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asiaMedical and Health Sciences / Immunology Highly Cited Researchers 1.118 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.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
immunolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
481,499
109,005
0.226
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Allergy
pulmonary disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,776
122,027
0.837
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Immunolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139,814
39,916
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
cell deat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,890
21,158
0.172
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Immunotherapy
Target Therapy
Cross talk and Drug Resistance
Breast and GI Cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,487
39,448
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Immunology. Immunogenetics
Tumor immunology
Infectious immunit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,714
101,767
0.919
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Immunology
ImmunoGenomics
Single Cell Genomics
Systems Immunology
Immunotherap
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,862
64,855
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Immunolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,254
12,659
0.154
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
immunology
inflammation
T cell differentiatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,533
21,870
0.329
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Virology
Viral Pathology
Infectious Diseases Public Healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,009
40,068
0.636
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Allergy
asthma
food allergy
immunology
molecular biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,535
24,841
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Immunology
Hematology
Health Policy
Public Health
Medical Affair
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,620
35,368
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Immunolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,903
15,652
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Immunolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,483
12,361
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Vaccine
Adjuvant
Clinical Trial
Innate Immunit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,019
12,026
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Immunoengineering
Biomaterials
Bio-nanoparticles
Drug delivery
Nano-immunotherapeutic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,807
22,128
0.585
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Immunology
Cancer immunotherapy
Cancer biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,684
31,858
0.919
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Immunology
Cancer therapy
autoimmune diseas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,443
4,370
0.131
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Immunology
cancer
antibod
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,893
27,547
0.837
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Immunology
Lymphocyte trafficking
Chemokines
Adhesion Molecules
Lysophospholipid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,278
4,481
0.139
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Allerg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,393
10,539
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Immunotherapy
melanoma
kidney cance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,497
16,944
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Immunolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,621
12,098
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Immunology
Vaccinology
Cholera
Typhoid
Molecular Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,130
12,673
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Immunology
Immunopharmacology
Molecular Immunolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,227
13,631
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Shizuo Akira
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
481,499
109,005
0.226
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,651
25
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mahesh Padukudru Anand|M Padukudru Anand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,776
122,027
0.837
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,797
18
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Shimon Sakaguchi
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139,814
39,916
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,281
24
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Shigekazu Nagata
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,890
21,158
0.172
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,594
9
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Mien Chie Hung
China Medical University Taiwan
Taichung, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,487
39,448
0.342
Immunotherapy
Target Therapy
Cross talk and Drug Resistance
Breast and GI Cancer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,819
26
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Alireza Rafiei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,714
101,767
0.919
Immunology. Immunogenetics
Tumor immunology
Infectious immunit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,184
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ido Amit
Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,862
64,855
0.624
Immunology
ImmunoGenomics
Single Cell Genomics
Systems Immunology
Immunotherap
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,821
55
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Toshio Hirano
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,254
12,659
0.154
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,877
196
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Chen Dong
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,533
21,870
0.329
immunology
inflammation
T cell differentiatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,490
7
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Gulfaraz Khan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,009
40,068
0.636
Virology
Viral Pathology
Infectious Diseases Public Healt
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,431
97
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ruby Pawankar
Nippon Medical School
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,535
24,841
0.424
Allergy
asthma
food allergy
immunology
molecular biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,002
118
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Chioma Ezinne Chibueze
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,620
35,368
0.672
Immunology
Hematology
Health Policy
Public Health
Medical Affair
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,951
139
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Takashi Saito
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,903
15,652
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,641
176
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Shigeo Koyasu
Keio University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,483
12,361
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,901
182
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ken J Ishii
University of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,019
12,026
0.293
Vaccine
Adjuvant
Clinical Trial
Innate Immunit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,940
593
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Chao Wang 汪超
Soochow University
Suzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,807
22,128
0.585
Immunoengineering
Biomaterials
Bio-nanoparticles
Drug delivery
Nano-immunotherapeutic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,369
138
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Farhad Jadidi Niaragh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,684
31,858
0.919
Immunology
Cancer immunotherapy
Cancer biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,464
258
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Chikao Morimoto
University of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,443
4,370
0.131
Immunology
Cancer therapy
autoimmune diseas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,994
151
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Behzad Baradaran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,893
27,547
0.837
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,675
277
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Masayuki Miyasaka
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,278
4,481
0.139
Immunology
Lymphocyte trafficking
Chemokines
Adhesion Molecules
Lysophospholipid
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,595
295
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Hirohisa Saito
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,393
10,539
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,665
313
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Richard W. Joseph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,497
16,944
0.556
Immunotherapy
melanoma
kidney cance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,464
231
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Heung Kyu Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,621
12,098
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,213
8
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Firdausi Qadri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,130
12,673
0.467
Immunology
Vaccinology
Cholera
Typhoid
Molecular Biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,684
266
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jae Youl Cho
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,227
13,631
0.520
Immunology
Immunopharmacology
Molecular Immunolog