Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationMedical 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 :51
virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,275
11,975
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :52
Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,988
6,084
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :53
viral zoonoses
emerging viral infections
mosquito-borne viruses
West Nile virus
Usutu virus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,976
8,849
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
Viral infections in transplant
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,870
7,776
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :55
virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,475
1,363
0.070
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :56
Virology
Exscientia
Drug Discovery
Antivirals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,861
13,839
0.734
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :57
Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,635
11,122
0.597
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :58
HIV
entry
broadly neutralizing antibodies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,581
2,679
0.144
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,428
8,301
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,377
8,587
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
Viral Immunology
Viral Hepatitis
Vaccines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,255
5,894
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :62
Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,860
7,780
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,295
8,177
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :64
Virology
spec. HIV
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,120
1,207
0.071
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :65
virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,111
3,240
0.189
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :66
Coronaviruses HIV macrophages stem cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,727
10,960
0.655
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :67
Virology
Bacteriology
Traditional Medicine And Natural Products
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,660
9,499
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :68
virologie
immunologie
neurologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,510
8,682
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :69
Virology
emerging diseases
Respiratory viruses
Arboviruses
Influenza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,148
10,836
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :70
Virology and innate immunity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,118
4,773
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :71
Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,110
5,842
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :72
Virology
Hepatology
Hepatitis B Virus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,085
8,656
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
Virology
Molecular Biology
Cell Biology
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,981
3,438
0.215
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
Virology
Cell Biology
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,975
7,524
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :75
Virology
Infectious Diseases
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,913
3,628
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,627
17,561
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Luis Martinez Sobrido
University of Rochester
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,275
11,975
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,440
376
121
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Graciela Andrei
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,988
6,084
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,467
33
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Norbert Nowotny
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,976
8,849
0.443
viral zoonoses
emerging viral infections
mosquito-borne viruses
West Nile virus
Usutu virus
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,764
17,995
116
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Ajit Limaye
University of Washington
Seattle, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,870
7,776
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,892
18,432
368
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Saul Silverstein
Columbia University New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,475
1,363
0.070
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,666
3,799
260
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
IG Goodfellow
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,861
13,839
0.734
Virology
Exscientia
Drug Discovery
Antivirals
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,388
1,901
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Jan Felix Drexler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,635
11,122
0.597
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,572
812
116
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Alexandra Trkola
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,581
2,679
0.144
HIV
entry
broadly neutralizing antibodies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,051
3,926
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Ian Brown
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,428
8,301
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,241
1,975
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Craig Mccormick *
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,377
8,587
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,660
19,884
978
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Georg Lauer
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,255
5,894
0.323
Viral Immunology
Viral Hepatitis
Vaccines
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,057
4,074
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Anna Maria Geretti
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,860
7,780
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,240
402
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Klaus Osterrieder
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,295
8,177
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,906
665
80
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Eva Maria Fenyö
Lund University
Lund, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,120
1,207
0.071
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,940
4,331
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Glyn Stanway
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,111
3,240
0.189
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,407
4,442
487
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
William James
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,727
10,960
0.655
Coronaviruses HIV macrophages stem cells
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,699
106
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Sazaly Bin Abu Bakar
University of Malaya
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,660
9,499
0.570
Virology
Bacteriology
Traditional Medicine And Natural Products
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,356
2,289
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Pierre Talbot
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,510
8,682
0.526
virologie
immunologie
neurologie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,923
178
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Marietjie Venter
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,148
10,836
0.671
Virology
emerging diseases
Respiratory viruses
Arboviruses
Influenza
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,066
23,182
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Kui Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,118
4,773
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,106
2,418
223
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Alexander A Khromykh
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,110
5,842
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,233
2,358
101
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Stephan Urban
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,085
8,656
0.538
Virology
Hepatology
Hepatitis B Virus
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,710
2,399
150
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
James R Smiley
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,981
3,438
0.215
Virology
Molecular Biology
Cell Biology
Immunology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,744
523
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Manjula Kalia
Regional Centre for Biotechnology
Faridabad, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,975
7,524
0.471
Virology
Cell Biology
Immunology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,028
278
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Klaus Hedman
University of Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,913
3,628
0.228
Virology
Infectious Diseases
Immunology