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Highly Cited Researchers
Others Highly Cited Researchers 171.805 Scientists Citation in United States 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.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
obesity
growth
misclassification
body weigh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225,950
32,041
0.142
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Global Health
Cardiovascular Disease
Comparative Effectiveness
Epidemiology
Simulation Modelin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225,609
117,204
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Cardiovascular Outcomes Researc
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225,101
84,881
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Interpersonal Perception
Methodolog
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
224,236
64,648
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223,521
135,646
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222,971
85,379
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Cancer
Epidemiology
Surveillanc
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
221,683
209,542
0.945
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
220,744
78,399
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
sepsis
critical care
health services researc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
218,032
105,986
0.486
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
211,559
44,496
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Developmental Scienc
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
209,275
62,868
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,691
71,768
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Anxiety
stress
trauma
genetics
suicid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204,481
98,244
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Stroke
Epidemiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203,864
116,322
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202,219
65,787
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
myocarditi
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200,498
107,587
0.537
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199,995
48,958
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197,039
91,089
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Vaccines
COVID-19
Influenza
RSV
Global Healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,450
91,647
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Emulsions
colloids
biopolymers
food
digestio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,074
114,005
0.584
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Obesity
nutrition
exercise science
behavioral scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194,848
50,954
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Molecular Epidemiology
Environmental Epidemiology
Cancer Epidemiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,656
126,815
0.655
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Alzheimer's disease and related neurodegenerative disorder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,037
65,449
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192,977
133,478
0.692
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191,545
51,561
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
675
262
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Katherine Flegal
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225,950
32,041
0.142
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
678
264
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Andrew Moran
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225,609
117,204
0.520
Global Health
Cardiovascular Disease
Comparative Effectiveness
Epidemiology
Simulation Modelin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
682
266
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
John Spertus
University of Missouri - Kansas City
Kansas City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225,101
84,881
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
686
268
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
David A Kenny
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
224,236
64,648
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
687
269
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Michelle L Bell
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223,521
135,646
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
690
271
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Bradley Hyman
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222,971
85,379
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
701
278
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Hyuna Sung
American Cancer Society
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
221,683
209,542
0.945
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
711
284
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Mary Cushman
University of Vermont
Burlington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
220,744
78,399
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
730
289
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Derek C Angus
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
218,032
105,986
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
792
309
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Jean Baudrillard
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
211,559
44,496
0.210
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
817
323
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Jacquelynne Sue Eccles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
209,275
62,868
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
838
334
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Leslee Shaw
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,691
71,768
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
854
337
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Murray B Stein
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204,481
98,244
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
860
340
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Mitchell Elkind
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203,864
116,322
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
873
349
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Eugene Blackstone
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202,219
65,787
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
889
357
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Leslie T Cooper
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200,498
107,587
0.537
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
894
359
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Frank J Gonzalez
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199,995
48,958
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
919
369
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Peter Reich
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197,039
91,089
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
932
377
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Saad B Omer
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,450
91,647
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
937
381
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
David Julian Mcclements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,074
114,005
0.584
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
941
383
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
James Hill
University of Alabama Birmingham
Birmingham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194,848
50,954
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
950
386
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
H Dean Hosgood *
Yeshiva University
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,656
126,815
0.655
Molecular Epidemiology
Environmental Epidemiology
Cancer Epidemiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
957
389
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Allan I Levey
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,037
65,449
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
959
391
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Sanjay Basu
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192,977
133,478
0.692
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
974
396
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Edwin A Locke
University of Maryland
College Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191,545
51,561
0.269