Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationMedical and Health Sciences / Nutrition and Dietetics 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 :26
Nutritional Epidemiology
Obesity
Type 2 diabetes
Cardiovascular Diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,959
35,394
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,034
22,680
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
nutrition
public health
obesity and NCDs prevention
lifestyle interventions
children's growth & development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,743
42,462
0.636
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
nutrition
food
health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,470
18,941
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Nutrition
Epidemiology
physical activity
obesity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,999
48,111
0.740
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
nutrition
metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,136
15,519
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,312
35,807
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Human nutrition
Public health nutrition
Sustainability
Consumer Science
Food policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,716
54,515
0.928
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,364
18,533
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
nutrition
food systems
microbiome
cardiometabolic
food patterns
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,561
20,770
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,989
14,172
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
nutrition
phytochemicals
wholegrain
gluten free products
dietary habits
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,778
27,133
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
nutrition
food security
child growth and development
statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,290
24,159
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Nutrition
Vitamins
Lifestyle
Exercise
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,191
36,183
0.680
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,058
20,833
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
nutrition
energy metabolism
body composition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,921
13,376
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
nutrizione
diabete
metabolismo
prevenzione
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,247
24,642
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
nutrition
nutritional epidemiology
cancer epidemiology
obesity
public health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,865
29,078
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
cachexia
COPD
muscle
clinical nutrition
pulmonary rehabilitation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,728
19,796
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,190
17,856
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
nutrition
entomology
obesity
animal behaviour
comparative physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,058
21,185
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Nutritional epidemiology
Genetic epidemiology
Preventive medicine
Precision Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,045
25,929
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Nutritional Ketosis
Low Carbohydrate Diets
Metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,614
17,402
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
nutrition
micronutrients
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,897
15,883
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Nutrition
Neurodegenerative diseases
sleep
epidemiology
Parkinson disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,011
26,000
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,061
22
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Rob M Van Dam
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,959
35,394
0.466
Nutritional Epidemiology
Obesity
Type 2 diabetes
Cardiovascular Diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,294
437
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Gary Frost
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,034
22,680
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,240
36
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Yannis Manios
Harokopio University of Athens
Athens, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,743
42,462
0.636
nutrition
public health
obesity and NCDs prevention
lifestyle interventions
children's growth & development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,440
250
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Gary Williamson
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,470
18,941
0.289
nutrition
food
health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,508
252
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Gert Mensink
Robert Koch Institute
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,999
48,111
0.740
Nutrition
Epidemiology
physical activity
obesity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,652
150
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Wim H. Saris
Maastricht University
Maastricht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,136
15,519
0.242
nutrition
metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,546
128
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Yves Boirie
Université Clermont Auvergne
Clermont-Ferrand, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,312
35,807
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,674
307
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Toni Meier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,716
54,515
0.928
Human nutrition
Public health nutrition
Sustainability
Consumer Science
Food policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,953
3,780
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Katherine Tucker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,364
18,533
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,141
3,882
190
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Christopher Gardner
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,561
20,770
0.367
nutrition
food systems
microbiome
cardiometabolic
food patterns
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,283
313
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Thomas Ms Wolever
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,989
14,172
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,337
399
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Nicoletta Pellegrini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,778
27,133
0.486
nutrition
phytochemicals
wholegrain
gluten free products
dietary habits
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,987
4,283
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Edward Frongillo
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,290
24,159
0.453
nutrition
food security
child growth and development
statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,011
164
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Marcela Gonzalez Gross|ORCID: 0000-0001-7757-3235
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,191
36,183
0.680
Nutrition
Vitamins
Lifestyle
Exercise
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,309
4,434
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Kathryn Dewey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,058
20,833
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,343
4,451
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Dale Schoeller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,921
13,376
0.258
nutrition
energy metabolism
body composition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,537
433
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Riccardi Gabriele
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,247
24,642
0.481
nutrizione
diabete
metabolismo
prevenzione
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,651
42
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Satu Männistö
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,865
29,078
0.572
nutrition
nutritional epidemiology
cancer epidemiology
obesity
public health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,708
223
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Annemie Schols
Maastricht University
Maastricht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,728
19,796
0.390
cachexia
COPD
muscle
clinical nutrition
pulmonary rehabilitation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,188
4,845
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Kenneth Brown
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,190
17,856
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,247
403
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Stephen J Simpson
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,058
21,185
0.432
nutrition
entomology
obesity
animal behaviour
comparative physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,252
404
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Elina Hypponen
University of South Australia
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,045
25,929
0.529
Nutritional epidemiology
Genetic epidemiology
Preventive medicine
Precision Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,721
5,095
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Jeff Volek
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,614
17,402
0.365
Nutritional Ketosis
Low Carbohydrate Diets
Metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,352
5,380
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Lindsay Allen
US Department of Agriculture
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,897
15,883
0.346
nutrition
micronutrients
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,707
5,553
378
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Xiang Gao
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,011
26,000
0.578
Nutrition
Neurodegenerative diseases
sleep
epidemiology
Parkinson disease