Top 100 most-cited scientists in Biology

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#	Author	Country	Subfield rank	c-score	Cites 2025	h	hm	Self-cit.	Papers	Active
1 #55 overall	Zhu, Jian Kang Southern University of Science and Technology	CHN	Plant Biology & Botany #1 · top <0.01%	4.712	11,525	49	23.9	3.3%	623	1991–2026
2 #65 overall	Tilman, David G. University of Minnesota Twin Cities	USA	Ecology #1 · top <0.01%	4.673	12,007	51	22.6	3.0%	324	1976–2026
3 #79 overall	Rillig, Matthias C. Freie Universität Berlin	DEU	Ecology #2 · top <0.01%	4.634	12,096	53	23.5	7.7%	608	1996–2026
4 #102 overall	Reich, Peter B. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	USA	Ecology #3 · top <0.01%	4.572	14,738	54	19.3	11.0%	876	1980–2026
5 #109 overall	Mittler, Ron University of Missouri	USA	Plant Biology & Botany #2 · top <0.01%	4.564	6,924	37	18.8	3.1%	236	1991–2026
6 #138 overall	Penuelas, Josep J. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas	ESP	Ecology #4 · top <0.01%	4.512	17,951	59	25.7	11.6%	1,542	1983–2026
7 #176 overall	Folke, Carl S. Stockholms universitet	SWE	Ecology #5 · top <0.01%	4.449	10,334	45	15.0	2.2%	317	1988–2026
8 #187 overall	Duarte, C. M. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	SAU	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology #1 · top <0.01%	4.437	11,238	45	21.0	9.5%	1,133	1986–2026
9 #215 overall	Gaston, Kevin J. University of Exeter	GBR	Ecology #6 · top <0.01%	4.399	6,781	38	21.8	3.9%	774	1987–2026
10 #244 overall	Thompson, Richard C. University of Plymouth	GBR	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology #2 · top <0.01%	4.364	11,152	46	19.1	2.7%	275	1993–2026
11 #275 overall	Yang, Ziheng University College London	GBR	Evolutionary Biology #1 · top <0.01%	4.341	3,232	27	18.5	5.4%	226	1992–2026
12 #306 overall	Tamura, Koichiro Tokyo Metropolitan University	JPN	Evolutionary Biology #2 · top <0.01%	4.325	17,735	18	7.7	0.1%	72	1988–2026
13 #379 overall	Hasanuzzaman, Mirza Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University	BGD	Plant Biology & Botany #3 · top <0.01%	4.276	8,000	39	17.5	2.9%	435	2007–2026
14 #399 overall	Nowak, Martin A. Harvard University	USA	Evolutionary Biology #3 · top <0.01%	4.263	4,483	33	17.6	3.5%	500	1989–2026
15 #404 overall	Costanza, Robert University College London	GBR	Ecology #8 · top <0.01%	4.261	6,214	28	13.5	2.4%	394	1979–2026
16 #407 overall	Kor̈ner, Christian Universität Basel	CHE	Ecology #9 · top 0.01%	4.260	3,129	26	17.9	6.4%	403	1982–2026
17 #450 overall	Scheffer, Marten S. Wageningen University & Research	NLD	Ecology #10 · top 0.01%	4.236	8,518	38	14.9	4.1%	352	1984–2026
18 #457 overall	Legendre, Pierre University of Montreal	CAN	Ecology #11 · top 0.01%	4.233	5,078	28	16.4	1.9%	342	1970–2025
19 #481 overall	Thuiller, Wilfried Université Grenoble Alpes	FRA	Ecology #12 · top 0.01%	4.218	7,762	40	17.0	8.0%	444	2003–2026
20 #492 overall	Lynch, Jonathan Paul Aul Pennsylvania State University	USA	Plant Biology & Botany #4 · top <0.01%	4.214	3,130	27	18.9	7.1%	297	1984–2026
21 #515 overall	Fahrig, Lenore Carleton University	CAN	Ecology #13 · top 0.02%	4.202	3,219	26	15.7	6.6%	263	1983–2026
22 #610 overall	Wu, Jianguo (Jingle) Arizona State University	USA	Ecology #14 · top 0.02%	4.165	4,739	31	16.9	4.8%	349	1989–2026
23 #650 overall	Carpenter, Stephen R. University of Wisconsin-Madison	USA	Ecology #15 · top 0.02%	4.151	9,116	40	14.8	2.5%	443	1976–2026
24 #659 overall	Nei, Masatoshi Pennsylvania State University	USA	Evolutionary Biology #4 · top 0.01%	4.147	5,280	23	14.0	0.2%	250	1956–2017
