Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Europe Medical and Health Sciences / Nephrology Highly Cited Researchers 383 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
Nephrology
Cell biology
Kidney disease
Chronic Kidney Disease
Systems Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191,660
136,010
0.710
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Nephrology
Hypertension
Nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,690
30,481
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Nephrology
Fabry Disease
Diabetic kidney disease
Diabetic nephropathy
Acute Kidney Injury
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,536
47,489
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,809
25,848
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Oxygen-sensing
nephrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,321
15,113
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Neurology
Neuroimmunology
Multiple Sclerosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,232
22,497
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Nephrology and Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,972
24,578
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
nephrology
diabetic nephropathy
IgA nephropathy
renal transplantation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,387
18,463
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Professor of Internal Medicine (Nephrology
Diabetology)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,573
7,057
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nephrology
Transplantation
Glomerulonephritis
Stem Cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,974
8,086
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Immunology
transplantation
nephrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,760
7,713
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,558
10,803
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Hypertension
CKD
Nephrology
Diabetic Nephropathy
Nefrologia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,399
8,938
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Neurologie
Physiologie
Musik
Emotion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,229
8,959
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Public Health
Clinical epidemiology
Clinical research
Nephrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,435
4,797
0.205
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Nephrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,370
6,552
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Nephrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,513
7,182
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Nefrologie
Regeneratieve Geneeskunde
Vasculaire Biologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,222
10,501
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Hypertension
chronic kidney disease
acute kidney injury
kidney transplantation
diabetes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,791
11,952
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Virology
Immunology
Influenza
Nephrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,246
13,360
0.660
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Nephrology
Hypertension
Diabetes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,244
10,237
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Nephrology
dialysis
transplantation
nutrition
metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,891
10,925
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Nefrologia Clinica
Trapianto renale
Metabolismo Minerale
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,772
7,660
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Extracellular vesicles in tissue regeneration and cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,421
6,615
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Vascular Nephrology
endothelial cell biology
post-transcriptional regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,955
4,404
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
920
30
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Alberto Ortiz
Fundacion Jimenez Diaz
Madrid, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191,660
136,010
0.710
Nephrology
Cell biology
Kidney disease
Chronic Kidney Disease
Systems Medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,458
141
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Gerjan Navis
University of Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,690
30,481
0.457
Nephrology
Hypertension
Nutrition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,479
120
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Maria Dolores Sanchez-Nino
Fundacion Jimenez Diaz
Madrid, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,536
47,489
0.714
Nephrology
Fabry Disease
Diabetic kidney disease
Diabetic nephropathy
Acute Kidney Injury
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,599
256
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jürgen Floege
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,809
25,848
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,039
603
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Patrick Maxwell
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,321
15,113
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,595
386
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Bernhard Hemmer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,232
22,497
0.431
Neurology
Neuroimmunology
Multiple Sclerosis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,563
336
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Kitty Jager
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,972
24,578
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,330
664
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Loreto Gesualdo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,387
18,463
0.494
nephrology
diabetic nephropathy
IgA nephropathy
renal transplantation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,288
859
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Gunter Wolf
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,573
7,057
0.210
Professor of Internal Medicine (Nephrology
Diabetology)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,823
788
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Francesco Paolo Schena
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,974
8,086
0.245
Nephrology
Transplantation
Glomerulonephritis
Stem Cells
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,024
541
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Cees Van Kooten
Leiden University
Leiden, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,760
7,713
0.243
Immunology
transplantation
nephrology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,242
839
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Paola Romagnani
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Firenze, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,558
10,803
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,768
929
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Gianpaolo Paolo Reboldi
Università degli Studi di Perugia
Perugia, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,399
8,938
0.304
Hypertension
CKD
Nephrology
Diabetic Nephropathy
Nefrologia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,203
1,104
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Altenmüller Eckart
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,229
8,959
0.317
Neurologie
Physiologie
Musik
Emotion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,214
679
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Paul Landais
Université de Montpellier
Montpellier, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,435
4,797
0.205
Public Health
Clinical epidemiology
Clinical research
Nephrology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,331
303
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Devuyst Olivier
Université Catholique de Louvain
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,370
6,552
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,108
455
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Peter Barany
Karolinska Institute
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,513
7,182
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,782
959
129
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Marianne Verhaar
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,222
10,501
0.473
Nefrologie
Regeneratieve Geneeskunde
Vasculaire Biologie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,786
113
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Mehmet Kanbay
Koç University
İstanbul, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,791
11,952
0.548
Hypertension
chronic kidney disease
acute kidney injury
kidney transplantation
diabetes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,804
3,554
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Rupert Beale
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,246
13,360
0.660
Virology
Immunology
Influenza
Nephrology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,669
194
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Pantelis Sarafidis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,244
10,237
0.532
Nephrology
Hypertension
Diabetes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,823
1,754
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Giacomo Garibotto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,891
10,925
0.578
Nephrology
dialysis
transplantation
nutrition
metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,218
1,762
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Piergiorgio Messa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,772
7,660
0.408
Nefrologia Clinica
Trapianto renale
Metabolismo Minerale
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,425
1,800
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Stefania Bruno
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,421
6,615
0.359
Extracellular vesicles in tissue regeneration and cancer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,110
1,279
128
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Anton Jan Van Zonneveld
Leiden University
Leiden, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,955
4,404
0.245
Vascular Nephrology
endothelial cell biology
post-transcriptional regulation