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World Scientists H-Index Natural Sciences / Biological Science Rankings 2025

AD Scientific Index evaluates the academic productivity and efficiency of scientists and institutions based on the H-index, i10 index, and citation counts. In addition to total H-index rankings, you can also explore rankings and analyses by "Scientists Last 6 Years H-index" and by subject.

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Total 67.447 scientist
* Total H Index Rankings
World Rank
25
Country Rank
3
Institution Rank :1
Ranking Based On Selection :1
France
Guido Kroemer
Guido Kroemer
Université Paris Cité
Paris , France
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
aging
cancer
immunology
medicine
metabolism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
295
195
0.661
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* Total H Index Rankings
World Rank
46
Country Rank
1
Institution Rank :1
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Denmark
Matthias Mann
Matthias Mann
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen , Denmark
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Proteomics
Systems biology
Metabolic diseases
Cancer
Signal Transduction
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
270
156
0.578
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* Total H Index Rankings
World Rank
116
Country Rank
53
Institution Rank :1
Ranking Based On Selection :3
United States
Fred
Fred "Rusty" Gage
Salk Institute
San Diego , United States
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
251
130
0.518
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* Total H Index Rankings
World Rank
164
Country Rank
6
Institution Rank :1
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Germany
Peer Bork
Peer Bork
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg , Germany
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
biology
computational biology
systems biology
bioinformatics
evolution
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244
153
0.627
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* Total H Index Rankings
World Rank
166
Country Rank
74
Institution Rank :3
Ranking Based On Selection :5
United States
Eugene Koonin
Eugene Koonin
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda , United States
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244
137
0.561
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* Total H Index Rankings
World Rank
251
Country Rank
106
Institution Rank :2
Ranking Based On Selection :6
United States
Ronald M Evans
Ronald M Evans
Salk Institute
San Diego , United States
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
gene control
transcription
hormones
nuclear receptors
metabolism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233
106
0.455
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* Total H Index Rankings
World Rank
288
Country Rank
117
Institution Rank :12
Ranking Based On Selection :7
United States
Rakesh Jain|Rakesh Jain
Rakesh Jain|Rakesh Jain
Harvard University
Cambridge , United States
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
228
140
0.614
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* Total H Index Rankings
World Rank
328
Country Rank
131
Institution Rank :14
Ranking Based On Selection :8
United States
Ralph Weissleder
Ralph Weissleder
Harvard University
Cambridge , United States
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Biotechnology
imaging
drugs
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222
124
0.559
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* Total H Index Rankings
World Rank
390
Country Rank
17
Institution Rank :1
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Spain
Juan Antonio Aguilar Saavedra
Juan Antonio Aguilar Saavedra
Universidad de Granada
Granada , Spain
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
High energy physics
theoretical physics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
157
0.727
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* Total H Index Rankings
World Rank
544
Country Rank
191
Institution Rank :1
Ranking Based On Selection :10
United States
Ian Fisk
Ian Fisk
Flatiron Institute
New York , United States
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
High Energy Physics
Data Science
High Performance Computing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206
105
0.510
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* Total H Index Rankings
World Rank
632
Country Rank
223
Institution Rank :1
Ranking Based On Selection :11
United States
Leroy Hood
Leroy Hood
Institute for Systems Biology
Washington , United States
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Systems biology
genomics
personalized medicine
cancer
neurodegeneration
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199
76
0.382
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* Total H Index Rankings
World Rank
699
Country Rank
26
Institution Rank :1
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Spain
Eugeni Graugés Pous
Eugeni Graugés Pous
Universitat de Barcelona
Barcelona , Spain
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
High Energy Physics
Particle Physics
LHC
LHCb
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
122
0.629
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* Total H Index Rankings
World Rank
720
Country Rank
47
Institution Rank :1
Ranking Based On Selection :13
United Kingdom
Kevin J Gaston
Kevin J Gaston
University of Exeter
Exeter , United Kingdom
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Conservation Biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193
121
0.627
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* Total H Index Rankings
World Rank
723
Country Rank
265
Institution Rank :6
Ranking Based On Selection :14
United States
Richard Young
Richard Young
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge , United States
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Biology
Genetics
Genomics
Epigenetics
Cancer
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193
106
0.549
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* Total H Index Rankings
World Rank
818
Country Rank
308
Institution Rank :3
Ranking Based On Selection :15
United States
David Tilman
David Tilman
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis , United States
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
ecology
sustainable agriculture
biodiversity
climate change ecology
conservation ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186
121
0.651
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* Total H Index Rankings
World Rank
870
Country Rank
334
Institution Rank :37
Ranking Based On Selection :16
United States
Marc Kirschner
Marc Kirschner
Harvard University
Cambridge , United States
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
systems biology
developmental biology
cell biology
evolution
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183
81
0.443
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* Total H Index Rankings
World Rank
874
Country Rank
33
Institution Rank :1
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Spain
Josep Penuelas
Josep Penuelas
Spanish National Research Council
