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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
605
Country Rank
27
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10885.jpg)
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
![Marcello Tonelli](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/48/641085.jpg)
nephrology
non-communicable chronic diseases
health services
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
221,445
150,831
0.681
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,003
Country Rank
31
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28251.jpg)
![Spain](/flags/es.png)
![Alberto Ortiz](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e4/4990928.jpg)
Nephrology
Cell biology
Kidney disease
Chronic Kidney Disease
Systems Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176,216
135,039
0.766
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,135
Country Rank
31
Institution Rank : 6
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5838.jpg)
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
![Mark Cooper](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
diabetes
nephrology
diabetic complications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164,728
75,212
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,315
Country Rank
23
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11032.jpg)
![Netherlands](/flags/nl.png)
![Ron T. Gansevoort](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/09/4704190.jpg)
Nephrology
albuminuria
ADPKD
polycystic kidney disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152,634
79,407
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,503
Country Rank
21
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8864.png)
![India](/flags/in.png)
![Vivekanand Jha](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b7/409455.jpg)
Nephrology
Cell Biology
Genetics
Transplantation
Clinical Trials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142,837
111,599
0.781
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,659
Country Rank
750
Institution Rank : 6
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10897.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Chi Yuan Hsu](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/2c/1876648.jpg)
kidney
kidney disease
nephrology
acute kidney injury
chronic kidney disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,289
54,388
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,798
Country Rank
815
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/17728.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Ziyad Al-Aly](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/aa/4630741.jpg)
Long COVID
Clinical Epidemiology
Environmental Epidemiology
Pharmacoepidemiology
Nephrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,869
115,297
0.888
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,925
Country Rank
889
Institution Rank : 7
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/24586.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![John A Kellum](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/0a/4702527.jpg)
Critical Care Nephrology
acute kidney injury
sepsis
renal replacement therapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,120
62,032
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
2,096
Country Rank
67
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/2642.jpg)
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
![Jonathan C Craig](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a8/115032.jpg)
Nephrology
Pediatrics
Child Health
Epidemiology
Aboriginal Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,072
66,306
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
3,079
Country Rank
1,489
Institution Rank : 2
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/17454.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Lesley Inker](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Nephrology
eGFR
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,267
54,119
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
3,715
Country Rank
142
Institution Rank : 9
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10815.jpg)
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
![Aminu Bello](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/4f/643204.jpg)
Renal medicine
Clinical epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,261
76,086
0.852
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
4,194
Country Rank
159
Institution Rank : 27
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11508.jpg)
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
![Barry Wellman](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/68/641185.jpg)
social networks
internet and society
mobile phones and society
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,015
16,934
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,542
Country Rank
302
Institution Rank : 4
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10007.png)
![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Giovanni Targher](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b3/1806514.jpg)
Diabetes
Endocrinology
Gastroenterology
Cardiology
Nephrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,655
39,318
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,652
Country Rank
227
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/25173.png)
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
![Mark Mackay](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a9/4924147.jpg)
Pediatric Neurology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,721
54,678
0.784
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,781
Country Rank
230
Institution Rank : 16
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11225.png)
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
![Vlado Perkovic](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
kidney disease
ckd
chronic kidney disease
dialysis
blood pressure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,636
45,266
0.660
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
6,429
Country Rank
144
Institution Rank : 14
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11032.jpg)
![Netherlands](/flags/nl.png)
![Gerjan Navis](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a5/4701968.jpg)
Nephrology
Hypertension
Nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,338
31,990
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
6,621
Country Rank
124
Institution Rank : 2
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28251.jpg)
![Spain](/flags/es.png)
![Maria Dolores Sanchez-Nino](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/aa/4990929.jpg)
Nephrology
Fabry Disease
Diabetic kidney disease
Diabetic nephropathy
Acute Kidney Injury
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,174
51,544
0.816
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
6,685
Country Rank
260
Institution Rank : 7
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/7286.png)
![Germany](/flags/de.png)
![Jürgen Floege](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,794
26,441
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
6,852
Country Rank
3,269
Institution Rank : 3
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/16632.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Dale Bredesen](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/3a/4473534.jpg)
Neurology
drug discovery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,970
13,667
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
6,963
Country Rank
601
Institution Rank : 54
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10902.jpg)
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
![Patrick Maxwell](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b9/1352201.jpg)
Oxygen-sensing
nephrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,390
15,920
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
8,549
Country Rank
195
Institution Rank : 25
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11032.jpg)
![Netherlands](/flags/nl.png)
![Hiddo Lambers Heerspink](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/bd/4702156.jpg)
Clinical Pharmacology
Diabetes
Nephrology
Albuminuria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,051
42,322
0.783
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,101
Country Rank
94
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28182.png)
![India](/flags/in.png)
