Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Medical and Health Sciences / Immunology Highly Cited Researchers 7.051 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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: 1
immunology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
475,003
102,616
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Immunotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
312,441
84,788
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
299,818
68,762
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Immunologia
Immunità innata
Infiammazione
Immunologia dei tumori
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
275,892
87,255
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
265,255
50,744
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
immunology
cancer
immunotheapy
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,788
77,354
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Immunotherapy
Cancer
HIV...
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176,653
88,357
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Immunology
Innate Immunity
Microbiome
Microbiology
Inflammation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168,116
51,382
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Integrin biology
TGF-beta activation
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,212
15,755
0.094
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
immunology
microbiome
inflammation
genomics
transcription
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156,054
40,210
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,683
24,549
0.166
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Immunology Oncology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142,925
54,499
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142,564
34,833
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,124
54,295
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136,970
13,146
0.096
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136,804
37,189
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Allergy
pulmonary diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,872
110,786
0.821
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
immunology
neuroscience
sepsis
TNF
inflammatory reflex
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,050
35,090
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Immunology
Virology
Immunotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,088
41,498
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
cell death
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,294
19,615
0.162
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,946
51,214
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Immunology
membrane proteins
tumor immunology
immunotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,414
41,982
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,450
36,179
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
immunology
T cells
HIV
vaccines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,474
26,800
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Immunology
Infection
Microbiology
Vaccinology
Tuberculosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,608
30,715
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Shizuo Akira
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
475,003
102,616
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
197
90
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Steven A Rosenberg
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
312,441
84,788
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
231
101
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Richard A Flavell
Yale University
New Haven, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
299,818
68,762
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
325
11
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Alberto Mantovani
Humanitas University
Pieve Emanuele, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
275,892
87,255
0.316
Immunologia
Immunità innata
Infiammazione
Immunologia dei tumori
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
383
160
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
AS Fauci
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
265,255
50,744
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
899
366
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Andrew Pardoll
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,788
77,354
0.399
immunology
cancer
immunotheapy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,071
452
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Carl June
Nemours Children's Health System
Wilmington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176,653
88,357
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,177
503
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Gabriel Nuñez|Gabriel Núnez, Gabriel Nunez
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168,116
51,382
0.306
Immunology
Innate Immunity
Microbiome
Microbiology
Inflammation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,187
511
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Timothy Springer
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,212
15,755
0.094
Integrin biology
TGF-beta activation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,360
599
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Dan Littman
New York University
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156,054
40,210
0.258
immunology
microbiome
inflammation
genomics
transcription
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,522
675
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jacques Banchereau
Jackson Laboratory
Maine, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,683
24,549
0.166
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,614
45
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Mark J. Smyth
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142,925
54,499
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,623
27
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Antonio Lanzavecchia
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142,564
34,833
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,728
776
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Michel Nussenzweig
Rockefeller University
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,124
54,295
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,756
790
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jack Strominger
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136,970
13,146
0.096
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,761
18
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Shimon Sakaguchi
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136,804
37,189
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,809
27
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Mahesh Padukudru Anand|M Padukudru Anand
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,872
110,786
0.821
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,834
822
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Kevin J Tracey
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,050
35,090
0.262
immunology
neuroscience
sepsis
TNF
inflammatory reflex
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,858
835
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Rafi Ahmed
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,088
41,498
0.312
Immunology
Virology
Immunotherapy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,206
24
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Shigekazu Nagata
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,294
19,615
0.162
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,245
1,050
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Marco Colonna
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,946
51,214
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,268
1,063
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Lieping Chen
Yale University
New Haven, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,414
41,982
0.352
Immunology
membrane proteins
tumor immunology
immunotherapy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,344
1,101
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Mark M Davis
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,450
36,179
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,376
1,115
107
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Bruce D Walker
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,474
26,800
0.230
immunology
T cells
HIV
vaccines
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,463
70
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Stefan He Kaufmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,608
30,715
0.268
Immunology
Infection
Microbiology
Vaccinology
Tuberculosis