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Highly Cited Researchers

North America Medical and Health Sciences / Veterinary Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 599 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025

Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.

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Total 599 scientists, 128 country, 1.489 institution
* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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2,301
World Rank
United States
1,065
Country Rank
Cornell University Logo
13
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Peter J Van Soest
Cornell University Ithaca, United States
Medical and Health Sciences / Veterinary Sciences
Ruminant | Nutrition | Forage | Phisiology | Animal Scienc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    122,733
  • Last 6 Years
    27,927
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.228
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Rankings

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10,854
World Rank
United States
5,124
Country Rank
National Institutes of Health Logo
70
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Seyedmojtaba Seyedmousavi
National Institutes of Health Bethesda, United States
Medical and Health Sciences / Veterinary Sciences
Clinical Microbiology Diagnostics | Fungal Diagnostics | Medical and Veterinary Mycology and On

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    49,897
  • Last 6 Years
    42,688
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.856
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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13,165
World Rank
United States
6,180
Country Rank
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Logo
13
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Aron J Hall
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, United States
Medical and Health Sciences / Veterinary Sciences
Coronavirus | Norovirus | Viral Diseases | Infectious Disease Epidemiology | Veterinary Public Healt

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    44,848
  • Last 6 Years
    33,429
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.745
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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16,287
World Rank
United States
7,605
Country Rank
North Carolina State University Logo
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Ed Breitschwerdt
North Carolina State University Raleigh, United States
Medical and Health Sciences / Veterinary Sciences
Vector Borne Infectious Diseas

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    38,874
  • Last 6 Years
    11,853
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.305
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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16,787
World Rank
United States
7,847
Country Rank
Texas A&M University Logo
37
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Ivan Rusyn
Texas A&M University College Station, United States
Medical and Health Sciences / Veterinary Sciences
Toxicology | Computational toxicology | Risk assessmen

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    38,105
  • Last 6 Years
    18,305
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.480
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Rankings

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21,323
World Rank
United States
9,789
Country Rank
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Logo
24
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Peter Vogel
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Memphis, United States
Medical and Health Sciences / Veterinary Sciences
Pathology | Animal Model

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    32,669
  • Last 6 Years
    18,894
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.578
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Rankings

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22,949
World Rank
United States
10,505
Country Rank
Western University of Health Sciences Logo
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Brian Oakley
Western University of Health Sciences Pomona, United States
Medical and Health Sciences / Veterinary Sciences
Microbial Ecology | Bioinformatics | Anaerobic cultivatio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    31,150
  • Last 6 Years
    13,464
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.432
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Rankings

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23,707
World Rank
United States
10,862
Country Rank
University of Tennessee Knoxville Logo
23
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Barry T Rouse
University of Tennessee Knoxville Knoxville, United States
Medical and Health Sciences / Veterinary Sciences
Viral Immunolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    30,520
  • Last 6 Years
    4,870
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.160
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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26,980
World Rank
United States
12,277
Country Rank
Iowa State University Logo
18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Patrick G Halbur
Iowa State University Ames, United States
Medical and Health Sciences / Veterinary Sciences
Veterinary | ISU-VDPAM | Pathology | Swine Diseas

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    27,999
  • Last 6 Years
    5,929
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.212
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Rankings

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28,483
World Rank
United States
12,897
Country Rank
Iowa State University Logo
22
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Max Rothschild
Iowa State University Ames, United States
Medical and Health Sciences / Veterinary Sciences
animal genetic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    27,029
  • Last 6 Years
    6,255
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.231
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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29,459
World Rank
United States
13,297
Country Rank
Iowa State University Logo
24
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Lance H Baumgard
Iowa State University Ames, United States
Medical and Health Sciences / Veterinary Sciences
IPIC | heat stress | ISU-Animal Science | lactation | nutritional physiolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    26,399
  • Last 6 Years
    12,976
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.492
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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30,169
World Rank
United States
13,614
Country Rank
Texas A&M University Logo
87
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Robert Burghardt
Texas A&M University College Station, United States
Medical and Health Sciences / Veterinary Sciences
Reproductive Biology | Reproduction | Toxicology | Microscop