25 #662 overall	FOYER, Christine H. University of Birmingham	GBR	Plant Biology & Botany #5 · top <0.01%	4.146	4,214	31	18.9	4.2%	444	1976–2026
26 #670 overall	Ashraf, Muhammad Mudassar University of Lahore	PAK	Plant Biology & Botany #6 · top <0.01%	4.143	5,407	29	17.6	4.1%	799	1986–2026
27 #705 overall	Bardgett, Richard D. Lancaster Environment Centre	GBR	Ecology #16 · top 0.02%	4.130	7,347	40	15.3	7.0%	370	1991–2026
28 #707 overall	Nakagawa, Shinichi UNSW Sydney	AUS	Ecology #17 · top 0.02%	4.129	5,706	29	16.0	8.5%	392	2001–2026
29 #708 overall	Niinemets, Ülo Eesti Maaülikool	EST	Plant Biology & Botany #7 · top <0.01%	4.128	5,823	33	14.1	13.5%	526	1994–2026
30 #722 overall	Vitousek, Peter M. Stanford University	USA	Ecology #18 · top 0.02%	4.123	4,679	35	15.5	3.7%	324	1975–2026
31 #728 overall	Paerl, Hans W. College of Arts and Sciences	USA	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology #3 · top <0.01%	4.122	4,737	32	15.1	6.5%	461	1972–2026
32 #732 overall	Jackson, Robert B. Stanford University	USA	Ecology #19 · top 0.02%	4.120	13,273	53	18.1	7.9%	442	1989–2026
33 #735 overall	Loreau, Michel Station d’Ecologie Théorique et Expérimentale	FRA	Ecology #20 · top 0.02%	4.120	5,647	32	16.0	7.7%	361	1983–2026
34 #820 overall	Lambers, Hans The University of Western Australia	AUS	Plant Biology & Botany #8 · top <0.01%	4.093	5,164	31	14.8	16.0%	691	1976–2026
35 #825 overall	Wardle, David A. Umeå Universitet	SWE	Ecology #21 · top 0.03%	4.092	6,154	35	14.8	6.0%	428	1987–2026
36 #848 overall	Ma, Jianfeng Okayama University	JPN	Plant Biology & Botany #9 · top <0.01%	4.085	4,070	31	16.8	5.3%	340	1989–2026
37 #883 overall	Berkes, Fikret University of Manitoba	CAN	Ecology #22 · top 0.03%	4.075	2,475	22	15.8	2.1%	234	1975–2026
38 #898 overall	Lindenmayer, David B. The Fenner School of Environment & Society	AUS	Ecology #23 · top 0.03%	4.072	4,923	30	15.5	12.4%	962	1988–2026
39 #937 overall	Anderson, Marti J. Massey University Auckland	NZL	Ecology #24 · top 0.03%	4.064	2,874	15	9.8	1.6%	127	1994–2026
40 #941 overall	May, Robert M. University of Oxford	GBR	Evolutionary Biology #5 · top 0.02%	4.063	2,517	22	14.3	1.0%	445	1959–2023
41 #943 overall	Pausas, Juli G. CSIC-GV-UV - Centro de Investigaciones Sobre Desertificación (CIDE)	ESP	Ecology #25 · top 0.03%	4.063	3,914	30	16.9	13.0%	269	1994–2026
42 #944 overall	Pretty, Jules N. University of Essex	GBR	Agronomy & Agriculture #6 · top <0.01%	4.062	2,929	22	13.9	1.1%	202	1988–2026
43 #1,010 overall	Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel CSIC - Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiologia de Sevilla (IRNAS)	ESP	Ecology #26 · top 0.03%	4.042	8,695	47	14.9	8.3%	419	2010–2026
44 #1,033 overall	Asner, Gregory P. Arizona State University	USA	Ecology #27 · top 0.03%	4.036	5,740	31	16.8	9.5%	667	1996–2026
45 #1,039 overall	Levin, Simon A. Princeton University	USA	Ecology #28 · top 0.03%	4.034	4,617	29	13.9	5.3%	552	1967–2026
46 #1,056 overall	van Huis, Arnold Wageningen University & Research	NLD	Entomology #1 · top <0.01%	4.031	1,968	24	14.0	3.7%	170	1979–2026
47 #1,073 overall	Goulson, Dave University of Sussex	GBR	Ecology #29 · top 0.03%	4.027	3,897	26	12.6	3.4%	349	1993–2026
48 #1,075 overall	Wiens, John J. College of Science	USA	Evolutionary Biology #6 · top 0.02%	4.027	2,385	23	15.5	6.3%	245	1989–2026
49 #1,079 overall	Hulme, Philip E. Lincoln University	NZL	Ecology #30 · top 0.04%	4.026	3,684	28	12.8	11.6%	307	1994–2026
50 #1,130 overall	Dormann, Carsten F. Universität Freiburg	DEU	Ecology #31 · top 0.04%	4.016	4,551	29	10.0	4.9%	194	2000–2026
51 #1,152 overall	White, Philip J. The James Hutton Institute	GBR	Plant Biology & Botany #10 · top <0.01%	4.011	3,423	25	15.2	8.1%	330	1982–2025
