Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Medical and Health Sciences / Infectious Diseases Highly Cited Researchers 15 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 Rankings

Rankings

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27,922
World Rank
South Africa
82
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
22
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Medical and Health Sciences / Infectious Diseases
HIV | Tuberculosis | Cryptococcosis | Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrom

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    27,629
  • Last 6 Years
    14,288
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.517
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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64,027
World Rank
South Africa
221
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
45
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    15,055
  • Last 6 Years
    11,462
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.761
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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80,442
World Rank
South Africa
272
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
58
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Medical and Health Sciences / Infectious Diseases
Tuberculosis | microbiology | drug discover

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    12,562
  • Last 6 Years
    4,160
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.331
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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83,119
World Rank
South Africa
282
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
62
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Medical and Health Sciences / Infectious Diseases
drug allergy | angioedema and urticaria | aerobiology | primary immunodeficienc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    12,232
  • Last 6 Years
    7,008
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.573
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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95,682
World Rank
South Africa
331
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
78
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    10,876
  • Last 6 Years
    9,886
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.909
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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98,680
World Rank
South Africa
349
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
82
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    10,592
  • Last 6 Years
    3,498
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.330
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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115,546
World Rank
South Africa
429
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
107
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Medical and Health Sciences / Infectious Diseases
tuberculosis | HIV | diabetes | HTL

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    9,227
  • Last 6 Years
    5,336
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.578
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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130,998
World Rank
South Africa
510
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
120
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    8,243
  • Last 6 Years
    7,815
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.948
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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249,588
World Rank
South Africa
1,047
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
236
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Medical and Health Sciences / Infectious Diseases
Tuberculosis | Infectious Disease Immunology | HIV-1 | Vitamin D | Host-Directed Therapie

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,330
  • Last 6 Years
    2,238
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.517
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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294,723
World Rank
South Africa
1,286
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
282
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Medical and Health Sciences / Infectious Diseases
Infectious Diseases | Antibiotic | Resistance | Stewardshi

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    3,589
  • Last 6 Years
    1,352
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.377
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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365,170
World Rank
South Africa
1,661
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
335
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Medical and Health Sciences / Infectious Diseases
Infectious Diseases & HIV Medicin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,768
  • Last 6 Years
    2,078
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.751
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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508,995
World Rank
South Africa
2,479
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
441
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Medical and Health Sciences / Infectious Diseases
Immunology of Infectious Diseases | Macrophage Function

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    1,753
  • Last 6 Years
    1,053
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.601
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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673,289
World Rank
South Africa
3,418
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
561
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    1,097
  • Last 6 Years
    665
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.606
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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735,145
World Rank
South Africa
3,787
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
609
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Medical and Health Sciences / Infectious Diseases
Infectious Diseases | Metagenomics | TB-HIV Coinfectio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    925
  • Last 6 Years
    316
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.342
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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893,580
World Rank
South Africa
4,792
Country Rank
University of Cape Town Logo
728
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Medical and Health Sciences / Infectious Diseases
Vaccinology | Virology | Molecular pharming | Plant biotechnolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    589
  • Last 6 Years
    564
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.958
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