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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 93 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: 26
Vaccines
Immunology
Chlamydia
Streptococcus
Adjuvant
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,114
1,837
0.226
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
molekylærbiologi
ST
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,629
1,295
0.170
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,063
3,684
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Vacciner
adjuvanse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,977
3,527
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Medici
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,481
1,613
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Parasitology
Immunology
diagnostic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,371
2,511
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,286
2,295
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Microbiology
Veterinary
antimicrobial resistanc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,202
2,842
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,087
3,871
0.636
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Infectious diseases
Epidemiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,889
1,845
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Veterinær Mikrobiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,397
2,177
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Clinical microbiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,292
2,712
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
medical genetics
mother-child health
public healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,527
2,107
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Statistical genetics
Population genetics
Statistics
Evolutionary genomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,477
2,749
0.614
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,310
2,828
0.656
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Vaccine
adjuvants
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
innate & adaptive immunit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,264
1,515
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Epidemiology
clinical trial
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,117
2,059
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Infectious Diseases - Population based research - Public Health - Microbiology - Epidemiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,005
2,035
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Infectious Diseases
Preparedness
One Health
Zoonose
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,414
2,585
0.757
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Bioinformatic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,931
2,465
0.841
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Protein biomarkers
immuno assays
autoantibodies
glycobiology
salt transporter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,899
1,555
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
crystallography
enzyme
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,867
940
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Microbial Evolution
Pathogen Biology
Molecular Epidemiology
Host-parasite interactions
Bioinf
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,576
2,398
0.931
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Nutrition
epidemiology
pregnancy
fetal programmin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,491
1,443
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Infection Microbiology
Genomic Epidemiology
Microbial Ecology
Plasmid Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,434
1,117
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
132,922
1,226
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Jes Dietrich
Statens Serum Institut
Kopenhag, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,114
1,837
0.226
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,153
1,315
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Peter Ahrens
Statens Serum Institut
Kopenhag, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,629
1,295
0.170
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
154,249
1,429
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Jesper Larsen
Statens Serum Institut
Kopenhag, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,063
3,684
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,227
1,446
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Dennis Christensen
Statens Serum Institut
Kopenhag, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,977
3,527
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
168,648
1,567
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Helle Konradsen
Statens Serum Institut
Kopenhag, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,481
1,613
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
171,559
1,595
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Henrik Vedel Nielsen
Statens Serum Institut
Kopenhag, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,371
2,511
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
173,888
1,621
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Kristin Skogstrand
Statens Serum Institut
Kopenhag, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,286
2,295
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
176,314
1,644
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Lina M Cavaco
Statens Serum Institut
Kopenhag, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,202
2,842
0.458
Microbiology
Veterinary
antimicrobial resistanc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
179,619
1,684
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Arieh Sierra Cohen
Statens Serum Institut
Kopenhag, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,087
3,871
0.636
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
185,731
1,741
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Anders Koch
Statens Serum Institut
Kopenhag, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,889
1,845
0.313
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
202,292
1,913
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Øystein Angen
Statens Serum Institut
Kopenhag, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,397
2,177
0.403
Veterinær Mikrobiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
206,126
1,944
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Hans-Christian Slotved
Statens Serum Institut
Kopenhag, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,292
2,712
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
239,110
2,252
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Paula Louise Hedley
Statens Serum Institut
Kopenhag, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,527
2,107
0.465
medical genetics
mother-child health
public healt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
241,421
2,264
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Line Skotte
Statens Serum Institut
Kopenhag, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,477
2,749
0.614
Statistical genetics
Population genetics
Statistics
Evolutionary genomic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
250,111
2,334
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Pia Kiilerich
Statens Serum Institut
Kopenhag, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,310
2,828
0.656
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
252,683
2,360
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Thomas Lindenstrøm
Statens Serum Institut
Kopenhag, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,264
1,515
0.355
Vaccine
adjuvants
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
innate & adaptive immunit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
260,967
2,436
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Peter Bager
Statens Serum Institut
Kopenhag, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,117
2,059
0.500
Epidemiology
clinical trial
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
267,359
2,495
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Celine Barnadas
Statens Serum Institut
Kopenhag, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,005
2,035
0.508
Infectious Diseases - Population based research - Public Health - Microbiology - Epidemiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
306,690
2,823
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Pikka Jokelainen
Statens Serum Institut
Kopenhag, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,414
2,585
0.757
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
347,866
3,132
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Kim Lee Ng
Statens Serum Institut
Kopenhag, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,931
2,465
0.841
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
351,047
3,154
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Nis Borbye-Lorenzen
Statens Serum Institut
Kopenhag, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,899
1,555
0.536
Protein biomarkers
immuno assays
autoantibodies
glycobiology
salt transporter
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
354,173
3,178
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Rene Jorgensen
Statens Serum Institut
Kopenhag, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,867
940
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
385,349
3,408
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Raphael Niklaus Sieber
Statens Serum Institut
Kopenhag, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,576
2,398
0.931
Microbial Evolution
Pathogen Biology
Molecular Epidemiology
Host-parasite interactions
Bioinf
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
395,202
3,472
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Ekaterina Maslova
Statens Serum Institut
Kopenhag, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,491
1,443
0.579
Nutrition
epidemiology
pregnancy
fetal programmin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
402,259
3,525
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Anders Norman
Statens Serum Institut
Kopenhag, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,434
1,117
0.459
Infection Microbiology
Genomic Epidemiology
Microbial Ecology
Plasmid Biolog