Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics Highly Cited Researchers 71 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
Molecular and cell biology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180,548
26,743
0.148
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
DNA methylation
Epigenomics
Neurobiology
Plant Biology
Arabidopsis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,382
48,834
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
stem cells
breast cancer
mammary development
cancer pathways
p53 pathway
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,407
9,341
0.182
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,574
16,290
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
DNA methylation
epigenomics
epigenetics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,609
16,893
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Genome Biology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,874
13,145
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Single cell genomics
Neuroscience
Epigenetics
Developmental Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,258
9,794
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Circadian Rhythms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,950
9,134
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Stem Cell Biology
Neuroscience
Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental disorders
Disease Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,382
8,383
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Genomics
Genetics
Epigenomics
Epigenetics
DNA Methylation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,697
7,681
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Cancer
Cell Biology
Mitochondria
Drug Resistance
Autophagy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,945
8,260
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
neuroepigenetics
neurodevelopment
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,070
6,085
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Computational Biology
Genetics
Bioinformatics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,809
7,198
0.734
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
gene regulation
history of science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,189
318
0.039
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Systems Biology
Aging
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,007
6,972
0.871
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Chromatin Remodeling
SWI/SNF Complexes
Inflammation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,992
3,353
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Bioinformatics
Programming
Database
Genomics
Kinomics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,683
2,970
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Reproductive medicine and stem cells
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,919
4,648
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Nuclear organisation
Epigenetics
Cellular differentiation and Human development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,867
3,096
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Stem cells
Neuroscience
Neurodegenerative diseases
Developmental biology
3D culture systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,585
3,179
0.569
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Cell Signaling
Cancer Biology
Stem Cell Biology
Cripto
GRP78
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,491
1,414
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
development and disease
cellular neuroscience
reprogramming
stem cells
systems biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,951
2,987
0.756
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Astrocyte
Neuroscience
Alzheimer's Disease
Stem Cells
Aging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,571
1,094
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,568
3,364
0.943
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Cancer biology
inflammation
Signal transduction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,061
1,466
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,019
427
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Tony Hunter
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180,548
26,743
0.148
Molecular and cell biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,460
647
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Joseph R Ecker
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,382
48,834
0.325
DNA methylation
Epigenomics
Neurobiology
Plant Biology
Arabidopsis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,853
4,674
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Geoff Wahl
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,407
9,341
0.182
stem cells
breast cancer
mammary development
cancer pathways
p53 pathway
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,297
5,811
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Michael Downes
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,574
16,290
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,170
9,347
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Joseph R Nery|Joseph R. Nery
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,609
16,893
0.518
DNA methylation
epigenomics
epigenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,493
13,834
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jesse Dixon
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,874
13,145
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,549
15,071
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Zhuzhu Zhang
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,258
9,794
0.421
Single cell genomics
Neuroscience
Epigenetics
Developmental Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,398
16,259
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Todd P Michael
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,950
9,134
0.416
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Circadian Rhythms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,425
17,861
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Maria Carolina Marchetto
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,382
8,383
0.411
Stem Cell Biology
Neuroscience
Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental disorders
Disease Modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,986
22,777
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mark Urich
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,697
7,681
0.460
Genomics
Genetics
Epigenomics
Epigenetics
DNA Methylation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,424
26,014
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Christina G Towers
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,945
8,260
0.553
Cancer
Cell Biology
Mitochondria
Drug Resistance
Autophagy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,022
30,239
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
M Margarita Behrens
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,070
6,085
0.466
neuroepigenetics
neurodevelopment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
102,780
40,763
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Thais Sarraf Sabedot
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,809
7,198
0.734
Computational Biology
Genetics
Bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
125,965
48,618
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Suzanne Bourgeois
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,189
318
0.039
gene regulation
history of science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,093
49,602
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Maxim Shokhirev
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,007
6,972
0.871
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Systems Biology
Aging
Immunology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,381
49,708
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Diana Hargreaves
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,992
3,353
0.420
Chromatin Remodeling
SWI/SNF Complexes
Inflammation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
135,136
51,594
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Yufeng Zhai
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,683
2,970
0.387
Bioinformatics
Programming
Database
Genomics
Kinomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,980
56,694
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Yang Yu
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,919
4,648
0.672
Reproductive medicine and stem cells
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
152,219
57,054
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Rahul Sharma
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,867
3,096
0.451
Nuclear organisation
Epigenetics
Cellular differentiation and Human development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
187,541
68,090
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Abed AlFatah Mansour
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,585
3,179
0.569
Stem cells
Neuroscience
Neurodegenerative diseases
Developmental biology
3D culture systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
190,627
69,003
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Peter C Gray
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,491
1,414
0.258
Cell Signaling
Cancer Biology
Stem Cell Biology
Cripto
GRP78
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
259,976
89,471
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Simon Thomas Schafer|Simon T Schaefer, Simon T Schäfer, Simon Schaefer
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,951
2,987
0.756
development and disease
cellular neuroscience
reprogramming
stem cells
systems biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
283,817
96,310
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jeffrey R Jones
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,571
1,094
0.306
Astrocyte
Neuroscience
Alzheimer's Disease
Stem Cells
Aging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
283,974
96,360
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Wei Tian
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,568
3,364
0.943
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
323,222
107,493
80
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Yifeng Xia
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,061
1,466
0.479
Cancer biology
inflammation
Signal transduction