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Highly Cited Researchers

Pfizer Inc. Highly Cited Researchers CitationMedical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences 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 IndexUniversities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025

* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
United States
Vikas Kumar
drug metabolism
clinical pharmacology
phamacometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,060
8,853
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
United States
Manthena V Varma
Pfizer Global R&D
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,034
3,990
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
United States
Robert L Dow|Robert Lee Dow
Medicinal chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,797
832
0.144
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
United States
Mary E Spilker
Engineering
Pharmaceutical
Imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,161
2,497
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
United States
Adam M Gilbert
Medicinal Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,081
2,199
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
United States
Joan Korth-Bradley
pharmacokinetics
clinical pharmacology
pharmacodynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,485
1,363
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
United States
Rajendar K Mittapalli
Clinical Pharmacology
Clinical PK/PD
Blood-Brain Barrier
Drug Transporters
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,413
2,034
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
United States
Yazdi K Pithavala
clinical pharmacology
pharmacokinetics
drug development
oncology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,612
1,006
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
United States
Zaher A Radi
Biopharmaceutical Drugs Preclinical Drug Safety R&D
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,171
1,384
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
United States
Brian Corrigan
Alzheimer's
Clinical Pharmacology
Pharmacometrics
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,922
1,165
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
United States
Ravi Shankar Prasad Singh
Clinical Pharmacology
PK/PD
Inflammation & Immunology
Infectious Diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,799
2,323
0.830
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
United States
Mohamed H Shahin
Clinical Pharmacology
Pharmacogenomics
Genetic Epidemiology
Precision Medicine
Biomedical Informatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,693
1,421
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
United States
Mohamed Elmeliegy
Clinical Pharmacology & Pharmacometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,062
1,737
0.842
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
United States
Alison Betts
Pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics
biotherapeutics
oncology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,919
1,210
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
United States
Sophie Tourdot
Immunogenicity of Biopharmaceuticals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,860
479
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
United States
Joseph Chen
Clinical Pharmacology
Lorlatinib
Pharmacometrics
Pharmacokinetics
Pharmacodynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,791
1,606
0.897
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
United States
Timothy L Foley
Pharmacology
Drug Discovery
Medicinal Chemistry
Translational Research
Predictive Models
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,505
757
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
United States
Chang-Ning Liu
Pharmacology and toxicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,289
306
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
United States
Elisabeth Peeters
Pharmaceutical Process Development
Process Analytical Technology
Solid Oral Dosage Forms
Tableting
Continuous Production
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,169
766
0.655
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
United States
Avik Sarkar
Pharmaceutical Engineering
Modeling and Simulation
Bioprocessing
Fluids
Granular Flows
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,111
667
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
United States
Sweta Modi
Pharmaceutics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,100
477
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
United States
Tim Killeen
Pharmaceutical Medicine
Neurosciences
Gait Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,067
776
0.727
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
United States
Ashish Goyal
PKPD & QSP Modeling
PBPK
Drug Discovery
Mathematical Modelling
Hepatitis Viruses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
992
846
0.853
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
United States
Alyn Davies
Medicinal Chemistry
Organic Synthesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
861
706
0.820
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
United States
Narayan Cheruvu
Pharmacometrics
Modeling and simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
829
200
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,011
United States
18,593
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Vikas Kumar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,060
8,853
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,581
United States
47,674
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Manthena V Varma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,034
3,990
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
172,765
United States
63,797
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Robert L Dow|Robert Lee Dow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,797
832
0.144
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
193,387
United States
70,083
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mary E Spilker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,161
2,497
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
196,407
United States
71,007
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Adam M Gilbert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,081
2,199
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
221,300
United States
78,459
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Joan Korth-Bradley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,485
1,363
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
224,601
United States
79,436
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Rajendar K Mittapalli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,413
2,034
0.461
Clinical Pharmacology
Clinical PK/PD
Blood-Brain Barrier
Drug Transporters
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
269,080
United States
92,395
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Yazdi K Pithavala
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,612
1,006
0.279
clinical pharmacology
pharmacokinetics
drug development
oncology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
300,634
United States
101,528
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Zaher A Radi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,171
1,384
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
321,769
United States
107,495
123
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Brian Corrigan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,922
1,165
0.399
Alzheimer's
Clinical Pharmacology
Pharmacometrics
Neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
333,173
United States
110,723
133
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ravi Shankar Prasad Singh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,799
2,323
0.830
Clinical Pharmacology
PK/PD
Inflammation & Immunology
Infectious Diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
343,761
United States
113,655
135
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Mohamed H Shahin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,693
1,421
0.528
Clinical Pharmacology
Pharmacogenomics
Genetic Epidemiology
Precision Medicine
Biomedical Informatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
421,014
United States
134,966
169
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mohamed Elmeliegy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,062
1,737
0.842
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
443,557
United States
141,061
176
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Alison Betts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,919
1,210
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
453,711
United States
143,777
182
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Sophie Tourdot
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,860
479
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
465,552
United States
147,029
186
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Joseph Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,791
1,606
0.897
Clinical Pharmacology
Lorlatinib
Pharmacometrics
Pharmacokinetics
Pharmacodynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
523,308
United States
162,427
205
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Timothy L Foley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,505
757
0.503
Pharmacology
Drug Discovery
Medicinal Chemistry
Translational Research
Predictive Models
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
576,293
United States
176,331
224
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Chang-Ning Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,289
306
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
610,393
United States
185,081
238
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Elisabeth Peeters
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,169
766
0.655
Pharmaceutical Process Development
Process Analytical Technology
Solid Oral Dosage Forms
Tableting
Continuous Production
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
628,666
United States
189,824
245
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Avik Sarkar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,111
667
0.600
Pharmaceutical Engineering
Modeling and Simulation
Bioprocessing
Fluids
Granular Flows
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
632,287
United States
190,713
247
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sweta Modi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,100
477
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
643,076
United States
193,498
251
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Tim Killeen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,067
776
0.727
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
669,021
United States
200,016
264
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ashish Goyal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
992
846
0.853
PKPD & QSP Modeling
PBPK
Drug Discovery
Mathematical Modelling
Hepatitis Viruses
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
719,828
United States
212,313
284
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Alyn Davies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
861
706
0.820
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
733,749
United States
215,631
292
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Narayan Cheruvu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
829
200
0.241