Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationMedical and Health Sciences / Plastic Surgery 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
Gender-affirming surgery
transgender health
global health
medical education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,648
76,146
0.956
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Surgery
Clinical Decision Making
Epidemiology
Healthcare Outcomes Research
Health Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,680
22,112
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Cancer Reconstruction
Breast Reconstruction
Lymphedema Surgery
Extremity Reconstruction
Head & Neck Reconstruction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,274
13,081
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Plastic Surgery
Reconstructive Microsurgery
Hand Surgery
Head and Neck Surgery
Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,672
8,349
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Plastic Surgery
Evidence Based Surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,453
17,149
0.731
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
peripheral nerve
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,712
4,512
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
plastic surgery
hemangiomas & vascular malformations
lymphedema
HHT
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,795
6,860
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Plastic surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,198
11,189
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Perioperative Patient Safety
Anaesthesia
Critical Care
Emergency Surgery
Plastic Surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,351
11,242
0.783
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Plastic Surgey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,200
6,461
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,193
3,025
0.213
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
cirurgia plástica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,080
8,346
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
General reconstructive surgery
aesthetic surgery
breast surgery
facial surgery
basic research in tissue engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,687
4,969
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Plastic Surgery
Tissue Engineering
Reconstructive Surgery
3D Printing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,194
6,227
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Reconstructive surgery
Hand surgery
nerve reconstruction
neurobiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,950
5,536
0.619
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Regenerative Plastic Surgery. Chirurgia Plastica Rigenerativa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,649
5,996
0.693
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,695
7,672
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
plastic surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,631
3,551
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
chirurgia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,545
2,552
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Plastic Surgery
Tissue Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,437
2,106
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Plastic Surgery
Wound Healing
Regenerative Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,952
2,840
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Plastic Surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,881
6,510
0.946
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Nerve repair
Reconstruction
Schwann Cells
Tissue Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,875
3,086
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Plastic and reconstructive surgery
microsurgery
vascular anatomy
flap physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,651
2,058
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
craniofacial
zebrafish
neural crest
plastic surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,603
3,305
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,494
2,158
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Shane D Morrison
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,648
76,146
0.956
Gender-affirming surgery
transgender health
global health
medical education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,396
6,380
135
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Kevin C Chungms
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,680
22,112
0.544
Surgery
Clinical Decision Making
Epidemiology
Healthcare Outcomes Research
Health Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,312
9,912
114
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
David W Chang
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,274
13,081
0.432
Cancer Reconstruction
Breast Reconstruction
Lymphedema Surgery
Extremity Reconstruction
Head & Neck Reconstruction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,027
81
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Fu-Chan Wei
Chang Gung University
Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,672
8,349
0.281
Plastic Surgery
Reconstructive Microsurgery
Hand Surgery
Head and Neck Surgery
Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,380
1,327
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Thoma Achilles
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,453
17,149
0.731
Plastic Surgery
Evidence Based Surgery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,347
20,274
191
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Daniel Hunter
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,712
4,512
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,867
479
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Laurence M Boon
Université Catholique de Louvain
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,795
6,860
0.408
plastic surgery
hemangiomas & vascular malformations
lymphedema
HHT
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,310
22,631
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Yong Pan
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,198
11,189
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,382
5,270
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Alexander J Fowler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,351
11,242
0.783
Perioperative Patient Safety
Anaesthesia
Critical Care
Emergency Surgery
Plastic Surgery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,247
26,395
1,151
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mansher Singh
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,200
6,461
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,281
26,409
197
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Foad Nahai
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,193
3,025
0.213
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,416
946
281
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Nivaldo Alonso
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,080
8,346
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,592
763
183
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Phillip Blondeel
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,687
4,969
0.425
General reconstructive surgery
aesthetic surgery
breast surgery
facial surgery
basic research in tissue engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,684
7,851
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Iain S Whitaker
Swansea University
Swansea, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,194
6,227
0.611
Plastic Surgery
Tissue Engineering
Reconstructive Surgery
3D Printing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,626
645
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Aszmann Oskar
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,950
5,536
0.619
Reconstructive surgery
Hand surgery
nerve reconstruction
neurobiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,924
4,645
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Pietro Gentile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,649
5,996
0.693
Regenerative Plastic Surgery. Chirurgia Plastica Rigenerativa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,669
49,696
486
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Malke Asaad
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,695
7,672
0.997
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,888
50,119
143
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Mark Granick
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,631
3,551
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
131,503
5,540
280
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Nicolò Scuderi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,545
2,552
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
133,540
51,295
1,081
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
David L Brown
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,437
2,106
0.283
Plastic Surgery
Tissue Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
143,481
2,802
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Hirotaka Suga
Teikyo University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,952
2,840
0.409
Plastic Surgery
Wound Healing
Regenerative Medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
145,007
54,985
1,381
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Mimi R Borrelli
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,881
6,510
0.946
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
145,150
862
122
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Christine Radtke
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,875
3,086
0.449
Nerve repair
Reconstruction
Schwann Cells
Tissue Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,240
6,634
159
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Steven F Morris
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,651
2,058
0.309
Plastic and reconstructive surgery
microsurgery
vascular anatomy
flap physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
151,388
57,021
2,039
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Liao EC
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,603
3,305
0.501
craniofacial
zebrafish
neural crest
plastic surgery