Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationMedical and Health Sciences / Virology Rankings 2025
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
Virology
Evolutionary Biology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143,046
114,362
0.799
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,530
41,421
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Virology
Zoonoses
Evolution
Influenza
Virus transmission
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,548
38,474
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
viral hepatitis
cirrhosis
liver cancer
liver transplantation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,276
26,059
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Viral infection and immunity
anti-tumor immunity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,139
47,186
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,901
15,234
0.186
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,548
25,468
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Virology
Zoonoses
virus host interaction
coronaviruses
autophagy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,907
50,469
0.857
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,280
27,037
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Cancer Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,250
9,273
0.185
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
virology
zoonoses
emerging infectious diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,744
43,110
0.867
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,377
33,901
0.687
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
viral ecology
coral reef microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,469
20,166
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Virology
Cell Biology
Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,841
11,029
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,049
22,809
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Viral immunology
HIV/AIDS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,351
6,342
0.140
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Viral evolution
phylogenetics
evolutionary modeling
algorithms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,488
22,599
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Viral Oncology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,766
8,039
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Virology immunology
vaccinology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,088
6,730
0.177
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Virology
virus evolution
genetic recombination
geminiviruses
sequence analysis software
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,575
21,855
0.598
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Virologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,704
19,428
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Virology
herpesviruses
innate immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,336
16,857
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
viral metagenomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,298
12,969
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,793
11,295
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
virology
immunology
infectious diseases
HIV
herpes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,006
8,262
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,500
39
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Christian Drosten
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143,046
114,362
0.799
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,020
942
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Yoshihiro Kawaoka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,530
41,421
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,062
71
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ron Fouchier
Erasmus University
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,548
38,474
0.390
Virology
Zoonoses
Evolution
Influenza
Virus transmission
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,494
1,674
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
K Rajender Reddy
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,276
26,059
0.282
viral hepatitis
cirrhosis
liver cancer
liver transplantation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,170
1,993
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Akiko Iwasaki
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,139
47,186
0.568
Viral infection and immunity
anti-tumor immunity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,276
2,045
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
George M Shaw
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,901
15,234
0.186
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,197
431
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Peter Simmonds
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,548
25,468
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,399
303
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Marcel A Müller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,907
50,469
0.857
Virology
Zoonoses
virus host interaction
coronaviruses
autophagy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,481
60
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Paul KS Chan
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,280
27,037
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,566
4,592
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Yuan Chang
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,250
9,273
0.185
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,742
392
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Victor Max Corman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,744
43,110
0.867
virology
zoonoses
emerging infectious diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,859
283
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Shibo Jiang
Fudan University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,377
33,901
0.687
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,142
4,856
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Forest Rohwer
San Diego State University
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,469
20,166
0.416
viral ecology
coral reef microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,339
122
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Yoshiharu Matsuura
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,841
11,029
0.231
Virology
Cell Biology
Biochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,965
5,232
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Paul Bieniasz
Rockefeller University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,049
22,809
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,239
5,361
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Charles R Rinaldo
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,351
6,342
0.140
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,071
6,696
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sergei L Kosakovsky Pond
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,488
22,599
0.572
Viral evolution
phylogenetics
evolutionary modeling
algorithms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,483
6,878
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Karl Munger
Tufts University
Medford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,766
8,039
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,915
598
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Lorne Babiuk
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,088
6,730
0.177
Virology immunology
vaccinology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,894
43
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Darren Martin
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,575
21,855
0.598
Virology
virus evolution
genetic recombination
geminiviruses
sequence analysis software
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,258
751
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Stephan Becker
Philipps Universität Marburg
Marburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,704
19,428
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,573
135
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Søren Paludan
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,336
16,857
0.491
Virology
herpesviruses
innate immunology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,382
8,628
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Eric Delwart
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,298
12,969
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,770
9,240
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Richard J Kuhn
Purdue University
West Lafayette, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,793
11,295
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,610
929
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Anthony Cunningham
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,006
8,262
0.275
virology
immunology
infectious diseases
HIV
herpes