Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Medical and Health Sciences / Microbiology Highly Cited Researchers 24 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
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
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Experimental Evolution
Evolutionary Dynamics
Microbial Evolution
Microbial Genomics
Digital Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,409
14,247
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
microbial ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,125
4,303
0.165
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Viromics
Viral Ecology
Microbiome
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,834
19,208
0.968
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Tumor Virology
Cancer Immunology
HPV
Head and Neck Cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,006
7,082
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Artificial Intelligence
Evolutionary Biology
Neuroscience
Information Theory
Quantum Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,835
4,112
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
microbiology
biofilms
quorum sensing
cyclic di-GMP
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,281
4,900
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Wolbachia
mosquito
dengue/malaria
innate immunity
symbiosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,331
5,158
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Electromicrobiology
environmental microbiology
bioelectronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,476
4,045
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Microbial metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,964
1,378
0.173
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Microbiology
Host-Pathogen Interactions
Tuberculosis
Infectious Diseases
Drug Discovery and
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,416
2,246
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Human and Comparative Genetics
Cancer Genetics
Regenerative Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,964
1,283
0.215
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
HIV-1
Influenza
Ebola
SARS-CoV-2
Restriction Factors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,374
1,193
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Evolutionary biology
experimental evolution
microbiology
historical contingency
speciation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,577
1,839
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,603
659
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Microbiology
Biohemical Engineering
Biofuels and Bioenergy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,272
567
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,265
810
0.640
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Virology
Cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,027
210
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Virology
Immunology
Immunopathogenesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
712
273
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222
200
0.901
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
microbiology
bacteriology
fish disease
bacterial coldwater disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150
145
0.967
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
microbiology
biochemistry
enzymology
bacterial microcompartments
carbonic anhydrases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
102
0.734
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Molecular Microbiology
cancer biology
Drug development
Immunology
Nanomedicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
48
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,250
2,953
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,549
4,532
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Richard Lenski
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,409
14,247
0.272
Experimental Evolution
Evolutionary Dynamics
Microbial Evolution
Microbial Genomics
Digital Evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,342
12,897
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Tl Marsh
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,125
4,303
0.165
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,958
18,454
107
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jiarong Guo
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,834
19,208
0.968
Viromics
Viral Ecology
Microbiome
Bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,662
22,277
126
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Dohun Pyeon
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,006
7,082
0.416
Tumor Virology
Cancer Immunology
HPV
Head and Neck Cancer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,367
22,550
129
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Christoph Adami
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,835
4,112
0.244
Artificial Intelligence
Evolutionary Biology
Neuroscience
Information Theory
Quantum Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,779
32,319
197
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Christopher M Waters
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,281
4,900
0.399
microbiology
biofilms
quorum sensing
cyclic di-GMP
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,901
35,263
213
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Zhiyong Xi
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,331
5,158
0.455
Wolbachia
mosquito
dengue/malaria
innate immunity
symbiosis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106,930
42,211
268
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Gemma Reguera
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,476
4,045
0.427
Electromicrobiology
environmental microbiology
bioelectronics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,908
49,896
324
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Claire Vieille
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,964
1,378
0.173
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
163,301
60,572
418
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Robert B Abramovitch
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,416
2,246
0.350
Microbiology
Host-Pathogen Interactions
Tuberculosis
Infectious Diseases
Drug Discovery and
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
175,746
64,477
450
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Vilma Yuzbasiyan Gurkan
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,964
1,283
0.215
Human and Comparative Genetics
Cancer Genetics
Regenerative Medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
236,908
82,738
577
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Zheng Yong Hui
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,374
1,193
0.273
HIV-1
Influenza
Ebola
SARS-CoV-2
Restriction Factors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
283,394
96,200
678
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Zachary D Blount
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,577
1,839
0.514
Evolutionary biology
experimental evolution
microbiology
historical contingency
speciation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
368,158
120,016
853
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Richard C Schwartz
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,603
659
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
600,739
181,793
1,233
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Tongjun Liu
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,272
567
0.446
Microbiology
Biohemical Engineering
Biofuels and Bioenergy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
602,541
182,283
1,237
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Pallavi Singh
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,265
810
0.640
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
677,373
201,115
1,349
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Aierken Abudu
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,027
210
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
806,385
230,939
1,514
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ram P Kamal
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
712
273
0.383
Virology
Immunology
Immunopathogenesis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,265,527
305,911
1,757
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Joshua Franklin
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222
200
0.901
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,433,896
328,749
1,919
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Christopher Knupp
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150
145
0.967
microbiology
bacteriology
fish disease
bacterial coldwater disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,467,267
333,179
1,961
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Daniel Raba
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
102
0.734
microbiology
biochemistry
enzymology
bacterial microcompartments
carbonic anhydrases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,854,533
385,491
2,404
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ali Karimibavandpour
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
48
1.000
Molecular Microbiology
cancer biology
Drug development
Immunology
Nanomedicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,359,147
443,042
2,863
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Troy Burtchett
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000