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Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics Highly Cited Researchers 59.509 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
Cancer
Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
521,948
97,768
0.187
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Genetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
472,266
186,268
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Genetics
Genomics
Epidemiology
Cardiovascular Diseas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
448,473
134,542
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Genomics
Molecular Biology
Genetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
412,370
158,442
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Cancer Biology
Cell Biology
Genetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
397,730
112,918
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Cancer
Genetics
Genomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
369,024
84,377
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
A.I.
genomics
digital
individualized medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
366,944
92,531
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Genomics
Human genetics
Bioinformatics
Computational biology
Genome evolutio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
353,260
151,386
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
genomics
computer science
molecular biology
evolution
cance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
334,399
118,216
0.354
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Diabetes
Epidemiology
Genetics
Epigenetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
324,690
87,555
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Genomics
Phylogenetics
Bioinformatics
Medicine
Ecolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
315,007
123,235
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Genetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
304,518
53,234
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
genomics
bioinformatics
evolutio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
302,225
66,493
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Cancer
Genetics
Leukemia
microRN
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
296,427
51,043
0.172
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Genetics
Genomics
Heart Diseas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
295,242
90,984
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Wnt
Intestine
Organoid
Adult stem cel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
289,791
129,457
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Cancer Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278,564
77,314
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
262,531
105,015
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
stem cells
immunology
cancer
developmental biology
phylogen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260,184
65,668
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Genetiikka
epigenetiikk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
256,918
122,244
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
genome
microbiome
diabetes
metabolism
cardiovascular diseas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
255,403
100,289
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Segmental duplication
copy number variation
autism
developmental delay
gene duplicatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
251,610
94,013
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Cell Biology
Molecular Metabolism
Mitochondrial Biology
Biochemistry
Metabolis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238,770
58,977
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Bioinformatic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237,150
49,541
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Genetics
Omics
Proteomics
Medicine
Healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235,443
92,561
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27
15
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Bert Vogelstein
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
521,948
97,768
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41
23
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mark Daly
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
472,266
186,268
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50
27
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Daniel Levy
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
448,473
134,542
0.300
Genetics
Genomics
Epidemiology
Cardiovascular Diseas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70
37
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Richard K Wilson
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
412,370
158,442
0.384
Genomics
Molecular Biology
Genetic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82
42
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Robert A Weinberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
397,730
112,918
0.284
Cancer Biology
Cell Biology
Genetic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
116
55
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Kenneth Kinzler
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
369,024
84,377
0.229
Cancer
Genetics
Genomic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118
57
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Eric Topol
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
366,944
92,531
0.252
A.I.
genomics
digital
individualized medicin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136
13
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Richard Durbin
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
353,260
151,386
0.429
Genomics
Human genetics
Bioinformatics
Computational biology
Genome evolutio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
163
75
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
David Haussler
University of California Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
334,399
118,216
0.354
genomics
computer science
molecular biology
evolution
cance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
186
5
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Paul Zimmet
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
324,690
87,555
0.270
Diabetes
Epidemiology
Genetics
Epigenetic
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
196
93
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sudhir Kumar
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
315,007
123,235
0.391
Genomics
Phylogenetics
Bioinformatics
Medicine
Ecolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
228
98
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
David Botstein
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
304,518
53,234
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
237
105
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Webb Miller
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
302,225
66,493
0.220
genomics
bioinformatics
evolutio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
261
115
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Carlo Croce
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
296,427
51,043
0.172
Cancer
Genetics
Leukemia
microRN
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
268
25
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Panos Deloukas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
295,242
90,984
0.308
Genetics
Genomics
Heart Diseas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
282
5
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Hans Clevers
Hubrecht Institute
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
289,791
129,457
0.447
Wnt
Intestine
Organoid
Adult stem cel
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
328
138
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Craig Thompson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278,564
77,314
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
415
37
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Mark McCarthy
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
262,531
105,015
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
423
179
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Irving Weissman
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260,184
65,668
0.252
stem cells
immunology
cancer
developmental biology
phylogen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
449
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Lehtimaki T
BioMediTech
Tampere, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
256,918
122,244
0.476
Genetiikka
epigenetiikk
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
461
3
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Oluf Pedersen
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
255,403
100,289
0.393
genome
microbiome
diabetes
metabolism
cardiovascular diseas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
488
198
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Evan Eichler
University of Washington
Seattle, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
251,610
94,013
0.374
Segmental duplication
copy number variation
autism
developmental delay
gene duplicatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
581
228
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Bruce M Spiegelman
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238,770
58,977
0.247
Cell Biology
Molecular Metabolism
Mitochondrial Biology
Biochemistry
Metabolis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
586
231
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Stephen Altschul
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237,150
49,541
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
602
238
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Michael Snyder
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235,443
92,561
0.393
Genetics
Omics
Proteomics
Medicine
Healt