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.
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

2,101
World Rank

961
Country Rank

11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Citation Metrics
-
Total128,777
-
Last 6 Years43,156
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.335
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

3,655
World Rank

1,708
Country Rank

21
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Medical and Health Sciences / Virology
viral hepatitis | cirrhosis | liver cancer | liver transplantatio
viral hepatitis | cirrhosis | liver cancer | liver transplantatio
Citation Metrics
-
Total96,884
-
Last 6 Years24,977
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.258
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

4,240
World Rank

2,001
Country Rank

27
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Citation Metrics
-
Total88,854
-
Last 6 Years48,768
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.549
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

4,675
World Rank

2,209
Country Rank

36
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Citation Metrics
-
Total83,867
-
Last 6 Years14,038
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.167
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

10,223
World Rank

4,837
Country Rank

60
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Citation Metrics
-
Total51,937
-
Last 6 Years9,055
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Last 6 Years / Total0.174
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

10,375
World Rank

4,911
Country Rank

7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Citation Metrics
-
Total51,401
-
Last 6 Years19,386
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.377
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

11,299
World Rank

5,330
Country Rank

13
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Citation Metrics
-
Total48,668
-
Last 6 Years23,786
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.489
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

12,284
World Rank

5,779
Country Rank

73
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Citation Metrics
-
Total46,192
-
Last 6 Years5,726
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.124
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

14,614
World Rank

6,833
Country Rank

24
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Medical and Health Sciences / Virology
Viral evolution | phylogenetics | evolutionary modeling | algorithm
Viral evolution | phylogenetics | evolutionary modeling | algorithm
Citation Metrics
-
Total41,583
-
Last 6 Years23,054
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.554
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

15,492
World Rank

7,237
Country Rank

20
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Citation Metrics
-
Total40,120
-
Last 6 Years7,773
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.194
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

16,225
World Rank

648
Country Rank

36
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Citation Metrics
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Total39,111
-
Last 6 Years6,342
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.162
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

19,384
World Rank

8,950
Country Rank

115
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Citation Metrics
-
Total34,713
-
Last 6 Years11,988
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.345
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

20,447
World Rank

9,415
Country Rank

38
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Citation Metrics
-
Total33,492
-
Last 6 Years10,802
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.323
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

24,837
World Rank

11,365
Country Rank

91
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Citation Metrics
-
Total29,565
-
Last 6 Years19,070
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.645
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

30,766
World Rank

13,877
Country Rank

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
viral hepatitis and liver disease immune pathogenesis and therapy | genomics and single cell analysi
Citation Metrics
-
Total25,618
-
Last 6 Years15,018
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.586
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

31,603
World Rank

14,243
Country Rank

12
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Citation Metrics
-
Total25,160
-
Last 6 Years23,554
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.936
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

35,685
World Rank

15,906
Country Rank

95
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Citation Metrics
-
Total23,096
-
Last 6 Years17,675
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.765
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

38,412
World Rank

17,031
Country Rank

62
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Citation Metrics
-
Total21,935
-
Last 6 Years12,625
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.576
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

38,418
World Rank

17,034
Country Rank

38
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Citation Metrics
-
Total21,933
-
Last 6 Years5,717
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.261
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

41,133
World Rank

18,078
Country Rank

120
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Citation Metrics
-
Total20,908
-
Last 6 Years7,509
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.359
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

45,865
World Rank

19,899
Country Rank

386
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Citation Metrics
-
Total19,288
-
Last 6 Years1,157
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.060
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

46,752
World Rank

2,028
Country Rank

43
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Citation Metrics
-
Total19,028
-
Last 6 Years7,828
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.411
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

47,488
World Rank

20,548
Country Rank

994
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Citation Metrics
-
Total18,812
-
Last 6 Years5,507
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.293
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

54,616
World Rank

2,368
Country Rank

4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Citation Metrics
-
Total17,043
-
Last 6 Years8,737
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.513
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

56,906
World Rank

24,204
Country Rank

23
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Citation Metrics
-
Total16,444
-
Last 6 Years4,499
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.274