Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Medical and Health Sciences / Chest Diseases Highly Cited Researchers 1.452 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
Respiratory medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
277,024
49,057
0.177
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
sleep medicine
epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
221,040
84,236
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Respiratory Medicine
Asthma
Pulmonary Hypertension
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163,460
63,120
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Respiratory medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,122
54,700
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
COPD
Influenza
Vaccination
Pulmonary Hypertension
Mountain medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,752
93,379
0.807
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
pulmonary and cirtical care medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,666
33,487
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Respiratory Medicine
Airway diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,286
40,957
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Respiratory Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,803
29,072
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Respiratory Medicine
Allergy
Infectious Disease
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,355
24,230
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
pulmonary fibrosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,665
31,899
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Respiratory Medicine
Environmental Epidemiology & Planetary Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,284
29,987
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Respiratory medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,664
22,311
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Pulmonary and critical care medicine
Lung cancer
Genetics and molecular biology
Precision medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,348
19,894
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,240
24,657
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Pulmonary Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,914
16,272
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
respiratory disease
lungs
lung disease
lung function
genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,992
10,220
0.173
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Pulmonary embolism
Venous thromboembolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,962
34,222
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Respiratory Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,158
18,147
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
pulmonary infections
tuberculosis
diseases of poverty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,277
25,292
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
asthma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,163
8,593
0.178
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Medicina Respiratória e Terapia Intensiva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,518
18,313
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Pulmonology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,216
8,265
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
pulmonary fibrosis
interstitial lung diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,922
17,990
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
sleep medicine
sleep research
sleep apnea
COPD
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,664
10,109
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Pulmonary hypertension and vascular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,175
25,888
0.716
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
320
28
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Peter J Barnes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
277,024
49,057
0.177
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
671
264
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Susan Redline
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
221,040
84,236
0.381
sleep medicine
epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,245
26
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Marc Humbert
Université Paris-Saclay
Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163,460
63,120
0.386
Respiratory Medicine
Asthma
Pulmonary Hypertension
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,659
743
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Fernando Martinez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,122
54,700
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,413
34
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
P Koul
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,752
93,379
0.807
COPD
Influenza
Vaccination
Pulmonary Hypertension
Mountain medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,195
1,527
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Antonio Anzueto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,666
33,487
0.333
pulmonary and cirtical care medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,625
301
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ian Pavord
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,286
40,957
0.434
Respiratory Medicine
Airway diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,407
349
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jadwiga Wedzicha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,803
29,072
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,197
431
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Sebastian L Johnston
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,355
24,230
0.317
Respiratory Medicine
Allergy
Infectious Disease
Immunology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,290
21
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Moisés Selman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,665
31,899
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,812
108
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Josep M. Antó
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,284
29,987
0.421
Respiratory Medicine
Environmental Epidemiology & Planetary Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,032
17
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Eric Bateman
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,664
22,311
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,093
20
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Pan Chyr Yang
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,348
19,894
0.287
Pulmonary and critical care medicine
Lung cancer
Genetics and molecular biology
Precision medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,540
250
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Don Sin
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,240
24,657
0.372
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,597
3,110
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
James Crapo
National Jewish Health
Denver, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,914
16,272
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,881
300
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Peter Pare
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,992
10,220
0.173
respiratory disease
lungs
lung disease
lung function
genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,376
151
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
David Jimenez
Universidad de Alcalá
Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,962
34,222
0.601
Pulmonary embolism
Venous thromboembolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,954
861
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Martin R Miller
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,158
18,147
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,517
30
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Keertan Dheda
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,277
25,292
0.513
pulmonary infections
tuberculosis
diseases of poverty
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,903
949
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Andrew Wardlaw
University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,163
8,593
0.178
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,502
92
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Carlos Roberto Ribeiro De Carvalho Carvalho
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,518
18,313
0.394
Medicina Respiratória e Terapia Intensiva
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,035
5,710
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Richard W Light
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,216
8,265
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,621
62
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Demosthenes Bouros
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,922
17,990
0.429
pulmonary fibrosis
interstitial lung diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,195
53
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Walter Mcnicholas
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,664
10,109
0.268
sleep medicine
sleep research
sleep apnea
COPD
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,235
712
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Sebastien Bonnet
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,175
25,888
0.716
Pulmonary hypertension and vascular biology