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Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers 45 Scientists Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) - 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.
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Structural Biology
Science Education and Outreac
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,479
32,410
0.447
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Structural Biology and Biophysics
Virology
Vaccines
Antibodies
Membrane Protein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,477
31,306
0.608
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
computational biology
automated docking
peptide docking
scientific visualization
A
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,107
21,066
0.568
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Systems Biology
Drug Discovery
innate Immunity
Host-Pathogen Interactions
Drug Discover
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,659
18,927
0.684
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Proteomics
Mass spectrometry
Multiomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,322
9,045
0.734
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Directed evolution
chemical biology
protein engineering
genome editing
mutagenesi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,113
8,919
0.803
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Structural Biology
Influenza
Coronavirus
Antibod
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,057
7,862
0.652
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
HIV
Malaria
SARS-2
structural biology
electron microscop
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,491
6,737
0.899
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Structural Biology
Viruses
Electron Microscopy
Antibodie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,370
6,371
0.864
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Structural biology
electron microscopy
virology
vaccinolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,800
6,347
0.648
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Vaccinology
Structural Biology
Protein Desig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,080
4,059
0.995
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
HIV cure
HIV vaccine
immunology
B cell engineering
directed evolutio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,062
4,036
0.797
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Vaccines
Immunology
Virology
Glycobiology
Infectious disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,266
3,731
0.875
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
nuclear receptors
structural pharmacology
structural biology
protein NMR spectroscop
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,296
3,445
0.547
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,298
3,364
0.405
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Structural biology
Drug discovery
Antibody
Host-pathogen Interaction
Innate Immunit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,439
3,363
0.978
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
protein dynamics
protein chemistry
structural mass spectrometr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,079
2,620
0.851
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
structural biology
physiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,070
2,579
0.840
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Biological Chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,318
2,346
0.543
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
genomic epidemiology
phylogenetics
SARS-CoV-2
network analysis
West Nile viru
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,358
2,322
0.985
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Structural Biology
Integrative Modeling
Electron Cryo-Microscopy
Microbiology
biomolecular condensate
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,635
1,916
0.413
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
Cancer Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,138
1,727
0.808
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
nuclear receptors
x-ray crystallography
structural biology
transcriptional regulatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,373
1,650
0.377
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
structural biology
virology
immunolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,892
1,650
0.872
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Virology
Structural Biology
Bionformatics
Vaccine Design
Data analytic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,377
1,514
0.237
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,762
2,309
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
David S Goodsell
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,479
32,410
0.447
Structural Biology
Science Education and Outreac
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,074
2,433
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Andrew B Ward
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,477
31,306
0.608
Structural Biology and Biophysics
Virology
Vaccines
Antibodies
Membrane Protein
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,370
4,513
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Michel Sanner
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,107
21,066
0.568
computational biology
automated docking
peptide docking
scientific visualization
A
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,306
5,274
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sumit K Chanda
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,659
18,927
0.684
Systems Biology
Drug Discovery
innate Immunity
Host-Pathogen Interactions
Drug Discover
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,214
15,430
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Sameh Magdeldin (Magdeldin S)
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,322
9,045
0.734
Proteomics
Mass spectrometry
Multiomic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,036
15,723
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ahmed Badran
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,113
8,919
0.803
Directed evolution
chemical biology
protein engineering
genome editing
mutagenesi
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,078
18,624
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Xueyong Zhu
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,057
7,862
0.652
Structural Biology
Influenza
Coronavirus
Antibod
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,948
22,745
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jonathan L Torres
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,491
6,737
0.899
HIV
Malaria
SARS-2
structural biology
electron microscop
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,746
24,375
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Hannah L Turner
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,370
6,371
0.864
Structural Biology
Viruses
Electron Microscopy
Antibodie
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,090
24,501
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Gabriel Ozorowski
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,800
6,347
0.648
Structural biology
electron microscopy
virology
vaccinolog
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,397
41,474
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Philip JM Brouwer
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,080
4,059
0.995
Vaccinology
Structural Biology
Protein Desig
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,188
41,736
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
James E Voss
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,062
4,036
0.797
HIV cure
HIV vaccine
immunology
B cell engineering
directed evolutio
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,925
45,450
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Raiees Andrabi
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,266
3,731
0.875
Vaccines
Immunology
Virology
Glycobiology
Infectious disease
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,574
49,354
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Douglas Kojetin
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,296
3,445
0.547
nuclear receptors
structural pharmacology
structural biology
protein NMR spectroscop
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
146,495
50,570
98
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Katja Lamia
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,298
3,364
0.405
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
146,589
50,590
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Hejun Liu
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,439
3,363
0.978
Structural biology
Drug discovery
Antibody
Host-pathogen Interaction
Innate Immunit
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
193,766
64,814
121
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jie Zheng
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,079
2,620
0.851
protein dynamics
protein chemistry
structural mass spectrometr
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
197,058
65,794
126
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Kei Saotome
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,070
2,579
0.840
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
217,884
71,931
140
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Stephen Connelly
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,318
2,346
0.543
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
220,155
72,639
142
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nathaniel L Matteson
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,358
2,322
0.985
genomic epidemiology
phylogenetics
SARS-CoV-2
network analysis
West Nile viru
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
267,163
86,213
158
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Keren Lasker
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,635
1,916
0.413
Structural Biology
Integrative Modeling
Electron Cryo-Microscopy
Microbiology
biomolecular condensate
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
295,291
94,184
176
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ben B Li
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,138
1,727
0.808
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
Cancer Biolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
307,997
97,758
180
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Kendall W Nettles
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,373
1,650
0.377
nuclear receptors
x-ray crystallography
structural biology
transcriptional regulatio
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
308,118
97,785
181
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Aleksandar Antanasijevic
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,892
1,650
0.872
structural biology
virology
immunolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
332,888
104,761
191
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Vijay Reddy
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,377
1,514
0.237
Virology
Structural Biology
Bionformatics
Vaccine Design
Data analytic