52 #1,193 overall	Malhi, Yadvinder Singh University of Oxford	GBR	Ecology #32 · top 0.04%	4.002	6,657	39	13.0	15.8%	611	1995–2026
53 #1,208 overall	Peterson, Andrew Townsend University of Kansas	USA	Ecology #33 · top 0.04%	3.999	4,655	28	14.4	4.6%	515	1992–2026
54 #1,218 overall	Brown, James Hemphill The University of New Mexico	USA	Ecology #34 · top 0.04%	3.998	3,090	25	13.9	2.5%	271	1977–2026
55 #1,219 overall	Varshney, Rajeev Kumar Murdoch University	AUS	Plant Biology & Botany #11 · top <0.01%	3.998	7,502	38	14.9	15.1%	927	1996–2026
56 #1,234 overall	Gao, Caixia Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology Chinese Academy of Sciences	CHN	Plant Biology & Botany #12 · top <0.01%	3.995	4,322	39	11.7	4.4%	162	2011–2026
57 #1,238 overall	Ronquist, Fredrik Naturhistoriska riksmuseet	SWE	Evolutionary Biology #7 · top 0.02%	3.994	5,400	18	7.9	1.8%	115	1990–2026
58 #1,262 overall	Kremen, Claire Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management	USA	Ecology #35 · top 0.04%	3.990	4,806	35	13.9	6.5%	212	1986–2026
59 #1,269 overall	Ahmad, Parvaiz MGDC	IND	Plant Biology & Botany #13 · top <0.01%	3.989	5,999	36	17.8	4.2%	518	2005–2026
60 #1,275 overall	Svenning, Jens Christian Aarhus Universitet	DNK	Ecology #36 · top 0.04%	3.988	6,909	39	15.0	14.3%	663	1998–2026
61 #1,309 overall	Cosgrove, Daniel J. Pennsylvania State University	USA	Plant Biology & Botany #14 · top <0.01%	3.984	1,736	19	15.0	6.2%	212	1980–2026
62 #1,310 overall	Liu, Jianguo Michigan State University	USA	Ecology #37 · top 0.04%	3.983	4,501	32	12.9	7.0%	382	1992–2025
63 #1,330 overall	Laurance, William F. James Cook University	AUS	Ecology #38 · top 0.05%	3.981	5,065	31	11.9	9.9%	458	1985–2026
64 #1,333 overall	Fernie, Alisdair Robert Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology	DEU	Plant Biology & Botany #15 · top <0.01%	3.981	10,447	37	20.9	13.5%	1,360	1997–2026
65 #1,335 overall	Kimura, Motoo National Institute of Genetics Mishima	JPN	Evolutionary Biology #8 · top 0.03%	3.981	1,812	12	10.8	0.0%	104	1948–2008
66 #1,381 overall	Westoby, Mark Macquarie University	AUS	Ecology #39 · top 0.05%	3.973	4,925	31	12.9	11.2%	294	1974–2026
67 #1,416 overall	Simberloff, Daniel S. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville	USA	Ecology #40 · top 0.05%	3.967	2,892	22	12.8	6.7%	342	1976–2026
68 #1,430 overall	Munns, Rana E. CSIRO Agriculture Flagship, Brisbane	AUS	Plant Biology & Botany #16 · top <0.01%	3.965	2,607	20	9.9	1.1%	120	1968–2026
69 #1,461 overall	Allison, Steven D. University of California, Irvine	USA	Ecology #41 · top 0.05%	3.960	3,673	30	13.8	5.0%	166	2002–2026
70 #1,480 overall	Chase, Jonathan M. Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg	DEU	Ecology #42 · top 0.05%	3.957	3,075	29	12.8	8.4%	204	1994–2026
71 #1,482 overall	Pyšek, Petr Charles University	CZE	Ecology #43 · top 0.05%	3.956	6,465	34	12.9	15.4%	565	1987–2026
72 #1,485 overall	Luo, Yi Cornell University	USA	Ecology #44 · top 0.05%	3.956	8,016	43	16.7	8.0%	624	1992–2026
73 #1,508 overall	Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove I. The University of Queensland	AUS	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology #4 · top <0.01%	3.951	3,774	27	10.9	4.2%	345	1982–2026
74 #1,522 overall	Falkowski, Paul G. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences	USA	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology #5 · top <0.01%	3.950	3,244	23	12.5	3.0%	352	1973–2026
75 #1,531 overall	Farooq, Muhammad Omer Sultan Qaboos University	OMN	Plant Biology & Botany #17 · top <0.01%	3.948	6,673	40	16.9	4.2%	592	2004–2026