Madrid , Spain
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
global ecology
atmosphere-biosphere interactions
remote sensing
climate change impacts
ecometabolomics and biogenic VOCs
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182
142
0.780
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* Total H Index Rankings
World Rank
983
Country Rank
381
Institution Rank :1
Ranking Based On Selection :18
United States
George Perry
George Perry
University of Texas San Antonio
San Antonio , United States
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Alzheimer Disease
Parkinson Disease
Oxidative Stress
Amyloid
Neuroscience
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
87
0.494
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* Total H Index Rankings
World Rank
998
Country Rank
391
Institution Rank :1
Ranking Based On Selection :19
United States
Richard D Smith
Richard D Smith
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Richland , United States
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Mass spectrometry
SLIM technology
separations
proteomics
MS-based pan-omics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175
82
0.469
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* Total H Index Rankings
World Rank
1,017
Country Rank
23
Institution Rank :3
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Australia
Edward C Holmes
Edward C Holmes
University of Sydney
Sydney , Australia
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Evolutionary biology
Virology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
174
108
0.621
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* Total H Index Rankings
World Rank
1,052
Country Rank
79
Institution Rank :13
Ranking Based On Selection :21
United Kingdom
Robert M May
Robert M May
University of Oxford
Oxford , United Kingdom
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Ecology and Environment
Financial Systems.
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173
82
0.474
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* Total H Index Rankings
World Rank
1,154
Country Rank
26
Institution Rank :1
Ranking Based On Selection :22
France
Anders Pape Møller
Anders Pape Møller
University of Paris-Sud
Bures-sur-Yvette , France
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
behavior
ecology
evolution
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168
77
0.458
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* Total H Index Rankings
World Rank
1,191
Country Rank
15
Institution Rank :1
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Sweden
Jens Nielsen
Jens Nielsen
Chalmers University of Technology
Göteborg , Sweden
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
metabolic engineering
metabolism
systems biology
synthetic biology
biotechnology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166
116
0.699
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* Total H Index Rankings
World Rank
1,200
Country Rank
488
Institution Rank :11
Ranking Based On Selection :24
United States
Steven Salzberg
Steven Salzberg
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore , United States
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Computational Biology
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Metagenomics
Biomedical Data Science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166
112
0.675
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* Total H Index Rankings
World Rank
1,288
Country Rank
531
Institution Rank :20
Ranking Based On Selection :25
United States
Paul R Ehrlich
Paul R Ehrlich
Stanford University
Stanford , United States
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Population biology
human ecology
evolution
coevolution
conservation biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163
76
0.466
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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
25
France
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Guido Kroemer
Guido Kroemer
Université Paris Cité Paris, France France
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
295
195
0.661
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
aging
cancer
immunology
medicine
metabolism
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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
46
Denmark
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Matthias Mann
Matthias Mann
University of Copenhagen Copenhagen, Denmark Denmark
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
270
156
0.578
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Proteomics
Systems biology
Metabolic diseases
Cancer
Signal Transduction
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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
116
United States
53
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Fred
Fred "Rusty" Gage
Salk Institute San Diego, United States United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
251
130
0.518
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
164
Germany
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Peer Bork
Peer Bork
European Molecular Biology Laboratory Heidelberg, Germany Germany
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244
153
0.627
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
biology
computational biology
systems biology
bioinformatics
evolution
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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
166
United States
74
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Eugene Koonin
Eugene Koonin
National Institutes of Health Bethesda, United States United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244
137
0.561
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Biology
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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
251
United States
106
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ronald M Evans
Ronald M Evans
Salk Institute San Diego, United States United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233
106
0.455
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
gene control
transcription
hormones
nuclear receptors
metabolism
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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
288
United States
117
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Rakesh Jain|Rakesh Jain
Rakesh Jain|Rakesh Jain
Harvard University Cambridge, United States United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
228
140
0.614
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
328
United States
131
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ralph Weissleder
Ralph Weissleder
Harvard University Cambridge, United States United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222
124
0.559
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Biotechnology
imaging
drugs
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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
390
Spain
17
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Juan Antonio Aguilar Saavedra
Juan Antonio Aguilar Saavedra
Universidad de Granada Granada, Spain Spain
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
157
