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
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: 2
Statistics
Biostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,167
27,226
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Statistical Genetics
Computational Genomics
Single Cell Genomics
Spatial Transcriptomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,528
38,550
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Genetics
Diabetes
Bipolar Disorder
Allele-Specific Expression
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,888
26,882
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Biostatistics
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,630
8,090
0.185
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Statistics
Biostatistics
Cancer
radiation oncology
AIDS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,532
8,893
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
biostatistics
kidney disease
glaucoma
organ transplants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,295
13,251
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Biostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,499
11,636
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Statistical Genetics
Population Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,354
11,602
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
bioinformatics
biostatistics
genetics
nephrology
statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,004
14,540
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Biostatistics
Cancer
Genetics
Statistics
Environmental Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,277
13,212
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Survival Analysis
Biostatistics
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,620
8,123
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Biostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,690
5,007
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Survival Analysis
Pulmonary Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,480
5,879
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Biostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,293
6,219
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Biostatistics
Phase I Clinical Trial Design
Correlated Data
Permutation Tests
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,980
5,614
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Biostatistics
Gerontology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,758
5,179
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Statistics
Genetics
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,231
9,476
0.716
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Biostatistics
Urology
Cancer
Genitourinary Cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,574
3,824
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Biostatistics
Clinical Trials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,377
4,968
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Biostatistics
Survey Methodology
Survey Statistics
Survey Sampling
Causal Inference
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,872
4,085
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Statistics
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Optimization
Organ Transplantation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,597
5,531
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Biostatistics
Bioinformatics
Statistics
Genomics
Statistical Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,329
3,804
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Biostatistics
Disease modelling
Diabetes
Cost-effectiveness analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,621
3,151
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Stochastic Models
Survival Analysis
Cancer
Self-consistency
Screening
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,447
1,643
0.255
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
Roderick Little
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,167
27,226
0.299
Hyun Min Kang
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,528
38,550
0.485
Statistical Genetics
Computational Genomics
Single Cell Genomics
Spatial Transcriptomics
Laura J Scott
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,888
26,882
0.390
Genetics
Diabetes
Bipolar Disorder
Allele-Specific Expression
John Kalbfleisch
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,630
8,090
0.185
Jeremy Taylor
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,532
8,893
0.204
Statistics
Biostatistics
Cancer
radiation oncology
AIDS
Brenda W Gillespie
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,295
13,251
0.306
biostatistics
kidney disease
glaucoma
organ transplants
Hyungjin Myra Kim|H Myra Kim, Hyungjin M. Kim
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,499
11,636
0.382
Sebastian ZöLlner
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,354
11,602
0.395
Statistical Genetics
Population Genetics
Peter Xuekun Song
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,004
14,540
0.632
bioinformatics
biostatistics
genetics
nephrology
statistics
Bhramar Mukherjee
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,277
13,212
0.652
Biostatistics
Cancer
Genetics
Statistics
Environmental Health
Yi Li
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,620
8,123
0.461
Survival Analysis
Biostatistics
Statistics
Timothy D Johnson
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,690
5,007
0.300
Susan Murray
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,480
5,879
0.357
Survival Analysis
Pulmonary Research
Niko Kaciroti
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,293
6,219
0.382
Thomas M Braun
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,980
5,614
0.351
Biostatistics
Phase I Clinical Trial Design
Correlated Data
Permutation Tests
Andrzej Galecki
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,758
5,179
0.376
Xiang Zhou
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,231
9,476
0.716
Statistics
Genetics
Genomics
Stephanie Daignault
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,574
3,824
0.362
Biostatistics
Urology
Cancer
Genitourinary Cancer
Cathie Spino
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,377
4,968
0.479
Biostatistics
Clinical Trials
Michael R Elliott
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,872
4,085
0.414
Biostatistics
Survey Methodology
Survey Statistics
Survey Sampling
Causal Inference
Kevin Zhi He
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,597
5,531
0.643
Statistics
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Optimization
Organ Transplantation
Hui Jiang
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,329
3,804
0.457
Biostatistics
Bioinformatics
Statistics
Genomics
Statistical Computing
Wen Ye
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,621
3,151
0.476
Biostatistics
Disease modelling
Diabetes
Cost-effectiveness analysis
Alex Tsodikov
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,447
1,643
0.255
Stochastic Models
Survival Analysis
Cancer
Self-consistency
Screening