Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics Highly Cited Researchers 30 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
Bioinformatics: regulatory and metabolic cellular networks
protein function and structure
regulation in RNA and DNA
experimental verification
often in collaborations.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,159
7,556
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
cell death
redox biology
ferroptosis
lipid metabolism
lipid peroxidation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,769
21,487
0.834
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Systems Biology
Transcriptomics
Deep Sequencing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,538
9,375
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Cell Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,663
6,054
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,623
1,918
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
adult stem cells
oral mucosa
head and neck cancer
organoids
lineage tracing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,926
4,861
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Cell Biology
Molecular Parasitology
Biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,588
1,506
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
CRISPR
Cancer
Ubiquitin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,479
1,288
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
genetics
epigenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,965
680
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Cancer Biology
TRP channels
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,701
1,416
0.832
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Nascent RNA
RNA Signaling
Transcription regulation in diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,684
1,542
0.916
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,288
886
0.688
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Transcriptomics and Evolutionary Bioinformatics
Networks and pathway modeling
Big Data Analytics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
842
421
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Genetic toxicology
Obesity
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
DNA repair
Oxidative stress
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
746
689
0.924
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Molecular Biology
Rhodopsins
Sensory Biology
Evolutionary Biology
Drosophila
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
730
374
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
626
245
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
501
412
0.822
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Gene transcription
targeted protein degradation
RNAPII
PROTACs
PROTABs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
499
475
0.952
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
molecular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
378
211
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Cancer Bioinformatics
Tumor Microenvironment
Single Cell Genomics
Deep Learning
Causal Inference
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
311
263
0.846
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
cancer
molecular biology
genetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
307
177
0.577
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Molecular Oncology
Vaccine
Cancer treatment
Biotechnology
Nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
273
272
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
CRISPR-Cas
RNA Biology
small RNAs
RNA-RNA interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
254
207
0.815
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Behavioral Neurobiology
Social Insects
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
241
177
0.734
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
genomics
meiosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
236
170
0.720
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,281
1,227
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Thomas Dandekar
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,159
7,556
0.289
Bioinformatics: regulatory and metabolic cellular networks
protein function and structure
regulation in RNA and DNA
experimental verification
often in collaborations.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,896
1,254
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jose Pedro Friedmann Angeli
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,769
21,487
0.834
cell death
redox biology
ferroptosis
lipid metabolism
lipid peroxidation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,647
2,155
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Konrad U Förstner
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,538
9,375
0.535
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Systems Biology
Transcriptomics
Deep Sequencing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,958
2,777
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Gholamreza Fazeli *
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,663
6,054
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,314
5,799
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ricardo Benavente
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,623
1,918
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,825
6,403
101
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Kai Kretzschmar
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,926
4,861
0.702
adult stem cells
oral mucosa
head and neck cancer
organoids
lineage tracing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
226,555
9,136
133
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Markus Engstler
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,588
1,506
0.328
Cell Biology
Molecular Parasitology
Biophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
382,297
14,371
186
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Markus E Diefenbacher
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,479
1,288
0.520
CRISPR
Cancer
Ubiquitin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
453,571
16,617
208
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Eberhard Schneider
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,965
680
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
500,797
18,039
217
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Rajender Nandigama
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,701
1,416
0.832
Cancer Biology
TRP channels
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
504,180
18,162
218
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Apoorva Baluapuri
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,684
1,542
0.916
Nascent RNA
RNA Signaling
Transcription regulation in diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
596,147
20,875
252
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Srikanth Karnati
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,288
886
0.688
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
748,288
25,443
294
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Shishir K Gupta
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
842
421
0.500
Transcriptomics and Evolutionary Bioinformatics
Networks and pathway modeling
Big Data Analytics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
790,162
26,756
309
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ezgi Eylül Bankoğlu
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
746
689
0.924
Genetic toxicology
Obesity
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
DNA repair
Oxidative stress
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
797,853
27,003
314
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Pingkalai R Senthilan|Pingkalai Rajeswaran, Pingkalai Senthilan
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
730
374
0.512
Molecular Biology
Rhodopsins
Sensory Biology
Evolutionary Biology
Drosophila
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
849,638
28,607
329
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Yuichiro Ueda
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
626
245
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
928,377
31,351
356
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Carmen Aguilar
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
501
412
0.822
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
929,952
31,401
360
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ashwin Narain
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
499
475
0.952
Gene transcription
targeted protein degradation
RNAPII
PROTACs
PROTABs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,043,525
35,607
413
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Yulia Khairulina, Bartuli Julia
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
378
211
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,122,715
38,516
442
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Abdelrahman Mahmoud
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
311
263
0.846
Cancer Bioinformatics
Tumor Microenvironment
Single Cell Genomics
Deep Learning
Causal Inference
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,128,491
38,699
444
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Raphael Vidal
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
307
177
0.577
cancer
molecular biology
genetic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,177,028
40,432
466
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Elena Ekrami
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
273
272
0.996
Molecular Oncology
Vaccine
Cancer treatment
Biotechnology
Nanotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,208,184
41,557
481
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Sahil Sharma
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
254
207
0.815
CRISPR-Cas
RNA Biology
small RNAs
RNA-RNA interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,230,971
42,345
491
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Manuel Nagel
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
241
177
0.734
Behavioral Neurobiology
Social Insects
Genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,239,887
42,659
496
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Irene Da Cruz
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
236
170
0.720