Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Medical and Health Sciences / Nursing and Midwifery Highly Cited Researchers 295 Scientists Citation in Canada 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
child welfare
home visitation
intimate partner violence
nursing
qualitative
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,525
17,046
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Nursing
Cancer
Chronic Illness
Qualitative Methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,342
13,764
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
pain in infants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,811
12,173
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
pregnancy and childbirth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,914
6,924
0.217
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Narrative inquiry
Nursing
HIV
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,121
11,180
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
health service delivery
community and long-term care
caregivers
health policy
leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,748
11,117
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Heart Failure
CardioOncology
Sports Cardiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,663
11,141
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
grief
pediatric oncology
hermeneutics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,902
19,282
0.842
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Masculinities
men's health and illness behaviours – depressions
prostate cancer
smoking cessations
primary health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,333
12,929
0.606
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
nursing
qualitative research
health promotion
gender
tobacco
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,550
6,023
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Authentic leadership
nursing - work environment - systematic reviews
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,538
9,508
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
nursing
pain
critical care
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,639
9,399
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
health and health care inequities
Indigenous peoples' health
women's health
community-based research
intervention research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,849
6,004
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
knowledge translation
public health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,405
5,800
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
violence against women
ethical nursing practice
Aboriginal health
women's health
participatory and ethnographic methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,848
6,326
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Midwifery
Obstetrics
mode of birth
breech presentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,709
6,413
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Advanced practice nursing
oncology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,246
8,360
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
knowledge translation
nursing
child health
implementation science
health services research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,916
6,491
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
graduate nursing education
advanced practice nursing
knowledge translation
systems navigation
newcomer health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,738
8,167
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
equity and healthcare
religion and spirituality in healthcare
nursing education
palliative approach
knowledge translation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,404
4,113
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
community health
nursing
multiple interventions
fall prevention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,273
2,932
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Health equity
stigma
sex work
midwifery
maternity care
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,705
3,581
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Suffering and Spirituality
Family Systems Nursing
Illness Beliefs and Illness Healing
Beliefs and the Brain
Marital health a
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,654
1,833
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Health equity
substance use
harm reduction
homelessness
public health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,424
4,894
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,170
3,858
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,249
661
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Susan M Jack
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,525
17,046
0.454
child welfare
home visitation
intimate partner violence
nursing
qualitative
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,619
764
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sally Thorne
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,342
13,764
0.401
Nursing
Cancer
Chronic Illness
Qualitative Methodology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,981
818
129
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Bonnie Stevens
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,811
12,173
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,878
849
136
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ellen Hodnett
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,914
6,924
0.217
pregnancy and childbirth
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,322
1,040
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Vera Caine
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,121
11,180
0.398
Narrative inquiry
Nursing
HIV
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,718
1,283
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Pamela Baxter
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,748
11,117
0.449
health service delivery
community and long-term care
caregivers
health policy
leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,878
1,292
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mark Haykowsky|Mark Haykowski, Mark Haykowksy
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,663
11,141
0.452
Heart Failure
CardioOncology
Sports Cardiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,289
1,456
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Nancy J Moules
University of Calgary
Calgary, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,902
19,282
0.842
grief
pediatric oncology
hermeneutics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,901
1,630
197
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
John Oliffe
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,333
12,929
0.606
Masculinities
men's health and illness behaviours – depressions
prostate cancer
smoking cessations
primary health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,020
1,737
207
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Joan L Bottorff
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,550
6,023
0.293
nursing
qualitative research
health promotion
gender
tobacco
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,048
1,739
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Carol Wong Rn
Western University Canada
London, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,538
9,508
0.463
Authentic leadership
nursing - work environment - systematic reviews
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,678
1,987
180
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Céline Gélinas
McGill University
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,639
9,399
0.504
nursing
pain
critical care
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,811
2,503
293
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Annette J Browne
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,849
6,004
0.379
health and health care inequities
Indigenous peoples' health
women's health
community-based research
intervention research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,422
2,836
179
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Maureen Dobbins
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,405
5,800
0.403
knowledge translation
public health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,851
3,020
355
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Colleen Varcoe
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,848
6,326
0.457
violence against women
ethical nursing practice
Aboriginal health
women's health
participatory and ethnographic methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,721
3,060
190
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Eileen K Hutton
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,709
6,413
0.468
Midwifery
Obstetrics
mode of birth
breech presentation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,805
3,179
197
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Denise Bryant Lukosius
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,246
8,360
0.631
Advanced practice nursing
oncology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,136
3,278
210
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Shannon D Scott
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,916
6,491
0.503
knowledge translation
nursing
child health
implementation science
health services research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,313
3,682
221
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Nancy Carter Rn
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,738
8,167
0.696
graduate nursing education
advanced practice nursing
knowledge translation
systems navigation
newcomer health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,063
4,322
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Sheryl Reimer Kirkham
Trinity Western University
Langley, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,404
4,113
0.395
equity and healthcare
religion and spirituality in healthcare
nursing education
palliative approach
knowledge translation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,542
4,894
140
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Nancy Edwards
Université d'Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,273
2,932
0.316
community health
nursing
multiple interventions
fall prevention
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,722
5,220
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Cecilia Benoit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,705
3,581
0.411
Health equity
stigma
sex work
midwifery
maternity care
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,499
5,264
235
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Lorraine M Wright Rn
University of Calgary
Calgary, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,654
1,833
0.212
Suffering and Spirituality
Family Systems Nursing
Illness Beliefs and Illness Healing
Beliefs and the Brain
Marital health a
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,133
5,429
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Bernie Pauly
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,424
4,894
0.581
Health equity
substance use
harm reduction
homelessness
public health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
126,254
5,577
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ginny Brunton
Ontario Tech University
Oshawa, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,170
3,858
0.472