Top 100 Scientists

Medical and Health Sciences / Virology Top 100 Scientists in United States 2025

Top 100 scientists can be ranked globally or specific to the following regions including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Latin America, Oceania, Arab League, ASEAN, EECA, and BRICS based on total H-index scores without any breakdown by subject areas. Top 100 rankings in the world, in a continent, or a region include standardized subjects areas of Agriculture & Forestry, Arts, Design and Architecture, Business & Management, Economics & Econometrics, Education, Engineering & Technology, History, Philosophy, Theology, Law/Law and Legal Studies, Medical and Health Sciences, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Art and Humanities Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Rankings BETA VERSION. Subject field ranking in world, region, country and university is beta version since subject field "others" (873,864 scientists profile whose branch cannot be determined, not yet edited or determined) is excluded, so the ranking will change as the others fields are edited. Please note that. Subjects indicated as “ * others ” will not be included in the ranking by regions and subjects.

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Total 212 scientist
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
K Rajender Reddy
viral hepatitis
cirrhosis
liver cancer
liver transplantation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
125
584
93,819
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Akiko Iwasaki
Viral infection and immunity
anti-tumor immunity
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
122
286
85,239
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Arvind Varsani
Virology
virus evolution
viral metagenomics
DNA viruses
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
81
304
27,211
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Sergei L Kosakovsky Pond
Viral evolution
phylogenetics
evolutionary modeling
algorithms
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
81
193
40,353
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Kenneth Sherman
Viral Hepatitis
Drug Hepatotoxicity
Liver Disease in HIV
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
66
232
21,082
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Kyong Mi Chang
viral hepatitis and liver disease immune pathogenesis and therapy
genomics and single cell analysis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
62
132
23,548
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Georg Lauer
Viral Immunology
Viral Hepatitis
Vaccines
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
59
113
18,298
Michael Curry
Viral Hepatitis
Hepatology
Liver Transplantation
Portal hypertension
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
54
127
12,264
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Udeni BR Balasuriya
Virology
Infectious Diseases
Viral Pathogenesis
Diagnostics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
51
133
7,354
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Vincent Lo Re III
Viral hepatitis
HIV/viral hepatitis coinfection
pharmacoepidemiology
drug-induced liver injury
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
47
143
8,410
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Suresh K Mittal
Virology
Adenoviral vectors
Vaccine efficacy
Influenza and COVID-19
Cancer immunotherapy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
46
109
7,237
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Brian Bird
Virology
virus-host ecology
vaccines and antivirals
One Health and international scientific capacity development
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
43
64
7,890
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Masmudur Rahman
Virology
virus-host interactions
Poxvirus
immunology
oncolytic virotherapy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
37
67
4,991
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
Julia Hilliard
Viral Immunology
Biocontainment
BSL-4 Pathogens
Select Agents
Diagnostics and Therapeutics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
35
68
3,634
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
Suresh Kuchipudi
Emerging viruses
virus-host interactions
viral vaccines
antivirals and diagnostics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
33
59
4,215
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
Dean H Kedes
Viral oncology
herpesviruses
KSHV/HHV8
Kaposi's sarcoma
virology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
30
42
5,860
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
Robert Means
Virology AIDS KSHV Immune Avoidance BCL-2 family innate immunity
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
29
44
5,312
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :76
Mark Parcells
Molecular Virology
Tumor Immunology
Tumor Virology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
28
44
2,746
Arjun Rustagi
innate immunity
virology
computational analysis
respiratory infections
microbial pathogenesis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
26
31
4,463
Stephanie Jost
Innate Immunity
Vaccines
HIV
Natural Killer cells
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
31
3,848
Ian B Hogue
virology
herpesviruses
retroviruses
virus assembly and egress
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
27
5,876
Binod Kumar
Viral entry
trafficking
epidemiology
innate immune responses
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
31
1,629
Shomita S Mathew Steiner
viral infection
wound healing
integrins
cell signaling
biofilm
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
25
1,962
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Yoshihiro Kawaoka
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
174
824
123,266
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
George M Shaw
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
138
331
82,592
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
K Rajender Reddy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
125
584
93,819
viral hepatitis
cirrhosis
liver cancer
liver transplantation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Akiko Iwasaki
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
122
286
85,239
Viral infection and immunity
anti-tumor immunity
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Forest Rohwer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
106
211
49,386
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Paul Bieniasz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
102
209
46,840
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Charles R Rinaldo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
94
348
45,611
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Eric Delwart
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
93
322
33,773
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Karl Munger
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
92
187
39,072
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Richard J Kuhn
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
91
204
32,278
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Yuan Chang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
86
160
50,739
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Arvind Varsani
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
81
304
27,211
Virology
virus evolution
viral metagenomics
DNA viruses
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Sergei L Kosakovsky Pond
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
81
193
40,353
Viral evolution
phylogenetics
evolutionary modeling
algorithms
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ajit Limaye
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
78
171
19,996
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Luis Martinez Sobrido
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
72
210
20,457
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Peter Nagy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
69
165
12,944
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Kenneth Sherman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
66
232
21,082
Viral Hepatitis
Drug Hepatotoxicity
Liver Disease in HIV
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Vineet Menachery
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
63
104
23,675
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Blossom Damania
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
63
155
13,485
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Kyong Mi Chang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
62
132
23,548
viral hepatitis and liver disease immune pathogenesis and therapy
genomics and single cell analysis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
W Paul Duprex
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
60
123
12,722
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Shan Lu Liu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
59
161
20,753
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Georg Lauer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
59
113
18,298
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Saul Silverstein
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
59
123
19,500
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
No Hee Park
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
58
171
12,084
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Gene Garrard Olinger Jr
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
57
96
11,554
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Kui Li
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
56
79
16,146
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Michael Curry
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
54
127
12,264
Viral Hepatitis
Hepatology
Liver Transplantation
Portal hypertension
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Federico A Zuckermann
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
53
90
8,712
Viral immunology
T cell biology
innate immunity
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Young Hahn
