Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers Citation Medical 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
Virology
Evolutionary Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,581
116,811
0.802
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,266
42,987
0.349
* 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
99,941
39,784
0.398
* 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
93,819
27,449
0.293
* 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
85,239
49,196
0.577
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,592
15,813
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,690
26,513
0.355
* 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
59,853
51,400
0.859
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,219
27,906
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
virology
zoonoses
emerging infectious diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,826
44,142
0.868
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Cancer Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,739
9,706
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,333
34,808
0.692
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
viral ecology
coral reef microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,386
20,986
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Virology
Cell Biology
Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,344
11,500
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,840
23,579
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Viral immunology
HIV/AIDS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,611
6,541
0.143
* 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
40,353
23,458
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Viral Oncology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,072
8,286
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Virology immunology
vaccinology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,305
6,918
0.181
* 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
37,550
22,759
0.606
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Virologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,300
19,986
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Virology
herpesviruses
innate immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,072
17,539
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
viral metagenomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,773
13,410
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,278
11,729
0.363
* 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
30,408
8,640
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,517
40
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Christian Drosten
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,581
116,811
0.802
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,059
949
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Yoshihiro Kawaoka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,266
42,987
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,116
72
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ron Fouchier
Erasmus University
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,941
39,784
0.398
Virology
Zoonoses
Evolution
Influenza
Virus transmission
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,541
1,681
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
93,819
27,449
0.293
viral hepatitis
cirrhosis
liver cancer
liver transplantation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,157
1,969
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Akiko Iwasaki
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,239
49,196
0.577
Viral infection and immunity
anti-tumor immunity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,376
2,090
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
George M Shaw
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,592
15,813
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,253
435
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Peter Simmonds
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,690
26,513
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,483
304
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Marcel A Müller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,853
51,400
0.859
Virology
Zoonoses
virus host interaction
coronaviruses
autophagy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,560
61
18
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
55,219
27,906
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,765
393
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Victor Max Corman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,826
44,142
0.868
virology
zoonoses
emerging infectious diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,791
4,667
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Yuan Chang
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,739
9,706
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,926
297
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Shibo Jiang
Fudan University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,333
34,808
0.692
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,209
4,859
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
49,386
20,986
0.425
viral ecology
coral reef microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,544
122
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Yoshiharu Matsuura
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,344
11,500
0.238
Virology
Cell Biology
Biochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,059
5,239
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
46,840
23,579
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,529
5,479
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
45,611
6,541
0.143
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,090
6,662
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
40,353
23,458
0.581
Viral evolution
phylogenetics
evolutionary modeling
algorithms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,846
7,010
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Karl Munger
Tufts University
Medford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,072
8,286
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,300
613
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Lorne Babiuk
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,305
6,918
0.181
Virology immunology
vaccinology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,793
45
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
37,550
22,759
0.606
Virology
virus evolution
genetic recombination
geminiviruses
sequence analysis software
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,392
758
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Stephan Becker
Philipps Universität Marburg
Marburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,300
19,986
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,578
137
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Søren Paludan
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,072
17,539
0.500
Virology
herpesviruses
innate immunology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,611
8,707
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
33,773
13,410
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,991
9,289
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
32,278
11,729
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,899
938
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Anthony Cunningham
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,408
8,640
0.284
virology
immunology
infectious diseases
HIV
herpes