Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics Highly Cited Researchers 237 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
Statistical Genetics
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136,401
57,451
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Productive in multidisciplinary research
focused on proteomics
bioinformatics
and cancer biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,974
13,750
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Genomics
Structural Variation
Copy Number Variation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,732
24,382
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Cancer bioinformatics
imaging analysis
and heterogeneous data integration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,807
39,572
0.779
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Bioinformatics
Proteomics
Computational Biology
Mass Spectrometry
Proteogenomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,995
21,737
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Genetic Epidemiology
Chronic Kidney Disease
Environmental Health Risks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,845
18,458
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
genetics
genomic analysis
cancer genome evolution
classification
DNA sequencing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,844
14,189
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,758
16,196
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
genetics
ataxia
bipolar disorder
addiction
depression
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,399
13,412
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Cancer biology
Genomics
Epigenomics
Next Generation Sequencing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,644
13,968
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Cancer & vascular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,467
3,538
0.100
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Integrative Cancer Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,698
17,627
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
statistics
genetics
genomics
Bayesian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,577
21,589
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
hematopoiesis
transcription
chromatin
epigenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,353
6,444
0.199
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Cancer chemoprevention
colon cancer
colon adenoma
calcium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,865
5,365
0.174
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Stem cells
embryos and organoids
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,935
10,321
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Cancer Genomics
Precision Medicine
Cancer Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,169
15,272
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
lung cell and molecular biology
inflammation
immunity
and fibrosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,307
5,727
0.218
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Physiology
Cell Biology
Pancreas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,793
1,977
0.080
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
natural product sciences
enzymology
genomics
synthetic biology
structural biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,657
6,761
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Genomics
Epigenomics
Gene expression regulation
Cis-regulatory modules
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,562
9,869
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Diabetes
Cardiovascular disease
Genomics
Gene-editing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,957
10,035
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
macrophage
cell biology
microscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,932
4,371
0.199
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Stress Signaling
Single Cell Technology
Spatial Biology
Spatial Transcriptomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,706
10,817
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
stem cell biology
developmental biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,071
14,839
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,768
793
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Albert Vernon Smith
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136,401
57,451
0.421
Statistical Genetics
Genomics
Bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,596
4,091
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Gilbert Omenn
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,974
13,750
0.246
Productive in multidisciplinary research
focused on proteomics
bioinformatics
and cancer biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,654
4,118
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ryan E Mills
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,732
24,382
0.437
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Genomics
Structural Variation
Copy Number Variation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,043
4,768
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Arvind Rao
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,807
39,572
0.779
Cancer bioinformatics
imaging analysis
and heterogeneous data integration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,943
5,175
97
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Alexey Nesvizhskii
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,995
21,737
0.453
Bioinformatics
Proteomics
Computational Biology
Mass Spectrometry
Proteogenomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,126
6,206
128
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jennifer Bragg Gresham
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,845
18,458
0.431
Genetic Epidemiology
Chronic Kidney Disease
Environmental Health Risks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,128
6,208
129
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jun Li
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,844
14,189
0.331
genetics
genomic analysis
cancer genome evolution
classification
DNA sequencing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,094
7,548
161
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Alan P Boyle
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,758
16,196
0.429
Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,323
7,652
164
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Margit Burmeister
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,399
13,412
0.359
genetics
ataxia
bipolar disorder
addiction
depression
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,593
8,223
178
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Saravana M Dhanasekaran
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,644
13,968
0.392
Cancer biology
Genomics
Epigenomics
Next Generation Sequencing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,744
8,294
179
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Peter Polverini
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,467
3,538
0.100
Cancer & vascular biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,329
8,544
183
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Dan Robinson
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,698
17,627
0.508
Integrative Cancer Genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,424
8,585
185
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Xiaoquan Wen
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,577
21,589
0.624
statistics
genetics
genomics
Bayesian
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,447
9,456
210
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
James Engel
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,353
6,444
0.199
hematopoiesis
transcription
chromatin
epigenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,965
10,127
220
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
James Varani
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,865
5,365
0.174
Cancer chemoprevention
colon cancer
colon adenoma
calcium
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,092
10,649
232
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Tristan Frum
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,935
10,321
0.345
Stem cells
embryos and organoids
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,272
11,604
250
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Yi Mi Wu
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,169
15,272
0.542
Cancer Genomics
Precision Medicine
Cancer Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,050
12,779
284
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Marc Peters Golden
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,307
5,727
0.218
lung cell and molecular biology
inflammation
immunity
and fibrosis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,636
13,892
299
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
John A Williams
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,793
1,977
0.080
Physiology
Cell Biology
Pancreas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,781
14,755
326
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
David H Sherman
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,657
6,761
0.286
natural product sciences
enzymology
genomics
synthetic biology
structural biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,968
14,829
329
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Weisheng Wu
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,562
9,869
0.419
Genomics
Epigenomics
Gene expression regulation
Cis-regulatory modules
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,163
15,336
342
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Y Eugene Chen
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,957
10,035
0.437
Diabetes
Cardiovascular disease
Genomics
Gene-editing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,451
16,284
354
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Joel Swanson
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,932
4,371
0.199
macrophage
cell biology
microscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,983
16,514
358
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jun Hee Lee
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,706
10,817
0.498
Stress Signaling
Single Cell Technology
Spatial Biology
Spatial Transcriptomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,585
17,157
376
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jason R Spence
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,071
14,839
0.704
stem cell biology
developmental biology