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Medical and Health Sciences / Medical Biology Highly Cited Researchers 430 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025

Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.

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Total 430 scientists
* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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2,146
World Rank
Germany
59
Country Rank
Technische Universität Dresden Logo
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Xinliang Feng
Technische Universität Dresden Dresden, Germany
Medical and Health Sciences / Molecular Biology
Graphene NSs | Organic 2D Crystals | On-water Surface Chemistry | Quantum Materials | Energy Device

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    126,949
  • Last 6 Years
    71,223
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.561
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Rankings

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4,723
World Rank
United States
2,227
Country Rank
University of Iowa Logo
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Kevin P Campbell
University of Iowa Iowa City, United States
Medical and Health Sciences / Molecular Biology
Muscle | muscular dystroph

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    83,387
  • Last 6 Years
    10,548
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.126
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Rankings

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7,634
World Rank
Ireland
19
Country Rank
University College Cork Logo
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Douwe Van Sinderen
University College Cork Cork, Ireland
Medical and Health Sciences / Molecular Biology
Bacteriophage | lactic acid bacteria | bifidobacteria | gut microbiot

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    62,384
  • Last 6 Years
    31,319
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.502
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Rankings

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13,431
World Rank
Netherlands
330
Country Rank
University of Groningen Logo
40
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Driessen Aj
University of Groningen Groningen, Netherlands
Medical and Health Sciences / Molecular Biology
membrane transpor

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    43,793
  • Last 6 Years
    9,428
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.215
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Rankings

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15,415
World Rank
Netherlands
377
Country Rank
University of Groningen Logo
45
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
H Van Goor
University of Groningen Groningen, Netherlands
Medical and Health Sciences / Medical Biology
Covid-19 | ACE2 | CoV-2 | Redox | hydrogen sulfid

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    40,248
  • Last 6 Years
    19,977
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.496
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Rankings

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15,750
World Rank
United States
7,354
Country Rank
University of California Irvine Logo
74
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Swayam Prakash
University of California Irvine Irvine, United States
Medical and Health Sciences / Molecular Biology
Immunogenetics | Vaccine Research | Emerging Infectious Diseases | Epidemiology | Computational Biolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    39,701
  • Last 6 Years
    36,331
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.915
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Rankings

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17,237
World Rank
United States
8,042
Country Rank
University of California Irvine Logo
87
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Fabio Macciardi *
University of California Irvine Irvine, United States
Medical and Health Sciences / Molecular Biology
genetics and genomics of mental disease

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    37,434
  • Last 6 Years
    12,124
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.324
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Rankings

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18,163
World Rank
United States
8,433
Country Rank
University of California Los Angeles Logo
182
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Luisa Iruela Arispe
University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles, United States
Medical and Health Sciences / Molecular Biology
Blood Vessel

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    36,228
  • Last 6 Years
    10,666
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.294
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Rankings

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19,991
World Rank
Netherlands
505
Country Rank
University of Groningen Logo
57
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Ij Klei Van Der
University of Groningen Groningen, Netherlands
Medical and Health Sciences / Molecular Biology
Organelles | yeast | peroxisomes | mitochondri

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    33,977
  • Last 6 Years
    10,316
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.304
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Rankings

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20,903
World Rank
Germany
932
Country Rank
Freie Universität Berlin Logo
12
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Volker Haucke
Freie Universität Berlin Berlin, Germany
Medical and Health Sciences / Molecular Biology
Neurotransmission | Membranlipide | Membranverkehr | Exo- und Endoztyos

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    33,023
  • Last 6 Years
    14,671
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.444
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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21,686
World Rank
Nigeria
16
Country Rank
Redeemer's University Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Christian Happi
Redeemer's University Ede, Nigeria
Medical and Health Sciences / Molecular Biology
Genomics | Infectious Diseases | Bioinformatics | One Health | Genomics Surveillanc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    32,303
  • Last 6 Years
    19,606
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.607
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Rankings

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21,751
World Rank
Canada
884
Country Rank
University of Manitoba Logo
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Saeid Ghavami
University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Canada
Medical and Health Sciences / Medical Biology
Characterization the Importance of Autophagy/Apoptosis | Autophagy/UPR | and Apoptosis/UPR Cross-tal

