,363
0.223
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Bioinformatics
cancer genomics
cancer informatics
biostatistics
clinical statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,943
12,547
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Lysosome biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,476
11,122
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
cell biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,367
3,903
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Cancer biology and immunobiology
cancer genomics
immunotherapy
cancer in vivo and in vitro modeling
cancer clinical trials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,052
14,321
0.752
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Basal bodies
flagella/cilia
ciliopathies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,665
7,196
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Cancer Genomics
Epigenomics
Bioinformatics
Biostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,522
10,338
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
gene regulation
lymphoma
epigenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,518
6,322
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,073
453
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Lucinda Fulton
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172,072
74,084
0.431
Human Reference
Genome Sequencing
Administration and Study of Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,534
678
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Michael D Mclellan
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143,809
81,279
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,713
3,172
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
David T Curiel
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,777
10,496
0.165
gene therapy
adenovirus
virotherapy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,273
3,445
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
John Heuser
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,865
11,332
0.186
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,540
4,545
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jeffrey Milbrandt
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,240
13,574
0.265
Neurobiology
Cell Biology
Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,628
5,047
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
David E Larson
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,886
20,994
0.438
Bioinformatics
Next Generation Sequencing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,628
6,460
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jason Walker
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,996
20,746
0.506
Bioinformatics
DNA
Sequence
Cancer
Genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,718
7,855
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ting Wang
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,036
19,297
0.535
genomics
epigenomics
computational biology
DNA methylation
transposable elements
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,863
8,803
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Matthew H Bailey
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,324
31,698
0.951
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,333
9,010
77
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Robert P Mecham
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,800
8,003
0.244
Extracellular matrix
vascular development
lung biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,862
9,232
80
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Gary D Stormo
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,274
4,601
0.143
DNA-protein interactions
Gene regulation
biological sequence analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,870
9,672
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Makedonka Mitreva
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,309
15,742
0.503
Genomics and metagenomics of infectious diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,552
10,406
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Stephen L Johnson
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,765
8,172
0.275
adult stem cells
regeneration
zebrafish
melanocytes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,789
11,824
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Todd A Fehniger
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,243
12,252
0.450
natural killer cells
innate lymphoid cells
cellular therapeutics
leukemia and lymphoma
genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,161
11,981
114
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
David Piston
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,006
7,811
0.289
Cellular Biophysics
Fluorescence
Diabetes
Cancer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,634
13,899
129
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Gautam Dantas
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,304
15,624
0.643
Antibiotic Resistance
Microbial Ecology
Metagenomics
Computational & Systems Biology
Synthetic Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,681
13,921
130
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Malachi Griffith
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,279
13,388
0.551
Bioinformatics
Cancer
Genomics
Immunogenomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,083
14,083
131
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Peter Burgers
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,069
5,363
0.223
DNA replication and damage response
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,306
14,166
135
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Obi L Griffith
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,943
12,547
0.524
Bioinformatics
cancer genomics
cancer informatics
biostatistics
clinical statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,063
17,342
167
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Abhinav Diwan
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,476
11,122
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,373
17,459
168
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Paul Schlesinger
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,367
3,903
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,079
18,904
179
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ryan C Fields
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,052
14,321
0.752
Cancer biology and immunobiology
cancer genomics
immunotherapy
cancer in vivo and in vitro modeling
cancer clinical trials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,672
22,242
200
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Susan K Dutcher
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,665
7,196
0.432
Basal bodies
flagella/cilia
ciliopathies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,283
22,495
206
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Xie Mingchao
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,522
10,338
0.626
Cancer Genomics
Epigenomics
Bioinformatics
Biostatistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,318
22,508
207
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jacqueline E Payton
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,518
6,322
0.383
gene regulation
lymphoma
epigenetics