Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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 :1
Rickettsia
Infectious Diseases
Viruses
Microbiota
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
236,331
93,710
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Microbiology
Microbiome
Microbial Ecology
Bacterial Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192,852
89,583
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Microbiology
Host Defence (antimicrobial) Peptides
Immunomodulatory and Anti-biofilm therapies
Systems biology of Innate Immunity
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,353
52,318
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
electromicrobiology
'green' electronics
corrosion
bioenergy
biogeochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136,326
40,599
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
tuberculosis
macrophages
nitric oxide
interferon
neutrophils
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,790
19,764
0.152
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,276
32,862
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
microbial ecology and evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,898
62,300
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Microbiology
Microbial Ecology
Environmental Sciences
Taxonomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,761
26,075
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,218
39,249
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Microbial Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,816
26,827
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,462
23,508
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Microbiology
microbiome
bacteriophage
bacteriocins
infection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,207
47,486
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
microbiology
bacterial pathogenesis
microbiota
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,026
31,057
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,172
33,629
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Microbiology and Biomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,480
36,448
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
microbiology
immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,628
28,528
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
anaerobic microbiology
nitrogen cycle
methane archaea
anammox
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,083
32,559
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,116
17,661
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,085
41,723
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,881
24,185
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
microbiology
immunology
molecular biology
and bacterial cell biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,309
15,690
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Chemical Biofilm Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,131
22,097
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
biofilms
microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,984
24,193
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Microbiology
Microbial Systematics
Semantics
Knowledge Engineering
Text Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,545
24,349
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Emerging infectious diseases
Microbial immunology
Clinical microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,283
58,618
0.884
Didier Raoult
Université D'Aix Marseille
Marseille, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
236,331
93,710
0.397
Rickettsia
Infectious Diseases
Viruses
Microbiota
Genomics
Willem M De Vos
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192,852
89,583
0.465
Microbiology
Microbiome
Microbial Ecology
Bacterial Genetics
Robert E. W. Hancock
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,353
52,318
0.355
Microbiology
Host Defence (antimicrobial) Peptides
Immunomodulatory and Anti-biofilm therapies
Systems biology of Innate Immunity
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Derek Lovley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136,326
40,599
0.298
electromicrobiology
'green' electronics
corrosion
bioenergy
biogeochemistry
Carl Nathan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,790
19,764
0.152
tuberculosis
macrophages
nitric oxide
interferon
neutrophils
Lewis L Lanier
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,276
32,862
0.258
Philip Hugenholtz
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,898
62,300
0.520
microbial ecology and evolution
Rudolf Amann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,761
26,075
0.227
Microbiology
Microbial Ecology
Environmental Sciences
Taxonomy
Patrice Nordmann
Université de Fribourg
Fribourg, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,218
39,249
0.353
Ian Paulsen
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,816
26,827
0.251
Beatrice H Hahn
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,462
23,508
0.241
Colin Hill
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,207
47,486
0.499
Microbiology
microbiome
bacteriophage
bacteriocins
infection
B Brett Finlay
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,026
31,057
0.334
microbiology
bacterial pathogenesis
microbiota
Laurent Poirel
Université de Fribourg
Fribourg, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,172
33,629
0.381
GQ Chen(陈国强)
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,480
36,448
0.421
Microbiology and Biomaterials
Dennis Kasper|Dennis L.Kasper
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,628
28,528
0.333
Mike SM Jetten
Radboud University
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,083
32,559
0.383
anaerobic microbiology
nitrogen cycle
methane archaea
anammox
Stewart Cole
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,116
17,661
0.232
Harry J Flint
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,085
41,723
0.556
Peter Vandamme
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,881
24,185
0.336
John Mekalanos
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,309
15,690
0.230
microbiology
immunology
molecular biology
and bacterial cell biology
Michael Givskov
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,131
22,097
0.329
Staffan Kjelleberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,984
24,193
0.361
George M Garrity
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,545
24,349
0.366
Microbiology
Microbial Systematics
Semantics
Knowledge Engineering
Text Mining
Jasper Fuk Woo Chan
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,283
58,618
0.884
Emerging infectious diseases
Microbial immunology
Clinical microbiology