Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Medical and Health Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 4.730 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
nutrition transition: trends
environmental determinants
consequences
large scale solutions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
232,388
69,486
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
nutrition
aging
genetics
epigenetics
cardiovascular diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
185,855
55,528
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
nutrición y salud pública
alimentación saludable y sostenible
dieta mediterránea
prevención de la obesidad.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179,492
77,561
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Nutrition
Obesity
Malnutrition
DIetary Assessment
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
177,823
55,194
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Cardiometabolic diseases
nutrition
epidemiology
sustainability
public health policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176,053
110,202
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
nutrition
type 2 diabetes
metabolomics
nutrgenetics
nutrigenomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
174,385
48,097
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Cardiovascular Nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171,235
58,912
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165,785
59,630
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
vitamins metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162,948
41,345
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
nutrition obesity public health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152,138
41,686
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Nutritional Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,894
42,150
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Nutrición infantil
obesidad
epidemiología
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,313
69,665
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
clinical nutrition and food
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,067
36,428
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
nutrition
obesity
metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,371
39,449
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Nutrition
child growth and development
maternal and child nutrition
micronutrients
nutrition transition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,095
50,112
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Use of diet in the prevention and treatment of hyperlipidemia and diabetes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,369
38,402
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
nutrition
public health
epidemiology
chronic diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,910
95,486
0.861
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Nutrición
fisiología
alimentación...
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,575
41,209
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Nutrition
obesity
diabetes
multiomics
Mediterranean diet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,870
50,898
0.537
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,676
25,620
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Nutrigenetics
Clinical Nutrition
Molecular Nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,590
66,935
0.756
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Nutrição e Saúde Pública
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,517
37,953
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Diet
Lifestyle
Cancer incidence and survival
Non-communicable diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,888
63,851
0.752
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Nutritional epidemiology
Causal inference
Machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,263
50,651
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Nutrition
Lipids
Clinical trials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,085
32,520
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
597
235
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Barry Popkin
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
232,388
69,486
0.299
nutrition transition: trends
environmental determinants
consequences
large scale solutions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
981
407
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jose Ordovas
Tufts University
Medford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
185,855
55,528
0.299
nutrition
aging
genetics
epigenetics
cardiovascular diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,039
32
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Lluis Serra-Majem
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179,492
77,561
0.432
nutrición y salud pública
alimentación saludable y sostenible
dieta mediterránea
prevención de la obesidad.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,059
18
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Edith Feskens
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
177,823
55,194
0.310
Nutrition
Obesity
Malnutrition
DIetary Assessment
Epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,077
20
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Johanna M Marianne Geleijnse *
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176,053
110,202
0.626
Cardiometabolic diseases
nutrition
epidemiology
sustainability
public health policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,097
9
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Matti Uusitupa
University of Eastern Finland
Joensuu, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
174,385
48,097
0.276
nutrition
type 2 diabetes
metabolomics
nutrgenetics
nutrigenomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,137
485
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Penny Kris Etherton
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171,235
58,912
0.344
Cardiovascular Nutrition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,211
25
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Serge Hercberg
Université Sorbonne Paris Nord
Villetaneuse, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165,785
59,630
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,254
549
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jacob Selhub
Tufts University
Medford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162,948
41,345
0.254
vitamins metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,425
28
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jacob Jaap Seidell
VU University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152,138
41,686
0.274
nutrition obesity public health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,519
674
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Paul Jacques
Tufts University
Medford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,894
42,150
0.285
Nutritional Epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,931
49
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Luis A. Moreno Aznar
Universidad de Zaragoza
Zaragoza, Spain
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,313
69,665
0.535
Nutrición infantil
obesidad
epidemiología
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,936
879
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Johanna Dwyer
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,067
36,428
0.280
clinical nutrition and food
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,011
10
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Arne Astrup
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,371
39,449
0.310
nutrition
obesity
metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,281
1,069
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Reynaldo Martorell
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,095
50,112
0.421
Nutrition
child growth and development
maternal and child nutrition
micronutrients
nutrition transition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,614
101
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
David Ja Jenkins
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,369
38,402
0.345
Use of diet in the prevention and treatment of hyperlipidemia and diabetes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,636
153
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Giuseppe Grosso
Università degli Studi di Catania
Catania, Italy
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,910
95,486
0.861
nutrition
public health
epidemiology
chronic diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,391
70
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ja Martínez
Universidad de Navarra
Pamplona, Spain
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,575
41,209
0.422
Nutrición
fisiología
alimentación...
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,590
79
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jordi Salas Salvadó
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Tarragona, Spain
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,870
50,898
0.537
Nutrition
obesity
diabetes
multiomics
Mediterranean diet
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,807
310
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Andrew Prentice
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,676
25,620
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,037
38
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Min-Jeong Shin
Korea University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,590
66,935
0.756
Nutrigenetics
Clinical Nutrition
Molecular Nutrition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,184
46
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Carlos Augusto Monteiro
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,517
37,953
0.439
Nutrição e Saúde Pública
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,311
2,046
169
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Maryam Sadat Farvid *
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,888
63,851
0.752
Diet
Lifestyle
Cancer incidence and survival
Non-communicable diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,367
173
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Yohannes Adama Melaku
Flinders University
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,263
50,651
0.601
Nutritional epidemiology
Causal inference
Machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,587
174
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Peter Jh Jones
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,085
32,520
0.396
Nutrition
Lipids
Clinical trials