Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Europe Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 3.986 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
Neuroimaging
PET
MS
plasticity
pharmaceuticals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,955
48,859
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Pharmacoeconomics
Health Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,910
95,574
0.825
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Drug Discovery & Development
Precision Medicine
Alzheimer's disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,867
46,571
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Clinical Pharmacology
Renal and Cardiovascular protection in diabetes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,250
35,272
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Hypertension
Pharmacology
Adrenal
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,929
22,911
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
pharmacology
nitric oxide
hydrogen sulfide
PARP
mitochondria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,011
20,924
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Polymers
Drug Delivery
Biomaterials
Pharmaceutics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,399
23,775
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Pharmaceutical Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,878
36,958
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Health Economics
Public Health
Health Technology Assessment
Epidemiology
Healthcare Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,609
62,539
0.886
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Parkinson
Neuroimaging
Clinical Pharmacology
Clinical trials
Neuroprotection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,502
24,144
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Pharmacogenomics
Epigenetics
DNA methylation
NGS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,789
45,011
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
crystal engineering
pharmaceutical materials
porous materials
pharmaceutical cocrystals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,919
18,741
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Evolution
Medicinal plants
pharmacology
ornithology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,608
23,444
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Pharmacogenomics
liver diseases
DILI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,216
13,688
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Clinical Pharmacology
Diabetes
Nephrology
Albuminuria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,811
43,550
0.741
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Cardiovascular and renal medicine
hypertension
drug regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,975
13,710
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Pharmacology
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,125
14,121
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,503
24,593
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Regulated cell death
Cell signalling
Molecular targeting
Biomarkers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,332
23,203
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
pharmaceutical policy
public health
digital health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,281
35,025
0.741
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Pharmacogenetics
Liver
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,615
11,521
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
medicinal and aromatic plants
pharmacy
pharmacognosy
pharmacology
essential oils
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,722
13,577
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
drug delivery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,594
17,799
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Pharmacology
Inflammation
Neutrophil
Annexin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,903
13,826
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Pharmakologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,719
7,064
0.165
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,807
149
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Paul M Matthews
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,955
48,859
0.362
Neuroimaging
PET
MS
plasticity
pharmaceuticals
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,398
53
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Maarten Postma
University of Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,910
95,574
0.825
Pharmacoeconomics
Health Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,683
83
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Harald Hampel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,867
46,571
0.424
Drug Discovery & Development
Precision Medicine
Alzheimer's disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,716
61
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Dick De Zeeuw
University of Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,250
35,272
0.323
Clinical Pharmacology
Renal and Cardiovascular protection in diabetes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,227
256
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
MJ Brown
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,929
22,911
0.229
Hypertension
Pharmacology
Adrenal
Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,935
59
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Csaba Szabo
Université de Fribourg
Fribourg, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,011
20,924
0.232
pharmacology
nitric oxide
hydrogen sulfide
PARP
mitochondria
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,993
102
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Wim Hennink
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,399
23,775
0.303
Polymers
Drug Delivery
Biomaterials
Pharmaceutics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,867
226
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Thomas Efferth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,878
36,958
0.521
Pharmaceutical Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,908
317
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Paolo Angelo Cortesi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,609
62,539
0.886
Health Economics
Public Health
Health Technology Assessment
Epidemiology
Healthcare Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,923
101
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Olivier Rascol
Université de Toulouse III
Toulouse, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,502
24,144
0.342
Parkinson
Neuroimaging
Clinical Pharmacology
Clinical trials
Neuroprotection
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,312
9
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Lili Milani
University of Tartu
Tartu, Estonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,789
45,011
0.664
Pharmacogenomics
Epigenetics
DNA methylation
NGS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,786
17
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Michael Zaworotko
University of Limerick
Limerick, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,919
18,741
0.289
crystal engineering
pharmaceutical materials
porous materials
pharmaceutical cocrystals
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,193
288
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Michael Wink
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,608
23,444
0.374
Evolution
Medicinal plants
pharmacology
ornithology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,235
71
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Magnus Ingelman Sundberg
Karolinska Institute
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,216
13,688
0.220
Pharmacogenomics
liver diseases
DILI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,919
180
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Hiddo Lambers Heerspink
University of Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,811
43,550
0.741
Clinical Pharmacology
Diabetes
Nephrology
Albuminuria
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,124
705
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
David Webb
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,975
13,710
0.236
Cardiovascular and renal medicine
hypertension
drug regulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,540
45
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Raul Gainetdinov
Saint Petersburg State University
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,125
14,121
0.287
Pharmacology
Neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,789
442
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Rolf Müller
Helmholtz Zentrum fur Infektionsforschung
Braunschweig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,503
24,593
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,163
23
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Cecilia Rodrigues
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisboa, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,332
23,203
0.490
Regulated cell death
Cell signalling
Molecular targeting
Biomarkers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,183
206
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Swathi Iyengar
World Health Organization
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,281
35,025
0.741
pharmaceutical policy
public health
digital health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,308
1,079
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ann Daly
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,615
11,521
0.258
Pharmacogenetics
Liver
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,716
5
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Kemal Hüsnü Can Başer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,722
13,577
0.311
medicinal and aromatic plants
pharmacy
pharmacognosy
pharmacology
essential oils
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,811
101
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Stefaan De Smedt
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,594
17,799
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,136
1,157
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Perretti Mauro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,903
13,826
0.322
Pharmacology
Inflammation
Neutrophil
Annexin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,222
560
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Klaus Aktories
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,719
7,064
0.165