0.727
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
High energy physics
theoretical physics
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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
544
United States
191
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ian Fisk
Ian Fisk
Flatiron Institute New York, United States United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206
105
0.510
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
High Energy Physics
Data Science
High Performance Computing
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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
632
United States
223
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Leroy Hood
Leroy Hood
Institute for Systems Biology Washington, United States United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199
76
0.382
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Systems biology
genomics
personalized medicine
cancer
neurodegeneration
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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
699
Spain
26
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Eugeni Graugés Pous
Eugeni Graugés Pous
Universitat de Barcelona Barcelona, Spain Spain
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
122
0.629
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
High Energy Physics
Particle Physics
LHC
LHCb
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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
720
United Kingdom
47
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Kevin J Gaston
Kevin J Gaston
University of Exeter Exeter, United Kingdom United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193
121
0.627
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Conservation Biology
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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
723
United States
265
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Richard Young
Richard Young
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, United States United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193
106
0.549
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Biology
Genetics
Genomics
Epigenetics
Cancer
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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
818
United States
308
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
David Tilman
David Tilman
University of Minnesota Twin Cities Minneapolis, United States United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186
121
0.651
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
ecology
sustainable agriculture
biodiversity
climate change ecology
conservation ecology
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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
870
United States
334
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Marc Kirschner
Marc Kirschner
Harvard University Cambridge, United States United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183
81
0.443
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
systems biology
developmental biology
cell biology
evolution
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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
874
Spain
33
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Josep Penuelas
Josep Penuelas
Spanish National Research Council Madrid, Spain Spain
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182
142
0.780
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
global ecology
atmosphere-biosphere interactions
remote sensing
climate change impacts
ecometabolomics and biogenic VOCs
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
983
United States
381
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
George Perry
George Perry
University of Texas San Antonio San Antonio, United States United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
87
0.494
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Alzheimer Disease
Parkinson Disease
Oxidative Stress
Amyloid
Neuroscience
See All Rankings and Analysis
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
998
United States
391
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Richard D Smith
Richard D Smith
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richland, United States United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175
82
0.469
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Mass spectrometry
SLIM technology
separations
proteomics
MS-based pan-omics
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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
1,017
Australia
23
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Edward C Holmes
Edward C Holmes
University of Sydney Sydney, Australia Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
174
108
0.621
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Evolutionary biology
Virology
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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
1,052
United Kingdom
79
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Robert M May
Robert M May
University of Oxford Oxford, United Kingdom United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173
82
0.474
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Ecology and Environment
Financial Systems.
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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
1,154
France
26
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Anders Pape Møller
Anders Pape Møller
University of Paris-Sud Bures-sur-Yvette, France France
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168
77
0.458
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
behavior
ecology
evolution
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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
1,191
Sweden
15
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jens Nielsen
Jens Nielsen
Chalmers University of Technology Göteborg, Sweden Sweden
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166
116
0.699
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
metabolic engineering
metabolism
systems biology
synthetic biology
biotechnology
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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
1,200
United States
488
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Steven Salzberg
Steven Salzberg
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, United States United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166
112
0.675
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Computational Biology
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Metagenomics
Biomedical Data Science
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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
1,288
United States
531
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Paul R Ehrlich
Paul R Ehrlich
Stanford University Stanford, United States United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163
76
0.466
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Population biology
human ecology
evolution
coevolution
conservation biology
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