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    32,233
  • Last 6 Years
    16,613
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.515
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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26,279
World Rank
Italy
1,021
Country Rank
Università degli Studi di Padova Logo
51
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Fulvio Ursini
Università degli Studi di Padova Padova, Italy
Medical and Health Sciences / Molecular Biology
Selenium | Antioxidants | Redox Signaling | Lipidomics | Proteomic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    28,460
  • Last 6 Years
    9,804
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.344
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Rankings

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26,308
World Rank
United States
11,988
Country Rank
University of California Berkeley Logo
292
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Nicolas Bray
University of California Berkeley Berkeley, United States
Medical and Health Sciences / Molecular Biology
Computational Biolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    28,439
  • Last 6 Years
    12,800
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.450
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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27,294
World Rank
Netherlands
710
Country Rank
University of Groningen Logo
80
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
J Kok
University of Groningen Groningen, Netherlands
Medical and Health Sciences / Molecular Biology

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    27,761
  • Last 6 Years
    6,415
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.231
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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30,509
World Rank
Germany
1,333
Country Rank
Universität Ulm Logo
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Christian Montag
Universität Ulm Ulm, Germany
Medical and Health Sciences / Molecular Biology
Human-Computer-Interaction | Cyberpsychology | Neuroscience | Psychology | Digital Phenotypin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    25,786
  • Last 6 Years
    18,981
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.736
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Rankings

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30,957
World Rank
United States
13,963
Country Rank
University of California Santa Barbara Logo
114
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Charles Samuel
University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, United States
Medical and Health Sciences / Molecular Biology
interferon | RNA editing | protein kinase PKR | RNA adenosine deaminase ADA

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    25,517
  • Last 6 Years
    4,834
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.189
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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32,049
World Rank
United States
14,426
Country Rank
Variant Bio Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Mohd Anisul Karim|Mohd Karim, M Karim, MA Karim
Variant Bio San Francisco, United States
Medical and Health Sciences / Medical Biology
Genetic Epidemiology | Population Health | Target Discovery | Mendelian randomisatio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    24,899
  • Last 6 Years
    24,800
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.996
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Rankings

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32,328
World Rank
Italy
1,258
Country Rank
Università degli Studi di Pavia Logo
18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Luca Arcaini
Università degli Studi di Pavia Pavia, Italy
Medical and Health Sciences / Molecular Biology
Haematology - medicin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    24,748
  • Last 6 Years
    10,130
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.409
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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36,165
World Rank
Germany
1,587
Country Rank
Rheinisch Westfalische Technische Hochschule Aachen Logo
31
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Ralph Panstruga
Rheinisch Westfalische Technische Hochschule Aachen Aachen, Germany
Medical and Health Sciences / Molecular Biology
Plant-microbe interaction

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    22,873
  • Last 6 Years
    8,461
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.370
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Rankings

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36,680
World Rank
Türkiye
113
Country Rank
Aydın Adnan Menderes University Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Abdullah Yalçın
Aydın Adnan Menderes University Aydın, Türkiye
Medical and Health Sciences / Medical Biology
Metabolic disease | Obesity | Diabetes | miRNAs | Cardiomyopath

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    22,639
  • Last 6 Years
    3,089
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.136
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Rankings

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40,290
World Rank
United States
17,743
Country Rank
University of California Santa Barbara Logo
140
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Ruth Finkelstein
University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, United States
Medical and Health Sciences / Molecular Biology
signal transduction | plant hormone signaling | seed developmen

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    21,203
  • Last 6 Years
    6,425
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.303
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Rankings

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41,947
World Rank
Ireland
152
Country Rank
University of Galway Logo
18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
John Dalton
University of Galway Galway, Ireland
Medical and Health Sciences / Molecular Biology
Parasitology | vaccines | immunology | molecular biolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    20,604
  • Last 6 Years
    6,158
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.299
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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42,386
World Rank
Netherlands
1,143
Country Rank
Radboud University Logo
47
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Michiel Vermeulen
Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands
Medical and Health Sciences / Molecular Biology
Chromatin | gene expression | omics | cance

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    20,451
  • Last 6 Years
    10,533
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.515
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Rankings

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44,040
World Rank
Netherlands
1,186
Country Rank
Wageningen University & Research Centre Logo
94
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Francine Govers
Wageningen University & Research Centre Wageningen, Netherlands
Medical and Health Sciences / Molecular Biology
Plant Pathogens | Oomycete Biology | Plant-Microbe Interaction

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    19,869
  • Last 6 Years
    5,799
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.292
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