Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health Highly Cited Researchers 13.075 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.

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Total 13.075 scientists
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
United States
Ahmedin Jemal
Cancer disparities
Cancer treatment and outcomes
Cancer surveillance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
859,750
459,751
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Canada
Gordon Guyatt
Evidence-based medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
603,120
261,256
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
United States
Ali H Mokdad
Health Metrics
Population Health
IHME
Global Health
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
546,175
313,139
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
United States
Frank B Hu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
525,211
195,628
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Finland
Jaakko Tuomilehto
Public Health
Epidemiology
Diabetes
Cardiovascular Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
515,455
139,415
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
United States
Paul M Ridker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
496,996
141,853
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Switzerland
Matthias Egger
Infectious diseases
cancer
epidemiologic methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
463,354
234,972
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
United Kingdom
George Davey Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
447,634
188,229
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Australia
Alan D Lopez
Epidemiology
burden of disease
causes of death
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
434,475
210,606
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
United States
Emelia J Benjamin
Atrial fibrillation
Faculty Development
Diversity-DEIA
Cardiovascular epidemiology
Inflammation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
407,491
155,681
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
United States
Graham Colditz
Epidemiology
Cancer Prevention
Health Outcomes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
398,525
60,437
0.152
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Canada
Peter Tugwell
Equity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
391,826
185,875
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
United States
Simon I Hay
IHME
Health Metrics
Global Health
Public Health
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
388,374
283,151
0.729
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
United States
Goncalo Abecasis
Biostatistics
Human Genetics
Statistical Computing
Genetics
Complex Traits
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375,914
168,405
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Pakistan
Zulfiqar Bhutta
Global Health
Child Survival
Public Health Nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
373,332
227,432
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Netherlands
Diederick E. Grobbee
medicine
epidemiology
coronary heart disease
global health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
362,589
132,368
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
United Kingdom
Nicholas Wareham
epidemiology
metabolic disease
public health
nutrition
physical activity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
361,856
140,115
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Finland
Mika Kivimaki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
361,518
198,309
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
United States
David J Hunter
Cancer Epidemiology
Genetic Epidemiology
Nutritional Epidemiology
Global Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
351,815
102,260
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Canada
Holger Schünemann
GRADE
Recommendations
Knowledge Synthesis
Systematic Reviews
Guidelines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
349,787
190,904
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
United Kingdom
Michael G Marmot
Social determinants of health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330,113
88,519
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
United States
Eric Rimm
Professor of Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
323,892
88,330
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jordan
Yousef Khader
Public health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
316,811
217,891
0.688
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Brazil
Paulo Andrade Lotufo
Epidemiologia cardiovascular
Epidemiologia do diabetes
Biomarcadores
Atenção Primária a Saúde
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
305,261
191,539
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
United States
Peter Libby
medicine
cardiology
atherosclerosis
immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
304,808
86,647
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3
United States
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ahmedin Jemal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
859,750
459,751
0.535
Cancer disparities
Cancer treatment and outcomes
Cancer surveillance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10
Canada
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Gordon Guyatt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
603,120
261,256
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17
United States
10
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ali H Mokdad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
546,175
313,139
0.573
Health Metrics
Population Health
IHME
Global Health
Epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20
United States
13
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Frank B Hu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
525,211
195,628
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27
Finland
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jaakko Tuomilehto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
515,455
139,415
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30
United States
18
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Paul M Ridker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
496,996
141,853
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41
Switzerland
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Matthias Egger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
463,354
234,972
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48
United Kingdom
6
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
George Davey Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
447,634
188,229
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53
Australia
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Alan D Lopez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
434,475
210,606
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68
United States
35
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Emelia J Benjamin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
407,491
155,681
0.382
Atrial fibrillation
Faculty Development
Diversity-DEIA
Cardiovascular epidemiology
Inflammation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76
United States
38
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Graham Colditz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
398,525
60,437
0.152
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79
Canada
7
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Peter Tugwell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
391,826
185,875
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83
United States
42
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Simon I Hay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
388,374
283,151
0.729
IHME
Health Metrics
Global Health
Public Health
Epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97
United States
50
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Goncalo Abecasis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375,914
168,405
0.448
Biostatistics
Human Genetics
Statistical Computing
Genetics
Complex Traits
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
102
Pakistan
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Zulfiqar Bhutta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
373,332
227,432
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112
Netherlands
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Diederick E. Grobbee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
362,589
132,368
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
116
United Kingdom
9
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Nicholas Wareham
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
361,856
140,115
0.387
epidemiology
metabolic disease
public health
nutrition
physical activity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117
Finland
2
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Mika Kivimaki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
361,518
198,309
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129
United States
63
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
David J Hunter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
351,815
102,260
0.291
Cancer Epidemiology
Genetic Epidemiology
Nutritional Epidemiology
Global Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
135
Canada
12
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Holger Schünemann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
349,787
190,904
0.546
GRADE
Recommendations
Knowledge Synthesis
Systematic Reviews
Guidelines
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
162
United Kingdom
14
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Michael G Marmot
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330,113
88,519
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
178
United States
79
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Eric Rimm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
323,892
88,330
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
188
Jordan
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Yousef Khader
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
316,811
217,891
0.688
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
220
Brazil
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Paulo Andrade Lotufo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
305,261
191,539
0.627
Epidemiologia cardiovascular
Epidemiologia do diabetes
Biomarcadores
Atenção Primária a Saúde
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
221
United States
95
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Peter Libby
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
304,808
86,647
0.284