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Highly Cited Researchers

North America Medical and Health Sciences / Virology Highly Cited Researchers 269 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025

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.

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Total 269 scientists, 82 country, 493 institution
* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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2,101
World Rank
United States
961
Country Rank
University of Wisconsin Madison Logo
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    128,777
  • Last 6 Years
    43,156
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.335
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Rankings

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3,655
World Rank
United States
1,708
Country Rank
University of Pennsylvania Logo
21
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Medical and Health Sciences / Virology
viral hepatitis | cirrhosis | liver cancer | liver transplantatio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    96,884
  • Last 6 Years
    24,977
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.258
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Rankings

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4,240
World Rank
United States
2,001
Country Rank
Yale University Logo
27
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Medical and Health Sciences / Virology
Viral infection and immunity | anti-tumor immunit

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    88,854
  • Last 6 Years
    48,768
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.549
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Rankings

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4,675
World Rank
United States
2,209
Country Rank
University of Pennsylvania Logo
36
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    83,867
  • Last 6 Years
    14,038
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.167
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Rankings

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10,223
World Rank
United States
4,837
Country Rank
University of Pittsburgh Logo
60
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    51,937
  • Last 6 Years
    9,055
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.174
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Rankings

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10,375
World Rank
United States
4,911
Country Rank
San Diego State University Logo
7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Medical and Health Sciences / Virology
viral ecology | coral reef microbiolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    51,401
  • Last 6 Years
    19,386
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.377
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Rankings

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11,299
World Rank
United States
5,330
Country Rank
Rockefeller University Logo
13
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    48,668
  • Last 6 Years
    23,786
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.489
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Rankings

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12,284
World Rank
United States
5,779
Country Rank
University of Pittsburgh Logo
73
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Medical and Health Sciences / Virology
Viral immunology | HIV/AID

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    46,192
  • Last 6 Years
    5,726
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.124
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Rankings

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14,614
World Rank
United States
6,833
Country Rank
Temple University Logo
24
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Medical and Health Sciences / Virology
Viral evolution | phylogenetics | evolutionary modeling | algorithm

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    41,583
  • Last 6 Years
    23,054
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.554
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Rankings

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15,492
World Rank
United States
7,237
Country Rank
Tufts University Logo
20
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    40,120
  • Last 6 Years
    7,773
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.194
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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16,225
World Rank
Canada
648
Country Rank
University of Alberta Logo
36
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Medical and Health Sciences / Virology
Virology immunology | vaccinolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    39,111
  • Last 6 Years
    6,342
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.162
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Rankings

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19,384
World Rank
United States
8,950
Country Rank
University of California San Francisco Logo
115
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    34,713
  • Last 6 Years
    11,988
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.345
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Rankings

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20,447
World Rank
United States
9,415
Country Rank
Purdue University Logo
38
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    33,492
  • Last 6 Years
    10,802
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.323
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Rankings

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24,837
World Rank
United States
11,365
Country Rank
Arizona State University Logo
91
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Medical and Health Sciences / Virology
Virology | virus evolution | viral metagenomics | DNA viruse

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    29,565
  • Last 6 Years
    19,070
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.645
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Rankings

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30,766
World Rank
United States
13,877
Country Rank
University of Pennsylvania Logo
254
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Medical and Health Sciences / Virology
viral hepatitis and liver disease immune pathogenesis and therapy | genomics and single cell analysi

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    25,618
  • Last 6 Years
    15,018
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.586
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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31,603
World Rank
United States
14,243
Country Rank
University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston Logo
12
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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35,685
World Rank
United States
15,906
Country Rank
Ohio State University Logo
95
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    23,096
  • Last 6 Years
    17,675
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.765
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Rankings

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38,412
World Rank
United States
17,031
Country Rank
University of Rochester Logo
62
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    21,935
  • Last 6 Years
    12,625
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.576
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Rankings

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38,418
World Rank
United States
17,034
Country Rank
University of Cincinnati Logo
38
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Medical and Health Sciences / Virology
Viral Hepatitis | Drug Hepatotoxicity | Liver Disease in HI

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    21,933
  • Last 6 Years
    5,717
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.261
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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41,133
World Rank
United States
18,078
Country Rank
University of Washington Logo
120
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Medical and Health Sciences / Virology
Viral infections in transplan

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    20,908
  • Last 6 Years
    7,509
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.359
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Rankings

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45,865
World Rank
United States
19,899
Country Rank
Columbia University New York Logo
386
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    19,288
  • Last 6 Years
    1,157
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.060
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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46,752
World Rank
Canada
2,028
Country Rank
Dalhousie University Logo
43
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    19,028
  • Last 6 Years
    7,828
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.411
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Rankings

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47,488
World Rank
United States
20,548
Country Rank
Harvard University Logo
994
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Medical and Health Sciences / Virology
Viral Immunology | Viral Hepatitis | Vaccine

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    18,812
  • Last 6 Years
    5,507
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.293
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Rankings

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54,616
World Rank
Canada
2,368
Country Rank
INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier Logo
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Medical and Health Sciences / Virology
virologie | immunologie | neurologi

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    17,043
  • Last 6 Years
    8,737
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.513
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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56,906
World Rank
United States
24,204
Country Rank
University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis Logo
23
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Medical and Health Sciences / Virology
Virology and innate immunit

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    16,444
  • Last 6 Years
    4,499
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.274
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