Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
Computational Biology
bioinformatics
cancer genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169,301
51,094
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Hematologic malignancies
leukemia
genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,197
34,265
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Genetic Epidemiology
Cancer Survivorship
Statistical Learning from Large Biological Data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,280
21,330
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Medulloblastoma
brain tumors
genomics
pediatric cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,256
33,293
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Cancer Genetics
Aging biomarkers
Childhood Cancer Survivorship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,068
23,281
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Computational Biology
Cancer Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,364
27,391
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Proteomics
Mass Spectrometry
Alzheimer's Disease
Ubiquitin
Proteostasis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,621
16,846
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,805
15,924
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Computational Biology
Systems Biology
Network Biology
GPCR Signalling
Disordered Proteins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,134
13,820
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
epilepsy
genetics
genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,580
14,378
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Genomics
Genetics
Cancer
RNA splicing
Neurodegeneration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,096
17,066
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Statistical Cancer Genomics
Statistical Pharmacogenomics
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,943
12,467
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
computational biology
3D genome
networks
single-cell transcriptomics
genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,337
10,776
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Genome Engineering
Hematology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,381
14,153
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
computational biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,614
13,402
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
genomics
data visualization
web app
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,187
14,322
0.676
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
molecular and cell biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,094
4,682
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Virology
immunology
cell biology
vaccines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,346
8,480
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
cancer
genetics
pharmacology
pharmacogenomics
pharmacogenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,184
11,872
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Dynamic Structural Biology
Single-molecule Biophysics
Single-molecule FRET
Protein Synthesis
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,842
8,079
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
AML
MDS
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,344
8,591
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
phase separation
disordered proteins
multivalent interactions
biomolecular condensates
RNA-binding proteins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,928
12,153
0.814
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
bioinformatics
leukemia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,767
6,834
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Apoptosis
BCL-2 Family
Mitochondrial Function
Hematopoiesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,420
4,815
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
pediatric cancer
neurogenomics
family studies
germline classifications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,311
4,121
0.400
Jinghui Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169,301
51,094
0.302
Computational Biology
bioinformatics
cancer genomics
Charles Mullighan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,197
34,265
0.526
Hematologic malignancies
leukemia
genomics
Yutaka Yasui
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,280
21,330
0.348
Genetic Epidemiology
Cancer Survivorship
Statistical Learning from Large Biological Data
Paul A Northcott
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,256
33,293
0.603
Medulloblastoma
brain tumors
genomics
pediatric cancer
Zhaoming Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,068
23,281
0.553
Cancer Genetics
Aging biomarkers
Childhood Cancer Survivorship
Xiang Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,364
27,391
0.696
Computational Biology
Cancer Genomics
Junmin Peng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,621
16,846
0.436
Proteomics
Mass Spectrometry
Alzheimer's Disease
Ubiquitin
Proteostasis
Yong Cheng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,805
15,924
0.485
M Madan Babu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,134
13,820
0.430
Computational Biology
Systems Biology
Network Biology
GPCR Signalling
Disordered Proteins
Heather C Mefford
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,580
14,378
0.503
epilepsy
genetics
genomics
Gang Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,096
17,066
0.607
Genomics
Genetics
Cancer
RNA splicing
Neurodegeneration
Stan Pounds
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,943
12,467
0.500
Statistical Cancer Genomics
Statistical Pharmacogenomics
Koon-Kiu Yan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,337
10,776
0.443
computational biology
3D genome
networks
single-cell transcriptomics
genomics
Shengdar Q Tsai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,381
14,153
0.605
Genome Engineering
Hematology
Michael Rusch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,614
13,402
0.620
Xin Zhou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,187
14,322
0.676
genomics
data visualization
web app
Suzanne Jackowski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,094
4,682
0.259
molecular and cell biology
Stacey Schultz-Cherry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,346
8,480
0.489
Virology
immunology
cell biology
vaccines
Jun J Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,184
11,872
0.691
cancer
genetics
pharmacology
pharmacogenomics
pharmacogenetics
Scott C Blanchard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,842
8,079
0.480
Dynamic Structural Biology
Single-molecule Biophysics
Single-molecule FRET
Protein Synthesis
Jeffery Klco
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,344
8,591
0.526
Tanja Mittag
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,928
12,153
0.814
phase separation
disordered proteins
multivalent interactions
biomolecular condensates
RNA-binding proteins
Wenjian Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,767
6,834
0.463
bioinformatics
leukemia
Joseph T Opferman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,420
4,815
0.334
Apoptosis
BCL-2 Family
Mitochondrial Function
Hematopoiesis
Evadnie Rampersaud
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,311
4,121
0.400
pediatric cancer
neurogenomics
family studies
germline classifications