Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationMedical and Health Sciences / Biostatistics Rankings 2025
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.
* 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
581,694
364,798
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
234,731
88,140
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214,689
49,356
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Medical statistics
Biostatistics
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,801
116,699
0.564
* 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
186,407
124,499
0.668
* 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
186,335
87,105
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Biostatstics
Clinical Trials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165,024
69,009
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157,975
68,099
0.431
* 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
157,326
107,616
0.684
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Biostatistics
epidemiology
cardiovascular disease
nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152,781
67,546
0.442
* 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
146,329
123,860
0.846
* 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
144,050
112,280
0.779
* 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
128,229
32,378
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,538
38,169
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Biostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,139
36,291
0.288
* 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
122,525
46,519
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Bioinformatics
Human Genetics
Biostatistics
Systems Biology
Network Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,364
72,396
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
biostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,211
46,136
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Statistics
Biostatistics
Data Science
Genomics
Epigenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,361
45,126
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Biostatistics
survival analysis
prediction and classification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,064
49,473
0.423
* 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
114,734
28,990
0.253
* 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
112,347
48,962
0.436
* 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
110,554
40,691
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Biostatistics
Public Health
Drug Discovery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,168
97,057
0.881
* 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
107,797
40,793
0.378
* 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
581,694
364,798
0.627
meta-research
clinical epidemiology
evidence-based medicine
research methods
meta-analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
549
217
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
L Adrienne Cupples
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
234,731
88,140
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
677
269
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Nan Laird
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214,689
49,356
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
730
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
206,801
116,699
0.564
Medical statistics
Biostatistics
Statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
931
383
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Philimon Gona
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186,407
124,499
0.668
Biostatistics
Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology
Statistical Methods for Public Health
HIV/AIDS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
933
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
186,335
87,105
0.467
Statistical and computational human genetics and genomics
complex traits
type 2 diabetes and related traits
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,167
502
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Joseph Massaro
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165,024
69,009
0.418
Biostatstics
Clinical Trials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,271
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
157,975
68,099
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,287
566
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Kyle Foreman
University of Washington
Seattle, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157,326
107,616
0.684
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Bayesian Statistics
Public Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,354
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
152,781
67,546
0.442
Biostatistics
epidemiology
cardiovascular disease
nutrition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,480
39
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Yuming Guo
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,329
123,860
0.846
Air Pollution
Biostatistics
Climate Change
Environmental Epidemiology
Global Environmental
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,530
675
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Curtis Huttenhower
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,050
112,280
0.779
computational metagenomics
human microbiome
biological data mining
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,903
152
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Tim J Cole
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,229
32,378
0.253
statistics
medical statistics
pediatrics
growth
nutrition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,926
876
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
David Hosmer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,538
38,169
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,973
905
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Richard Gelber
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,139
36,291
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,059
950
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
122,525
46,519
0.380
Analysis of Categorical Data
Measures of Agreement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,171
1,006
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Steve Horvath
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,364
72,396
0.607
Bioinformatics
Human Genetics
Biostatistics
Systems Biology
Network Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,180
1,011
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Frank Harrell
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,211
46,136
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,250
1,050
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Rafael A Irizarry
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,361
45,126
0.385
Statistics
Biostatistics
Data Science
Genomics
Epigenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,261
49
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Eijkemans, Mjc
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,064
49,473
0.423
Biostatistics
survival analysis
prediction and classification
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,350
1,105
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
114,734
28,990
0.253
biostatistics
public health
environment
precision medicine
Bayes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,450
91
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Joseph Beyene
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,347
48,962
0.436
Biostatistical modelling
statistical genomics
meta-analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,514
1,193
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
John Lachin
George Washington University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,554
40,691
0.368
biostatistical methods
clinical trials
diabetes
epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,537
36
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
110,168
97,057
0.881
Biostatistics
Public Health
Drug Discovery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,661
206
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
107,797
40,793
0.378
Developmental epidemiology
Trials
Latent variable models