Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) 2025

The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.

* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
France
Fabrice Not
Biology
Ecology
Oceanography
Symbiosis
Protists
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,420
14,685
0.655
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
France
Daniel Vaulot
biological oceanography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,695
9,771
0.329
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
France
Gurvan Michel
Marine microbiology
phycology
structural biology
glycobiology
plant cell walls
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,772
7,477
0.543
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
France
Ian Probert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,588
7,050
0.519
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
France
Gildas Le Corguillé
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,504
6,708
0.894
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
France
Laure Guillou
Interaction hôtes-parasites plancton marin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,066
5,840
0.528
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
France
Philippe Potin
algues marines biochimie des défenses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,480
5,548
0.445
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
France
Bernard Kloareg
macro-algues marines
biochimie
génétique
génomique
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,499
4,479
0.289
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
France
Sarah Romac
plankton ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,240
4,440
0.712
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
France
Erwan Corre
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,271
3,562
0.568
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
France
Myriam Valero
biologie évolutive
génétique des populations
biodiversité
haploïde
diploïde
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,981
3,473
0.435
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
France
Tristan Barbeyron
Biochemistry
Marine Microbiology
Glycobiology
Phycology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,649
3,452
0.451
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
France
Nicolas Henry
Plankton ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,038
3,162
0.783
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
France
Stéphane Bach
Modulation of Programmed cell death
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,881
2,789
0.354
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
France
Sophie Martin
Global Change
Benthic communities
C and CaCO3 cycles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,237
2,590
0.415
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
France
François Thomas
environmental microbiology
biochemistry
transcriptomics
polysaccharide degradation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,804
2,582
0.679
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
France
Simon Dittami
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,654
2,575
0.553
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
France
Dominique Davoult
Marine ecology
Benthic productivity
Biodiversity & Ecosystem functioning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,663
2,242
0.396
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
France
Jonas Collén
genomics
phycology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,622
2,211
0.393
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
France
Christophe Destombe
Biologie des populations
génétique des populations
évolution
phycologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,895
2,160
0.441
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
France
Cecile Herve
algal cell walls
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,000
2,140
0.535
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
France
Benedicte Charrier
Algae
seaweeds
morphogenesis
development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,690
2,103
0.448
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
France
Catherine Boyen
Marine Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,015
1,836
0.366
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
France
Gabriel V. Markov
metabolic pathway evolution
systems biology
phylometabolomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,884
1,470
0.510
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
France
Eric Thiébaut
benthic ecology
marine biodiversity
larval dispersal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,294
1,350
0.410
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,396
France
369
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Fabrice Not
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,420
14,685
0.655
Biology
Ecology
Oceanography
Symbiosis
Protists
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,683
France
725
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Daniel Vaulot
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,695
9,771
0.329
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,263
France
1,092
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Gurvan Michel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,772
7,477
0.543
Marine microbiology
phycology
structural biology
glycobiology
plant cell walls
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,989
France
1,209
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ian Probert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,588
7,050
0.519
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,289
France
1,327
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Gildas Le Corguillé
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,504
6,708
0.894
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,156
France
1,612
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Laure Guillou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,066
5,840
0.528
Interaction hôtes-parasites plancton marin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,470
France
1,752
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Philippe Potin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,480
5,548
0.445
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,978
France
2,409
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Bernard Kloareg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,499
4,479
0.289
macro-algues marines
biochimie
génétique
génomique
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,149
France
2,445
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Sarah Romac
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,240
4,440
0.712
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
141,801
France
3,315
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Erwan Corre
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,271
3,562
0.568
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
146,103
France
3,440
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Myriam Valero
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,981
3,473
0.435
biologie évolutive
génétique des populations
biodiversité
haploïde
diploïde
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
147,184
France
3,475
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Tristan Barbeyron
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,649
3,452
0.451
Biochemistry
Marine Microbiology
Glycobiology
Phycology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
162,654
France
3,915
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Nicolas Henry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,038
3,162
0.783
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
186,903
France
4,648
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Stéphane Bach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,881
2,789
0.354
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
202,272
France
5,095
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Sophie Martin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,237
2,590
0.415
Global Change
Benthic communities
C and CaCO3 cycles
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
202,976
France
5,111
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
François Thomas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,804
2,582
0.679
environmental microbiology
biochemistry
transcriptomics
polysaccharide degradation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
203,548
France
5,133
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Simon Dittami
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,654
2,575
0.553
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
235,064
France
6,046
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Dominique Davoult
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,663
2,242
0.396
Marine ecology
Benthic productivity
Biodiversity & Ecosystem functioning
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
238,413
France
6,152
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jonas Collén
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,622
2,211
0.393
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
244,135
France
6,321
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Christophe Destombe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,895
2,160
0.441
Biologie des populations
génétique des populations
évolution
phycologie
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
246,452
France
6,379
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Cecile Herve
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,000
2,140
0.535
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
250,800
France
6,502
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Benedicte Charrier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,690
2,103
0.448
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
286,357
France
7,643
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Catherine Boyen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,015
1,836
0.366
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
350,667
France
9,672
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Gabriel V. Markov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,884
1,470
0.510
metabolic pathway evolution
systems biology
phylometabolomics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
377,328
France
10,505
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Eric Thiébaut
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,294
1,350
0.410