Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 77 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
cancer
microRNA
molecular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,797
94,174
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
pharmacogenetics
cardiovascular pharmacology
beta-blockers
warfarin
genomic medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,750
11,616
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Clinical Pharmacology
Pharmacokinetics
Pharmacodynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,912
7,351
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Drug Design
Drug Discovery
Molecular Recognition
Molecular Modeling
Protein structure and Dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,116
15,494
0.642
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
tuberculosis
pharmacokinetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,872
8,315
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Drug discovery
Chaperones
Neurodegenerative Diseases (AD
PD
ALS)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,204
6,877
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Pharmacoepidemiology
Patient Safety Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,901
6,190
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Medicinal Chemistry
Drugs of Abuse
Analgesics
Kratom
Sigma receptors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,188
4,874
0.595
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Pharmaceutics and Phamacokinetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,020
1,605
0.200
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Pharmacogenomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,931
2,224
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Solid and Liquid orals
Nanotechnology
Drug Delivery
Mucoadhesive
Stomach specific/gastroretentive
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,228
3,045
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,987
1,599
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mechanism-based drug-disease modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,765
3,625
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Bioinformatics
genomics
computational biology
computational chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,518
2,518
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Drug Discovery
Ras
TKR and ER Signaling and Structure Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,288
517
0.098
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Medicinal Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Chemical Biology
Drug Discovery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,957
3,483
0.703
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Pharmacoepidemiology
Comparative Effectiveness Research
Anticoagulation
Drug-Drug Interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,914
3,563
0.725
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
physiology and endocrinology of pregnancy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,801
911
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Pharmacogenomics
Biomedical Informatics
Hypertension
Cardiovascular Disease
Human Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,159
2,043
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Behavioral Pharmacology
Substance Use
Pain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,096
1,763
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Medicinal chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,420
1,235
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Drug discovery
PROTAC
degrader
cancer
aging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,306
2,303
0.697
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Pharmacokinetics & Metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,215
2,652
0.825
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Drug abuse
dependence
ventilation
respiration
antinociception
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,178
1,455
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
hypertension
cardiovascular pharmacotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,961
2,102
0.710
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
587
230
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Thomas D Schmittgen
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,797
94,174
0.403
cancer
microRNA
molecular biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,170
8,915
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Julie A Johnson
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,750
11,616
0.344
pharmacogenetics
cardiovascular pharmacology
beta-blockers
warfarin
genomic medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,403
11,202
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Hartmut Derendorf
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,912
7,351
0.254
Clinical Pharmacology
Pharmacokinetics
Pharmacodynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,946
14,419
135
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Chenglong Li
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,116
15,494
0.642
Drug Design
Drug Discovery
Molecular Recognition
Molecular Modeling
Protein structure and Dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,425
15,446
142
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Charles Peloquin
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,872
8,315
0.364
tuberculosis
pharmacokinetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,358
23,678
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Umesh Jinwal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,204
6,877
0.424
Drug discovery
Chaperones
Neurodegenerative Diseases (AD
PD
ALS)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,413
30,758
298
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Almut G Winterstein
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,901
6,190
0.480
Pharmacoepidemiology
Patient Safety Research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
126,240
48,727
475
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Christopher R Mccurdy
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,188
4,874
0.595
Medicinal Chemistry
Drugs of Abuse
Analgesics
Kratom
Sigma receptors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,167
49,637
491
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Gunther Hochhaus
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,020
1,605
0.200
Pharmaceutics and Phamacokinetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
130,753
50,188
500
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Danxin Wang
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,931
2,224
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
144,544
54,641
182
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jayvadan Patel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,228
3,045
0.421
Solid and Liquid orals
Nanotechnology
Drug Delivery
Mucoadhesive
Stomach specific/gastroretentive
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
149,770
56,328
569
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Michael Ujhelyi
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,987
1,599
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
182,251
66,486
695
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Stephan Schmidt
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,765
3,625
0.629
Mechanism-based drug-disease modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
190,112
68,873
225
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Feng Cheng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,518
2,518
0.456
Bioinformatics
genomics
computational biology
computational chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
198,222
71,303
238
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jiazhi Sun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,288
517
0.098
Drug Discovery
Ras
TKR and ER Signaling and Structure Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
211,058
75,212
795
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Guangrong Zheng
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,957
3,483
0.703
Medicinal Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Chemical Biology
Drug Discovery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
212,836
75,705
802
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Joshua D Brown
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,914
3,563
0.725
Pharmacoepidemiology
Comparative Effectiveness Research
Anticoagulation
Drug-Drug Interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
217,677
77,085
811
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Maureen Keller Wood
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,801
911
0.190
physiology and endocrinology of pregnancy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
248,662
86,246
916
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Caitrin W Mcdonough
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,159
2,043
0.491
Pharmacogenomics
Biomedical Informatics
Hypertension
Cardiovascular Disease
Human Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
252,204
87,267
931
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Lance Mcmahon
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,096
1,763
0.430
Behavioral Pharmacology
Substance Use
Pain
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
295,234
99,667
305
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Otto Phanstiel Iv
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,420
1,235
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
303,682
102,079
1,076
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Dongwen Lv
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,306
2,303
0.697
Drug discovery
PROTAC
degrader
cancer
aging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
310,859
104,136
1,095
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Abhisheak Sharma
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,215
2,652
0.825
Pharmacokinetics & Metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
313,849
104,958
1,105
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Takato Hiranita
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,178
1,455
0.458
Drug abuse
dependence
ventilation
respiration
antinociception
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
332,733
110,281
1,168
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Steven Smith
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,961
2,102
0.710
hypertension
cardiovascular pharmacotherapy