Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Europe Medical and Health Sciences / Anesthesiology and Reanimation Highly Cited Researchers 661 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
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
Intensive care medicine
mechanical ventilation
sepsis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,029
49,876
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
anesthesia
critical care
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,447
44,448
0.614
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Anestesia
Rianimazione
Terapia Intensiva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,506
16,261
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Surgery
pathophysiology
anesthesiology
education
editorial research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,087
15,780
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
clinical trials
clinical monitoring
patient safety
postoperative cognitive dysfunction
outcomes research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,730
11,576
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Critical Care
Anesthesia
Respiratory Medicine
Sepsis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,086
19,252
0.619
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Pain Medicine
Opioid Pharmacology
Pain Mechanisms
Inflammation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,077
5,372
0.173
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Pain
opioids
PKPD modeling
anesthesia
cannabis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,297
12,644
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Intensive care medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,392
8,165
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Anesthesiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,078
10,753
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Anaesthesia
transplant
cancer
ICU
neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,214
12,892
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Critical care medicine
neurocritical care
critical illness polyneuropathy and myopathy
muscle weakness
longterm outcome.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,620
17,715
0.720
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Anaesthesia
Intensive Care Medicine
Clinical Nutrition
Metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,160
11,614
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
perioperative care
microcirculation
hemostasis and blood management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,449
17,085
0.761
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Critical Care Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,376
4,794
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Anaesthesiology
Resuscitation
Medical Education
Simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,235
12,412
0.585
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Critical Care
Non-invasive ventilation
Acute severe respiratory failure
weaning from invasive ventilation.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,509
6,352
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Anaesthesiology
Intensive Care Medicine
Transfusion and Haemostasis
Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,577
10,460
0.595
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Quantitative Clinical Pharmacology
Anesthesiology
Pharmacometrics
Clinical Pharmacology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,913
1,459
0.086
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Chronic pain
acute pain
anaesthesiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,833
6,167
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
anaesthesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,527
6,844
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,183
12,871
0.795
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Medicine
neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,175
9,012
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Anesthesiology
Emergency Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,127
14,149
0.877
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
clinical research in perioperative and critical care
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,008
6,757
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,302
242
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Massimo Antonelli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,029
49,876
0.587
Intensive care medicine
mechanical ventilation
sepsis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,654
305
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Antonio Pesenti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,447
44,448
0.614
anesthesia
critical care
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,917
504
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
David Antonio
Università degli Studi di Messina
Messina, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,506
16,261
0.357
Anestesia
Rianimazione
Terapia Intensiva
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,085
115
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jacob Rosenberg
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,087
15,780
0.384
Surgery
pathophysiology
anesthesiology
education
editorial research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,193
473
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Cor Kalkman
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,730
11,576
0.343
clinical trials
clinical monitoring
patient safety
postoperative cognitive dysfunction
outcomes research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,789
866
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Paolo Navalesi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,086
19,252
0.619
Critical Care
Anesthesia
Respiratory Medicine
Sepsis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,799
972
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Christoph Stein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,077
5,372
0.173
Pain Medicine
Opioid Pharmacology
Pain Mechanisms
Inflammation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,696
582
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Dahan A
Leiden University
Leiden, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,297
12,644
0.417
Pain
opioids
PKPD modeling
anesthesia
cannabis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,065
981
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Giorgio Conti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,392
8,165
0.288
Intensive care medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,448
1,113
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Andreas Hoeft
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,078
10,753
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,254
2,464
162
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Daqing Ma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,214
12,892
0.492
Anaesthesia
transplant
cancer
ICU
neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,048
1,212
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Nicola Latronico
Università degli Studi di Brescia
Brescia, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,620
17,715
0.720
Critical care medicine
neurocritical care
critical illness polyneuropathy and myopathy
muscle weakness
longterm outcome.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,824
177
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Michael Hiesmayr
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,160
11,614
0.501
Anaesthesia
Intensive Care Medicine
Clinical Nutrition
Metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,340
942
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Christa Boer
VU University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,449
17,085
0.761
perioperative care
microcirculation
hemostasis and blood management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,883
1,637
91
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Josef Briegel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,376
4,794
0.224
Critical Care Medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,256
697
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Robert Greif
Universität Bern
Bern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,235
12,412
0.585
Anaesthesiology
Resuscitation
Medical Education
Simulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,961
3,742
161
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Andrew Bentley
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,509
6,352
0.326
Critical Care
Non-invasive ventilation
Acute severe respiratory failure
weaning from invasive ventilation.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,613
42
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Daniela Filipescu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,577
10,460
0.595
Anaesthesiology
Intensive Care Medicine
Transfusion and Haemostasis
Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,159
700
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Donald Stanski
AstraZeneca, Sweden
Södertälje, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,913
1,459
0.086
Quantitative Clinical Pharmacology
Anesthesiology
Pharmacometrics
Clinical Pharmacology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,489
268
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Audun Stubhaug
University of Oslo
Oslo, Norway
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,833
6,167
0.366
Chronic pain
acute pain
anaesthesiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,875
216
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Donal Buggy
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,527
6,844
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,452
2,125
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Andrea Cortegiani
Università degli Studi di Palermo
Palermo, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,183
12,871
0.795
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,488
1,468
162
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Anthony Absalom
University of Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,175
9,012
0.557
Medicine
neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,708
1,475
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Patrick Schober
VU University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,127
14,149
0.877
Anesthesiology
Emergency Medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,222
4,832
126
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Fang Gao Smith
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,008
6,757
0.422
clinical research in perioperative and critical care