Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University of Copenhagen Highly Cited Researchers Citation Natural Sciences Rankings 2025
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
Proteomics
Systems biology
Metabolic diseases
Cancer
Signal Transduction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
346,115
115,900
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
genome
microbiome
diabetes
metabolism
cardiovascular disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238,067
105,799
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Bioinformatics
Systems Biology
Systems Medicine
Digital Health
Data Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149,786
61,568
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Genetics
Diabetes
Obesity
Gut Microbiome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,208
71,111
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Population Genetics
Evolutionary genetics
Evolution
Statistical Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,039
44,269
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,285
56,378
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Electrocatalysis
Catalysis
Atomic Scale Simulations
Density functional theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,663
47,906
0.650
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Palaeogenetics
Genomics
Evolutionary Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,497
33,842
0.550
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Proteomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,239
24,799
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Galaxy formation
Gamma-ray Bursts
quasars
instrumentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,204
22,736
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Computational biology
gene regulation
non-coding rna
transcription
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,067
18,892
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Macroecology
Community Ecology
Biogeography
Conservation
Biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,909
22,535
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Computational Chemistry
Theoretical Chemistry
Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,097
12,789
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
chemometrics
tensor analysis
multi-way analysis
machine learning
artificial intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,575
17,687
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Ecology&Evolution
Genomics
Behaviour genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,729
24,286
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
microbiology
microbial ecology
social evolution
microbiome
biofilm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,696
22,091
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Mathematical Statistics
Graphical Models
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,178
6,968
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Bioinformatics
Systems Biology
Structural bioinformatics
Network biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,849
30,841
0.939
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Bioinformatics
Deep Learning
Proteomics
Genomics
Microbiome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,811
21,960
0.690
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Mikrobiologi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,302
13,252
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
cancer
ncRNA
epigenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,655
12,084
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Statistics
Sensometrics
Data Analysis
Chemometrics
Pharmacometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,957
22,239
0.742
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Cosmology
astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,247
12,552
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
machine learning
bioinformatics
deep learning
artificial intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,933
20,561
0.763
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Protein Structure
Protein Dynamics
Biophysics
Computational Biophysics
Computational Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,164
13,946
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
116
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Matthias Mann
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
346,115
115,900
0.335
Proteomics
Systems biology
Metabolic diseases
Cancer
Signal Transduction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
485
3
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Oluf Pedersen
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238,067
105,799
0.444
genome
microbiome
diabetes
metabolism
cardiovascular disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,366
7
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Søren Brunak
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149,786
61,568
0.411
Bioinformatics
Systems Biology
Systems Medicine
Digital Health
Data Sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,529
8
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Torben Hansen
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,208
71,111
0.504
Genetics
Diabetes
Obesity
Gut Microbiome
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,413
13
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Rasmus Nielsen
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,039
44,269
0.399
Population Genetics
Evolutionary genetics
Evolution
Statistical Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,440
14
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Karsten Kristiansen
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,285
56,378
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,177
27
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jan Rossmeisl
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,663
47,906
0.650
Electrocatalysis
Catalysis
Atomic Scale Simulations
Density functional theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,922
42
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
M Thomas P Gilbert
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,497
33,842
0.550
Palaeogenetics
Genomics
Evolutionary Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,963
44
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jesper V Olsen
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,239
24,799
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,271
65
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Johan Fynbo
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,204
22,736
0.444
Galaxy formation
Gamma-ray Bursts
quasars
instrumentation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,609
76
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Albin Sandelin
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,067
18,892
0.401
Computational biology
gene regulation
non-coding rna
transcription
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,025
81
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Carsten Rahbek
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,909
22,535
0.491
Macroecology
Community Ecology
Biogeography
Conservation
Biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,751
92
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jan H. Jensen
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,097
12,789
0.290
Computational Chemistry
Theoretical Chemistry
Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,981
95
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Rasmus Bro
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,575
17,687
0.406
chemometrics
tensor analysis
multi-way analysis
machine learning
artificial intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,371
99
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Guojie Zhang
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,729
24,286
0.568
Ecology&Evolution
Genomics
Behaviour genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,156
119
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Søren J Sørensen
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,696
22,091
0.586
microbiology
microbial ecology
social evolution
microbiome
biofilm
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,696
138
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Steffen Lauritzen
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,178
6,968
0.204
Mathematical Statistics
Graphical Models
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,750
147
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Nadezhda T Doncheva
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,849
30,841
0.939
Bioinformatics
Systems Biology
Structural bioinformatics
Network biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,746
157
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Simon Rasmussen
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,811
21,960
0.690
Bioinformatics
Deep Learning
Proteomics
Genomics
Microbiome
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,272
162
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Tim Tolker Nielsen
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,302
13,252
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,929
168
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Anders H Lund
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,655
12,084
0.394
cancer
ncRNA
epigenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,654
175
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Per Bruun Brockhoff
IT University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,957
22,239
0.742
Statistics
Sensometrics
Data Analysis
Chemometrics
Pharmacometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,100
206
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Darach Watson
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,247
12,552
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,552
210
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ole Winther
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,933
20,561
0.763
machine learning
bioinformatics
deep learning
artificial intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,687
224
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Kresten Lindorff Larsen
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,164
13,946
0.533
Protein Structure
Protein Dynamics
Biophysics
Computational Biophysics
Computational Biology