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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,505
Country Rank
39
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1458.png)
![Germany](/flags/de.png)
![Christian Drosten](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/8f/4305330.jpg)
Virology
Evolutionary Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143,046
114,362
0.799
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
2,025
Country Rank
942
Institution Rank : 10
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11571.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Yoshihiro Kawaoka](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/5e/1878407.jpg)
Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,530
41,421
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
3,070
Country Rank
71
Institution Rank : 10
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/7358.png)
![Netherlands](/flags/nl.png)
![Ron Fouchier](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f3/4704191.jpg)
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
World Rank
3,505
Country Rank
1,678
Institution Rank : 20
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11280.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![K Rajender Reddy](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/36/1544548.jpg)
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
World Rank
4,185
Country Rank
1,999
Institution Rank : 30
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/12060.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Akiko Iwasaki](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/47/850987.jpg)
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
World Rank
4,292
Country Rank
2,051
Institution Rank : 33
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11280.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![George M Shaw](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,901
15,234
0.186
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,218
Country Rank
431
Institution Rank : 65
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11272.jpg)
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
![Peter Simmonds](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/28/1508128.jpg)
Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,548
25,468
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
7,431
Country Rank
305
Institution Rank : 11
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1458.png)
![Germany](/flags/de.png)
![Marcel A Müller](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/48/1712737.jpg)
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
World Rank
8,515
Country Rank
61
Institution Rank : 18
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1537.png)
![Hong Kong](/flags/hk.png)
![Paul KS Chan](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e1/409307.jpg)
virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,280
27,037
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,605
Country Rank
4,608
Institution Rank : 58
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/24586.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Yuan Chang](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Cancer Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,250
9,273
0.185
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,780
Country Rank
395
Institution Rank : 13
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1458.png)
![Germany](/flags/de.png)
![Victor Max Corman](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/fe/1712746.jpg)
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
World Rank
9,898
Country Rank
286
Institution Rank : 7
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/2711.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Shibo Jiang](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/4f/700329.jpg)
Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,377
33,901
0.687
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
10,180
Country Rank
4,872
Institution Rank : 7
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/7574.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Forest Rohwer](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
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
World Rank
10,379
Country Rank
122
Institution Rank : 8
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6630.jpg)
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Yoshiharu Matsuura](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/43/409300.jpg)
Virology
Cell Biology
Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,841
11,029
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
11,002
Country Rank
5,248
Institution Rank : 13
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/7332.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Paul Bieniasz](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,049
22,809
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
11,278
Country Rank
5,378
Institution Rank : 73
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/24586.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Charles R Rinaldo](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d5/1778838.jpg)
Viral immunology
HIV/AIDS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,351
6,342
0.140
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
14,118
Country Rank
6,720
Institution Rank : 23
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8815.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Sergei L Kosakovsky Pond](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/24/1672929.jpg)
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
World Rank
14,532
Country Rank
6,902
Institution Rank : 20
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9049.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Karl Munger](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a3/1735459.jpg)
Viral Oncology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,766
8,039
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
14,965
Country Rank
598
Institution Rank : 35
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10815.jpg)
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
![Lorne Babiuk](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/1c/641371.jpg)
Virology immunology
vaccinology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,088
6,730
0.177
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
15,951
Country Rank
43
Institution Rank : 16
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10906.jpg)
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
![Darren Martin](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/0f/106096.jpg)
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
World Rank
17,321
Country Rank
754
Institution Rank : 8
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6829.png)
![Germany](/flags/de.png)
![Stephan Becker](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/35/1762670.jpg)
Virologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,704
19,428
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
17,634
Country Rank
135
Institution Rank : 18
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/18.jpg)
![Denmark](/flags/dk.png)
![Søren Paludan](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/92/1489429.jpg)
Virology
herpesviruses
innate immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,336
16,857
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
18,444
Country Rank
8,656
Institution Rank : 113
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10897.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Eric Delwart](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/34/1876754.jpg)
viral metagenomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,298
12,969
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
19,839
Country Rank
9,270
Institution Rank : 37
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/7084.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Richard J Kuhn](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,793
11,295
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
21,689
Country Rank
936
Institution Rank : 82
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11421.jpg)
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
![Anthony Cunningham](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e7/1274.jpg)
virology
immunology
infectious diseases
HIV
herpes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,006
8,262
0.275
Christian Drosten
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143,046
114,362
0.799
Yoshihiro Kawaoka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,530
41,421
0.341
Ron Fouchier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,548
38,474
0.390
Virology
Zoonoses
Evolution
Influenza
Virus transmission
K Rajender Reddy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,276
26,059
0.282
viral hepatitis
cirrhosis
liver cancer
liver transplantation
Akiko Iwasaki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,139
47,186
0.568
Viral infection and immunity
anti-tumor immunity
George M Shaw
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,901
15,234
0.186
Peter Simmonds
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,548
25,468
0.346
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
Paul KS Chan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,280
27,037
0.498
Yuan Chang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,250
9,273
0.185
Victor Max Corman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,744
43,110
0.867
virology
zoonoses
emerging infectious diseases
Shibo Jiang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,377
33,901
0.687
Forest Rohwer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,469
20,166
0.416
viral ecology
coral reef microbiology
Yoshiharu Matsuura
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,841
11,029
0.231
Virology
Cell Biology
Biochemistry
Paul Bieniasz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,049
22,809
0.495
Charles R Rinaldo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,351
6,342
0.140
Sergei L Kosakovsky Pond
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,488
22,599
0.572
Viral evolution
phylogenetics
evolutionary modeling
algorithms
Karl Munger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,766
8,039
0.207
Lorne Babiuk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,088
6,730
0.177
Virology immunology
vaccinology
Darren Martin
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
Stephan Becker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,704
19,428
0.560
Søren Paludan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,336
16,857
0.491
Virology
herpesviruses
innate immunology
Eric Delwart
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,298
12,969
0.389
Richard J Kuhn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,793
11,295
0.355
Anthony Cunningham
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,006
8,262
0.275
virology
immunology
infectious diseases
HIV
herpes