Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationMedical and Health Sciences / Health Sciences Rankings 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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 :26
IHME
Health Metrics
Global Health
Public Health
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
354,916
277,411
0.782
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
352,113
127,959
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Global Health
Child Survival
Public Health Nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
351,448
238,017
0.677
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
medicine
epidemiology
coronary heart disease
global health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
350,629
140,725
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
epidemiology
metabolic disease
public health
nutrition
physical activity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
349,414
156,837
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Digestive oncology
Chronic liver disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
346,813
249,191
0.719
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Molecular Biology
Immunology
Cancer Biology
Signal Transduction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
345,870
80,732
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
biochemistry
molecular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
344,562
21,481
0.062
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Cancer Epidemiology
Genetic Epidemiology
Nutritional Epidemiology
Global Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
343,693
119,443
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
340,330
205,364
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Cardiologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
339,147
154,443
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Critical Care Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
339,056
148,753
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
health and health care
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
333,461
126,585
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
molecular neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
320,911
34,976
0.109
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Social determinants of health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
317,829
101,480
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Professor of Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
315,520
101,146
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Immunotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
309,544
82,322
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
cardiology
kardiologia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
298,957
126,922
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
GRADE
Recommendations
Knowledge Synthesis
Systematic Reviews
Guidelines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
296,339
171,104
0.577
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
medicine
cardiology
atherosclerosis
immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
294,343
91,548
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
293,859
76,213
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Public health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
292,443
221,481
0.757
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
critical care medicine
sepsis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
291,252
115,062
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Cardiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
286,773
137,604
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Epidemiologia cardiovascular
Epidemiologia do diabetes
Biomarcadores
Atenção Primária a Saúde
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
286,233
200,111
0.699
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105
53
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Simon I Hay
University of Washington
Seattle, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
354,916
277,411
0.782
IHME
Health Metrics
Global Health
Public Health
Epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Karl Friston
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
352,113
127,959
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Zulfiqar Bhutta
Aga Khan University
Karachi, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
351,448
238,017
0.677
Global Health
Child Survival
Public Health Nutrition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Diederick E. Grobbee
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
350,629
140,725
0.401
medicine
epidemiology
coronary heart disease
global health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111
9
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Nicholas Wareham
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
349,414
156,837
0.449
epidemiology
metabolic disease
public health
nutrition
physical activity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114
2
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Reza Malekzadeh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
346,813
249,191
0.719
Digestive oncology
Chronic liver disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118
59
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Michael Karin
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
345,870
80,732
0.233
Molecular Biology
Immunology
Cancer Biology
Signal Transduction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
121
4
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Ulrich K. Laemmli
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
344,562
21,481
0.062
biochemistry
molecular biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
123
62
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
David J Hunter
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
343,693
119,443
0.348
Cancer Epidemiology
Genetic Epidemiology
Nutritional Epidemiology
Global Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128
2
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Mika Kivimaki
University of Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
340,330
205,364
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
130
5
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Philippe Gabriel Steg
Université Paris Cité
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
339,147
154,443
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
131
12
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Deborah Cook
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
339,056
148,753
0.439
Critical Care Medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
137
66
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Harlan Krumholz
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
333,461
126,585
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
152
74
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Tom Maniatis
Columbia University New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
320,911
34,976
0.109
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
158
12
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Michael G Marmot
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
317,829
101,480
0.319
Social determinants of health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
168
77
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Eric Rimm
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
315,520
101,146
0.321
Professor of Epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
176
80
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Steven A Rosenberg
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
309,544
82,322
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
197
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Adam Torbicki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
298,957
126,922
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
204
13
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Holger Schünemann
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
296,339
171,104
0.577
GRADE
Recommendations
Knowledge Synthesis
Systematic Reviews
Guidelines
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
212
93
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Peter Libby
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
294,343
91,548
0.311
medicine
cardiology
atherosclerosis
immunology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
214
94
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Richard A Flavell
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
293,859
76,213
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
219
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Yousef Khader
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
292,443
221,481
0.757
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
221
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Jean Louis Vincent
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
291,252
115,062
0.395
critical care medicine
sepsis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
235
105
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Deepak L. Bhatt
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
286,773
137,604
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
237
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Paulo Andrade Lotufo
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
286,233
200,111
0.699
Epidemiologia cardiovascular
Epidemiologia do diabetes
Biomarcadores
Atenção Primária a Saúde