Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Medical and Health Sciences / Health Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 28 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
QMRA
Biofilms
water reuse
urban water
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,726
8,139
0.343
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Health Services Research
Health Workforce and Sociology of Professions
Research Capacity Building
Allied Health
E-Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,060
3,754
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Implementation Science
Health services research
Evidence-based practice
Rural health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,671
4,036
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Clinical Exercise Physiology
Sports Science
Sports Medicine
Skin Cancer
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,510
2,631
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Public Health
Health Policy
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Naturopathic Medicine
Integrative Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,497
3,657
0.665
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Mental health nursing
psychotherapy
suicide
mental health
dialectical behaviour therapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,977
2,004
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
autism
mental health
nurse practitioners
nursing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,809
1,946
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
emotional intelligence
mental health nursing
leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,433
2,334
0.680
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Nursing
patient safety
teaching and learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,759
2,184
0.792
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Public Health
Complementary Medicine
Pharmacy
Health Service Research
Emerging InfectiousDisease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,329
2,123
0.912
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
epidemiology
networks
perinatal
health services research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,249
496
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Cognitive neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,129
465
0.218
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
new models of health care
integrative medicine
interprofessional practice and education
primary health care
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,091
1,385
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Midwifery
Education
Feminism
Methodology
Embodied sense of self
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,396
470
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
podiatry
obesity
foot surgery
infection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,160
610
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
nursing and health
policy
regulation
education
workforce
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
881
212
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Proteomics
Food Chemistry
Pharmacology
Natural Product Chemistry
Allergy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
771
484
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
HRM
action learning
nursing management
workplace relationships
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
708
314
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Senior Lecturer Midwifery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
667
411
0.616
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
neuroscience
cognitive psychology
fNIRS
fMRI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
590
250
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Natural products
Anti-oxidant
Pharmacy
Pharmacology
Drug delivery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
559
315
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Realist Evaluation
early parenting interventions
vulnerability
social disadvantage
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
384
124
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Herbal medicine
Integrative medicine
Public health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
313
140
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Clinical Teaching
Peadiatrics
Historiography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
243
91
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Nursing
Education
Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151
71
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,104
1,464
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Nick Ashbolt
Southern Cross University
Lismore, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,726
8,139
0.343
QMRA
Biofilms
water reuse
urban water
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
148,866
6,857
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Susan Nancarrow
Southern Cross University
Lismore, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,060
3,754
0.532
Health Services Research
Health Workforce and Sociology of Professions
Research Capacity Building
Allied Health
E-Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,865
7,211
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Matthew Leach
Southern Cross University
Lismore, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,671
4,036
0.605
Implementation Science
Health services research
Evidence-based practice
Rural health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
191,560
8,729
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mike Climstein
Southern Cross University
Lismore, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,510
2,631
0.477
Clinical Exercise Physiology
Sports Science
Sports Medicine
Skin Cancer
Artificial Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
192,332
8,760
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jon Wardle
Southern Cross University
Lismore, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,497
3,657
0.665
Public Health
Health Policy
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Naturopathic Medicine
Integrative Medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
262,452
11,709
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Richard Lakeman
Southern Cross University
Lismore, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,977
2,004
0.504
Mental health nursing
psychotherapy
suicide
mental health
dialectical behaviour therapy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
271,369
12,086
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Andrew Cashin
Southern Cross University
Lismore, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,809
1,946
0.511
autism
mental health
nurse practitioners
nursing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
301,115
13,231
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
John Hurley
Southern Cross University
Lismore, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,433
2,334
0.680
emotional intelligence
mental health nursing
leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
359,470
15,463
77
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Deb Massey
Southern Cross University
Lismore, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,759
2,184
0.792
Nursing
patient safety
teaching and learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
408,389
17,200
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Peter Bai James
Southern Cross University
Lismore, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,329
2,123
0.912
Public Health
Complementary Medicine
Pharmacy
Health Service Research
Emerging InfectiousDisease
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
411,232
17,303
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Deborah A Edwards Donoghue
Southern Cross University
Lismore, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,249
496
0.221
epidemiology
networks
perinatal
health services research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
430,215
17,976
93
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Alison Bowling
Southern Cross University
Lismore, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,129
465
0.218
Cognitive neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
439,762
18,302
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Sandra Grace
Southern Cross University
Lismore, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,091
1,385
0.662
new models of health care
integrative medicine
interprofessional practice and education
primary health care
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
565,907
22,609
118
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jenny Parratt
Southern Cross University
Lismore, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,396
470
0.337
Midwifery
Education
Feminism
Methodology
Embodied sense of self
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
633,816
24,736
129
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Paul Butterworth
Southern Cross University
Lismore, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,160
610
0.526
podiatry
obesity
foot surgery
infection
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
738,348
27,523
143
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Marie Heartfield
Southern Cross University
Lismore, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
881
212
0.241
nursing and health
policy
regulation
education
workforce
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
781,530
28,597
154
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Mahmudur Rahman
Southern Cross University
Lismore, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
771
484
0.628
Proteomics
Food Chemistry
Pharmacology
Natural Product Chemistry
Allergy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
808,648
29,259
163
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Silvia Nelson
Southern Cross University
Lismore, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
708
314
0.444
HRM
action learning
nursing management
workplace relationships
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
832,068
29,784
170
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Elaine Jefford
Southern Cross University
Lismore, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
667
411
0.616
Senior Lecturer Midwifery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
868,242
30,473
182
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Kachina Allen
Southern Cross University
Lismore, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
590
250
0.424
neuroscience
cognitive psychology
fNIRS
fMRI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
892,745
30,899
186
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Md Mominur Rahman
Southern Cross University
Lismore, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
559
315
0.564
Natural products
Anti-oxidant
Pharmacy
Pharmacology
Drug delivery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,036,823
32,373
199
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Sherryn Bailey
Southern Cross University
Lismore, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
384
124
0.323
Realist Evaluation
early parenting interventions
vulnerability
social disadvantage
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,122,509
33,252
214
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Catharine Avila
Southern Cross University
Lismore, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
313
140
0.447
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Herbal medicine
Integrative medicine
Public health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,216,612
34,257
229
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Kolleen Miller Rosser
Southern Cross University
Lismore, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
243
91
0.374
Clinical Teaching
Peadiatrics
Historiography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,431,013
37,016
251
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Kay Ross
Southern Cross University
Lismore, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151
71
0.470
Nursing
Education
Health