top-cited scientists

Top-cited scientists in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

2025 single-year list · 4,513 listed authors · Biomedical Research

4,513 researchers whose main subfield is Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, part of Biomedical Research, are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, out of 216,826 Scopus authors in the subfield. Authors qualify by ranking in the top 2% of their main subfield or in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c); 1,475 of these are in the top 100,000.

Listed authors
4,513
2.08% of the subfield’s Scopus authors
Scopus authors in the subfield
216,826
Median citations
20
top 1% from 846 · all authors in the subfield
Highest-ranked
#107
Semenza, Gregg L.

Top countries

  1. United States1,77039%
  2. United Kingdom3418%
  3. Germany2716%
  4. Japan2646%
  5. China2265%
  6. Italy2255%
  7. Canada1403%
  8. France1193%
  9. South Korea1092%
  10. Australia1042%

Top institutions

  1. Harvard Medical School271%
  2. Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis241%
  3. Università degli Studi di Padova22<1%
  4. UT Southwestern Medical School21<1%
  5. National Cancer Institute (NCI)21<1%
  6. University of California, San Francisco21<1%
  7. Weizmann Institute of Science Israel21<1%
  8. UT Southwestern Medical Center20<1%
  9. Vanderbilt University School of Medicine20<1%
  10. University of Cambridge20<1%

4,513 listed scientists in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

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