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World 9,164 Scientists H-Index Medical and Health Sciences / Microbiology Rankings - 2025
Measure your academic influence with the AD Scientific Index 2025 H-Index Rankings.
These rankings provide a comprehensive evaluation of scientific performance by combining total and recent 6-year h-index values, offering insight into both research productivity and long-term impact. The h-index balances quantity with quality, highlighting sustained academic excellence. Rankings are continuously updated in near real-time to reflect the latest scholarly activity across countries, institutions, and 211 academic fields. Premium Membership unlocks deeper analytics, dynamic ranking tools, and personalized trend visualizations.
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
Rickettsia
Infectious Diseases
Viruses
Microbiota
Genomic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
220
113
0.514
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
Microbiology
Microbiome
Microbial Ecology
Bacterial Genetic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
213
131
0.615
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
electromicrobiology
'green' electronics
corrosion
bioenergy
biogeochemistr
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200
102
0.510
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Microbiology
Host Defence (antimicrobial) Peptides
Immunomodulatory and Anti-biofilm therapies
Systems biology of Innate Immunity
Pseudomonas aeruginos
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
190
99
0.521
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Immunolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
187
81
0.433
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Microbiolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168
80
0.476
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
Microbiology
Microbial Ecology
Environmental Sciences
Taxonom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165
74
0.448
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
microbiology
bacterial pathogenesis
microbiot
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165
73
0.442
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
76
0.490
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
tuberculosis
macrophages
nitric oxide
interferon
neutrophil
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153
61
0.399
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
Microbiology
microbiome
bacteriophage
bacteriocins
infectio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151
92
0.609
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
Microbiolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149
75
0.503
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
anaerobic microbiology
nitrogen cycle
methane archaea
anammo
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
90
0.621
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
microbiology
immunology
molecular biology
and bacterial cell biolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
63
0.453
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Microbial Genomic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
78
0.574
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Chemical Biofilm Biolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
72
0.529
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
biofilms
microbiolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
67
0.496
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Microbiology and Biomaterial
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
80
0.602
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
Microbiolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
65
0.489
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
Microbiolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
61
0.459
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
applied microbiolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
59
0.444
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
microbial ecology and evolutio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
90
0.682
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
microbiology
environmental biotechnology
microbial ecology
wastewater treatment
environmental microbiolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
86
0.652
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
Mikrobiolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129
68
0.527
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Microbiology and Immunolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129
58
0.450
Didier Raoult
Université D'Aix Marseille
Marseille, France
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
220
113
0.514
Rickettsia
Infectious Diseases
Viruses
Microbiota
Genomic
Willem M De Vos
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
213
131
0.615
Microbiology
Microbiome
Microbial Ecology
Bacterial Genetic
Derek Lovley
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200
102
0.510
electromicrobiology
'green' electronics
corrosion
bioenergy
biogeochemistr
Robert E. W. Hancock
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
190
99
0.521
Microbiology
Host Defence (antimicrobial) Peptides
Immunomodulatory and Anti-biofilm therapies
Systems biology of Innate Immunity
Pseudomonas aeruginos
Lewis L Lanier
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
187
81
0.433
Patrice Nordmann
Université de Fribourg
Fribourg, Switzerland
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168
80
0.476
Rudolf Amann
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165
74
0.448
Microbiology
Microbial Ecology
Environmental Sciences
Taxonom
B Brett Finlay
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165
73
0.442
microbiology
bacterial pathogenesis
microbiot
Beatrice H Hahn
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
76
0.490
Carl Nathan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153
61
0.399
tuberculosis
macrophages
nitric oxide
interferon
neutrophil
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Colin Hill
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151
92
0.609
Microbiology
microbiome
bacteriophage
bacteriocins
infectio
Laurent Poirel
Université de Fribourg
Fribourg, Switzerland
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149
75
0.503
Mike SM Jetten
Radboud University
Nijmegen, Netherlands
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
90
0.621
anaerobic microbiology
nitrogen cycle
methane archaea
anammo
John Mekalanos
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
63
0.453
microbiology
immunology
molecular biology
and bacterial cell biolog
Ian Paulsen
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
78
0.574
Michael Givskov
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
72
0.529
Staffan Kjelleberg
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
67
0.496
GQ Chen(陈国强)
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
80
0.602
Microbiology and Biomaterial
Stewart Cole
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
65
0.489
Peter Vandamme
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
61
0.459
Charles Gerba
University of Arizona
Tucson, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
59
0.444
Philip Hugenholtz
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
90
0.682
microbial ecology and evolutio
Nico Boon
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
86
0.652
microbiology
environmental biotechnology
microbial ecology
wastewater treatment
environmental microbiolog
Søren Molin
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129
68
0.527
Gurdyal Besra
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129
58
0.450
Microbiology and Immunolog