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
Bioinformatics
Biology
Metabolomics
Structural Biology
Synthetic Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,564
66,920
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
molecular immunology
transplantation
tissue injury
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,254
12,687
0.226
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Genomes Transcriptomes Metagenomes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,185
18,452
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Process Control
System Identification
Control Monitoring
Fuel Cell
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,265
15,051
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,262
11,625
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
population genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,691
2,815
0.130
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
kidney
liver
pathology
genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,856
5,169
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
DNA damage and repair
tumour hypoxia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,828
3,134
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Statistical genomics
quantitative genetics
population genetics
spatial statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,490
3,053
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Protein Misfolding
Prions
Amyloid
Structure-based vaccines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,152
2,790
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Gut Microbiology
Intestinal Physiology
Nutrigenomics
Innate Immunity
Fermented foods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,101
5,796
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Cancer
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Cell Signaling
Drug-Protein Interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,733
2,864
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Endothelial Cell Biology
Glomerular Endothelial Cells
ERM proteins
Fenestrae
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,710
1,124
0.105
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
cancer rehabilitation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,740
4,049
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Gene Editing
Macromolecular Therapeutics
Xenobiology
Biology of Aging
Cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,740
4,394
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Biomedical
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,102
3,933
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
proteins
NMR spectroscopy
structural biology
protein dynamics
biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,597
5,202
0.685
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Bovine Genomics
Quantitative Genetics
Animal Breeding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,425
2,487
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
protein folding
protein misfolding
RNA folding
single-molecule biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,056
2,841
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Genomics
breast cancer
adverse drug reactions
cancer cachexia
pharmacogenomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,902
2,184
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Cancer Research
Tumor hypoxia
Molecular Imaging
Radiopharmaceuticals
Nanoparticles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,299
1,669
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Chromatin biology
epigenetics
transcription factor biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,282
740
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
NMR
bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,275
1,124
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
population genetics
wildlife genetics
population genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,199
2,295
0.717
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,948
681
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,646
67
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
David Wishart
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,564
66,920
0.473
Bioinformatics
Biology
Metabolomics
Structural Biology
Synthetic Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,526
325
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Philip F Halloran
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,254
12,687
0.226
molecular immunology
transplantation
tissue injury
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,867
428
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Gane Ka-Shu Wong
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,185
18,452
0.383
Genomes Transcriptomes Metagenomes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,692
934
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Biao Huang
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,265
15,051
0.497
Process Control
System Identification
Control Monitoring
Fuel Cell
Bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,799
1,233
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Paul Stothard
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,262
11,625
0.460
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,025
1,596
111
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Curtis Strobeck
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,691
2,815
0.130
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,938
1,960
129
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Banu Sis
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,856
5,169
0.274
kidney
liver
pathology
genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,972
3,024
191
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Michael Weinfeld
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,828
3,134
0.227
DNA damage and repair
tumour hypoxia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,212
3,398
220
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Rong Cai Yang
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,490
3,053
0.244
Statistical genomics
quantitative genetics
population genetics
spatial statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,850
3,531
232
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Holger Wille
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,152
2,790
0.230
Protein Misfolding
Prions
Amyloid
Structure-based vaccines
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,050
3,965
265
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Benjamin P Willing
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,101
5,796
0.522
Gut Microbiology
Intestinal Physiology
Nutrigenomics
Innate Immunity
Fermented foods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,703
4,155
275
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Joydeb Kumar Kundu
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,733
2,864
0.267
Cancer
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Cell Signaling
Drug-Protein Interaction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,947
4,172
277
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Barbara Ballermann
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,710
1,124
0.105
Endothelial Cell Biology
Glomerular Endothelial Cells
ERM proteins
Fenestrae
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,592
4,640
303
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Margaret Mcneely
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,740
4,049
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,186
5,200
342
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Basil Hubbard
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,740
4,394
0.503
Gene Editing
Macromolecular Therapeutics
Xenobiology
Biology of Aging
Cancer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
127,419
5,627
368
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Zhixiang Wang
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,102
3,933
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,785
6,013
396
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Mark Berjanskii
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,597
5,202
0.685
proteins
NMR spectroscopy
structural biology
protein dynamics
biochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
140,209
6,175
406
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Changxi Li
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,425
2,487
0.335
Bovine Genomics
Quantitative Genetics
Animal Breeding
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
147,927
6,510
432
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Michael Woodside
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,056
2,841
0.403
protein folding
protein misfolding
RNA folding
single-molecule biophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
151,390
6,661
442
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Sambasivarao Damaraju
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,902
2,184
0.316
Genomics
breast cancer
adverse drug reactions
cancer cachexia
pharmacogenomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
240,715
10,209
663
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Piyush Kumar
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,299
1,669
0.388
Cancer Research
Tumor hypoxia
Molecular Imaging
Radiopharmaceuticals
Nanoparticles
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
304,993
12,564
801
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Alan Underhill
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,282
740
0.225
Chromatin biology
epigenetics
transcription factor biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
305,563
12,579
802
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Pascal Mercier
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,275
1,124
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
311,547
12,776
819
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Joshua M Miller
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,199
2,295
0.717
population genetics
wildlife genetics
population genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
333,351
13,569
867
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Martin Srayko
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,948
681
0.231
Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics