Leaderboards/Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research

Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Shuai Jiang
Pudong Medical Center
2
Shuyu Zheng
University of Helsinki
3
Cameron Arshadi
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
4
Fengye Lyu
Hangzhou DAC Biotech (China)
5
Amit Gangwal
Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal
6
Fabio Urbina
Collaborations Pharmaceuticals (United States)
7
Jorge Álvarez-Jarreta
European Bioinformatics Institute
8
Veer J. Patel
Parul University
9
Kevin Maik Jablonka
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
10
Michael Lodi
University of Bologna

Rising Stars Papers

1
Generic Diagramming Platform (GDP): a comprehensive database of high-quality biomedical graphics
Nucleic Acids Research|2024
1.2k cit.
2
Leveraging large language models for predictive chemistry
Nature Machine Intelligence|2024
319 cit.
3
Unleashing the power of generative AI in drug discovery
Drug Discovery Today|2024
151 cit.
4
Generative artificial intelligence in drug discovery: basic framework, recent advances, challenges, and opportunities
Frontiers in Pharmacology|2024
148 cit.
5
A framework for evaluating the chemical knowledge and reasoning abilities of large language models against the expertise of chemists
Nature Chemistry|2025
55 cit.
6
Probing the limitations of multimodal language models for chemistry and materials research
Nature Computational Science|2025
21 cit.
7
Predicting the Hallucinogenic Potential of Molecules Using Artificial Intelligence
ACS Chemical Neuroscience|2024
9 cit.
8
Explainable AI methods for drug discovery: A survey of interpretability, metrics and mechanistic insight
Computer Science Review|2026
6 cit.
9
Lessons from the trenches on evaluating machine learning systems in materials science
Computational Materials Science|2025
5 cit.
10
Big Ideas of Cryptography in Primary School
Unknown Journal|2024
4 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Daniel Blankenberg
Cleveland Clinic
2
Kerry Zbicz
National Institutes of Health
3
Marina A. Zhuravleva
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
4
Alexander Rose
San Diego Supercomputer Center
5
Yubin Xie
Sun Yat-sen University
6
Pallavi Subhraveti
SRI International
7
Christine Durinx
Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie
8
Chiara Gabella
SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
9
David M. Aanensen
University of Oxford
10
Masayuki Kawashima
Kyushu Economic Research Center

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
IBS 2.0: an upgraded illustrator for the visualization of biological sequences
Nucleic Acids Research|2022
214 cit.
2
PDAUG: a Galaxy based toolset for peptide library analysis, visualization, and machine learning modeling
BMC Bioinformatics|2022
17 cit.
3
Reconstructing near-water-wall temperature in coal-fired boilers using improved transfer learning and hidden layer configuration optimization
Energy|2024
14 cit.
4
Learning a Gaussian Process Approximation of a Model Predictive Controller with Guarantees
Unknown Journal|2023
11 cit.
5
U1RNP/lncRNA/Transcription Cycle Axis Promotes Tumorigenesis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Diagnostics|2022
7 cit.
6
hdlib: A Python library for designing Vector-SymbolicArchitectures
The Journal of Open Source Software|2023
7 cit.
7
Mesoscale explorer: Visual exploration of large‐scale molecular models
Protein Science|2024
7 cit.
8
Feature selection with vector-symbolic architectures: a case study on microbial profiles of shotgun metagenomic samples of colorectal cancer
Briefings in Bioinformatics|2025
7 cit.
9
Monitoring antimicrobial resistance trends from global genomics data: amr.watch
PLOS Global Public Health|2025
6 cit.
10
TIRSF: a web server for screening gene signatures to predict Tumor immunotherapy response
Nucleic Acids Research|2022
5 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Pavel Tomančák
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
2
Albert Cardona
University of Cambridge
3
Kevin W. Eliceiri
University of Wisconsin–Madison
4
Richard Schlegel
Georgetown University
5
Steven E. Brenner
University of California, Berkeley
6
Jianhua Zhang
Hong Kong Baptist University
7
Alexei J. Drummond
University of Auckland
8
Christian von Mering
SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
9
Yoshihiro Yamanishi
Aichi Cancer Center
10
Jaap Heringa
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
Nature Methods|2012
70.9k cit.
2
NIH Image to ImageJ: 25 years of image analysis
Nature Methods|2012
65.2k cit.
3
<i>The Structure of Scientific Revolutions</i>
Physics Today|1963
35.5k cit.
4
Geneious Basic: An integrated and extendable desktop software platform for the organization and analysis of sequence data
Bioinformatics|2012
20.8k cit.
5
STRING v11: protein–protein association networks with increased coverage, supporting functional discovery in genome-wide experimental datasets
Nucleic Acids Research|2018
19.2k cit.
6
BEAST: Bayesian evolutionary analysis by sampling trees
BMC Evolutionary Biology|2007
13.1k cit.
7
WebLogo: A Sequence Logo Generator: Figure 1
Genome Research|2004
13k cit.
8
Bioconductor: open software development for computational biology and bioinformatics
Genome biology|2004
12.5k cit.
9
STRING v10: protein–protein interaction networks, integrated over the tree of life
Nucleic Acids Research|2014
11.1k cit.
10
Bayesian Phylogenetics with BEAUti and the BEAST 1.7
Molecular Biology and Evolution|2012
10.4k cit.

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