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
Cancer disparities
Cancer treatment and outcomes
Cancer surveillance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
859,750
459,751
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Evidence-based medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
603,120
261,256
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Health Metrics
Population Health
IHME
Global Health
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
546,175
313,139
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
525,211
195,628
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
496,996
141,853
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Atrial fibrillation
Faculty Development
Diversity-DEIA
Cardiovascular epidemiology
Inflammation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
407,491
155,681
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Epidemiology
Cancer Prevention
Health Outcomes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
398,525
60,437
0.152
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Equity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
391,826
185,875
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
IHME
Health Metrics
Global Health
Public Health
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
388,374
283,151
0.729
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Biostatistics
Human Genetics
Statistical Computing
Genetics
Complex Traits
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375,914
168,405
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Cancer Epidemiology
Genetic Epidemiology
Nutritional Epidemiology
Global Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
351,815
102,260
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
GRADE
Recommendations
Knowledge Synthesis
Systematic Reviews
Guidelines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
349,787
190,904
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Professor of Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
323,892
88,330
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
medicine
cardiology
atherosclerosis
immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
304,808
86,647
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
osteoporosis
aging
fracture
hormones
breast cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246,166
68,083
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Medicine
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,046
84,209
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Meta-analysis
epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222,294
93,360
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
social epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204,321
62,100
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197,451
42,656
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,397
51,454
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Child nutrition and infectious diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,086
68,242
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Epidemiology
medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
190,337
49,923
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Molecular Epidemiology
Nutrition
Endocrinology
Global Health
Preventive Cardiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189,271
61,106
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
air pollution
metals
health
statistics
epigenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188,658
67,242
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Clinilacal and epidemiologic research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
184,440
46,057
0.250
Ahmedin Jemal
American Cancer Society
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
859,750
459,751
0.535
Cancer disparities
Cancer treatment and outcomes
Cancer surveillance
Gordon Guyatt
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
603,120
261,256
0.433
Evidence-based medicine
Ali H Mokdad
University of Washington
Seattle, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
546,175
313,139
0.573
Health Metrics
Population Health
IHME
Global Health
Epidemiology
Frank B Hu
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
525,211
195,628
0.372
Paul M Ridker
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
496,996
141,853
0.285
Emelia J Benjamin
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
407,491
155,681
0.382
Atrial fibrillation
Faculty Development
Diversity-DEIA
Cardiovascular epidemiology
Inflammation
Graham Colditz
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
398,525
60,437
0.152
Epidemiology
Cancer Prevention
Health Outcomes
Peter Tugwell
Université d'Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
391,826
185,875
0.474
Simon I Hay
University of Washington
Seattle, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
388,374
283,151
0.729
IHME
Health Metrics
Global Health
Public Health
Epidemiology
Goncalo Abecasis
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375,914
168,405
0.448
Biostatistics
Human Genetics
Statistical Computing
Genetics
Complex Traits
David J Hunter
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
351,815
102,260
0.291
Cancer Epidemiology
Genetic Epidemiology
Nutritional Epidemiology
Global Health
Holger Schünemann
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
349,787
190,904
0.546
GRADE
Recommendations
Knowledge Synthesis
Systematic Reviews
Guidelines
Eric Rimm
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
323,892
88,330
0.273
Professor of Epidemiology
Peter Libby
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
304,808
86,647
0.284
medicine
cardiology
atherosclerosis
immunology
Jane Cauley
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246,166
68,083
0.277
osteoporosis
aging
fracture
hormones
breast cancer
Paolo Boffetta
Stony Brook Medicine
Stony Brook, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,046
84,209
0.361
Medicine
Epidemiology
Jesse A Berlin
Johnson & Johnson Co.
New Jersey, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222,294
93,360
0.420
Meta-analysis
epidemiology
Ichiro Kawachi
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204,321
62,100
0.304
Myrna Weissman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197,451
42,656
0.216
Richard Cooper
Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,397
51,454
0.266
Robert Black
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,086
68,242
0.353
Child nutrition and infectious diseases
Alberto Ascherio
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
190,337
49,923
0.262
Epidemiology
medicine
Simin Liu
Brown University
Providence, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189,271
61,106
0.323
Molecular Epidemiology
Nutrition
Endocrinology
Global Health
Preventive Cardiology
Joel Schwartz
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188,658
67,242
0.356
air pollution
metals
health
statistics
epigenetics
Hans Olov Adami
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
184,440
46,057
0.250
Clinilacal and epidemiologic research