Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Medical and Health Sciences / Biochemistry Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
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
biochemistry
molecular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
345,531
22,090
0.064
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
molecular neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
322,445
36,116
0.112
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
free radicals
antioxidants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
270,939
49,198
0.182
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
GPCRs
Structural biology
Biochemistry
Arrestins
Drug discovery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
208,318
27,700
0.133
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
estrogen receptors
ER-beta
ER-beta agonist is being developed against prostate cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188,355
31,923
0.169
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
mTOR rapamycin growth nutrients metabolism lysosome leucine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181,949
83,812
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Biochemistry
Oxidative Stress
Redox Biology
Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160,095
64,845
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
mRNA Translation in cancer and mental diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158,542
40,939
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
protein kinases
protein phosphorylation
protein ubiquitylation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154,900
21,505
0.139
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,563
70,997
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Enzymology
drug metabolism
cytochrome P450
mutagenesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,557
20,670
0.161
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
transcriptional regulatory mechanisms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,160
21,724
0.174
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Cardiovascular Disease
Atherosclerosis
Lipid Metabolism
Nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,799
97,525
0.931
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Cancer Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,284
22,780
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Biochemistry
Cell Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,592
29,612
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
structural biology
validation
informatics
molecular graphics of protein & RNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,058
35,818
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
computations
membranes
proteins
structure
channels
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,834
28,910
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
mitochondria
metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,728
51,360
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Genomics
Gene Regulation
Molecular Genetics
Molecular Evolution
Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,271
27,050
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Lysosomes
Lysosomal Storage Disorder
Enzyme Replacement Therapy
Proteases
Tetraspanins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,372
27,441
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
protein crystallography
molecular graphics
structural informatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,205
35,221
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Systems Biology
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,850
14,639
0.186
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Structural biology
Bioinformatics
Biochemistry
Drug Discovery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,613
21,336
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
neuroimaging
time series analysis
biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,577
18,085
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Drug delivery
lipid nanoparticles
lipid biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,980
27,111
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
130
4
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ulrich K. Laemmli
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
345,531
22,090
0.064
biochemistry
molecular biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
169
76
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Tom Maniatis
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
322,445
36,116
0.112
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
329
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Barry Halliwell
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
270,939
49,198
0.182
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
729
290
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Robert J Lefkowitz
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
208,318
27,700
0.133
GPCRs
Structural biology
Biochemistry
Arrestins
Drug discovery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
918
377
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jan Ake Gustafsson
University of Houston
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188,355
31,923
0.169
estrogen receptors
ER-beta
ER-beta agonist is being developed against prostate cancer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
984
409
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
David M Sabatini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181,949
83,812
0.461
mTOR rapamycin growth nutrients metabolism lysosome leucine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,257
13
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Masayuki Yamamoto
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160,095
64,845
0.405
Biochemistry
Oxidative Stress
Redox Biology
Molecular Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,284
51
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Nahum Sonenberg
McGill University
Montreal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158,542
40,939
0.258
mRNA Translation in cancer and mental diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,333
98
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Philip Cohen
University of Dundee
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154,900
21,505
0.139
protein kinases
protein phosphorylation
protein ubiquitylation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,492
7
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Tony Merriman
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,563
70,997
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,919
876
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Fred Guengerich
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,557
20,670
0.161
Enzymology
drug metabolism
cytochrome P450
mutagenesis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,014
927
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Robert Roeder
Rockefeller University
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,160
21,724
0.174
transcriptional regulatory mechanisms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,856
91
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Stefan Lorkowski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,799
97,525
0.931
Cardiovascular Disease
Atherosclerosis
Lipid Metabolism
Nutrition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,935
1,407
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Frank Mccormick
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,284
22,780
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,969
236
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
David Grahame Hardie
University of Dundee
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,592
29,612
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,040
1,920
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jane S Richardson
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,058
35,818
0.411
structural biology
validation
informatics
molecular graphics of protein & RNA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,055
1,926
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Benoit Roux
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,834
28,910
0.333
computations
membranes
proteins
structure
channels
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,063
1,929
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Navdeep Chandel
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,728
51,360
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,317
2,059
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ross C Hardison
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,271
27,050
0.325
Genomics
Gene Regulation
Molecular Genetics
Molecular Evolution
Biochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,709
169
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Paul Saftig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,372
27,441
0.346
Lysosomes
Lysosomal Storage Disorder
Enzyme Replacement Therapy
Proteases
Tetraspanins
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,728
2,246
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
David C Richardson
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,205
35,221
0.445
protein crystallography
molecular graphics
structural informatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,761
2,264
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Barry Honig
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,850
14,639
0.186
Systems Biology
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,800
391
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Tom L Blundell
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,613
21,336
0.271
Structural biology
Bioinformatics
Biochemistry
Drug Discovery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,807
392
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Michael Brammer
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,577
18,085
0.230
neuroimaging
time series analysis
biochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,993
194
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Pieter R Cullis
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,980
27,111
0.352
Drug delivery
lipid nanoparticles
lipid biophysics