Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 21.697 Scientists Citation 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: 51
drug delivery
oral nanomedicine
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,481
8,891
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Drug-Induced Liver Injury
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,022
10,482
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Pharmacogenetics
Liver
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,615
11,521
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Metabolomics
Metabonomics
Pharmaceutical Science
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,359
23,552
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
cardiovascular pharmacology
hematology/oncology
drug discovery/drug development
vascular diseases
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,318
16,497
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Antibiotic use
Resistance
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,938
37,342
0.850
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
medicinal and aromatic plants
pharmacy
pharmacognosy
pharmacology
essential oils
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,722
13,577
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
drug delivery
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,594
17,799
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
natural products
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,563
14,997
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
drug discovery and medicinal chemistry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,170
14,267
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Pharmacology
Inflammation
Neutrophil
Annexin
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,903
13,826
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Pharmakologie
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,719
7,064
0.165
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
therapeutics
clinical pharmacology
pharmaceutical science
toxicology
drug delivery
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,283
14,927
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Drug Delivery
Biomaterials
Cell Therapy
Immunoengineering
Bioinspired Materials
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,081
31,092
0.739
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Drug related study
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,063
37,131
0.883
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Quality Use of Medicines
Medication Safety
Clinical Pharmacy
Pharmacy Practice
Evidence-based
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,001
31,672
0.754
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Mitochondria
Metabolism
Autophagy
Obesity
Diabetes
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,688
19,063
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Medicinal Chemistry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,667
19,804
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Personalized Medicine
Clinical Pharmacology
Pharmacogenetics
Drug Transporters
Drug Metabolism
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,567
8,407
0.202
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Sleep
circadian rhythms
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,345
8,368
0.202
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Biochemistry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,698
12,870
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
pharmacology
metabolism
endocrinology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,523
10,405
0.257
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Environment
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,486
22,357
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
pharmacology genetics rheumatology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,359
11,386
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
medicinal chemistry
chemistry
androgens
tubulin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,358
8,340
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,897
5,640
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
You Han Bae
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,481
8,891
0.195
drug delivery
oral nanomedicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,094
5,729
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Paul Watkins
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,022
10,482
0.233
Drug-Induced Liver Injury
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,277
1,078
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Ann Daly
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,615
11,521
0.258
Pharmacogenetics
Liver
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,411
5,866
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Wei Jia
University of Hawaii System
Honolulu, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,359
23,552
0.531
Metabolomics
Metabonomics
Pharmaceutical Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,429
5,875
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Shaker Mousa
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,318
16,497
0.372
cardiovascular pharmacology
hematology/oncology
drug discovery/drug development
vascular diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,607
14
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Dumessa Edessa
Haramaya University
Haramaya, Ethiopia
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,938
37,342
0.850
Antibiotic use
Resistance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,716
5
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Kemal Hüsnü Can Başer
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,722
13,577
0.311
medicinal and aromatic plants
pharmacy
pharmacognosy
pharmacology
essential oils
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,779
101
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Stefaan De Smedt
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,594
17,799
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,798
6,053
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Clay Wang
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,563
14,997
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,971
6,136
125
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Shaomeng Wang
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,170
14,267
0.330
drug discovery and medicinal chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,103
1,155
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Perretti Mauro
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,903
13,826
0.322
Pharmacology
Inflammation
Neutrophil
Annexin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,189
558
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Klaus Aktories
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg, Germany
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,719
7,064
0.165
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,420
528
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Michael Stephen Roberts
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,283
14,927
0.353
therapeutics
clinical pharmacology
pharmaceutical science
toxicology
drug delivery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,506
6,374
139
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Zhen Gu
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,081
31,092
0.739
Drug Delivery
Biomaterials
Cell Therapy
Immunoengineering
Bioinspired Materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,517
16
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Jemal Abdela
Haramaya University
Haramaya, Ethiopia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,063
37,131
0.883
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,543
17
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Tesfay Mehari Atey
Mekelle University
Mekelle, Ethiopia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,001
31,672
0.754
Quality Use of Medicines
Medication Safety
Clinical Pharmacy
Pharmacy Practice
Evidence-based
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,709
6,473
141
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Orian Shirihai
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,688
19,063
0.457
Mitochondria
Metabolism
Autophagy
Obesity
Diabetes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,725
573
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Ettore Novellino
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,667
19,804
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,778
543
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Richard B Kim
Western University Canada
London, Canada
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,567
8,407
0.202
Personalized Medicine
Clinical Pharmacology
Pharmacogenetics
Drug Transporters
Drug Metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,899
250
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Alexander Borbély
Universität Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,345
8,368
0.202
Sleep
circadian rhythms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,277
6,725
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Charles Craik
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,698
12,870
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,370
6,778
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
George Kunos
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,523
10,405
0.257
pharmacology
metabolism
endocrinology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,395
13
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Muhammad Akram
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,486
22,357
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,465
6,823
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
C Michael Stein
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,359
11,386
0.282
pharmacology genetics rheumatology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,467
6,824
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Duane D Miller
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,358
8,340
0.207
medicinal chemistry
chemistry
androgens
tubulin