Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers Citation Natural Sciences / Biological Science 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
Evolution
Evolutionary biology
Molecular evolution
Population genetics
Phylogenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
423,629
85,955
0.203
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
aging
cancer
immunology
medicine
metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
410,959
187,928
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
biology
computational biology
systems biology
bioinformatics
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
392,172
189,701
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Computational Biology
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Metagenomics
Biomedical Data Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
361,614
180,583
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Proteomics
Systems biology
Metabolic diseases
Cancer
Signal Transduction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
351,351
120,805
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Bioimage Informatics
Bioinformatics
String Algorithms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
284,282
78,406
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
evolutionary genetics
evolutionary biology
genomics
phylogenetics
bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
283,537
127,195
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
268,993
67,156
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
263,805
95,501
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
ecology
sustainable agriculture
biodiversity
climate change ecology
conservation ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
250,830
97,678
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
High energy physics
theoretical physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
249,860
125,293
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247,234
155,545
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Biology
Gene Regulation
MicroRNAs
Noncoding RNA
Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246,069
73,507
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
241,412
85,127
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
gene control
transcription
hormones
nuclear receptors
metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238,897
43,984
0.184
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Biotechnology
imaging
drugs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204,942
66,904
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Ecology and Environment
Financial Systems.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203,813
48,181
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
environmental biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203,640
58,466
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
fungi
mycology
evolution
phylogeny
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194,483
85,784
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Systems biology
genomics
personalized medicine
cancer
neurodegeneration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,677
32,846
0.170
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
carbon cycle
savannas
earth observation
biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
185,599
74,331
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Molecular Evolution
Virology
Molecular Epidemiology
Computational Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181,460
102,875
0.567
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
High Energy Physics
Data Science
High Performance Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
174,306
55,396
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Biology
Genetics
Genomics
Epigenetics
Cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169,436
57,041
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
ecology
microbiology
biogeochemistry
microbial ecology
ecosystem ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165,419
100,601
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55
31
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Masatoshi Nei
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
423,629
85,955
0.203
Evolution
Evolutionary biology
Molecular evolution
Population genetics
Phylogenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Guido Kroemer
Université Paris Cité
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
410,959
187,928
0.457
aging
cancer
immunology
medicine
metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Peer Bork
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
392,172
189,701
0.484
biology
computational biology
systems biology
bioinformatics
evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106
53
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Steven Salzberg
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
361,614
180,583
0.499
Computational Biology
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Metagenomics
Biomedical Data Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Matthias Mann
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
351,351
120,805
0.344
Proteomics
Systems biology
Metabolic diseases
Cancer
Signal Transduction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
262
10
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Gene Myers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
284,282
78,406
0.276
Bioimage Informatics
Bioinformatics
String Algorithms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
268
5
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Koichiro Tamura
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Hachioji, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
283,537
127,195
0.449
evolutionary genetics
evolutionary biology
genomics
phylogenetics
bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
338
143
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Fred "Rusty" Gage
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
268,993
67,156
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
362
154
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Eugene Koonin
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
263,805
95,501
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
441
185
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
David Tilman
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
250,830
97,678
0.389
ecology
sustainable agriculture
biodiversity
climate change ecology
conservation ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
451
16
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Juan Antonio Aguilar Saavedra
Universidad de Granada
Granada, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
249,860
125,293
0.501
High energy physics
theoretical physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
464
191
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Heng Li
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247,234
155,545
0.629
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
Genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
472
193
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
David Bartel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246,069
73,507
0.299
Biology
Gene Regulation
MicroRNAs
Noncoding RNA
Molecular Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
501
200
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Rakesh Jain|Rakesh Jain
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
241,412
85,127
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
523
210
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ronald M Evans
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238,897
43,984
0.184
gene control
transcription
hormones
nuclear receptors
metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
756
302
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ralph Weissleder
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204,942
66,904
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
768
59
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Robert M May
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203,813
48,181
0.236
Ecology and Environment
Financial Systems.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
770
305
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Harold Mooney
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203,640
58,466
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
864
355
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
John W Taylor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194,483
85,784
0.441
fungi
mycology
evolution
phylogeny
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
870
358
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Leroy Hood
Institute for Systems Biology
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,677
32,846
0.170
Systems biology
genomics
personalized medicine
cancer
neurodegeneration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
956
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Robert J Scholes
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
185,599
74,331
0.400
carbon cycle
savannas
earth observation
biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
987
74
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Andrew Rambaut
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181,460
102,875
0.567
Molecular Evolution
Virology
Molecular Epidemiology
Computational Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,060
448
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ian Fisk
Flatiron Institute
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
174,306
55,396
0.318
High Energy Physics
Data Science
High Performance Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,125
484
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Richard Young
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169,436
57,041
0.337
Biology
Genetics
Genomics
Epigenetics
Cancer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,173
506
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Noah Fierer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165,419
100,601
0.608
ecology
microbiology
biogeochemistry
microbial ecology
ecosystem ecology