Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationMedical and Health Sciences / Biostatistics 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 :1
meta-research
clinical epidemiology
evidence-based medicine
research methods
meta-analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
570,799
354,334
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
232,380
86,032
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
213,732
48,505
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Medical statistics
Biostatistics
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203,363
113,385
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Biostatistics
Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology
Statistical Methods for Public Health
HIV/AIDS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183,222
121,517
0.663
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Statistical and computational human genetics and genomics
complex traits
type 2 diabetes and related traits
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183,203
84,136
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Biostatstics
Clinical Trials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163,380
67,562
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156,391
66,673
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Bayesian Statistics
Public Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155,193
105,638
0.681
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Biostatistics
epidemiology
cardiovascular disease
nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,654
65,618
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Air Pollution
Biostatistics
Climate Change
Environmental Epidemiology
Global Environmental
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,398
119,051
0.842
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
computational metagenomics
human microbiome
biological data mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,462
109,037
0.776
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
statistics
medical statistics
pediatrics
growth
nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,204
32,965
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,304
37,016
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Biostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,396
35,604
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Analysis of Categorical Data
Measures of Agreement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,985
45,071
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
biostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,675
44,687
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Bioinformatics
Human Genetics
Biostatistics
Systems Biology
Network Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,684
69,784
0.598
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Biostatistics
survival analysis
prediction and classification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,119
48,622
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Statistics
Biostatistics
Data Science
Genomics
Epigenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,728
44,010
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
biostatistics
public health
environment
precision medicine
Bayes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,833
28,168
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Biostatistical modelling
statistical genomics
meta-analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,518
48,214
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
biostatistical methods
clinical trials
diabetes
epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,736
39,946
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Biostatistics
Public Health
Drug Discovery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,782
94,748
0.879
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Developmental epidemiology
Trials
Latent variable models
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,315
39,525
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
John PA Ioannidis
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
570,799
354,334
0.621
meta-research
clinical epidemiology
evidence-based medicine
research methods
meta-analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
534
214
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
L Adrienne Cupples
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
232,380
86,032
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
660
265
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Nan Laird
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
213,732
48,505
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
731
55
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jon Deeks
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203,363
113,385
0.558
Medical statistics
Biostatistics
Statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
932
389
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Philimon Gona
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183,222
121,517
0.663
Biostatistics
Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology
Statistical Methods for Public Health
HIV/AIDS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
933
390
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Michael Boehnke
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183,203
84,136
0.459
Statistical and computational human genetics and genomics
complex traits
type 2 diabetes and related traits
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,152
499
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Joseph Massaro
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163,380
67,562
0.414
Biostatstics
Clinical Trials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,258
6
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Thomas Lumley
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156,391
66,673
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,279
566
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Kyle Foreman
University of Washington
Seattle, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155,193
105,638
0.681
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Bayesian Statistics
Public Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,352
19
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Demosthenes Panagiotakos
Harokopio University of Athens
Athens, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,654
65,618
0.436
Biostatistics
epidemiology
cardiovascular disease
nutrition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,525
40
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Yuming Guo
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,398
119,051
0.842
Air Pollution
Biostatistics
Climate Change
Environmental Epidemiology
Global Environmental
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,540
688
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Curtis Huttenhower
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,462
109,037
0.776
computational metagenomics
human microbiome
biological data mining
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,792
145
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Tim J Cole
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,204
32,965
0.253
statistics
medical statistics
pediatrics
growth
nutrition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,896
871
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
David Hosmer
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,304
37,016
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,915
884
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Richard Gelber
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,396
35,604
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,039
949
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
J Richard Landis
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,985
45,071
0.373
Analysis of Categorical Data
Measures of Agreement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,147
1,005
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Frank Harrell
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,675
44,687
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,196
1,028
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Steve Horvath
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,684
69,784
0.598
Bioinformatics
Human Genetics
Biostatistics
Systems Biology
Network Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,211
49
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Eijkemans, Mjc
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,119
48,622
0.419
Biostatistics
survival analysis
prediction and classification
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,230
1,049
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Rafael A Irizarry
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,728
44,010
0.380
Statistics
Biostatistics
Data Science
Genomics
Epigenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,307
1,092
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Scott L Zeger
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,833
28,168
0.247
biostatistics
public health
environment
precision medicine
Bayes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,394
90
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Joseph Beyene
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,518
48,214
0.432
Biostatistical modelling
statistical genomics
meta-analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,472
1,183
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
John Lachin
George Washington University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,736
39,946
0.364
biostatistical methods
clinical trials
diabetes
epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,559
34
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ashish Awasthi
Public Health Foundation of India
Gurugram, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,782
94,748
0.879
Biostatistics
Public Health
Drug Discovery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,631
208
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Andrew Pickles
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,315
39,525
0.372
Developmental epidemiology
Trials
Latent variable models