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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 51 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Cell Biology
Phenotypic Plasticit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,024
21,118
0.257
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
RNA modification
RNA methylation
m6A
m5C
m7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,264
22,172
0.733
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Genomics
Bioinformati
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,300
11,696
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
virology
bioinformatics
genomics
taxonom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,680
12,978
0.659
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Bioinformatics
Computational Health Genomics
Computational Molecular Evolutio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,122
11,888
0.737
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Bioinformatics
Databas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,083
5,676
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Bioinformatic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,657
7,146
0.740
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
bioinformatics
computational biology
genomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,237
6,670
0.722
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Bioinformatics
Genomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,284
2,997
0.477
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Bioinformatics
Multi-omics analysis
LncRNA
Biological databas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,954
4,542
0.763
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Population Genetics
Molecular Evolution
Forensic Genetics
Complex Traits
Computational Genomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,377
3,902
0.726
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,712
4,387
0.931
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Bioinformatics
Big Dat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,860
3,411
0.884
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Cancer genomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,785
3,063
0.809
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Cancer genomics and epigenomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,631
2,313
0.637
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Computational Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,878
2,586
0.899
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
human microbiom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,434
2,298
0.944
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
cancer
genomics
proteomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,040
2,027
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Bioinformatic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,036
2,024
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Bioinformatics
Virology
Machine Learning
Databas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,856
1,790
0.964
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Cancer Genomics and Hematopoietic malignancie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,608
661
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Bioinformatics
Circular RNA
Transcriptional Regulation
AI-Read
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,578
1,507
0.955
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Bioinformatic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,462
1,336
0.914
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
bioinformatics
genomics
epigenomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,451
1,447
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Cancer Genomics，Evolutionary Genomics，Population Genetics，Bioinformatics，Machine Learning，Super-computin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,437
747
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,841
120
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jun Yu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,024
21,118
0.257
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Cell Biology
Phenotypic Plasticit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,931
893
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Yun-Gui Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,264
22,172
0.733
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,058
939
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Songnian Hu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,300
11,696
0.399
Genomics
Bioinformati
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,534
1,815
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Yiming Bao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,680
12,978
0.659
virology
bioinformatics
genomics
taxonom
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,219
2,456
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Zhang Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,122
11,888
0.737
Bioinformatics
Computational Health Genomics
Computational Molecular Evolutio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,110
3,678
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Wenming Zhao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,083
5,676
0.470
Bioinformatics
Databas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,349
4,898
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Shuhui Song
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,657
7,146
0.740
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,049
5,169
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jingfa Xiao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,237
6,670
0.722
bioinformatics
computational biology
genomic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
173,940
8,135
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jiayan Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,284
2,997
0.477
Bioinformatics
Genomic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
183,706
8,605
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Lina Ma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,954
4,542
0.763
Bioinformatics
Multi-omics analysis
LncRNA
Biological databas
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
202,981
9,580
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Hua Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,377
3,902
0.726
Population Genetics
Molecular Evolution
Forensic Genetics
Complex Traits
Computational Genomic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
230,339
11,005
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jie Ren
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,712
4,387
0.931
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
276,041
13,341
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Dong Zou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,860
3,411
0.884
Bioinformatics
Big Dat
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
280,813
13,591
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Zhaoqi Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,785
3,063
0.809
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
291,001
14,128
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Weimin Ci
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,631
2,313
0.637
Cancer genomics and epigenomic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
353,002
17,324
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Yingke Ma|Ying-Ke Ma, 马英克
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,878
2,586
0.899
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Computational Biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
402,170
19,799
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Li Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,434
2,298
0.944
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
457,240
22,466
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Yanling Sun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,040
2,027
0.994
cancer
genomics
proteomic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
457,846
22,492
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jiaxin Zhong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,036
2,024
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
488,408
23,989
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Tao Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,856
1,790
0.964
Bioinformatics
Virology
Machine Learning
Databas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
536,914
26,144
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Fuhong He
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,608
661
0.411
Cancer Genomics and Hematopoietic malignancie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
543,234
26,406
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Tianyi Xu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,578
1,507
0.955
Bioinformatics
Circular RNA
Transcriptional Regulation
AI-Read
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
569,769
27,578
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Yin-Ying Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,462
1,336
0.914
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
572,364
27,685
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Fei Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,451
1,447
0.997
bioinformatics
genomics
epigenomic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
575,892
27,819
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Shaoping Ling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,437
747
0.520
Cancer Genomics，Evolutionary Genomics，Population Genetics，Bioinformatics，Machine Learning，Super-computin