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
Biodiversity Science
Evolution
Genetics
Ecology
DNA barcoding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,878
41,873
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
tourism statistics
tourism economics
culinary tourism
destination competitiveness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,129
26,147
0.428
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Bioplastic
biocomposites
waste valorization
circular economy
3D printing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,916
29,025
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Biocomposites
Materials and manufacturing
Biocarbon technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,603
27,499
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
infectious diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,763
17,179
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
information security
privacy
digital forensics
wireless network security
applied cryptography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,426
19,334
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Environmental Science
Ecotoxicology
Risk Assessment.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,012
10,085
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,960
10,704
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Biodiversity Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,973
13,235
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Food Materials Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,732
14,252
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
human gut microbiota
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,423
17,229
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Exercise Physiology & Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,223
10,260
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Dairy Health Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,452
10,917
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Neuroendocrinology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,792
3,898
0.151
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
evolutionary genomics
DNA barcoding
metabarcoding
environmental DNA
eDNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,500
12,788
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Bioinformatics
Biodiversity Informatics
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,082
12,082
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Bacterial infections in animals
antibiotic stewardship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,974
6,984
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,585
5,334
0.226
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Veterinary medicine
dairy cattle
randomized controlled trials
food animal health
reproduction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,363
12,516
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
food microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,540
6,113
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
pollination
micrometeorology
entomology
botany
ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,956
6,722
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,566
16,279
0.755
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Ecology
Theoretical Ecology
Food webs
Global Change
Community/Ecosystem Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,392
9,034
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
population ecology
models
movement
predator-prey
wildlife
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,205
8,287
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
University Professor Emeritus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,072
6,829
0.324
Paul Dn Hebert
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,878
41,873
0.374
Biodiversity Science
Evolution
Genetics
Ecology
DNA barcoding
Stephen Smith
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,129
26,147
0.428
tourism statistics
tourism economics
culinary tourism
destination competitiveness
Amar Kumar Mohanty
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,916
29,025
0.484
Bioplastic
biocomposites
waste valorization
circular economy
3D printing
Manjusri Misra
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,603
27,499
0.504
Biocomposites
Materials and manufacturing
Biocarbon technology
Scott Weese
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,763
17,179
0.467
Xiaodong Lin
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,426
19,334
0.562
information security
privacy
digital forensics
wireless network security
applied cryptography
Keith Solomon
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,012
10,085
0.297
Environmental Science
Ecotoxicology
Risk Assessment.
Barry Smit
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,960
10,704
0.325
Jeremy R Dewaard
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,973
13,235
0.427
Alejandro G Marangoni
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,732
14,252
0.464
Food Materials Science
Emma Allen Vercoe
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,423
17,229
0.586
Lawrence L Spriet
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,223
10,260
0.351
Exercise Physiology & Biochemistry
Todd F Duffield
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,452
10,917
0.413
Dairy Health Management
Neil Maclusky
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,792
3,898
0.151
Mehrdad Hajibabaei
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,500
12,788
0.501
evolutionary genomics
DNA barcoding
metabarcoding
environmental DNA
eDNA
Sujeevan Ratnasingham
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,082
12,082
0.502
Bioinformatics
Biodiversity Informatics
Genomics
John F Prescott
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,974
6,984
0.291
Glen Van Der Kraak
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,585
5,334
0.226
Stephen J Leblanc
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,363
12,516
0.536
Veterinary medicine
dairy cattle
randomized controlled trials
food animal health
reproduction
Mansel Griffiths
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,540
6,113
0.271
Peter Kevan
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,956
6,722
0.306
pollination
micrometeorology
entomology
botany
ecology
Graham Taylor
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,566
16,279
0.755
Kevin Mccann
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,392
9,034
0.422
Ecology
Theoretical Ecology
Food webs
Global Change
Community/Ecosystem Ecology
Fryxell John M
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,205
8,287
0.391
population ecology
models
movement
predator-prey
wildlife
BW Mcbride
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,072
6,829
0.324