Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health Highly Cited Researchers 3.159 Scientists Citation in United States 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
United States
Ahmedin Jemal
Cancer disparities
Cancer treatment and outcomes
Cancer surveillance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
859,750
459,751
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
United States
Ali H Mokdad
Health Metrics
Population Health
IHME
Global Health
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
546,175
313,139
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
United States
Frank B Hu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
525,211
195,628
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
United States
Paul M Ridker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
496,996
141,853
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
United States
Emelia J Benjamin
Atrial fibrillation
Faculty Development
Diversity-DEIA
Cardiovascular epidemiology
Inflammation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
407,491
155,681
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
United States
Graham Colditz
Epidemiology
Cancer Prevention
Health Outcomes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
398,525
60,437
0.152
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
United States
Simon I Hay
IHME
Health Metrics
Global Health
Public Health
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
388,374
283,151
0.729
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
United States
Goncalo Abecasis
Biostatistics
Human Genetics
Statistical Computing
Genetics
Complex Traits
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375,914
168,405
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
United States
David J Hunter
Cancer Epidemiology
Genetic Epidemiology
Nutritional Epidemiology
Global Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
351,815
102,260
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
United States
Eric Rimm
Professor of Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
323,892
88,330
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
United States
Peter Libby
medicine
cardiology
atherosclerosis
immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
304,808
86,647
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
United States
Jane Cauley
osteoporosis
aging
fracture
hormones
breast cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246,166
68,083
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
United States
Paolo Boffetta
Medicine
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,046
84,209
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
United States
Jesse A Berlin
Meta-analysis
epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222,294
93,360
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
United States
Ichiro Kawachi
social epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204,321
62,100
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
United States
Richard Cooper
epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,397
51,454
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
United States
Robert Black
Child nutrition and infectious diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,086
68,242
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
United States
Alberto Ascherio
Epidemiology
medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
190,337
49,923
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
United States
Simin Liu
Molecular Epidemiology
Nutrition
Endocrinology
Global Health
Preventive Cardiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189,271
61,106
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
United States
Joel Schwartz
air pollution
metals
health
statistics
epigenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188,658
67,242
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
United States
Hans Olov Adami
Clinilacal and epidemiologic research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
184,440
46,057
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
United States
Kathryn H Jacobsen
Epidemiology
Global Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175,728
109,111
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
United States
Jiang He
Epidemiology
Clinical Trials
Implementation Science
Cardiometabolic Disease
Dementia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173,678
75,249
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
United States
Donna Arnett
Public Health
Genomics
Cardiovascular Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,764
64,182
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3
United States
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ahmedin Jemal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
859,750
459,751
0.535
Cancer disparities
Cancer treatment and outcomes
Cancer surveillance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17
United States
10
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ali H Mokdad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
546,175
313,139
0.573
Health Metrics
Population Health
IHME
Global Health
Epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20
United States
13
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Frank B Hu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
525,211
195,628
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30
United States
18
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Paul M Ridker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
496,996
141,853
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68
United States
35
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Emelia J Benjamin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
407,491
155,681
0.382
Atrial fibrillation
Faculty Development
Diversity-DEIA
Cardiovascular epidemiology
Inflammation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76
United States
38
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Graham Colditz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
398,525
60,437
0.152
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83
United States
42
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Simon I Hay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
388,374
283,151
0.729
IHME
Health Metrics
Global Health
Public Health
Epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97
United States
50
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Goncalo Abecasis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375,914
168,405
0.448
Biostatistics
Human Genetics
Statistical Computing
Genetics
Complex Traits
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129
United States
63
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
David J Hunter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
351,815
102,260
0.291
Cancer Epidemiology
Genetic Epidemiology
Nutritional Epidemiology
Global Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
178
United States
79
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Eric Rimm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
323,892
88,330
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
220
United States
94
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Peter Libby
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
304,808
86,647
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
497
United States
198
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jane Cauley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246,166
68,083
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
592
United States
232
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Paolo Boffetta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,046
84,209
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
660
United States
260
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jesse A Berlin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222,294
93,360
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
805
United States
319
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ichiro Kawachi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204,321
62,100
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
864
United States
351
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Myrna Weissman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197,451
42,656
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
900
United States
366
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Richard Cooper
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,397
51,454
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
905
United States
368
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Robert Black
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,086
68,242
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
934
United States
380
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Alberto Ascherio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
190,337
49,923
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
951
United States
392
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Simin Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189,271
61,106
0.323
Molecular Epidemiology
Nutrition
Endocrinology
Global Health
Preventive Cardiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
956
United States
394
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Joel Schwartz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188,658
67,242
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
988
United States
409
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Hans Olov Adami
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
184,440
46,057
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,079
United States
455
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Kathryn H Jacobsen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175,728
109,111
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,106
United States
469
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jiang He
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173,678
75,249
0.433
Epidemiology
Clinical Trials
Implementation Science
Cardiometabolic Disease
Dementia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,178
United States
504
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Donna Arnett
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,764
64,182
0.383