Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers Citation Medical and Health Sciences / Virology Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :26
virology
emerging infections
infectious diseases
zoonoses
arboviruses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,943
16,261
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,581
8,410
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Virology and genomics of host pathogen interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,482
12,389
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,826
17,538
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,205
14,967
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Virology
Vaccinology
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,903
10,307
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Virology
virus evolution
viral metagenomics
DNA viruses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,211
19,206
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Virology
Hepatology
Infectious disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,250
10,433
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,117
4,149
0.165
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,784
9,423
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Virology
epidemiology
emerging diseases
One Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,750
7,628
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,675
18,294
0.741
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,444
11,099
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
varicella zoster
viruses
human papillomavirus
sequencing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,372
13,552
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,675
22,469
0.949
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,629
15,230
0.645
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
viral hepatitis and liver disease immune pathogenesis and therapy
genomics and single cell analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,548
14,467
0.614
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
virologie
HIV
drug discovery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,533
6,392
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Virology
innate immune response
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,226
8,098
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Viral dynamics
theoretical immunology
mathematical biology
infectious disease dynamics
biomathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,345
14,756
0.660
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
virology
virus evolution
laboratory diagnostics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,843
19,834
0.908
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
RNA viruses
innate immunity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,451
9,044
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Viral Hepatitis
Drug Hepatotoxicity
Liver Disease in HIV
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,082
6,036
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,753
16,254
0.783
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,457
12,147
0.594
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,463
107
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Vapalahti Olli
University of Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,943
16,261
0.543
virology
emerging infections
infectious diseases
zoonoses
arboviruses
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,944
2,023
132
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
R Tedder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,581
8,410
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,060
2,030
133
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Paul Kellam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,482
12,389
0.420
Virology and genomics of host pathogen interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,854
1,056
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Mengji Lu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,826
17,538
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,646
1,087
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,205
14,967
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,034
215
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Hans Nauwynck
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,903
10,307
0.369
Virology
Vaccinology
Immunology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,963
11,927
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Arvind Varsani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,211
19,206
0.706
Virology
virus evolution
viral metagenomics
DNA viruses
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,445
18
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Yong Poovorawan
Chulalongkorn University
Bangkok, Thailand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,250
10,433
0.397
Virology
Hepatology
Infectious disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,298
364
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Göran Wadell
Umea University
Umeå, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,117
4,149
0.165
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,905
2,599
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
William Paxton
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,784
9,423
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,962
1,326
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
John S Mackenzie
Curtin University
Bentley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,750
7,628
0.308
Virology
epidemiology
emerging diseases
One Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,095
801
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Berend Jan Bosch
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,675
18,294
0.741
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,530
2,662
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Paul Digard
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,444
11,099
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,668
2,679
246
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
judith Breuer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,372
13,552
0.556
varicella zoster
viruses
human papillomavirus
sequencing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,986
14,479
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Vineet Menachery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,675
22,469
0.949
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,078
1,397
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Ulrike Protzer
Technische Universität München
München, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,629
15,230
0.645
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,227
14,575
261
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Kyong Mi Chang
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,548
14,467
0.614
viral hepatitis and liver disease immune pathogenesis and therapy
genomics and single cell analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,257
291
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Zeger Debyser
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,533
6,392
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,881
1,434
77
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Karl-Klaus Conzelmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,226
8,098
0.349
Virology
innate immune response
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,657
1,530
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Miles Davenport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,345
14,756
0.660
Viral dynamics
theoretical immunology
mathematical biology
infectious disease dynamics
biomathematics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,813
312
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Daniel KW Chu
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,843
19,834
0.908
virology
virus evolution
laboratory diagnostics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,742
1,597
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Friedemann Weber
Justus Liebig Universität Giessen
Giessen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,451
9,044
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,673
16,835
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Kenneth Sherman
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,082
6,036
0.286
Viral Hepatitis
Drug Hepatotoxicity
Liver Disease in HIV
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,506
17,162
108
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Shan Lu Liu
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,753
16,254
0.783
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,340
17,489
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Luis Martinez Sobrido
University of Rochester
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,457
12,147
0.594