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Highly Cited Researchers 908 Scientists Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) - 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.
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Imaging
Image analysis
Microscopy
Life Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,726
50,700
0.707
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Systems Biology
Systems Medicine
Machine Learning
Algorithms
Statistical Modelin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,964
34,836
0.581
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,719
24,487
0.524
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
infectious disease
epidemic
modelling
statistics
transmissio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,785
23,409
0.636
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Infectious Diseases
Microbiology
Cell Biology
Immunology
Genomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,589
21,211
0.428
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Immune development
innate immunit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,481
18,283
0.362
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Archaea
archaeal viruses
virus evolution
virus-host interactions
bacteriophage
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,563
17,985
0.732
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Immunology
infection
autoimmunit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,496
17,539
0.900
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Statistical genetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,654
17,304
0.348
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
neuroscience
molecular biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,559
16,484
0.138
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Microbial biodiversity and epidemiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,626
15,920
0.435
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Bioinformatics
comparative genomics
molecular evolution
microbiology
microbial evolutio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,777
15,078
0.446
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Virus evolution
Genomic epidemiology
Virome
Endogenous retroviruses
Virospher
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,511
13,449
0.867
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,602
13,362
0.314
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
antiviral approaches
virus evolution
virolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,366
13,008
0.749
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Molecular and Cell Biology / Analytical Biochemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,784
12,434
0.902
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
data science
bioinformatic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,474
12,403
0.421
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Neuroscienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,441
11,492
0.512
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Microbiology
Bioinformatics
Molecular Genetics
Metagenomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,676
11,345
0.549
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
epidemiology
infetious diseases
evolutio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,739
11,106
0.593
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Immunologie
Virologie
HIV
SARS-CoV-
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,724
10,882
0.928
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
virology
evolution
genomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,810
10,752
0.839
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,308
10,735
0.442
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
mycobacteria
tuberculosis
microbiology
secretion systems
evolutio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,261
10,610
0.264
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Microbiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,513
10,158
0.451
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,710
49
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jean-Yves Tinevez
Institut Pasteur
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,726
50,700
0.707
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,023
87
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Benno Schwikowski
Institut Pasteur
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,964
34,836
0.581
Systems Biology
Systems Medicine
Machine Learning
Algorithms
Statistical Modelin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,763
159
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Olivier Schwartz
Institut Pasteur
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,719
24,487
0.524
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,426
176
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Simon Cauchemez
Institut Pasteur
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,785
23,409
0.636
infectious disease
epidemic
modelling
statistics
transmissio
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,997
203
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Marc Lecuit
Institut Pasteur
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,589
21,211
0.428
Infectious Diseases
Microbiology
Cell Biology
Immunology
Genomic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,651
236
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
James Di Santo
Institut Pasteur
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,481
18,283
0.362
Immune development
innate immunit
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,059
244
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mart Krupovic
Institut Pasteur
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,563
17,985
0.732
Archaea
archaeal viruses
virus evolution
virus-host interactions
bacteriophage
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,601
250
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Darragh Duffy
Institut Pasteur
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,496
17,539
0.900
Immunology
infection
autoimmunit
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,906
940
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Daniel Falush
Institut Pasteur of Shanghai
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,654
17,304
0.348
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,922
274
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jean-Pierre Changeux
Institut Pasteur
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,559
16,484
0.138
neuroscience
molecular biolog
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,880
299
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sylvain Brisse
Institut Pasteur
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,626
15,920
0.435
Microbial biodiversity and epidemiolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,363
328
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Eduardo Rocha
Institut Pasteur
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,777
15,078
0.446
Bioinformatics
comparative genomics
molecular evolution
microbiology
microbial evolutio
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,794
1,495
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jie Cui
Institut Pasteur of Shanghai
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,511
13,449
0.867
Virus evolution
Genomic epidemiology
Virome
Endogenous retroviruses
Virospher
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,028
399
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Buchrieser Carmen
Institut Pasteur
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,602
13,362
0.314
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,953
416
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Marco Vignuzzi
Institut Pasteur
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,366
13,008
0.749
antiviral approaches
virus evolution
virolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,581
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Juan Pablo Tosar
Institut Pasteur de Montevideo
Montevideo, Uruguay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,784
12,434
0.902
Molecular and Cell Biology / Analytical Biochemistr
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,665
441
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Giovanni Bussotti
Institut Pasteur
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,474
12,403
0.421
data science
bioinformatic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,702
507
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Roberto Toro
Institut Pasteur
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,441
11,492
0.512
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,230
519
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sean Kennedy
Institut Pasteur
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,676
11,345
0.549
Microbiology
Bioinformatics
Molecular Genetics
Metagenomic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,140
2,071
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Zhang Chiyu
Institut Pasteur of Shanghai
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,739
11,106
0.593
epidemiology
infetious diseases
evolutio
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,032
555
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Timothée Bruel
Institut Pasteur
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,724
10,882
0.928
Immunologie
Virologie
HIV
SARS-CoV-
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,556
566
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Etienne Simon-Loriere
Institut Pasteur
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,810
10,752
0.839
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,616
567
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Christophe D'Enfert
Institut Pasteur
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,308
10,735
0.442
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,138
575
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Roland Brosch
Institut Pasteur
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,261
10,610
0.264
mycobacteria
tuberculosis
microbiology
secretion systems
evolutio
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,248
620
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
François-Xavier Weill
Institut Pasteur
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,513
10,158
0.451