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
cardio-thoracic surgery
valve surgery
coronary
CABG
TAVI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,971
62,374
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
chirurgie thoracique
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,683
18,261
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Lung cancer
mesothelioma
Thoracic Oncology
immunotherapy
brain metastases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,012
16,880
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Thoracic surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,885
10,833
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
cancer
esophagus
esophageal
lung
thoracic surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,460
9,022
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Thoracic surgery
thoracoscopic anatomical segmentectomy
thoracoscopic sub-subsegmentectomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,735
15,918
0.807
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,824
6,737
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Thoracic Surgery
Translational medicine
Clinical guidelines
Minimally invasive thoracic surgery ...
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,188
9,281
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Thoracic surgery
lung cancer
intraoperative molecular imaging
Minimally invasive VATS surgery
Robotic surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,833
9,271
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Chirurgia toracica
trapianti
cancro del polmone
enfisema polmonare
tumori del mediastino e della pleura
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,708
5,807
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Thoractic
Surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,225
6,343
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Vascular Biology
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,440
5,459
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Thoracic Surgery
Local cancer therapies
Lymphatic mapping
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,707
5,882
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
lung cancer
mesothelioma
tumor vaccines
gene therapy
immunotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,681
4,804
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,274
7,460
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
呼吸器外科
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,171
4,155
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Thoracic Surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,567
5,390
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Lung Cancer
Trachea
Esophageal cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,504
4,725
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Cardiac Surgery
heart transplantation
heart failure surgery
minimally invasive surgery
imaging techniques.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,400
3,283
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Thoracic Oncology
Thoracic Surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,391
6,330
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
thoracic surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,976
5,396
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Thoracic Surgery
Robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,252
2,801
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Thoracic Surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,877
5,080
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,520
3,409
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Thoracic Surgery
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Pleural Diseases
Lung Cancer
Thoracic Oncology - Cirurgia Torácica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,507
6,624
0.779
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,594
35
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Arie Pieter Kappetein
Erasmus University
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,971
62,374
0.452
cardio-thoracic surgery
valve surgery
coronary
CABG
TAVI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,273
313
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Elie Fadel
University of Paris-Sud
Bures-sur-Yvette, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,683
18,261
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,116
68
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Oscar Arrieta
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Mexico City, Mexico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,012
16,880
0.603
Lung cancer
mesothelioma
Thoracic Oncology
immunotherapy
brain metastases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,121
12,468
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Douglas E Wood
University of Washington
Seattle, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,885
10,833
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,087
17,037
374
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Andrew C Chang
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,460
9,022
0.441
cancer
esophagus
esophageal
lung
thoracic surgery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,066
1,473
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Liang Chen
Nanjing Medical University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,735
15,918
0.807
Thoracic surgery
thoracoscopic anatomical segmentectomy
thoracoscopic sub-subsegmentectomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,726
1,836
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Thorsten Wahlers
Universität zu Köln
Köln, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,824
6,737
0.358
Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,738
19,669
126
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Gaetano Rocco
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,188
9,281
0.510
Thoracic Surgery
Translational medicine
Clinical guidelines
Minimally invasive thoracic surgery ...
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,966
23,268
385
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Sunil Singhal
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,833
9,271
0.586
Thoracic surgery
lung cancer
intraoperative molecular imaging
Minimally invasive VATS surgery
Robotic surgery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,537
2,095
109
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Federico Venuta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,708
5,807
0.370
Chirurgia toracica
trapianti
cancro del polmone
enfisema polmonare
tumori del mediastino e della pleura
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,833
24,363
154
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Vincent Daniel
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,225
6,343
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,898
257
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Greg Jones
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,440
5,459
0.378
Vascular Biology
Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,906
29,943
1,251
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Y Colson
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,707
5,882
0.463
Thoracic Surgery
Local cancer therapies
Lymphatic mapping
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,095
30,019
324
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Daniel Sterman
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,681
4,804
0.379
lung cancer
mesothelioma
tumor vaccines
gene therapy
immunotherapy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,117
3,641
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Nicola Gagliani
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,274
7,460
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,028
1,482
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
渡辺敦 Atsushi Watanabe
Sapporo Medical University
Sapporo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,171
4,155
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,797
4,016
157
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Moishe Liberman
Université de Montréal
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,567
5,390
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,472
36,615
1,434
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Henning A Gaissert
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,504
4,725
0.450
Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Lung Cancer
Trachea
Esophageal cancer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,510
4,210
342
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jaishankar Raman
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,400
3,283
0.316
Cardiac Surgery
heart transplantation
heart failure surgery
minimally invasive surgery
imaging techniques.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,620
37,016
382
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Anthony Kim
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,391
6,330
0.609
Thoracic Oncology
Thoracic Surgery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,057
774
183
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Calvin Sh Ng
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,976
5,396
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,585
4,696
200
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Richard Malthaner
Western University Canada
London, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,252
2,801
0.303
Thoracic Surgery
Robotics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,636
43,298
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Brendon Stiles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,877
5,080
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,887
330
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Gurpreet Singh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,520
3,409
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,062
1,760
511
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ricardo Mingarini Terra
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,507
6,624
0.779
Thoracic Surgery
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Pleural Diseases
Lung Cancer
Thoracic Oncology - Cirurgia Torácica