Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationMedical and Health Sciences / Virology Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
Medical Virology
HIV
Virological Diagnosis
Emerging viral diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,761
15,214
0.614
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Medical Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,569
3,082
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,742
7,255
0.937
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Medical Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,072
5,519
0.909
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Medical Virology
Molecular epidemiology
HIV
influenza
congenital CMV
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,295
2,257
0.685
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Medical Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,224
3,109
0.964
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Virology
HIV
Oncovirus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,712
2,584
0.953
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Molecular Virology
Bacteriophage Therapy
Antivirals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,627
1,576
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,543
1,990
0.783
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Medical Virology and Environmental Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,506
1,397
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Clinical Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,447
1,999
0.817
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Medical Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,440
1,431
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
virology
HIV
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,340
929
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Molecular Virology
Diagnostic
Vaccine
Cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,254
1,557
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Medical Virology [HIV transmission & latency]
Clinical Microbiology [Antimicrobial Resistance]
Vaccines and Immunotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,972
690
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Medical virology
medical plants
Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,951
1,267
0.649
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Medical Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,933
1,361
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,893
1,888
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Associate professor of Medical Virology
Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,710
1,533
0.896
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Medical Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,233
792
0.642
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Medical virology
Molecular epidemiology
vaccine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,198
731
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
977
880
0.901
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Diagnostic virology
Design and development of molecular assays
Viral infections in immunocompromised patients
Cytomegalovirus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
964
776
0.805
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Medical Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
953
448
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Medical Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
917
621
0.677
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,123
94
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Wolfgang Preiser
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,761
15,214
0.614
Medical Virology
HIV
Virological Diagnosis
Emerging viral diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,129
2,940
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mariet Feltkamp
SDO Hogeschool
Maassluis, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,569
3,082
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
132,169
527
121
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Nei-Yuan Hsiao
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,742
7,255
0.937
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
170,438
1,170
130
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Vahid Salimi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,072
5,519
0.909
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
300,403
1,442
334
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Cillian De Gascun
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,295
2,257
0.685
Medical Virology
Molecular epidemiology
HIV
influenza
congenital CMV
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
305,964
2,923
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Alireza Tahamtan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,224
3,109
0.964
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
352,429
3,663
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mohsen Moghoofei
Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
Kermanshah, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,712
2,584
0.953
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
361,522
3,834
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sharareh Moghim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,627
1,576
0.600
Molecular Virology
Bacteriophage Therapy
Antivirals
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
370,748
3,979
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Alijan Tabarraei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,543
1,990
0.783
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
375,056
795
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Olatunji Matthew Kolawole
University of Ilorin
Ilorin, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,506
1,397
0.557
Medical Virology and Environmental Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
381,890
4,175
188
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Seyed Alireza Nadji
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,447
1,999
0.817
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
382,798
4,193
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Manoochehr Makvandi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,440
1,431
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
395,210
1,877
356
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Melissa-Rose Abrahams
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,340
929
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
406,159
4,609
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Farid Azizi Jalilian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,254
1,557
0.691
Molecular Virology
Diagnostic
Vaccine
Cancer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
447,918
5,419
408
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Farhad B Hashemi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,972
690
0.350
Medical Virology [HIV transmission & latency]
Clinical Microbiology [Antimicrobial Resistance]
Vaccines and Immunotherapy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
451,325
5,485
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mohammad Taghi Moradi
Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences
Shahrekord, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,951
1,267
0.649
Medical virology
medical plants
Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
454,317
15
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Khuzwayo Chidiwa Jere
University of Malawi
Zomba, Malawi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,933
1,361
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
461,002
16,764
285
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Alexander Wilhelm
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,893
1,888
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
494,289
6,381
175
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Maryam Esghaei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,710
1,533
0.896
Associate professor of Medical Virology
Molecular Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
607,132
8,983
283
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Afagh Moattari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,233
792
0.642
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
617,435
9,246
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Hamid Reza Mollaie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,198
731
0.610
Medical virology
Molecular epidemiology
vaccine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
690,938
11,133
416
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Mahdi Tat
Tarbiat Modares University
Tehran, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
977
880
0.901
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
695,841
11,253
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Behzad Khansarinejad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
964
776
0.805
Diagnostic virology
Design and development of molecular assays
Viral infections in immunocompromised patients
Cytomegalovirus
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
700,108
522
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Sunethra Gunasena
University of Ruhuna
Matara and Galle, Sri Lanka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
953
448
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
713,950
3,714
597
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Colin Anthony
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
917
621
0.677