76 #1,539 overall	Shabala, Sergey Nikolayevich The University of Western Australia	AUS	Plant Biology & Botany #18 · top <0.01%	3.946	4,454	27	15.0	8.0%	534	1993–2026
77 #1,612 overall	Benelli, Giovanni Università di Pisa	ITA	Entomology #2 · top <0.01%	3.935	3,329	22	13.6	12.8%	636	2012–2026
78 #1,635 overall	Tscharntke, Teja Georg-August-Universität Göttingen	DEU	Ecology #45 · top 0.05%	3.931	7,060	37	14.8	10.8%	548	1984–2026
79 #1,641 overall	Keeley, Jon E. United States Geological Survey Western Region	USA	Ecology #46 · top 0.06%	3.930	2,472	23	13.8	6.8%	221	1976–2026
80 #1,647 overall	Chao, Anne Lien Ju National Tsing Hua University	TWN	Ecology #47 · top 0.06%	3.929	3,160	23	10.8	3.7%	146	1981–2026
81 #1,653 overall	Sutherland, William J. University of Cambridge	GBR	Ecology #48 · top 0.06%	3.928	4,365	31	13.9	13.7%	774	1982–2026
82 #1,675 overall	Mace, Georgina M. University College London	GBR	Ecology #49 · top 0.06%	3.924	5,832	34	10.8	3.6%	214	1980–2025
83 #1,678 overall	van der Heijden, Marcel G.A. Universität Zürich	CHE	Agronomy & Agriculture #10 · top 0.01%	3.924	6,640	35	13.3	3.3%	193	1998–2026
84 #1,681 overall	Douglas, Angela Elizabeth Cornell University	USA	Entomology #3 · top <0.01%	3.923	1,681	19	14.4	3.5%	257	1982–2022
85 #1,692 overall	Treseder, Kathleen K. University of California, Irvine	USA	Ecology #50 · top 0.06%	3.921	2,612	29	14.9	4.5%	144	1995–2026
86 #1,714 overall	Díaz, Sandra M. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal	ARG	Ecology #51 · top 0.06%	3.918	7,624	42	9.4	9.2%	241	1992–2026
87 #1,728 overall	Chapin, F. Stuart University of Alaska Fairbanks	USA	Ecology #52 · top 0.06%	3.916	8,632	35	13.1	4.7%	451	1974–2023
88 #1,744 overall	Hughes, Terence P. James Cook University	AUS	Ecology #53 · top 0.06%	3.913	4,825	27	9.8	4.1%	153	1980–2026
89 #1,753 overall	Hoffmann, Ary A. School of Biosciences	AUS	Entomology #4 · top <0.01%	3.912	4,664	29	14.6	13.0%	930	1983–2026
90 #1,758 overall	Raven, John A. The James Hutton Institute	GBR	Plant Biology & Botany #19 · top <0.01%	3.910	2,601	22	13.6	7.4%	553	1967–2026
91 #1,759 overall	Wink, Michael Universität Heidelberg	DEU	Plant Biology & Botany #20 · top <0.01%	3.910	3,903	20	13.9	6.8%	853	1975–2026
92 #1,768 overall	McDowell, Nate G. Washington State University Pullman	USA	Plant Biology & Botany #21 · top 0.01%	3.909	5,027	27	10.4	8.1%	262	1999–2026
93 #1,769 overall	Olden, Julian D. College of the Environment	USA	Ecology #54 · top 0.07%	3.909	4,824	32	16.4	8.8%	403	2000–2026
94 #1,774 overall	Bennett, Nathan J. World Wildlife Fund	USA	Fisheries #3 · top <0.01%	3.908	2,368	27	11.6	8.7%	124	2010–2026
95 #1,779 overall	Turner, Monica Goigel University of Wisconsin-Madison	USA	Ecology #55 · top 0.07%	3.907	2,794	24	12.0	9.6%	287	1983–2026
96 #1,784 overall	Altieri, Miguel Angel Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management	USA	Agronomy & Agriculture #12 · top 0.01%	3.906	1,643	21	12.2	1.1%	176	1977–2026
97 #1,807 overall	Sinsabaugh, Robert L. The University of New Mexico	USA	Agronomy & Agriculture #13 · top 0.01%	3.903	3,093	26	10.9	2.7%	157	1984–2026
98 #1,830 overall	Holt, Robert Dan University of Florida	USA	Ecology #56 · top 0.07%	3.899	3,673	27	12.9	3.8%	318	1977–2026
99 #1,855 overall	Dixon, Richard Arthur University of North Texas	USA	Plant Biology & Botany #22 · top 0.01%	3.895	3,440	26	14.8	3.4%	495	1976–2026
100 #1,870 overall	Poorter, L. Wageningen University & Research	NLD	Ecology #58 · top 0.07%	3.893	4,239	31	13.1	12.3%	253	1993–2026

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