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    25,986
  • Last 6 Years
    6,451
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.248
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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31,108
World Rank
Canada
1,289
Country Rank
University of Guelph Logo
17
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Stephen J Leblanc
University of Guelph Guelph, Canada
Medical and Health Sciences / Veterinary Sciences
Veterinary medicine | dairy cattle | randomized controlled trials | food animal health | reproductio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    25,447
  • Last 6 Years
    12,573
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.494
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Rankings

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34,186
World Rank
United States
15,273
Country Rank
Texas A&M University Logo
106
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Jan Suchodolski
Texas A&M University College Station, United States
Medical and Health Sciences / Veterinary Sciences
Veterinary Microbiome | Veterinary_microbiology | Veterinary_medicine | probiotics | One_healt

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    23,848
  • Last 6 Years
    15,531
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.651
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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47,083
World Rank
United States
20,373
Country Rank
Texas A&M University Logo
152
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Leslie Garry Adams
Texas A&M University College Station, United States
Medical and Health Sciences / Veterinary Sciences
Infectious diseases | vaccines | diagnostics | bacterial pathogen

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    18,940
  • Last 6 Years
    4,606
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.243
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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48,858
World Rank
United States
21,058
Country Rank
University of Pennsylvania Logo
366
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Mh Goldschmidt
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, United States
Medical and Health Sciences / Veterinary Sciences
Veterinary Patholog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    18,430
  • Last 6 Years
    5,678
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.308
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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49,421
World Rank
United States
21,303
Country Rank
University of California Davis Logo
223
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Benjamin Hart
University of California Davis Davis, United States
Medical and Health Sciences / Veterinary Sciences
Sickness behavior | Veterinary behavior | Dogs | Cats | Animal diseas

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    18,284
  • Last 6 Years
    4,091
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.224
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Rankings

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49,696
World Rank
United States
21,419
Country Rank
Iowa State University Logo
60
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Kyoung Jin Yoon
Iowa State University Ames, United States
Medical and Health Sciences / Veterinary Sciences
Veterinary Medicine | Viral Infectious Diseases | Diagnostic Medicine | ISU-VDPAM | IPI

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    18,206
  • Last 6 Years
    5,840
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.321
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Rankings

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54,435
World Rank
Canada
2,377
Country Rank
University of Guelph Logo
46
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Jan Sargeant
University of Guelph Guelph, Canada
Medical and Health Sciences / Veterinary Sciences

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    17,009
  • Last 6 Years
    8,555
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.503
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Rankings

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54,704
World Rank
United States
23,316
Country Rank
Iowa State University Logo
70
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Jeffrey J Zimmerman
Iowa State University Ames, United States
Medical and Health Sciences / Veterinary Sciences
ISU VDPAM | swin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    16,941
  • Last 6 Years
    5,995
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.354
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Rankings

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54,777
World Rank
United States
23,346
Country Rank
University of Delaware Logo
85
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Limin Kung Jr
University of Delaware Newark, United States
Medical and Health Sciences / Veterinary Sciences
Dairy Nutrition | Silage Fermentation | Silag

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    16,924
  • Last 6 Years
    6,603
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.390
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Rankings

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56,565
World Rank
United States
24,056
Country Rank
University of Massachusetts Amherst Logo
94
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Pablo Visconti
University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, United States
Medical and Health Sciences / Veterinary Sciences
Reproductive Biolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    16,528
  • Last 6 Years
    5,050
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.306
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Rankings

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57,568
World Rank
United States
24,436
Country Rank
Iowa State University Logo
79
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Qijing Zhang
Iowa State University Ames, United States
Medical and Health Sciences / Veterinary Sciences
Microbiology | antibiotic resistance | food safety | Campylobacter | AMR-consortiu

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    16,312
  • Last 6 Years
    6,318
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.387
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Rankings

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57,731
World Rank
United States
24,497
Country Rank
University of Georgia Logo
95
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Todd R Callaway
University of Georgia Athens, United States
Medical and Health Sciences / Veterinary Sciences
Ruminal Microbiology | Ruminant Nutrition | Food Safety | Bacterial Physiology | Animal Scienc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    16,275
  • Last 6 Years
    5,361
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.329
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Rankings

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59,878
World Rank
United States
25,300
Country Rank
Colorado State University Logo
87
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
MO Salman
Colorado State University Fort Collins, United States
Medical and Health Sciences / Veterinary Sciences
Veterinary Medicine | Infectious Diseases | Epidemiolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    15,843
  • Last 6 Years
    4,384
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.277
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