Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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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.
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Genetics
Genomics
Epidemiology
Cardiovascular Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
432,951
142,727
0.330
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
statistical genetics
neurodegeneration
data science
biostatistics
genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
170,073
89,214
0.525
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Environmental Epidemiology
Genetics
Genomics
Occupational Health
Molecular Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,978
75,818
0.654
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Cancer Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163,137
66,209
0.406
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Genetics
Neuroscience
Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,625
64,831
0.482
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Genomics
Neuroscience
Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,831
61,567
0.546
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
lymphoma
genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,897
42,619
0.339
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Human genetics
cancer genomics
microbiomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,856
38,514
0.594
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Bioinformatics
Computational Algorithms
Genomics
Genome Assembly
Comparative Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,129
37,553
0.307
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Genetic Epidemiology
Genomics
Human Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,636
35,291
0.592
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Biomedical informatics
Phenome-wide association studies
Pharmacogenomics
EHR data mining
Natural language processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,123
30,464
0.660
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Public data repositories
Curation at scale
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,323
28,498
0.515
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
genomics
bioinformatics
microbiology
algorithms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,571
27,332
0.393
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Immunobiology
Cancer biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,265
26,678
0.218
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
Protein function prediction
Protein structure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,531
23,845
0.535
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Cell Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,286
23,587
0.297
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Genetic disorders of inflammation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,549
23,478
0.401
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
disease therapeutics
genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,359
19,703
0.207
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
cell biology
bone
stem cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,315
19,478
0.240
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
genomics
type 2 diabetes
bioinformatics
GWAS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,214
18,682
0.396
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Molecular biology
aging
and age-related diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,680
18,471
0.533
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Computational systems biology
Cancer metabolism
genomics and immunotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,046
17,354
0.495
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
genomics
cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,090
16,578
0.368
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Microbiome
Genomics
Metagenomics
Bioinformatics
Phylogeny
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,779
16,490
0.474
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Cancer Biology
Extracellular Matrix
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,863
15,970
0.445
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
213
83
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Daniel Levy
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
432,951
142,727
0.330
Genetics
Genomics
Epidemiology
Cardiovascular Disease
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,042
349
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mike A Nalls
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
170,073
89,214
0.525
statistical genetics
neurodegeneration
data science
biostatistics
genomics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,508
546
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Qing Lan
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,978
75,818
0.654
Environmental Epidemiology
Genetics
Genomics
Occupational Health
Molecular Epidemiology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,903
725
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Stephen Chanock
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163,137
66,209
0.406
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,951
744
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Andrew Singleton
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,625
64,831
0.482
Genetics
Neuroscience
Disease
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,102
814
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Dena G Hernandez
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,831
61,567
0.546
Genomics
Neuroscience
Disease
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,858
1,555
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Louis M Staudt
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,897
42,619
0.339
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,555
1,831
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jianxin Shi
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,856
38,514
0.594
Human genetics
cancer genomics
microbiomics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,733
1,913
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jim Mullikin
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,129
37,553
0.307
Bioinformatics
Computational Algorithms
Genomics
Genome Assembly
Comparative Genomics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,186
2,094
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Adebowale Adeyemo
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,636
35,291
0.592
Genetic Epidemiology
Genomics
Human Genetics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,571
2,651
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Joshua C Denny
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,123
30,464
0.660
Biomedical informatics
Phenome-wide association studies
Pharmacogenomics
EHR data mining
Natural language processing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,267
2,929
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Kim D Pruitt
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,323
28,498
0.515
Public data repositories
Curation at scale
Genomics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,755
3,138
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Daniel Haft
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,571
27,332
0.393
genomics
bioinformatics
microbiology
algorithms
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,087
3,270
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Giorgio Trinchieri
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,265
26,678
0.218
Immunobiology
Cancer biology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,608
3,836
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Aron Marchler-Bauer
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,531
23,845
0.535
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
Protein function prediction
Protein structure
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,778
3,908
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Juan S Bonifacino
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,286
23,587
0.297
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,855
3,941
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Daniel Kastner
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,549
23,478
0.401
Genetic disorders of inflammation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,831
5,159
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Richard Simon
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,359
19,703
0.207
disease therapeutics
genomics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,039
5,235
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Pamela Robey
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,315
19,478
0.240
cell biology
bone
stem cells
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,905
5,560
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Narisu Narisu
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,214
18,682
0.396
genomics
type 2 diabetes
bioinformatics
GWAS
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,146
5,654
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Kotb Abdelmohsen
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,680
18,471
0.533
Molecular biology
aging
and age-related diseases
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,513
6,187
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Eytan Ruppin
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,046
17,354
0.495
Computational systems biology
Cancer metabolism
genomics and immunotherapy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,668
6,644
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jeffery P Struewing
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,090
16,578
0.368
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,826
6,716
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jonathan Badger
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,779
16,490
0.474
Microbiome
Genomics
Metagenomics
Bioinformatics
Phylogeny
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,603
7,021
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
David D Roberts
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,863
15,970
0.445
Cancer Biology
Extracellular Matrix