Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationMedical and Health Sciences / Sports Medicine 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
sports medicine
injury prevention
epidemiology
implementation
surveillance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,551
7,738
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Sports Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,391
8,057
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Sports medicine
infectious disease epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,109
6,031
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Sports Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,805
7,508
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Sports Medicine
Exercise Science
Preventive Medicine
Exercise Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,629
6,187
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Sports Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,925
6,411
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Sports Medicine
Sports Injuries and Illnesses
Exercise induced heat illnesses
periodic health examination
Bone stress injuri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,723
6,888
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,255
4,035
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
health policy
sports medicine
concussion
bioethics
risk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,180
7,121
0.637
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Kardiorespiratorische Fitness
Gefässfunktion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,665
5,925
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Sports Medicine
Clinical & Translational Research
Evidence-Based Outcomes Research
Osteoarthritis
Sports Injuries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,911
4,331
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,740
5,936
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
sports medicine and arthroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,568
7,140
0.746
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Sports Medicine
Running Injuries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,060
7,650
0.844
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Shoulder & Elbow Surgery
Sports Medicine
Orthopaedic Surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,931
6,665
0.746
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
biomechanics
sports medicine
physiotherapy
injury prevention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,903
3,343
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
sports medicine
concussion
tendinopathy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,850
7,283
0.823
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
sports medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,801
1,442
0.164
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Sports Medicine
Clinical Exercise Physiology
Non Communicable Diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,526
8,230
0.965
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,108
6,374
0.786
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Sports Medicine
Physical Therapy
Rehabilitation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,924
2,961
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Sports Medicine
Exercise Immunology
Health Promotion
Doping
Exercise Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,166
1,798
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Sports medicine
injury prevention
injury rehabilitation
biomechanics
training
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,962
3,195
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Sports Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,875
3,749
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Sports Medicine
Rehabilitation
Orthopedic Surgery
Musculoskeletal Injury
Interventions in Physical Therapy or Athletic Train
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,846
4,086
0.597
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,226
385
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Kathrin Steffen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,551
7,738
0.571
sports medicine
injury prevention
epidemiology
implementation
surveillance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,266
5,744
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Chris Bleakley
University of Ulster
Coleraine, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,391
8,057
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,093
954
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Toomas Timpka
Linköping University
Linköping, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,109
6,031
0.460
Sports medicine
infectious disease epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,169
29,677
199
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Joe Hart
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,805
7,508
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,431
3,192
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Perikles Simon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,629
6,187
0.490
Sports Medicine
Exercise Science
Preventive Medicine
Exercise Immunology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,688
32,060
342
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Eric J Strauss
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,925
6,411
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,277
52
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Juan Manuel Alonso
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,723
6,888
0.588
Sports Medicine
Sports Injuries and Illnesses
Exercise induced heat illnesses
periodic health examination
Bone stress injuri
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,287
285
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Malcolm Collins
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,255
4,035
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,930
34,345
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Christine Baugh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,180
7,121
0.637
health policy
sports medicine
concussion
bioethics
risk
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,807
1,528
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss
Universität Basel
Basel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,665
5,925
0.556
Kardiorespiratorische Fitness
Gefässfunktion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,792
38,808
1,510
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Christian Lattermann
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,911
4,331
0.437
Sports Medicine
Clinical & Translational Research
Evidence-Based Outcomes Research
Osteoarthritis
Sports Injuries
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,705
39,508
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Theodore Ganley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,740
5,936
0.609
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,605
40,185
1,549
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Chunbao Li
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,568
7,140
0.746
sports medicine and arthroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,106
42,430
1,613
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Adam Tenforde
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,060
7,650
0.844
Sports Medicine
Running Injuries
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,878
43,035
297
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Peter Chalmers
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,931
6,665
0.746
Shoulder & Elbow Surgery
Sports Medicine
Orthopaedic Surgery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,270
43,165
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Thomas Kernozek M
University of Wisconsin la Crosse
La Crosse, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,903
3,343
0.375
biomechanics
sports medicine
physiotherapy
injury prevention
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,003
390
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Patricios J
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,850
7,283
0.823
sports medicine
concussion
tendinopathy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,713
43,654
1,654
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Howard Knuttgen
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,801
1,442
0.164
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,800
28
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Chathuranga Ranasinghe
University of Colombo
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,526
8,230
0.965
Sports Medicine
Clinical Exercise Physiology
Non Communicable Diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
121,381
92
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Rod Whiteley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,108
6,374
0.786
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
124,517
48,313
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
George Davies
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,924
2,961
0.374
Sports Medicine
Physical Therapy
Rehabilitation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
138,882
5,900
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Holger Gabriel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,166
1,798
0.251
Sports Medicine
Exercise Immunology
Health Promotion
Doping
Exercise Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
143,274
1,320
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Mette Kreutzfeldt Zebis
Metropolitan University College
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,962
3,195
0.459
Sports medicine
injury prevention
injury rehabilitation
biomechanics
training
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
145,143
55,035
1,156
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Riann Palmieri Smith
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,875
3,749
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
145,777
55,244
388
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Susan Saliba
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,846
4,086
0.597
Sports Medicine
Rehabilitation
Orthopedic Surgery
Musculoskeletal Injury
Interventions in Physical Therapy or Athletic Train