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![Russell R Pate](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
physical activity
exercise
public health
children
youth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,860
56,183
0.405
![Rajat Das Gupta](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ac/1621653.jpg)
Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology
Cancer Epidemiology
Nutritional Epidemiology
Health Systems Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,419
53,358
0.981
![Nitin Shivappa](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
cancer and nutrition epidemiology
tobacco and nicotine research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,829
18,509
0.811
![Xiaoming Li](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e1/1621576.jpg)
Health Promotion
Education
and Behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,985
11,962
0.413
![Michael W Beets](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ab/1621617.jpg)
Physical Activity
Children
Policy
Nutrition
Public Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,093
9,176
0.537
![Anwar T Merchant](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/64/1621610.jpg)
Epidemiology
Nutrition
Chronic disease
Oral health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,233
6,729
0.415
![Alan Decho](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c8/1621609.jpg)
Microbiology
biofilms and EPS
nanoparticles
marine science
pathogens/antibiotic interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,758
5,783
0.367
![Jiajia Zhang](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Survival Analysis
Mixture Cure Model
Spatial Survival
Frailty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,591
5,643
0.743
![Michael D Wirth](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,553
5,332
0.814
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Robert Mckeown](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/38/1621602.jpg)
psychiatric epidemiology
public health ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,015
3,928
0.231
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Jan Eberth](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a7/1621910.jpg)
Health services Research
Medical Geography
Cancer Prevention and Control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,204
3,499
0.832
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![James Burch Ms](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/2d/1621709.jpg)
Environmental
Occupational & Molecular Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,318
2,338
0.370
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Sue Levkoff](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Aging
public health
delirium
dementia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,353
1,968
0.310
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Monique J Brown](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a6/1622069.jpg)
HIV/AIDS
sexual health
mental health
intimate partner violence
adverse childhood experiences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,107
1,637
0.777
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Feifei Xiao](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e4/1621869.jpg)
Statistical Genetics
Biostatistics
Cancer Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,923
1,484
0.508
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Nicole L Hair](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/1f/1622003.jpg)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,989
1,396
0.702
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Tammy L Loucks](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/9a/1617081.jpg)
Women's Health Research
Public Health
Research Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,957
1,328
0.336
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Azza Shoaib](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/84/1389508.jpg)
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,559
1,222
0.784
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Oluwole Adeyemi Babatunde](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/5b/1622055.jpg)
Epidemiology
Cancer
Health Management
Reproductive Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,645
1,079
0.656
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Longgang Zhao](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/19/1622207.jpg)
Nutrition
Cancer
Liver Health
Biomarker
Omics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,258
1,020
0.811
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![John L Pearce](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/57/1391270.jpg)
air quality
environmental health
geographic information science
environmental informatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,303
1,012
0.777
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Zaina Qureshi](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/dd/1621965.jpg)
Medication Safety
Cancer Research
Health Services Research
Health Economics
Outcomes Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,628
902
0.554
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Peter Georgantopoulos](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
epidemiology
study designs
modeling techniques
use of electronic medical records in research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
708
352
0.497
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Morgan Clennin](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/bf/4633664.jpg)
Public Health
Physical Activity
Environment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
456
320
0.702
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Fanghui Shi](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/7b/5323252.jpg)
Public health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
52
1.000
Russell R Pate
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,860
56,183
0.405
physical activity
exercise
public health
children
youth
Rajat Das Gupta
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,419
53,358
0.981
Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology
Cancer Epidemiology
Nutritional Epidemiology
Health Systems Research
Nitin Shivappa
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,829
18,509
0.811
cancer and nutrition epidemiology
tobacco and nicotine research
Xiaoming Li
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,985
11,962
0.413
Health Promotion
Education
and Behavior
Michael W Beets
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,093
9,176
0.537
Physical Activity
Children
Policy
Nutrition
Public Health
Anwar T Merchant
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,233
6,729
0.415
Epidemiology
Nutrition
Chronic disease
Oral health
Alan Decho
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,758
5,783
0.367
Microbiology
biofilms and EPS
nanoparticles
marine science
pathogens/antibiotic interactions
Jiajia Zhang
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,591
5,643
0.743
Survival Analysis
Mixture Cure Model
Spatial Survival
Frailty
Michael D Wirth
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,553
5,332
0.814
Robert Mckeown
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,015
3,928
0.231
psychiatric epidemiology
public health ethics
Jan Eberth
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,204
3,499
0.832
Health services Research
Medical Geography
Cancer Prevention and Control
James Burch Ms
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,318
2,338
0.370
Environmental
Occupational & Molecular Epidemiology
Sue Levkoff
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,353
1,968
0.310
Aging
public health
delirium
dementia
Monique J Brown
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,107
1,637
0.777
HIV/AIDS
sexual health
mental health
intimate partner violence
adverse childhood experiences
Feifei Xiao
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,923
1,484
0.508
Statistical Genetics
Biostatistics
Cancer Epidemiology
Nicole L Hair
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,989
1,396
0.702
Tammy L Loucks
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,957
1,328
0.336
Women's Health Research
Public Health
Research Education
Azza Shoaib
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,559
1,222
0.784
Oluwole Adeyemi Babatunde
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,645
1,079
0.656
Epidemiology
Cancer
Health Management
Reproductive Health
Longgang Zhao
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,258
1,020
0.811
Nutrition
Cancer
Liver Health
Biomarker
Omics
John L Pearce
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,303
1,012
0.777
air quality
environmental health
geographic information science
environmental informatics
Zaina Qureshi
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,628
902
0.554
Medication Safety
Cancer Research
Health Services Research
Health Economics
Outcomes Research
Peter Georgantopoulos
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
708
352
0.497
epidemiology
study designs
modeling techniques
use of electronic medical records in research
Morgan Clennin
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
456
320
0.702
Public Health
Physical Activity
Environment
Fanghui Shi
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
52
1.000