Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers Citation Medical and Health Sciences / Microbiology 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
Rickettsia
Infectious Diseases
Viruses
Microbiota
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
240,217
97,066
0.404
* 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
197,295
93,741
0.475
* 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
149,685
54,471
0.364
* 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
138,017
42,148
0.305
* 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
130,713
20,499
0.157
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,871
34,288
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
microbial ecology and evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,182
65,448
0.531
* 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
115,863
27,077
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,904
40,790
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Microbial Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,055
27,831
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,403
24,342
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Microbiology
microbiome
bacteriophage
bacteriocins
infection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,843
49,919
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
microbiology
bacterial pathogenesis
microbiota
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,323
32,249
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,614
34,965
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Microbiology and Biomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,136
37,964
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
microbiology
immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,726
29,451
0.340
* 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
86,488
33,852
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,001
18,390
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,794
43,320
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,910
25,093
0.344
* 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
68,980
16,273
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
biofilms
microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,096
25,178
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Chemical Biofilm Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,981
22,812
0.336
* 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
67,586
59,885
0.886
* 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
67,341
25,058
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
512
13
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Didier Raoult
Université D'Aix Marseille
Marseille, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
240,217
97,066
0.404
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
197,295
93,741
0.475
Microbiology
Microbiome
Microbial Ecology
Bacterial Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,422
56
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
149,685
54,471
0.364
Microbiology
Host Defence (antimicrobial) Peptides
Immunomodulatory and Anti-biofilm therapies
Systems biology of Innate Immunity
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,672
751
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Derek Lovley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,017
42,148
0.305
electromicrobiology
'green' electronics
corrosion
bioenergy
biogeochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,860
841
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Carl Nathan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,713
20,499
0.157
tuberculosis
macrophages
nitric oxide
interferon
neutrophils
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,912
871
11
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
128,871
34,288
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,064
65
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Philip Hugenholtz
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,182
65,448
0.531
microbial ecology and evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,330
64
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Rudolf Amann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,863
27,077
0.234
Microbiology
Microbial Ecology
Environmental Sciences
Taxonomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,443
32
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Patrice Nordmann
Université de Fribourg
Fribourg, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,904
40,790
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,679
97
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ian Paulsen
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,055
27,831
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,216
1,540
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Beatrice H Hahn
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,403
24,342
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,256
9
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Colin Hill
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,843
49,919
0.510
Microbiology
microbiome
bacteriophage
bacteriocins
infection
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,503
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
94,323
32,249
0.342
microbiology
bacterial pathogenesis
microbiota
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,834
57
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Laurent Poirel
Université de Fribourg
Fribourg, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,614
34,965
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,951
79
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
GQ Chen（陈国强）
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,136
37,964
0.431
Microbiology and Biomaterials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,065
1,930
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
86,726
29,451
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,079
90
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Mike SM Jetten
Radboud University
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,488
33,852
0.391
anaerobic microbiology
nitrogen cycle
methane archaea
anammox
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,990
77
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Stewart Cole
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,001
18,390
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,018
416
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Harry J Flint
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,794
43,320
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,448
40
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Peter Vandamme
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,910
25,093
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,959
2,827
227
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
John Mekalanos
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,980
16,273
0.236
microbiology
immunology
molecular biology
and bacterial cell biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,082
239
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Staffan Kjelleberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,096
25,178
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,101
33
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Michael Givskov
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,981
22,812
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,164
37
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jasper Fuk Woo Chan
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,586
59,885
0.886
Emerging infectious diseases
Microbial immunology
Clinical microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,199
2,937
18
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
67,341
25,058
0.372
Microbiology
Microbial Systematics
Semantics
Knowledge Engineering
Text Mining