Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Medical and Health Sciences / Biostatistics Highly Cited Researchers 3.063 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: 1
meta-research
clinical epidemiology
evidence-based medicine
research methods
meta-analysis
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
600,149
334,802
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238,262
73,665
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216,829
42,088
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Medical statistics
Biostatistics
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
213,104
108,399
0.509
* 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
191,971
108,708
0.566
* 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
189,815
75,962
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Biostatstics
Clinical Trials
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,728
56,972
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Bayesian Statistics
Public Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161,890
96,279
0.595
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160,553
57,274
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Biostatistics
epidemiology
cardiovascular disease
nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156,522
57,757
0.369
* 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
154,904
121,888
0.787
* 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
151,077
107,099
0.709
* 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
129,894
27,242
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Biostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,112
32,019
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Analysis of Categorical Data
Measures of Agreement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,510
41,075
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Bioinformatics
Human Genetics
Biostatistics
Systems Biology
Network Analysis
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,164
68,552
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
biostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,810
42,321
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Statistics
Biostatistics
Data Science
Genomics
Epigenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,580
40,149
0.336
* 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
118,969
40,402
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
biostatistics
public health
environment
precision medicine
Bayes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,213
25,208
0.217
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Biostatistics
Public Health
Drug Discovery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,358
89,617
0.784
* 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
114,220
39,542
0.346
* 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
112,445
34,802
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Developmental epidemiology
Trials
Latent variable models
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,005
36,216
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Biostatistics
Clinical Trials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,754
47,753
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11
5
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
John PA Ioannidis
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
600,149
334,802
0.558
meta-research
clinical epidemiology
evidence-based medicine
research methods
meta-analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
567
221
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
L Adrienne Cupples
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238,262
73,665
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
697
278
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Nan Laird
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216,829
42,088
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
721
52
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jon Deeks
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
213,104
108,399
0.509
Medical statistics
Biostatistics
Statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
915
373
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Philimon Gona
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191,971
108,708
0.566
Biostatistics
Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology
Statistical Methods for Public Health
HIV/AIDS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
942
385
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Michael Boehnke
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189,815
75,962
0.400
Statistical and computational human genetics and genomics
complex traits
type 2 diabetes and related traits
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,179
505
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Joseph Massaro
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,728
56,972
0.340
Biostatstics
Clinical Trials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,266
556
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Kyle Foreman
University of Washington
Seattle, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161,890
96,279
0.595
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Bayesian Statistics
Public Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,286
6
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Thomas Lumley
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160,553
57,274
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,350
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
156,522
57,757
0.369
Biostatistics
epidemiology
cardiovascular disease
nutrition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,378
36
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Yuming Guo
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154,904
121,888
0.787
Air Pollution
Biostatistics
Climate Change
Environmental Epidemiology
Global Environmental
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,441
633
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Curtis Huttenhower
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151,077
107,099
0.709
computational metagenomics
human microbiome
biological data mining
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,935
157
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Tim J Cole
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,894
27,242
0.210
statistics
medical statistics
pediatrics
growth
nutrition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,988
904
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Richard Gelber
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,112
32,019
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,086
957
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
J Richard Landis
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,510
41,075
0.330
Analysis of Categorical Data
Measures of Agreement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,099
965
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Steve Horvath
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,164
68,552
0.552
Bioinformatics
Human Genetics
Biostatistics
Systems Biology
Network Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,183
1,010
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Frank Harrell
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,810
42,321
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,252
1,052
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Rafael A Irizarry
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,580
40,149
0.336
Statistics
Biostatistics
Data Science
Genomics
Epigenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,280
49
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Eijkemans, Mjc
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,969
40,402
0.340
Biostatistics
survival analysis
prediction and classification
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,379
1,117
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Scott L Zeger
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,213
25,208
0.217
biostatistics
public health
environment
precision medicine
Bayes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,471
35
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ashish Awasthi
Public Health Foundation of India
Gurugram, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,358
89,617
0.784
Biostatistics
Public Health
Drug Discovery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,479
92
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Joseph Beyene
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,220
39,542
0.346
Biostatistical modelling
statistical genomics
meta-analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,557
1,213
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
John Lachin
George Washington University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,445
34,802
0.310
biostatistical methods
clinical trials
diabetes
epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,676
209
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Andrew Pickles
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,005
36,216
0.329
Developmental epidemiology
Trials
Latent variable models
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,747
1,301
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mithat GöNen
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,754
47,753
0.439
Biostatistics
Clinical Trials