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
Clinical Epidemiology
Epidemiology
Cardiology
Clinical Trials
Meta-Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278,100
201,741
0.725
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
rheumatology
medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186,157
58,337
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Arthritis
Osteoporosis
Falls
Guidelines
Burden of disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165,089
88,274
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Autoimmunity
Immunology
Rheumatology
Pathophysiology
Pathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,388
48,421
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
musculoskeletal disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,880
41,287
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Rheumatology
Scleroderma
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Lupus
Vasculitis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,863
34,781
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Rheumatology
immunology
genetics
immunotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,264
27,002
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Gout
osteoarthritis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,498
28,704
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
immunology
rheumatology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,813
24,061
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,327
36,377
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
reumatologia
immunologia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,884
35,927
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Rheumatology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,483
29,116
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
reumatologia
immunologia
ematologia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,580
25,209
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Rheumatology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,433
35,193
0.613
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Rheumatology
Epidemiology
Genetics
Inflammation
Metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,327
25,028
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
rheumatology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,693
25,907
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Rheumatology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,148
28,487
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
rheumatology
epidemiology
informatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,904
27,143
0.523
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
RHEUMATOLOGY
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,765
17,367
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
rheumatology
epidemiology
systemic lupus erythematosus
rheumatoid arthritis
psoriatic arthritis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,109
21,106
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
rheumatology
muscle
sarcopenia
aging
mobility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,989
13,555
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Medicine
Rheumatology
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,599
21,391
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,268
20,550
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
osteoarthritis
epidemiology
clinical trials
imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,315
19,715
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
rheumatology
internal medicine
immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,408
16,869
0.407
Peter Jüni
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278,100
201,741
0.725
Clinical Epidemiology
Epidemiology
Cardiology
Clinical Trials
Meta-Analysis
Paul Emery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186,157
58,337
0.313
Lyn Lynette LM March
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165,089
88,274
0.535
Arthritis
Osteoporosis
Falls
Guidelines
Burden of disease
Yehuda Shoenfeld
Saint Petersburg State University
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,388
48,421
0.331
Autoimmunity
Immunology
Rheumatology
Pathophysiology
Pathology
Alan Silman
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,880
41,287
0.291
Daniel E Furst
University of Washington
Seattle, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,863
34,781
0.319
Rheumatology
Scleroderma
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Lupus
Vasculitis
Lars Klareskog
Karolinska Institute
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,264
27,002
0.283
Rheumatology
immunology
genetics
immunotherapy
Michael Doherty
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,498
28,704
0.352
Michael Brenner
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,813
24,061
0.330
Daniel Aletaha
Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,327
36,377
0.510
Cèsar Díaz-Torné
Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
Barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,884
35,927
0.571
Andrea Doria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,483
29,116
0.474
Angela Tincani
Università degli Studi di Brescia
Brescia, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,580
25,209
0.430
reumatologia
immunologia
ematologia
Dinesh Khanna
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,433
35,193
0.613
Miguel A. González-Gay
Universidad de Cantabria
Santander, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,327
25,028
0.437
Rheumatology
Epidemiology
Genetics
Inflammation
Metabolism
graeme jones
University of Tasmania
Hobart, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,693
25,907
0.474
Rebecca Grainger
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,148
28,487
0.546
Jeffrey Curtis
University of Alabama Birmingham
Birmingham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,904
27,143
0.523
rheumatology
epidemiology
informatics
Juan Gomez-Reino
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,765
17,367
0.342
Ian Bruce
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,109
21,106
0.421
rheumatology
epidemiology
systemic lupus erythematosus
rheumatoid arthritis
psoriatic arthritis
Ronenn Roubenoff
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
Bhubaneswar, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,989
13,555
0.277
rheumatology
muscle
sarcopenia
aging
mobility
Dimitrios T Boumpas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,599
21,391
0.440
Medicine
Rheumatology
Immunology
Weiya Zhang
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,268
20,550
0.454
Timothy E Mcalindon
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,315
19,715
0.445
osteoarthritis
epidemiology
clinical trials
imaging
G Ferraccioli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,408
16,869
0.407
rheumatology
internal medicine
immunology