Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Medical and Health Sciences / Microbiology Highly Cited Researchers 7.436 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
Rickettsia
Infectious Diseases
Viruses
Microbiota
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
243,270
85,045
0.350
* 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
200,700
82,648
0.412
* 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
151,581
47,200
0.311
* 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
139,160
35,728
0.257
* 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
131,557
17,386
0.132
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,984
29,635
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
microbial ecology and evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,913
59,800
0.475
* 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
116,731
23,143
0.198
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,524
34,729
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Microbial Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,055
23,970
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Microbiology
microbiome
bacteriophage
bacteriocins
infection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,883
45,328
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,320
20,591
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
microbiology
bacterial pathogenesis
microbiota
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,480
28,506
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,965
29,984
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Microbiology and Biomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,502
32,764
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
microbiology
immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,845
25,497
0.290
* 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
87,461
29,298
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,459
38,664
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,540
15,621
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,795
21,859
0.296
* 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
69,375
13,787
0.199
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
biofilms
microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,924
21,732
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Chemical Biofilm Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,772
19,227
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Emerging infectious diseases
Microbial immunology
Clinical microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,676
59,497
0.866
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Microbiology
Microbial Systematics
Semantics
Knowledge Engineering
Text Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,202
21,687
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
523
14
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Didier Raoult
Université D'Aix Marseille
Marseille, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
243,270
85,045
0.350
Rickettsia
Infectious Diseases
Viruses
Microbiota
Genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
836
12
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Willem M De Vos
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200,700
82,648
0.412
Microbiology
Microbiome
Microbial Ecology
Bacterial Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,428
57
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Robert E. W. Hancock
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151,581
47,200
0.311
Microbiology
Host Defence (antimicrobial) Peptides
Immunomodulatory and Anti-biofilm therapies
Systems biology of Innate Immunity
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,701
760
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Derek Lovley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139,160
35,728
0.257
electromicrobiology
'green' electronics
corrosion
bioenergy
biogeochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,893
854
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Carl Nathan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131,557
17,386
0.132
tuberculosis
macrophages
nitric oxide
interferon
neutrophils
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,932
876
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Lewis L Lanier
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,984
29,635
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,052
68
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Philip Hugenholtz
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,913
59,800
0.475
microbial ecology and evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,361
66
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Rudolf Amann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,731
23,143
0.198
Microbiology
Microbial Ecology
Environmental Sciences
Taxonomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,461
32
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Patrice Nordmann
Université de Fribourg
Fribourg, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,524
34,729
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,717
101
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ian Paulsen
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,055
23,970
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,228
9
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Colin Hill
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,883
45,328
0.454
Microbiology
microbiome
bacteriophage
bacteriocins
infection
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,265
1,554
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Beatrice H Hahn
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,320
20,591
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,539
136
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
B Brett Finlay
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,480
28,506
0.299
microbiology
bacterial pathogenesis
microbiota
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,859
58
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Laurent Poirel
Université de Fribourg
Fribourg, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,965
29,984
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,966
80
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
GQ Chen（陈国强）
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,502
32,764
0.366
Microbiology and Biomaterials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,088
1,932
164
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Dennis Kasper|Dennis L.Kasper
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,845
25,497
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,114
89
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Mike SM Jetten
Radboud University
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,461
29,298
0.335
anaerobic microbiology
nitrogen cycle
methane archaea
anammox
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,977
411
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Harry J Flint
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,459
38,664
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,069
78
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Stewart Cole
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,540
15,621
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,483
40
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Peter Vandamme
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,795
21,859
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,073
2,878
231
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
John Mekalanos
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,375
13,787
0.199
microbiology
immunology
molecular biology
and bacterial cell biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,143
239
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Staffan Kjelleberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,924
21,732
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,164
34
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Michael Givskov
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,772
19,227
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,177
38
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jasper Fuk Woo Chan
University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,676
59,497
0.866
Emerging infectious diseases
Microbial immunology
Clinical microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,250
2,953
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
George M Garrity
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,202
21,687
0.318
Microbiology
Microbial Systematics
Semantics
Knowledge Engineering
Text Mining