The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
Bacterial genomics
StAWT4YPhD
Antibiotic resistance
Microbiology
Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,375
16,897
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Structural biology of pathogenicity factors
drug discovery
Stanchbioch
StAWT4YPhD
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,241
2,148
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
malaria
pathophysiology
pathogen genomics
innate immunity
stanchbioch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,482
2,150
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
mass spectrometry
proteomics
StBSRC
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,240
2,351
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Neurogenetics
Dyslexia
Handedness
Neurodevelopmental disorders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,384
2,648
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Molecular Biology
Biotechnology
Structural Biology
Virology
StBSRC
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,880
2,423
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Molecular aggregation
Fluorescent probes
Microscope imaging
Fluorine in biology
Sterol transport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,594
2,199
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Adaptive Evolution
Acoustic Communication
Genomics
Phenotypic Plasticity
Sexual Selection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,053
1,668
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
stBSRC
stanchbioch
cell biology
splicing
Cajal bodies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,872
448
0.156
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Genética
Genómica
Biotecnología
Biología Molecular
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,332
2,249
0.964
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Cell Biology
Cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,771
517
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Proteomics
Mass Spectrometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,753
1,027
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Pathogen genomics
antimicrobial resistance
diagnostics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,646
1,435
0.872
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Early Drug Discovery
Assay Development
Drug Target analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,425
1,132
0.794
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,375
998
0.726
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,280
734
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
malaria
P knowlesi
molecular biology
P vivax
culture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
325
272
0.837
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
genomics
population genetics
structural variants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
272
271
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
genomics
bioinformatics
laterality
handedness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231
231
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Structural biology
biochemistry
molecular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129
113
0.876
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Secondary metabolites
Genomics
Metabolomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
128
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Evolution
Genomics
Phylogeny
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
114
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Genomics
Plasmodium knowlesi
Nanopore
Variable gene families
gene discovery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
67
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
The interferon system
respiratory viruses
virus-host cell interactions
antiviral compounds
proteomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
13
1.000
Matthew Holden
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,375
16,897
0.440
Bacterial genomics
StAWT4YPhD
Antibiotic resistance
Microbiology
Evolution
Garry Taylor
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,241
2,148
0.210
Structural biology of pathogenicity factors
drug discovery
Stanchbioch
StAWT4YPhD
Janet Cox Singh
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,482
2,150
0.287
malaria
pathophysiology
pathogen genomics
innate immunity
stanchbioch
Catherine Botting
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,240
2,351
0.325
mass spectrometry
proteomics
StBSRC
Silvia Paracchini
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,384
2,648
0.415
Neurogenetics
Dyslexia
Handedness
Neurodevelopmental disorders
Huanting Liu
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,880
2,423
0.412
Molecular Biology
Biotechnology
Structural Biology
Virology
StBSRC
Senjuti Halder
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,594
2,199
0.393
Molecular aggregation
Fluorescent probes
Microscope imaging
Fluorine in biology
Sterol transport
Nathan W Bailey
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,053
1,668
0.546
Adaptive Evolution
Acoustic Communication
Genomics
Phenotypic Plasticity
Sexual Selection
Judith Sleeman
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,872
448
0.156
stBSRC
stanchbioch
cell biology
splicing
Cajal bodies
Nuria P Torres Aguila
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,332
2,249
0.964
Genética
Genómica
Biotecnología
Biología Molecular
Paul Reynolds
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,771
517
0.292
Sally Shirran
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,753
1,027
0.586
Proteomics
Mass Spectrometry
Martin Mchugh
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,646
1,435
0.872
Pathogen genomics
antimicrobial resistance
diagnostics
Jd Kumar
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,425
1,132
0.794
Early Drug Discovery
Assay Development
Drug Target analysis
Peter Thorpe
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,375
998
0.726
Antonis Koussounadis
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,280
734
0.573
Fauzi MuhBph
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
325
272
0.837
malaria
P knowlesi
molecular biology
P vivax
culture
Shangzhe Zhang
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
272
271
0.996
genomics
population genetics
structural variants
Filippo Abbondanza
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231
231
1.000
genomics
bioinformatics
laterality
handedness
Mohammad Farhan Ali
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129
113
0.876
Structural biology
biochemistry
molecular biology
Scarlet Ferrinho
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
128
1.000
Secondary metabolites
Genomics
Metabolomics
Joanne Boden
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
114
1.000
Evolution
Genomics
Phylogeny
Microbiology
Damilola Oresegun
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
67
1.000
Genomics
Plasmodium knowlesi
Nanopore
Variable gene families
gene discovery
Munday DC
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
13
1.000
The interferon system
respiratory viruses
virus-host cell interactions
antiviral compounds
proteomics