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Highly Cited Researchers

Medical and Health Sciences / Nursing and Midwifery Highly Cited Researchers 44 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.

* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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4,774
World Rank
United States
2,255
Country Rank
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37
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Medical and Health Sciences / Nursing and Midwifery
Improving Health Outcomes through Research and Polic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    82,884
  • Last 6 Years
    27,707
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.334
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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9,775
World Rank
United States
4,610
Country Rank
University of Pennsylvania Logo
84
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Medical and Health Sciences / Nursing and Midwifery
health service research | statistics | research method

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    53,551
  • Last 6 Years
    18,997
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.355
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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55,591
World Rank
United States
23,676
Country Rank
University of Pennsylvania Logo
394
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Medical and Health Sciences / Nursing and Midwifery
Magnet® Status | Nurse Staffing | and Patient Fall

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    16,754
  • Last 6 Years
    6,590
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.393
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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59,016
World Rank
United States
24,980
Country Rank
University of Pennsylvania Logo
413
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Medical and Health Sciences / Nursing and Midwifery
Nursing | Health Policy | Health Services Research | La

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    16,013
  • Last 6 Years
    10,060
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.628
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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66,675
World Rank
United States
27,851
Country Rank
University of Pennsylvania Logo
454
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Medical and Health Sciences / Nursing and Midwifery
Cognition | Behavior | Sleep | Environment health | Nutritio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    14,599
  • Last 6 Years
    7,901
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.541
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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66,765
World Rank
United States
27,884
Country Rank
University of Pennsylvania Logo
455
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    14,586
  • Last 6 Years
    7,119
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.488
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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88,355
World Rank
United States
35,672
Country Rank
University of Pennsylvania Logo
552
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Medical and Health Sciences / Nursing and Midwifery
family | pediatrics | chronic illness | cance

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    11,638
  • Last 6 Years
    4,436
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.381
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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112,604
World Rank
United States
44,065
Country Rank
University of Pennsylvania Logo
643
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Medical and Health Sciences / Nursing and Midwifery
end-of-life care | nursing homes | dementia care | nursin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    9,440
  • Last 6 Years
    3,381
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.358
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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118,479
World Rank
United States
45,985
Country Rank
University of Pennsylvania Logo
660
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    9,023
  • Last 6 Years
    4,860
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.539
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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119,495
World Rank
United States
46,320
Country Rank
University of Pennsylvania Logo
664
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Medical and Health Sciences / Nursing and Midwifery
Effects of nursing care organization on patient outcomes | redesigned systems that can work more efficiently to provide equitable and high-quality patient care | and the adoption of technological innovations (e.g. electronic health records) and how they are correlated to patient outcome

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    8,955
  • Last 6 Years
    4,217
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.471
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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179,786
World Rank
United States
65,511
Country Rank
University of Pennsylvania Logo
855
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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212,638
World Rank
United States
75,447
Country Rank
University of Pennsylvania Logo
944
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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227,144
World Rank
United States
79,704
Country Rank
University of Pennsylvania Logo
986
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Medical and Health Sciences / Nursing and Midwifery
Injury | Risk | Risky Driving | Sexual Assault | Skin Colo

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,798
  • Last 6 Years
    2,132
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.444
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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234,017
World Rank
United States
81,727
Country Rank
University of Pennsylvania Logo
1,003
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Medical and Health Sciences / Nursing and Midwifery
Pain | palliative care | disparitie

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,645
  • Last 6 Years
    3,244
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.698
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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268,986
World Rank
United States
91,883
Country Rank
University of Pennsylvania Logo
1,135
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Medical and Health Sciences / Nursing and Midwifery
Research | Public Health | Nursing | Medicin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    3,989
  • Last 6 Years
    3,065
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.768
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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315,075
World Rank
United States
105,006
Country Rank
University of Pennsylvania Logo
1,257
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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326,930
World Rank
United States
108,296
Country Rank
University of Pennsylvania Logo
1,296
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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378,376
World Rank
United States
122,571
Country Rank
University of Pennsylvania Logo
1,413
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Medical and Health Sciences / Nursing and Midwifery
sleep | sleep medicine | obstructive sleep apnea | treatment adherence | large-scale clinical trial

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,646
  • Last 6 Years
    1,600
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.605
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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382,127
World Rank
United States
123,607
Country Rank
University of Pennsylvania Logo
1,426
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Medical and Health Sciences / Nursing and Midwifery
Gerontological Nursing | Geropsychiatric Nursing | Delirium | Sensory Impairmen

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,612
  • Last 6 Years
    1,677
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.642
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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401,142
World Rank
United States
128,729
Country Rank
University of Pennsylvania Logo
1,479
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,451
  • Last 6 Years
    1,644
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.671
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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410,397
World Rank
United States
131,297
Country Rank
University of Pennsylvania Logo
1,506
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,376
  • Last 6 Years
    1,726
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.726
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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439,455
World Rank
United States
139,223
Country Rank
University of Pennsylvania Logo
1,573
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Medical and Health Sciences / Nursing and Midwifery
injury | trauma recovery | urban healt

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,165
  • Last 6 Years
    1,841
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.850
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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439,648
World Rank
United States
139,272
Country Rank
University of Pennsylvania Logo
1,574
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Medical and Health Sciences / Nursing and Midwifery
Aging | Latino Health Equity | Physical Activity Community-based Interventions | Alzheimer's Diseas

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,164
  • Last 6 Years
    1,350
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.624
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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474,935
World Rank
United States
148,738
Country Rank
University of Pennsylvania Logo
1,651
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Medical and Health Sciences / Nursing and Midwifery
End-of-life Care | Nursing Work Environment | Hospital Nursing Care and Re-admissions Rates

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    1,940
  • Last 6 Years
    1,725
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.889
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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486,033
World Rank
United States
151,633
Country Rank
University of Pennsylvania Logo
1,676
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Medical and Health Sciences / Nursing and Midwifery
history of nursing | scope of practice regulations | nursing and Civil right

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    1,877
  • Last 6 Years
    625
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.333
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