Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

New Zealand Highly Cited Researchers CitationMedical and Health Sciences / Health Sciences in New Zealand 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
New Zealand
Thomas Lumley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158,684
68,734
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
New Zealand
Tony Merriman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,563
70,997
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
New Zealand
Emma Witt
data management
clinical trials
neuropsychology
psychology
epidemiolgy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,368
44,860
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
New Zealand
John A Crump
Infectious diseases
medical microbiology
epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,965
71,879
0.712
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
New Zealand
W Murray Thomson
Dental epidemiology and public health
dental health services research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,960
29,577
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
New Zealand
Simon Hales
Medical and Health Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,521
22,072
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
New Zealand
Braden Te Ao
Health Services Research
Economic Evaluation
Health Disparities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,363
40,966
0.740
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
New Zealand
Rebecca Grainger
Rheumatology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,344
29,589
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
New Zealand
Chris Bullen
tobacco
addiction
global health
digital health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,158
28,846
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
New Zealand
Robin aj smith
medicinal chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,590
11,378
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
New Zealand
Kate M Scott
medicine
health sciences
psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,604
24,889
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
New Zealand
Keith J Petrie
Health psychology
nocebo
adherence
placebo
psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,554
13,959
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
New Zealand
Dirk De Ridder
tinnitus
pain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,836
17,583
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
New Zealand
Mohammed A Mohammed
Health delivery and outcomes
Quality use of medicines
(de)prescribing
digital health
PROs/HRQoL
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,799
29,785
0.967
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
New Zealand
John A Windsor
Pancreatitis
Pancreatic Cancer
Upper GI and HBP Surgery
Medical Devices
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,794
15,084
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
New Zealand
Nigel French
epidemiology
molecular epidemiology
genomic epidemiology
microbiology
food safety
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,792
10,919
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
New Zealand
Rachael McLean
Public Health
Nutrition
Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,178
22,303
0.852
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
New Zealand
NM Kerse
gerontology
primary health care.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,779
12,131
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
New Zealand
Gerald W Tannock
gut microbiota
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,567
5,527
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
New Zealand
Annemarei Ranta
stroke
neurology
health service delivery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,847
22,018
0.964
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
New Zealand
Wickliffe Abraham
neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,840
6,355
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
New Zealand
Lianne Woodward
Child development
pediatric psychology
developmental neuropsychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,441
7,713
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
New Zealand
Simon Swift
Biofilms
Bacteriology
Microbiology
Antimicrobials
Extracellular vesicles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,437
14,418
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
New Zealand
Eric Mckenzie|EHC McKenzie
rust fungi
asexual fungi
mycology
plant diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,967
13,081
0.595
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
New Zealand
P Rod Dunbar
immunology
cancer
stem cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,711
4,392
0.202
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,278
New Zealand
6
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Thomas Lumley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158,684
68,734
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,492
New Zealand
7
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Tony Merriman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,563
70,997
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,878
New Zealand
13
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Emma Witt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,368
44,860
0.430
data management
clinical trials
neuropsychology
psychology
epidemiolgy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,054
New Zealand
14
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
John A Crump
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,965
71,879
0.712
Infectious diseases
medical microbiology
epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,906
New Zealand
20
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
W Murray Thomson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,960
29,577
0.470
Dental epidemiology and public health
dental health services research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,358
New Zealand
22
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Simon Hales
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,521
22,072
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,520
New Zealand
25
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Braden Te Ao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,363
40,966
0.740
Health Services Research
Economic Evaluation
Health Disparities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,033
New Zealand
26
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Rebecca Grainger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,344
29,589
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,345
New Zealand
27
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Chris Bullen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,158
28,846
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,121
New Zealand
49
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Robin aj smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,590
11,378
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,738
New Zealand
53
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Kate M Scott
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,604
24,889
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,789
New Zealand
54
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Keith J Petrie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,554
13,959
0.372
Health psychology
nocebo
adherence
placebo
psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,442
New Zealand
68
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Dirk De Ridder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,836
17,583
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,476
New Zealand
69
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Mohammed A Mohammed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,799
29,785
0.967
Health delivery and outcomes
Quality use of medicines
(de)prescribing
digital health
PROs/HRQoL
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,482
New Zealand
70
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
John A Windsor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,794
15,084
0.490
Pancreatitis
Pancreatic Cancer
Upper GI and HBP Surgery
Medical Devices
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,176
New Zealand
80
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Nigel French
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,792
10,919
0.393
epidemiology
molecular epidemiology
genomic epidemiology
microbiology
food safety
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,557
New Zealand
88
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Rachael McLean
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,178
22,303
0.852
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,917
New Zealand
101
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
NM Kerse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,779
12,131
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,191
New Zealand
107
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Gerald W Tannock
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,567
5,527
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,601
New Zealand
110
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Annemarei Ranta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,847
22,018
0.964
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,621
New Zealand
111
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Wickliffe Abraham
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,840
6,355
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,465
New Zealand
117
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Lianne Woodward
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,441
7,713
0.344
Child development
pediatric psychology
developmental neuropsychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,471
New Zealand
118
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Simon Swift
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,437
14,418
0.643
Biofilms
Bacteriology
Microbiology
Antimicrobials
Extracellular vesicles
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,527
New Zealand
120
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Eric Mckenzie|EHC McKenzie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,967
13,081
0.595
rust fungi
asexual fungi
mycology
plant diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,121
New Zealand
123
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
P Rod Dunbar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,711
4,392
0.202