![Narayan Prasad|N Prasad](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/45/4994036.jpg)
Clinical Nephrology
Renal Transplantation
Dialysis
and Basic Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,946
45,654
0.879
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,547
Country Rank
364
Institution Rank : 27
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10815.jpg)
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
![Paolo Raggi](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Cardiology
nephrology
rheumatology
infectious diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,397
14,029
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,606
Country Rank
390
Institution Rank : 14
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8788.png)
![Germany](/flags/de.png)
![Bernhard Hemmer](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/6c/1781128.jpg)
Neurology
Neuroimmunology
Multiple Sclerosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,196
24,152
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,747
Country Rank
394
Institution Rank : 27
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/7391.png)
![Germany](/flags/de.png)
![Franz Schaefer](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/35/1764066.jpg)
Pediatric Nephrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,777
22,627
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
605
Country Ranking
27
Institution Ranking
1
Marcello Tonelli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
221,445
150,831
0.681
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10885.jpg)
nephrology
non-communicable chronic diseases
health services
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
1,003
Country Ranking
31
Institution Ranking
1
Alberto Ortiz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176,216
135,039
0.766
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28251.jpg)
Nephrology
Cell biology
Kidney disease
Chronic Kidney Disease
Systems Medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
1,135
Country Ranking
31
Institution Ranking
6
Mark Cooper
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164,728
75,212
0.457
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5838.jpg)
diabetes
nephrology
diabetic complications
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
1,315
Country Ranking
23
Institution Ranking
1
Ron T. Gansevoort
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152,634
79,407
0.520
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11032.jpg)
Nephrology
albuminuria
ADPKD
polycystic kidney disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
1,503
Country Ranking
21
Institution Ranking
1
Vivekanand Jha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142,837
111,599
0.781
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8864.png)
Nephrology
Cell Biology
Genetics
Transplantation
Clinical Trials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
1,659
Country Ranking
750
Institution Ranking
6
Chi Yuan Hsu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,289
54,388
0.402
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10897.jpg)
kidney
kidney disease
nephrology
acute kidney injury
chronic kidney disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
1,798
Country Ranking
815
Institution Ranking
1
Ziyad Al-Aly
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,869
115,297
0.888
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/17728.png)
Long COVID
Clinical Epidemiology
Environmental Epidemiology
Pharmacoepidemiology
Nephrology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
1,925
Country Ranking
889
Institution Ranking
7
John A Kellum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,120
62,032
0.496
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/24586.png)
Critical Care Nephrology
acute kidney injury
sepsis
renal replacement therapy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
2,096
Country Ranking
67
Institution Ranking
1
Jonathan C Craig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,072
66,306
0.557
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/2642.jpg)
Nephrology
Pediatrics
Child Health
Epidemiology
Aboriginal Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
3,079
Country Ranking
1,489
Institution Ranking
2
Lesley Inker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,267
54,119
0.551
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
3,715
Country Ranking
142
Institution Ranking
9
Aminu Bello
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,261
76,086
0.852
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10815.jpg)
Renal medicine
Clinical epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
4,194
Country Ranking
159
Institution Ranking
27
Barry Wellman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,015
16,934
0.204
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11508.jpg)
social networks
internet and society
mobile phones and society
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
5,542
Country Ranking
302
Institution Ranking
4
Giovanni Targher
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,655
39,318
0.556
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10007.png)
Diabetes
Endocrinology
Gastroenterology
Cardiology
Nephrology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
5,652
Country Ranking
227
Institution Ranking
1
Mark Mackay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,721
54,678
0.784
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/25173.png)
Pediatric Neurology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
5,781
Country Ranking
230
Institution Ranking
16
Vlado Perkovic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,636
45,266
0.660
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11225.png)
kidney disease
ckd
chronic kidney disease
dialysis
blood pressure
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
6,429
Country Ranking
144
Institution Ranking
14
Gerjan Navis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,338
31,990
0.497
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11032.jpg)
Nephrology
Hypertension
Nutrition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
6,621
Country Ranking
124
Institution Ranking
2
Maria Dolores Sanchez-Nino
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,174
51,544
0.816
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28251.jpg)
Nephrology
Fabry Disease
Diabetic kidney disease
Diabetic nephropathy
Acute Kidney Injury
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
6,685
Country Ranking
260
Institution Ranking
7
Jürgen Floege
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,794
26,441
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
6,852
Country Ranking
3,269
Institution Ranking
3
Dale Bredesen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,970
13,667
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
6,963
Country Ranking
601
Institution Ranking
54
Patrick Maxwell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,390
15,920
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
8,549
Country Ranking
195
Institution Ranking
25
Hiddo Lambers Heerspink
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,051
42,322
0.783
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Clinical Pharmacology
Diabetes
Nephrology
Albuminuria
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
9,101
Country Ranking
94
Institution Ranking
1
Narayan Prasad|N Prasad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,946
45,654
0.879
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Clinical Nephrology
Renal Transplantation
Dialysis
and Basic Sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
9,547
Country Ranking
364
Institution Ranking
27
Paolo Raggi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,397
14,029
0.278
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Cardiology
nephrology
rheumatology
infectious diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
9,606
Country Ranking
390
Institution Ranking
14
Bernhard Hemmer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,196
24,152
0.481
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Neurology
Neuroimmunology
Multiple Sclerosis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
9,747
Country Ranking
394
Institution Ranking
27
Franz Schaefer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,777
22,627
0.455
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/7391.png)
Pediatric Nephrology