Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationMedical and Health Sciences / Pathology Rankings 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
Pancreatic cancer
pancreas cancer
pathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
245,924
89,865
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
neuropathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238,914
100,051
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Tumor biology
angiogenesis
age-related macular degeneration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,471
36,477
0.177
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Pathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192,623
51,731
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
molecular and genetic epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
187,020
59,539
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Pathology
Molecular biology
lung cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159,887
29,624
0.185
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
cancer genomics
precision medicine
microbiome
sarcoma
melanoma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,809
104,609
0.694
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Cancer
lymphoma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,830
50,639
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Pathology
Genetics
Molecular Oncology
Stem Cell Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,197
29,602
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
iron physiology
innate immunity
defensins
hepcidin
erythroferrone
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,737
29,996
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Glioma
neuropathology
genetics
hypoxia
tumor microenvironment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,567
62,748
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
pathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,801
44,976
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Vascular Biology
Endothelium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,702
10,293
0.113
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
gastrointestinal pathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,984
47,000
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
neuropathology
clinical & experimental
dementia
stroke
neuropathologic substrates of epilepsy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,707
32,723
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
cancer biology
hematopathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,138
30,032
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
hematopoiesis
hematologic malignancies
sex chromosomes
DNA methylation
cell-free DNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,844
51,444
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
sarcoma
pathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,769
23,011
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
mast cells and basophils
immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,049
20,025
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Neuropathology of neurodegenerative diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,514
38,542
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Brain Tumor Pathology and Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,737
46,953
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Pathology
Hematopathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,443
45,354
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Pathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,714
24,919
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Endocrine Pathology
Cancer Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,009
43,090
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,969
43,116
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
434
184
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ralph Hruban
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
245,924
89,865
0.365
Pancreatic cancer
pancreas cancer
pathology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
479
197
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Dennis W Dickson
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238,914
100,051
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
706
284
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Napoleone Ferrara
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,471
36,477
0.177
Tumor biology
angiogenesis
age-related macular degeneration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
844
342
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Elaine Jaffe
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192,623
51,731
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
890
369
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Russell Tracy
University of Vermont
Burlington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
187,020
59,539
0.318
molecular and genetic epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,199
528
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Adi Gazdar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159,887
29,624
0.185
Pathology
Molecular biology
lung cancer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,350
604
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Alexander J Lazar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,809
104,609
0.694
cancer genomics
precision medicine
microbiome
sarcoma
melanoma
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,701
68
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Randy D Gascoyne
British Columbia Cancer Agency
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,830
50,639
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,900
873
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Carlos Cordon-Cardo
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,197
29,602
0.235
Pathology
Genetics
Molecular Oncology
Stem Cell Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,338
1,107
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Tomas Ganz
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,737
29,996
0.266
iron physiology
innate immunity
defensins
hepcidin
erythroferrone
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,732
1,307
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Daniel J Brat
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,567
62,748
0.600
Glioma
neuropathology
genetics
hypoxia
tumor microenvironment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,771
1,326
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
David Klimstra
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,801
44,976
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,595
1,718
144
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Michael Gimbrone
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,702
10,293
0.113
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,651
1,743
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Thomas Smyrk
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,984
47,000
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,749
1,798
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Harry V Vinters
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,707
32,723
0.369
neuropathology
clinical & experimental
dementia
stroke
neuropathologic substrates of epilepsy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,955
1,894
160
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jon Aster
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,138
30,032
0.349
cancer biology
hematopathology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,982
1,902
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Timothy Triche
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,844
51,444
0.599
hematopoiesis
hematologic malignancies
sex chromosomes
DNA methylation
cell-free DNA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,132
1,971
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Matt Van De Rijn
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,769
23,011
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,180
1,999
105
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Stephen Galli
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,049
20,025
0.241
mast cells and basophils
immunology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,320
343
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nigel Cairns
University of Exeter
Exeter, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,514
38,542
0.473
Neuropathology of neurodegenerative diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,693
2,250
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Arie Perry
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,737
46,953
0.604
Brain Tumor Pathology and Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,857
2,323
185
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Scott Rodig
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,443
45,354
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,047
2,415
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Maria J Merino
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,714
24,919
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,259
2,504
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Thomas J Giordano
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,009
43,090
0.590
Endocrine Pathology
Cancer Genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,261
2,505
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Bruce L Levine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,969
43,116
0.591