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
51
88
9,252
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Udeni BR Balasuriya
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
51
133
7,354
Virology
Infectious Diseases
Viral Pathogenesis
Diagnostics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Olivia Martinez
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
50
109
8,031
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
John Connor
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
49
113
8,920
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Vivek R Nerurkar
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
48
119
6,893
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Shannan Rossi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
47
71
7,496
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Vincent Lo Re III
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
47
143
8,410
Viral hepatitis
HIV/viral hepatitis coinfection
pharmacoepidemiology
drug-induced liver injury
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Man Charurat
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
47
117
7,177
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Nicot Christophe
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
47
80
6,213
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Suresh K Mittal
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
46
109
7,237
Virology
Adenoviral vectors
Vaccine efficacy
Influenza and COVID-19
Cancer immunotherapy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Paul Friesen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
45
64
6,195
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Brian Bird
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
43
64
7,890
Virology
virus-host ecology
vaccines and antivirals
One Health and international scientific capacity development
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Elena I Frolova
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
43
69
5,970
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Sead Sabanadzovic
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
42
89
8,748
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
David Bloom
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
39
97
6,062
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Amarendra Pegu
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
59
8,100
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Yan Xiang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
65
5,825
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Kristen A Bernard
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
54
6,356
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Olve Peersen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
38
52
5,200
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Simona Kraberger
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
37
109
4,476
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Masmudur Rahman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
37
67
4,991
Virology
virus-host interactions
Poxvirus
immunology
oncolytic virotherapy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Xu Wang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
85
4,335
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Kenneth Plante
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
59
8,424
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Julia Hilliard
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
68
3,634
Viral Immunology
Biocontainment
BSL-4 Pathogens
Select Agents
Diagnostics and Therapeutics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Anna Aldovini
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
35
50
6,589
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Helen M Lazear
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
45
7,584
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Qiyi Tang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
68
3,384
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Amelia K Pinto
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
54
4,214
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Joseph J Mattapallil
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
58
6,020
Emerging viruses
Anti-viral Immunity
Vaccines
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Velpandi Ayyavoo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
73
4,199
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Suresh Kuchipudi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
59
4,215
Emerging viruses
virus-host interactions
viral vaccines
antivirals and diagnostics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Suryaram Gummuluru
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
57
4,422
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Michael D Robek
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
45
4,314
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Manukumar Hm
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
57
3,829
Infectious Diseases Virology Vaccine Epigenetics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Minghua Li
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
41
3,360
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Masa Shuda
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
40
9,410
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Anthony Fehr
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
42
11,643
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Dennis Bente
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
43
4,900
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Xuming Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
40
2,689
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Jessica A Plante
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
50
8,835
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Mohsan Saeed
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
53
4,345
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Fengwei Bai
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
43
3,667
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Dean H Kedes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
42
5,860
Viral oncology
herpesviruses
KSHV/HHV8
Kaposi's sarcoma
virology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Robert Means
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
44
5,312
Virology AIDS KSHV Immune Avoidance BCL-2 family innate immunity
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Christopher Brooke
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
36
2,561
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 76
Mark Parcells
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
44
2,746
Molecular Virology
Tumor Immunology
Tumor Virology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 77
Anjali Joshi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
45
2,378
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 78
Arjun Rustagi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
31
4,463
innate immunity
virology
computational analysis
respiratory infections
microbial pathogenesis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 79
Amy Nelson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
40
4,094
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 80
Ramesh S Jadi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
39
8,152
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 81
Florian Douam
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
33
1,906
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 82
Cary Moody
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
28
4,503
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 83
Stephanie Jost
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
31
3,848
Innate Immunity
Vaccines
HIV
Natural Killer cells
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 84
Michael Lauck
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
31
1,892
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 85
Emily Adaline Bruce
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
30
2,738
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 87
Nissin Moussatche
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
42
2,310
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 88
Hans Heidner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
30
1,752
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 89
Henry Nelson Puerta Guardo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
30
3,331
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 90
Ian B Hogue
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
27
5,876
virology
herpesviruses
retroviruses
virus assembly and egress
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 91
Binod Kumar
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
31
1,629
Viral entry
trafficking
epidemiology
innate immune responses
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 92
Robert Cox
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
28
2,038
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 93
Michael A Bruckman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
26
2,457
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 94
Shomita S Mathew Steiner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
25
1,962
viral infection
wound healing
integrins
cell signaling
biofilm
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 95
Myrna Miller
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
33
1,753
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 96
Margaret C Barr
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
34
1,871
veterinary virology
immunology
infectious diseases
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 97
Christopher Michael Robinson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
24
2,216
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 98
Marie Pizzorno
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
23
2,191
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 99
Raju Ramasamy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
21
1,414