Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics Highly Cited Researchers 96 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
Genetic/Genomic Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,188
35,845
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Population and Personalized Genomics
Systems Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,712
44,507
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Tumor Immunology
Cancer Immunotherapy
Myeloid Cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,255
25,812
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
redox biology
stem cells
aging
biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,511
11,600
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
bioinformatics
metagenomics
clustering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,243
9,558
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Biodiversity
Phylogeny
Systematics
DNA barcoding
eDNA metabarcoding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,309
14,828
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Life sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,245
6,434
0.188
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Comparative genomic
Evolution
Orthology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,919
14,485
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Molecular and cellular microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,156
9,672
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Molecular and cellular parasitology of Apicomplexa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,035
6,743
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Molecular and cellular basis of regeneration and aging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,475
7,042
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Molecular Biology
Genetics
Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,406
2,957
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Neuroimmunology
Neuropathology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,324
8,313
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Cancer Genomics
Molecular Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,660
3,519
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Genetics
Devlopmental biology
epigenetics
homeotic genes
Drosophila
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,851
1,860
0.171
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Cell Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,805
3,780
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Bioinformatics
Genomics and Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,335
9,458
0.915
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Developmental biology
cell biology
Molecular biology
biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,150
2,793
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Biodiversity
Conservation
Evolutionary Biology
Ecology
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,719
1,861
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
metagenomics
evolutionary genomics
clinical bioinformatics
reproducibility
benchmarking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,205
8,503
0.924
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
cell division
mitosis
chromosome segregation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,109
2,092
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
cell biology
cell-cell junctions
epithelia
signalling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,103
2,425
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Museomics
Comparative phylogeography
Ecological Genomics
Plant-Insect Interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,665
3,563
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
cancer treatment
drug combinations
drug-drug interactions
cell death fate
tumor angiogenesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,331
4,268
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
molecular phylogeny
protists
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,661
2,894
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,527
25
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Stylianos E Antonarakis
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,188
35,845
0.244
Genetics
Genomics
Genetic/Genomic Medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,078
30
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Emmanouil Dermitzakis Manolis Dermitzakis
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,712
44,507
0.357
Population and Personalized Genomics
Systems Medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,588
172
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Pittet Mikael
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,255
25,812
0.494
Tumor Immunology
Cancer Immunotherapy
Myeloid Cells
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,819
229
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Karl Heinz Krause
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,511
11,600
0.267
redox biology
stem cells
aging
biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,760
286
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Fredrik Tegenfeldt
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,243
9,558
0.250
bioinformatics
metagenomics
clustering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,642
345
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Pawlowski Jan
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,309
14,828
0.432
Biodiversity
Phylogeny
Systematics
DNA barcoding
eDNA metabarcoding
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,698
347
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Duboule Denis
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,245
6,434
0.188
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,086
509
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Evgenia V. Kriventseva
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,919
14,485
0.538
Comparative genomic
Evolution
Orthology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,284
533
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Thierry Soldati *
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,156
9,672
0.370
Molecular and cellular microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,395
763
77
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Soldati Favre
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,035
6,743
0.337
Molecular and cellular parasitology of Apicomplexa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,971
790
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Brigitte Galliot
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,475
7,042
0.362
Molecular and cellular basis of regeneration and aging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,307
990
93
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
David Shore
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,406
2,957
0.180
Molecular Biology
Genetics
Biochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,671
994
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Doron Merkler
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,324
8,313
0.509
Neuroimmunology
Neuropathology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,987
1,447
129
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sergey Nikolaev
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,660
3,519
0.302
Cancer Genomics
Molecular Evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,486
1,557
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Francois Karch
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,851
1,860
0.171
Genetics
Devlopmental biology
epigenetics
homeotic genes
Drosophila
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,958
1,568
139
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Marko Kaksonen
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,805
3,780
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,809
1,633
144
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Mosè Manni
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,335
9,458
0.915
Bioinformatics
Genomics and Biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,836
1,666
149
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Marcos Gonzalez Gaitan
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,150
2,793
0.275
Developmental biology
cell biology
Molecular biology
biophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,863
1,739
156
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Juan I Montoya Burgos
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,719
1,861
0.191
Biodiversity
Conservation
Evolutionary Biology
Ecology
Genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,481
1,824
160
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Mathieu Seppey
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,205
8,503
0.924
metagenomics
evolutionary genomics
clinical bioinformatics
reproducibility
benchmarking
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,835
1,842
163
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Patrick Meraldi
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,109
2,092
0.230
cell division
mitosis
chromosome segregation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,909
1,845
164
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Sandra Citi
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,103
2,425
0.266
cell biology
cell-cell junctions
epithelia
signalling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
135,473
2,183
187
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Nadir Alvarez
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,665
3,563
0.465
Museomics
Comparative phylogeography
Ecological Genomics
Plant-Insect Interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,120
2,263
192
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Patrycja Nowak Sliwinska
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,331
4,268
0.582
cancer treatment
drug combinations
drug-drug interactions
cell death fate
tumor angiogenesis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
185,096
2,819
239
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Maria Holzmann
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,661
2,894
0.511
molecular phylogeny
protists