Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationMedical and Health Sciences / Health Sciences Rankings 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
biochemistry
molecular biology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
344,562
21,481
0.062
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
molecular neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
320,911
34,976
0.109
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
free radicals
antioxidants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
268,654
47,382
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
GPCRs
Structural biology
Biochemistry
Arrestins
Drug discovery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207,162
26,804
0.129
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
estrogen receptors
ER-beta
ER-beta agonist is being developed against prostate cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
187,034
30,866
0.165
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
mTOR rapamycin growth nutrients metabolism lysosome leucine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178,534
80,664
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
mRNA Translation in cancer and mental diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157,084
39,720
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Biochemistry
Oxidative Stress
Redox Biology
Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157,057
61,999
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
protein kinases
protein phosphorylation
protein ubiquitylation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155,029
20,894
0.135
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,048
68,802
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Enzymology
drug metabolism
cytochrome P450
mutagenesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,525
19,875
0.156
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
transcriptional regulatory mechanisms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,010
20,776
0.168
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Cancer Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,200
21,841
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Biochemistry
Cell Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,337
28,511
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Cardiovascular Disease
Atherosclerosis
Lipid Metabolism
Nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,917
90,718
0.926
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
structural biology
validation
informatics
molecular graphics of protein & RNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,501
34,314
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
computations
membranes
proteins
structure
channels
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,409
27,563
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
mitochondria
metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,801
48,523
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Genomics
Gene Regulation
Molecular Genetics
Molecular Evolution
Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,292
26,167
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Systems Biology
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,227
14,076
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Lysosomes
Lysosomal Storage Disorder
Enzyme Replacement Therapy
Proteases
Tetraspanins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,214
26,384
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
protein crystallography
molecular graphics
structural informatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,641
33,700
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
neuroimaging
time series analysis
biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,635
17,437
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Structural biology
Bioinformatics
Biochemistry
Drug Discovery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,455
20,292
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Drug delivery
lipid nanoparticles
lipid biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,946
26,113
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
121
4
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ulrich K. Laemmli
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
344,562
21,481
0.062
biochemistry
molecular biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
152
74
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Tom Maniatis
Columbia University New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
320,911
34,976
0.109
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
306
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Barry Halliwell
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
268,654
47,382
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
702
282
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Robert J Lefkowitz
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207,162
26,804
0.129
GPCRs
Structural biology
Biochemistry
Arrestins
Drug discovery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
888
368
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jan Ake Gustafsson
University of Houston
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
187,034
30,866
0.165
estrogen receptors
ER-beta
ER-beta agonist is being developed against prostate cancer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
975
410
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
David M Sabatini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178,534
80,664
0.452
mTOR rapamycin growth nutrients metabolism lysosome leucine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,244
48
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Nahum Sonenberg
McGill University
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157,084
39,720
0.253
mRNA Translation in cancer and mental diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,245
13
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Masayuki Yamamoto
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157,057
61,999
0.395
Biochemistry
Oxidative Stress
Redox Biology
Molecular Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,281
91
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Philip Cohen
University of Dundee
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155,029
20,894
0.135
protein kinases
protein phosphorylation
protein ubiquitylation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,478
7
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Tony Merriman
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,048
68,802
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,860
850
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Fred Guengerich
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,525
19,875
0.156
Enzymology
drug metabolism
cytochrome P450
mutagenesis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,962
910
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Robert Roeder
Rockefeller University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,010
20,776
0.168
transcriptional regulatory mechanisms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,847
1,368
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Frank Mccormick
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,200
21,841
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,909
227
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
David Grahame Hardie
University of Dundee
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,337
28,511
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,097
97
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Stefan Lorkowski
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,917
90,718
0.926
Cardiovascular Disease
Atherosclerosis
Lipid Metabolism
Nutrition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,008
1,911
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jane S Richardson
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,501
34,314
0.401
structural biology
validation
informatics
molecular graphics of protein & RNA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,013
1,913
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Benoit Roux
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,409
27,563
0.323
computations
membranes
proteins
structure
channels
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,129
1,970
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Navdeep Chandel
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,801
48,523
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,239
2,024
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ross C Hardison
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,292
26,167
0.318
Genomics
Gene Regulation
Molecular Genetics
Molecular Evolution
Biochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,637
2,226
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Barry Honig
Columbia University New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,227
14,076
0.180
Systems Biology
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,641
166
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Paul Saftig
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,214
26,384
0.337
Lysosomes
Lysosomal Storage Disorder
Enzyme Replacement Therapy
Proteases
Tetraspanins
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,701
2,254
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
David C Richardson
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,641
33,700
0.434
protein crystallography
molecular graphics
structural informatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,703
383
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Michael Brammer
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,635
17,437
0.225
neuroimaging
time series analysis
biochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,730
388
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Tom L Blundell
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,455
20,292
0.262
Structural biology
Bioinformatics
Biochemistry
Drug Discovery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,916
194
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Pieter R Cullis
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,946
26,113
0.344
Drug delivery
lipid nanoparticles
lipid biophysics