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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 201 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
Genetics
Genomics
Informatics
Metagenomics
Infectious Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202,815
58,091
0.286
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Immunolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148,752
25,727
0.173
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Brain tumors
computational biology
extrachromosomal DNA
cancer genomics
neuro-oncolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,564
66,243
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Structural Genomic Variation
Cytogenetics
Genomic Medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,143
35,680
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
genome
microbiome
antibiotic resistanc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,542
13,776
0.132
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Genome Evolution
Biomedical Ontologies
Mouse Genetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,929
34,860
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Genome Technology
3D genome Biology
Cancer Biology
Stem Cell Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,422
18,338
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Genetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,267
12,348
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Genomic Technolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,777
10,947
0.244
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Computational biology
Machine Learning
Ontologies
Human genetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,345
18,021
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Genomic Medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,189
22,750
0.729
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Computational biology
Bioinformatics
Molecular Biology
Statistics
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,951
18,665
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Immunolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,220
6,644
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Genetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,058
3,985
0.133
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
tissue mapping
organoids
placenta
cancer
evolutio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,923
11,635
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Genetics
Stem Cell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,661
6,683
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
3D genome mapping technology developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,689
9,518
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Computational Cancer Biology
Comparative Genomics
Cancer Evolution
Gliom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,657
12,866
0.690
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Bioinformatics
metabolomics
systems biology
systems immunolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,629
12,914
0.777
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
genetics of type 1 diabetes
autoimmunit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,963
2,458
0.154
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Molecular and cellular biology of neurodegenerative disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,655
7,306
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Behavior
genetics
informatics
systems biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,623
5,682
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Cancer reserac
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,165
9,284
0.612
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,287
3,921
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,677
1,922
0.152
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
864
344
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
George Weinstock
Jackson Laboratory
Maine, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202,815
58,091
0.286
Genetics
Genomics
Informatics
Metagenomics
Infectious Disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,567
685
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jacques Banchereau
Jackson Laboratory
Maine, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148,752
25,727
0.173
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,325
1,073
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Roel Verhaak
Jackson Laboratory
Maine, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,564
66,243
0.545
Brain tumors
computational biology
extrachromosomal DNA
cancer genomics
neuro-oncolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,987
1,398
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Charles Lee
Jackson Laboratory
Maine, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,143
35,680
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,123
1,470
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Mark D Adams
Jackson Laboratory
Maine, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,542
13,776
0.132
genome
microbiome
antibiotic resistanc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,121
1,933
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Judith Blake
Jackson Laboratory
Maine, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,929
34,860
0.388
Genome Evolution
Biomedical Ontologies
Mouse Genetic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,780
3,673
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Yijun Ruan
Jackson Laboratory
Maine, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,422
18,338
0.299
Genome Technology
3D genome Biology
Cancer Biology
Stem Cell Biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,970
4,246
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Gary Churchill
Jackson Laboratory
Maine, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,267
12,348
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,879
6,043
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Chia-Lin Wei
Jackson Laboratory
Maine, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,777
10,947
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,958
8,341
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Peter Robinson
Jackson Laboratory
Maine, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,345
18,021
0.496
Computational biology
Machine Learning
Ontologies
Human genetic
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,722
10,408
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Hoon Kim
Jackson Laboratory
Maine, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,189
22,750
0.729
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,013
10,547
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Joshy George
Jackson Laboratory
Maine, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,951
18,665
0.603
Computational biology
Bioinformatics
Molecular Biology
Statistics
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,901
10,951
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Derya Unutmaz
Jackson Laboratory
Maine, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,220
6,644
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,093
11,027
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Barbara B Knowles
Jackson Laboratory
Maine, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,058
3,985
0.133
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,817
14,317
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Paul Robson
Jackson Laboratory
Maine, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,923
11,635
0.467
tissue mapping
organoids
placenta
cancer
evolutio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,424
16,209
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
William Skarnes
Jackson Laboratory
Maine, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,661
6,683
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,785
17,153
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Meizhen Zheng
Jackson Laboratory
Maine, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,689
9,518
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,772
20,653
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Samir B Amin
Jackson Laboratory
Maine, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,657
12,866
0.690
Computational Cancer Biology
Comparative Genomics
Cancer Evolution
Gliom
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,791
23,760
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Shuzhao Li
Jackson Laboratory
Maine, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,629
12,914
0.777
Bioinformatics
metabolomics
systems biology
systems immunolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,874
24,935
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
David Serreze
Jackson Laboratory
Maine, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,963
2,458
0.154
genetics of type 1 diabetes
autoimmunit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,457
25,525
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Gareth R Howell
Jackson Laboratory
Maine, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,655
7,306
0.467
Molecular and cellular biology of neurodegenerative disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,610
25,584
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Elissa J Chesler
Jackson Laboratory
Maine, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,623
5,682
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,014
26,504
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Patrick Kwok Shing Ng
Jackson Laboratory
Maine, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,165
9,284
0.612
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,143
28,376
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Brian S White
Jackson Laboratory
Maine, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,287
3,921
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,083
32,298
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Richard S Maser
Jackson Laboratory
Maine, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,677
1,922
0.152