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Highly Cited Researchers
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) 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.
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :126
Health Survey Methodology
Health Behaviors
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,404
4,389
0.812
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :127
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,094
4,342
0.308
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :128
Biostatistics
epidemiology
public health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,138
4,341
0.608
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :129
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,141
4,294
0.699
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :130
Medical entomology
Zoology
Disease ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,796
4,289
0.255
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :131
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,256
4,238
0.806
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :132
travel medicine
malaria
arboviruses
tropical disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,512
4,226
0.649
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :133
Rickettsial Diseases
Vector Biology
Disease Ecology
Genomics
Metagenomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,692
4,211
0.252
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :134
implementation science
readiness for implementation
policy implementation
public health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,907
4,186
0.384
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :135
Prion disease
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Chronic wasting disease
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
infectious disease modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,989
4,178
0.837
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :136
pertussis meningococcal measles mumps rubella polio zoster varicella cytomegalovirus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,557
4,157
0.748
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :137
public health
pathogen genomics
Molecular epidemiology
Wastewater-Based Epidemiology
antimicrobial resistance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,629
4,086
0.726
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :138
epidemiology
health disparities
prevention
cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,229
4,069
0.441
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :139
Free Radicals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,557
4,058
0.261
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :140
Vaccines
Emergency response
Epidemiology
Biosurveillance
Viral Hepatitis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,495
4,034
0.734
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :141
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,926
3,985
0.809
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :142
Public Health Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,975
3,967
0.797
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :143
disability research
chronic disease
health care access and use
health disparities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,465
3,964
0.419
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :144
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,538
3,956
0.463
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :145
infectious diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,073
3,955
0.303
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :146
Statistical Genetics
Biotatistics
Epidemiology
Survival Analysis
Microbiome Data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,231
3,916
0.155
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :147
virology
pathogenesis
drug discovery
evolution
virus-host interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,526
3,912
0.599
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :148
epidemiology
vaccines
infectious disease
public health
hospital infections
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,661
3,907
0.838
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :149
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,819
3,895
0.263
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :150
science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,483
3,862
0.596
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,110
39,758
126
Ranking Based On Selection: 126
Carla Zelaya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,404
4,389
0.812
Health Survey Methodology
Health Behaviors
Epidemiology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,548
40,201
127
Ranking Based On Selection: 127
James Stevens
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,094
4,342
0.308
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,606
40,217
128
Ranking Based On Selection: 128
Ryan Wiegand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,138
4,341
0.608
Biostatistics
epidemiology
public health
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,081
40,681
129
Ranking Based On Selection: 129
William G Lindsley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,141
4,294
0.699
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,212
40,710
130
Ranking Based On Selection: 130
Kenneth L Gage
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,796
4,289
0.255
Medical entomology
Zoology
Disease ecology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,862
41,219
131
Ranking Based On Selection: 131
Ryan Wallace
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,256
4,238
0.806
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
116,229
41,342
132
Ranking Based On Selection: 132
Eric Halsey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,512
4,226
0.649
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
116,725
41,495
133
Ranking Based On Selection: 133
Gregory Dasch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,692
4,211
0.252
Rickettsial Diseases
Vector Biology
Disease Ecology
Genomics
Metagenomics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,617
41,778
134
Ranking Based On Selection: 134
Sandra F Naoom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,907
4,186
0.384
implementation science
readiness for implementation
policy implementation
public health
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,906
41,862
135
Ranking Based On Selection: 135
Joseph Y Abrams
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,989
4,178
0.837
Prion disease
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Chronic wasting disease
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
infectious disease modeling
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,606
42,112
136
Ranking Based On Selection: 136
Manisha Patel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,557
4,157
0.748
pertussis meningococcal measles mumps rubella polio zoster varicella cytomegalovirus
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
121,019
42,845
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 137
Rory Welsh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,629
4,086
0.726
public health
pathogen genomics
Molecular epidemiology
Wastewater-Based Epidemiology
antimicrobial resistance
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
121,598
43,027
138
Ranking Based On Selection: 138
Mary C White
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,229
4,069
0.441
epidemiology
health disparities
prevention
cancer
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
121,970
43,154
139
Ranking Based On Selection: 139
Stephen S Leonard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,557
4,058
0.261
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,867
43,453
140
Ranking Based On Selection: 140
Noele Nelson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,495
4,034
0.734
Vaccines
Emergency response
Epidemiology
Biosurveillance
Viral Hepatitis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
124,702
44,049
141
Ranking Based On Selection: 141
Gordana Derado
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,926
3,985
0.809
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
125,400
44,257
142
Ranking Based On Selection: 142
Christine Hughes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,975
3,967
0.797
Public Health Epidemiology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
125,507
44,298
143
Ranking Based On Selection: 143
Catherine A Okoro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,465
3,964
0.419
disability research
chronic disease
health care access and use
health disparities
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
125,813
44,383
144
Ranking Based On Selection: 144
Kevin Karem
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,538
3,956
0.463
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
125,848
44,399
145
Ranking Based On Selection: 145
Andrew Vernon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,073
3,955
0.303
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
127,378
44,891
146
Ranking Based On Selection: 146
Glen Satten
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,231
3,916
0.155
Statistical Genetics
Biotatistics
Epidemiology
Survival Analysis
Microbiome Data
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
127,518
44,938
147
Ranking Based On Selection: 147
Laura Mcmullan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,526
3,912
0.599
virology
pathogenesis
drug discovery
evolution
virus-host interactions
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
127,724
44,998
148
Ranking Based On Selection: 148
Natalie Mccarthy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,661
3,907
0.838
epidemiology
vaccines
infectious disease
public health
hospital infections
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,130
45,134
149
Ranking Based On Selection: 149
Maya Sternberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,819
3,895
0.263
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,402
45,508
150
Ranking Based On Selection: 150
Yu Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,483
3,862
0.596