Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
North America Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
Attitudes
Persuasion
Attitude-Behavior Relation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
522,344
213,951
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Burden of Diseases
Causes of Death
Antimicrobials Resistance
Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
444,751
303,390
0.682
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
371,022
221,595
0.597
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Aging
vascular disease
dementia
kidney disease
epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
353,471
177,161
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Global Health
Implementation Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
349,498
205,816
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
345,450
81,084
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Structural equation modeling
psychometrics
drug abuse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
337,956
128,474
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330,654
155,058
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Global Health
Diet & Lifestyle
Cardiometabolic Disease
Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
290,850
146,464
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Technology Acceptance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
282,233
133,308
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278,354
90,357
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Vaccinology
Tropical Medicine
Global Health Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
269,974
152,026
0.563
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
265,676
108,021
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
265,263
104,018
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Hypertension
Diabetic Nephropathy
renal and cardiovascular outcomes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
264,056
103,431
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Institutional Analysis
Collective Action
Commons
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
262,608
88,672
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
261,653
123,649
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Preventive medicine
epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
257,129
137,794
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
health equity
systematic reviews
guidelines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247,608
180,854
0.730
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
cancer
metabolism
signal transduction
PI 3-Kinase
Protein kinases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246,081
72,645
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
intelligence
creativity
education
arts
ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238,586
53,019
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Alzheimer's disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,229
86,054
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229,722
72,268
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225,506
113,597
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Neurodegenerative disorders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
224,524
80,242
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18
11
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Icek Ajzen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
522,344
213,951
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44
25
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mohsen Naghavi
University of Washington
Seattle, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
444,751
303,390
0.682
Burden of Diseases
Causes of Death
Antimicrobials Resistance
Iran
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92
8
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
PJ Devereaux
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
371,022
221,595
0.597
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118
59
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Josef Coresh
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
353,471
177,161
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
124
62
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
George Mensah
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
349,498
205,816
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
132
65
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Robert Putnam
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
345,450
81,084
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
140
68
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Peter M Bentler
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
337,956
128,474
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
153
71
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jerome Friedman
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330,654
155,058
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
244
109
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Dariush Mozaffarian
Tufts University
Medford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
290,850
146,464
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
273
116
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Fred D Davis
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
282,233
133,308
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
293
126
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sergey Panitkin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278,354
90,357
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
333
142
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
P Hotez
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
269,974
152,026
0.563
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
351
149
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Andrew S Levey
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
265,676
108,021
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
354
150
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Stephen B. Baylin
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
265,263
104,018
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
357
151
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
George Bakris
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
264,056
103,431
0.392
Hypertension
Diabetic Nephropathy
renal and cardiovascular outcomes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
369
158
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Elinor Ostrom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
262,608
88,672
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
375
160
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Donna Muzny
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
261,653
123,649
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
400
171
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Criqui MH
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
257,129
137,794
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
460
22
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Vivian Welch
Université d'Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247,608
180,854
0.730
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
471
192
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Lewis Cantley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246,081
72,645
0.295
cancer
metabolism
signal transduction
PI 3-Kinase
Protein kinases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
528
211
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Howard Gardner
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238,586
53,019
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
576
228
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jeffrey Cummings
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,229
86,054
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
589
234
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Douglas R Green
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229,722
72,268
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
610
239
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Matevž Tadel
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225,506
113,597
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
615
242
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Virginia Lee
Nemours Children's Health System
Wilmington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
224,524
80,242
0.357