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

Behavioural Ecolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,660
7,895
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2

Behavioural Ecology
Evolutionary Genetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,033
4,904
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3

Acoustic Communication
Animal Behaviour
Urban Ecolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,393
4,010
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4

behavioral ecology
evolution
conservation
evolutionary endocrinology
mating system
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,781
3,602
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5

Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,641
2,589
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6

functional morphology of arthropod sense organ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,586
1,356
0.158
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7

Conservation Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,471
3,958
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8

macroecology
behavioral ecology
spatial data science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,380
2,500
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9

Human Ethology
Evolutionary Anthropology
Evolutionary Medecine
Melanesi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,203
619
0.147
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10

community ecology
macroecology
phylogeny
taxonomy
Chiropter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,706
1,504
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11

Comparative Cognition
Parrots
Corvids
Vocal Learning
Innovative Tool Us
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,548
2,166
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12

Animal Behaviour
Behavioural Ecology
Ecology
Evolutio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,199
1,249
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13

Behavioural Neurobiology
Animal communication
Timing of Breedin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,174
627
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14

Mitochondria
Telomeres
Glucocorticoids
Plasticity
Nutrients
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,688
941
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15

Sensory ecology & physiology
Predator-prey-interactions
Active Sensing & Echolocatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,548
918
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16

Neuroscience
Vocal Communicatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,465
725
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17

Animal behaviour/cognition
urban ecology/urbanisation
behavioural flexibility
invasion
squirrel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,292
813
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18

bats
behavioural ecology
echolocation
light pollution
conservatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,213
795
0.655
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19

sensory ecology
behavioural ecology
multisensory integration
navigation
bat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,013
583
0.576
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20

Behavioral ecology
Spatial ecology
Population genetics
Biogeography
Phenotypic variatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
992
562
0.567
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21

Evolutionary ecology
Ornithology
Behavioral ecolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
921
708
0.769
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22

Macroecogy
Evolution
Bio-rhythms
Parental Care
Shorebird
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
846
577
0.682
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23

Behavioural Ecolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
830
752
0.906
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24

Behavioural ecology
Ornitholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
714
456
0.639
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25

Population Ecology
Behavioural Ecology
Conservation Biology
Shorebird
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
711
467
0.657
Bart Kempenaers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,660
7,895
0.348
Wolfgang Forstmeier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,033
4,904
0.489
Behavioural Ecology
Evolutionary Genetic
Henrik Brumm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,393
4,010
0.427
Acoustic Communication
Animal Behaviour
Urban Ecolog
Wolfgang Goymann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,781
3,602
0.410
behavioral ecology
evolution
conservation
evolutionary endocrinology
mating system
Manfred Gahr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,641
2,589
0.300
Rudolf Alexander Steinbrecht
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,586
1,356
0.158
Stephen Blake
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,471
3,958
0.530
Mihai Valcu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,380
2,500
0.571
macroecology
behavioral ecology
spatial data science
Wulf Schiefenhövel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,203
619
0.147
Human Ethology
Evolutionary Anthropology
Evolutionary Medecine
Melanesi
Jakob Fahr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,706
1,504
0.406
community ecology
macroecology
phylogeny
taxonomy
Chiropter
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Auguste Mp Von Bayern
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,548
2,166
0.610
Comparative Cognition
Parrots
Corvids
Vocal Learning
Innovative Tool Us
William E Feeney
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,199
1,249
0.568
Animal Behaviour
Behavioural Ecology
Ecology
Evolutio
Stefan Leitner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,174
627
0.288
Behavioural Neurobiology
Animal communication
Timing of Breedin
Stefania Casagrande
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,688
941
0.557
Mitochondria
Telomeres
Glucocorticoids
Plasticity
Nutrients
Holger R. Goerlitz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,548
918
0.593
Sensory ecology & physiology
Predator-prey-interactions
Active Sensing & Echolocatio
Daniela Vallentin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,465
725
0.495
Neuroscience
Vocal Communicatio
Pizza Ka Yee Chow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,292
813
0.629
Animal behaviour/cognition
urban ecology/urbanisation
behavioural flexibility
invasion
squirrel
Daniel Lewanzik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,213
795
0.655
bats
behavioural ecology
echolocation
light pollution
conservatio
Stefan Greif
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,013
583
0.576
sensory ecology
behavioural ecology
multisensory integration
navigation
bat
Esteban Botero-Delgadillo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
992
562
0.567
Behavioral ecology
Spatial ecology
Population genetics
Biogeography
Phenotypic variatio
Eunbi Kwon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
921
708
0.769
Evolutionary ecology
Ornithology
Behavioral ecolog
Martin Bulla
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
846
577
0.682
Macroecogy
Evolution
Bio-rhythms
Parental Care
Shorebird
Anne E. Aulsebrook
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
830
752
0.906
Peter Santema
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
714
456
0.639
Behavioural ecology
Ornitholog
Luke J. Eberhart-Hertel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
711
467
0.657
Population Ecology
Behavioural Ecology
Conservation Biology
Shorebird