The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
Biostatistics
Public Health
Drug Discovery
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,358
89,617
0.784
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Biostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,107
66,084
0.815
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Medicine
Burden of Disease
Spatial Models
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,230
45,751
0.681
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Biostatistics
Cancer
Medicine
Clinical trials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,635
10,754
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Public health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,850
36,638
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Biostatistics
Survival Analysis
Structural Equation Modelling
Statistical Learning
Machine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,605
24,593
0.754
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Biostatistics
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,509
17,485
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Biostatistics
Bioinformatics
Cancer
Big data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,503
15,630
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
biostatistics
air pollution
climate change
health
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,835
17,058
0.636
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Biostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,373
12,555
0.616
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Biostatistics
Cancer Surveillance
Cancer Survival
Health Data Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,338
4,718
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Meta-analysis
causal inference
longitudinal data analysis
time to event analysis
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,104
8,757
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,045
3,579
0.198
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Biostatistics
Pharmacoepidemiology
Nutritional Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,202
7,771
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,031
7,545
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Biostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,739
7,725
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Multilevel Modelling
Risk Prediction
Life Course Models
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,025
4,357
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Biostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,278
8,555
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Bio-statistics
Artificial Intelligence
Classification models
Systematic review
Meta-analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,102
12,921
0.986
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Biostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,627
5,628
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Biostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,027
6,070
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Biostatistics
Clinical trial
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,975
8,425
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Biostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,840
4,378
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Biostatististics
Health Informatics
Clinical trials
Health systems research
Survey Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,939
6,557
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Medical Statistics
Clinical Trials
Meta-analysis
Cost-effective analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,416
4,388
0.421
Ashish Awasthi
Public Health Foundation of India
Gurugram, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,358
89,617
0.784
Biostatistics
Public Health
Drug Discovery
Mostafa Hosseini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,107
66,084
0.815
Mahbubeh Parsaeian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,230
45,751
0.681
Medicine
Burden of Disease
Spatial Models
Zee Chung Ying Benny
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,635
10,754
0.252
Biostatistics
Cancer
Medicine
Clinical trials
Mohd Shannawaz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,850
36,638
0.994
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Public health
Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,605
24,593
0.754
Biostatistics
Survival Analysis
Structural Equation Modelling
Statistical Learning
Machine
Sungho Won
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,509
17,485
0.593
Biostatistics
Bioinformatics
Ruibin Xi
Peking University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,503
15,630
0.548
Biostatistics
Bioinformatics
Cancer
Big data
Ho Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,835
17,058
0.636
biostatistics
air pollution
climate change
health
Cheng-Li Lin
China Medical University Taiwan
Taichung, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,373
12,555
0.616
Hyunsoon Cho
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,338
4,718
0.244
Biostatistics
Cancer Surveillance
Cancer Survival
Health Data Science
Ammarin Thakkinstian
Mahidol University
Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,104
8,757
0.484
Meta-analysis
causal inference
longitudinal data analysis
time to event analysis
Orly Manor
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,045
3,579
0.198
Shiro Tanaka
Kyoto University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,202
7,771
0.452
Biostatistics
Pharmacoepidemiology
Nutritional Epidemiology
Rajvir Singh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,031
7,545
0.443
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Anoshirvan Kazemnejad
Tarbiat Modares University
Tehran, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,739
7,725
0.461
Min Yang
Sichuan University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,025
4,357
0.272
Multilevel Modelling
Risk Prediction
Life Course Models
Hamid Alavi Majd
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,278
8,555
0.560
Nader Salari
Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
Kermanshah, Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,102
12,921
0.986
Bio-statistics
Artificial Intelligence
Classification models
Systematic review
Meta-analysis
Yadollah Mehrabi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,627
5,628
0.446
Arjumand Rizvi
Aga Khan University
Karachi, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,027
6,070
0.505
Junki Mizusawa
National Cancer Center
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,975
8,425
0.704
Biostatistics
Clinical trial
Yoichi M Ito
Hokkaido University
Sapporo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,840
4,378
0.370
Chandra M Pandey|C M Pandey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,939
6,557
0.599
Biostatististics
Health Informatics
Clinical trials
Health systems research
Survey Research
Seokyung Hahn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,416
4,388
0.421
Medical Statistics
Clinical Trials
Meta-analysis
Cost-effective analysis